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this the cap worn by Mrs. C. was found in the potato patch, covered with hair, brains and clotted blood, showing the blows of the hammer. The hammer with which the deed was done, was found in the ruins, the handle burned out, but the iron ! still showing the traces of blood,f “ ?j and the face of which just fittedI the wounds in the skulls and the | marks on the night cap.It was proven in the testimony that the parties did not own a hammer, consequently it must have j been brought by the murderers.— j An axe belonging on the premises was missing and could not be found.• jIt is thought bv some that the manW •'was murdered in his sleep with this axe. When the deed was first discovered, the bloody cap was found on the spot where the murdered woman lay, but upon the arrival of the coroner it was found way out in the patch where it seerns as if it had been thrown after davlight, but*/ D /by whom, was not known. A number of witnesses were examined, all testifying to the goodness and hon esty of the two victims, but no light could be thrown upon the perpetrators, although there are strong suspicions. There is a terrible excitement about the matter throughout the county.
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Elkhart Observer
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 22, 1874
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