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: AWfm BUTCEEBY.'Mr. mtmc$£2EmVnai» vU Two. iiiiiniiii ir-j—J «-m ♦ ™n« AjilClHiilH •»* tk«•rtlM LHtll ©»*• C«l fcy u»-I kMWi FlcateA crime rivaling in atrocity the Antolne-I Profeet murder took place In tfee town of I Klckapoo, a boot twelve mUea southeast ofJ Ylraqua, Wi*., Thursday night,' *y whichJ Reuben Brake, UU wife, and two grand-I children, children of James Dupee, met I their death.I Brake and wife were about 60 years old,1 and lived on a well cultivated farm, four I and one*half miles southeast of tbe little vil*I lags of Readstown and apout twelve milts I from Vlroqua. Tbclr Utile grandchildrenI lived but a few mflca away, hut were tem-I porarily visiting the old folka. Friday morn-I log a neighbor went to Drake's bouse on an cr.I rand; and unoa entering the open door a fear*I ful sight met tifa gaze, Brake and wife lay I near each other upon the floor, face down* j ward, with great pools of blood flowing from I gaping gunshot wounds *n their head*. Both 1 bad evidcuty been dead tor several hours.1 On the bed in an adjoining room lay the lit*1 tie children. a*ed respoolively B and 6, with I their throats cut and great streams of blood j staining the bed*clothing. One of tbe little I ones was yet alive when discovered, but to », I far gone to give any account of the terri bio I tragedy. Before medical aid could he sum*I mnned the child died, and no one waileltto I tell of the struggle in the lonely farm bouse.I *1 ho only reason that could lead to the kill.1 Ing of the ehlldrou would he to protect the | perpetrators, who were probably known and I could be identified by them. They were ev*I Ideptly aw*klt;ned from tbclr slumbers dur-I ing tbe shooting of the old people.1 Tbe alarm was quickly given and soon a 1 | tho people of tbo sparse ly-sc it led neighbor.I hood arrived at the farm. Tbe Hi tic hou»e I was ransacked and the tumitureoverturned,I show Ins: that the j ei petition* had aean h« d I for money and valuables. Fresh footprints I were found leading to and from the house,I but they were lost iu the highway I The nearest nelghboi** wife nays that about U o'clock laid night she heard throo idiot* tired m the ditcctljn of tb Brake bouse, but thinking It wat mdiiio belated sportsman gave the matter no attinUon Another woman met a stranger «n the highway just after dusk lat night, wb » avoided lier anu turned In the b mh The-*, are tuc only fart* now known ot this awful « rune It supposed that the murdercts w♦ re alter some pension money v\£lcb Mr Brake had m cured al out a month ago Brako and wtlc were fairel) welhlodj aud lnteltigcdt peo* pit, and had lUed uq tboir fartu for forty tears. Their house Is In an oul.of the.w.** place, the loc-*lft being ‘pan* ly settUd at d many mile* Irom a railru»d. it I* thought that tho tieud!*b deed was commuted tv some one living i e r who knew of the p it sion money, a* it is a *ccliou soldo n nailed by tramps or strangers.
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Beardstown Semi Weekly Illinoian
Beardstown, Illinois, US
Tue, May 29, 1888
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