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Whole Family of Six Slain
at Home in the Dutch
Fork.
The discovery of six bodies in a half
burned farm house two mile9 from
Peak discloses what seems to have
been wholesale murder committed late
Friday night or early Saturday morning.
The family of John D. Jacobs, a
well known farmer, has been wiped
out. The husband, wife and four children
lost their lives. The dead are:
John D. Jacobs, 49 ;v Mrs. John D.
Jacobs, 40; Mi9S Ellen Jacobs, 22;
Leslie Jacobs. 18; Hugh Jacobs, 15;
Orin Jacobs, 12.
At 4:30 o'clock Saturday morning
neighbors saw the Jacobs, home, in
the Datch Fork section of Lexington
county, in flames and hurrying to the
scene found the home burning but no
evidence of the family. When the
fire had spent itself the six charred
bodies were found in the ashes and
debris.
Examination of the bodies disclosed
that the skulls of three were crushed
and in moving the bodies blood was
found under and upotf the murdered
persons. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, Miss
Jacobs and the youngest son were
found on the spring mattresses of their
beds, indicating that they were mur
dered as they slept and that the house
was subsequently fired. One of the
boys was found beside his mattress
and the other in the dining room which
adjoins the boys' room.
Four gnns and an axe were found in
the house. One of the guns'had shells
in both barrels. One shell had been
fired while the other was loaded.
. Magistrate Friok held an inqnest at
noon. A jury, of which W. M. Wilson
of Peak was foreman, could reach no
conclusion other than that: "The
deceased came to their death at the
hands of parties unknown to fchi9 jury."
Sheriff Miller of Lexington county
was early on. the scene and with the
assistance of bloodhounds brought
with him from the county seat exerted
exhausting but nnavailaing efforts to
secure a clue to identity of the murderer.
Sheriff Blease came from Newberry
to assist in the investigation.
No tracks were found and there i9
nothing thus far to guide the officers
in their search.
A theory at first entertained by
many that the family might have been
burned to death when the hou3e they
occupied was destroyed is dismissed
by the statements of numerous residents
of the community, who declare
that the storm that passed over this
section between 9 and 10 o'clock was
over at 10 o'clock. Severe lightning
accompanied this storm, but no light
ning was seen by neighbors after 10
o'clock. The fire was discovered between
3:30 and 4 o'clock. Persons first
on the scene found the front of the
house consumed but the rear still
burning. The house Was burning rapidly
then and could not, say early
arrivals, have been burning since tho
early evening, as would have been the
case if the origin had been lightning.
NO MOTIVE KNOWN.
Other suppositions are hardly less
baffling. John D. Jacobs was a highly
! respected and prosperous farmer. His
I dealings with all men had been hon
orable and none of his closest friends
can furnish even a remote motive for
this horrible crime. Neither he nor
any members of hi9 family were known
to have an enemy. Robbery would
not have attracted vandals, for there
could not have been more than an inconsiderable
sum cf money in the
house. The jewelry known to have
been there ha9 been found in the rains
and identified in whole.
Mr. Jacobs was a highly respected
j farmer who had succeeded in his life's
I work. Mrs. Jacobs before marriage
I was Mi- Elizabeth Counts. The eldj
est child, Miss Ellen Jacobs, was graduated
from Winthrop college in the
class of 1910 and for two years had
I been assistant at the Little Mountain
' hiifh school. Leslie Jacobs, ihe is
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year-oid sou, was a student m tho Little
Mountain bi^h sehoo:, as wcr- the
two vounger iads T:to hom-'i wa< situ
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Lexington county, three miles from
Peak and seven miles from Little
Mountain.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
Thj funeral services for the family
was conducted Sunday afternoon at the
former heme of Walter Jacobs, a few
hundred yards from the home of his
late brother. Walter Jacobs several
years ago moved to Newberry and
since he vacated it this house has not
been occupied. The funeral and in,
torment attracted a great crowd from
several counties. Probably no fune
ral in this section has been so largely
attended and by persons from such a
distance.
The family of six in two coffins was
laid in a single grave in the family
burying ground on the Jacobs plantation
where already three children of
the family had been buried.
The funeral services were conducted
by four Lutheran ministers, the Rev.
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Rev. J. C. Wesinger of Chapin, the
Rev. V. L. Palmer of white Rock,
Services at the grave were conducted
by the Peak lodge of Masons, Pomaria
lodge, No. 151, of which John D.
Jacobs had long been a member.
WHAT DR. ELEAZER SAYS.
Peak, June 30.?That John D. Jacobs,
found dead with his wife and
four children in their burned home
near Peak early Saturday morning had
been of unsound mind for two years is
the statement made by Dr. H. G.
Eleazer, a physician of Peak, This
revelation was made to the press today.
"John Jacobs has suffered from dis
order of the brain for two years or
more," said Dr. Eleazer today. "Fully
two years ago he came to me for consultation.
I found hi9 condition such
as to make the services of a specialist
necessary and on my advice Mr. Jacobs
went to a Columbia physician for
treatment. This continued for some
time but for six months he had not
visited the Columbia specialist.
"In 30 or 40 consultations Mr. Ja.
cobs ha9 mentioned suicide to me,
saying many times, 'I wculd rather be
dead than in the condition I am.'
After each of these consultations I
went to Mrs. Jacobs, told her of her
husband's condition and urged her to
watch him closely. She lived in mortal
dread of her husband's taking his
life and ha9 told me that she never
saw him leaye her sight without fearing
that she would have to call in the
neighbors to make a search for him
and for them to find him dead.
"His last consultation with me was
not auite three weeks ago. I have seen
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him since then but not professionally.
His emphatic statement of the many
he has made to me was uttered when
he 9aid: "I don't mind dying, but I
can't leave my family behind. This
thing can't last much longer with me.
Dr. Elea/.er and Mr. Jacobs were
close friends in addition to the professional
ralationship between the two of
physician and patient. The physician
hid been deeply concerned over his
friend's condition and had maDy
times discussed it with Mrs. Jacobs. 1
This entire community is still deeply
shocked over the tragedy. The cit- j
izens of the countryside, with the j
burial of the ill-fated family done, I
can only speak of the terrible affair
in whispers and wonder.
It has been learned that the life of
Mr. Jacobs was not insured nor was
there any insurance on his home and
household effects.
REWARD OFFERED. j
Governor Blease offered on Tuesday
a reward of $500 for the apprehension
of the supposed murderers.
Vaughn Must Die.
The Supreme Court has sustained
the verdict of the jury that tried
T. U. Vaughn, of Greenville, convicted
of a serious crime against orphans
and inmates of the Odd Fellows'
bome.
Celebrated his Birthday
Mr. Marshal Clemmone, one of our
old subscribers, residing on route o,
, out from Lexington, celebrated his Ctfth
| birthday Friday. Sheriff Miller and
| family an 1 other invited guest enjoyed J
j i!,e ;i:t.inner. '
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Having a new plant and all
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