The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 03, 1913, Page 3, Image 3
. FAMILY MURDERED
AND HOME BURNED
J. D. Jacobs, Wife and Children,
* of Lexington, Victims.
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Officers Have No Clue.!
Dogs Fail to Find
^ a Trail.
^ Columbia, S. C., June 2S.?Six
bodies found in the smouldering embers
of a burned house this morning
gave in part the first intimation of
frhat now appears to have been the
murder of John D. Jacobs, of Lexington
County, his wife and their children,
ranging in age from zZ to 10 1
years. The skulls of three- were
crushed and blood was found under
their bodies. !
The discovery of the tragedy was I
made by a milk man who this morn-1
ing reported that the house had been
destroyed by fire and that the six inmates
had been ourned to death. The !
coroner's jury late to-day held an in- j
quest finding that the six victims had !
come to their death at the hands of
unknown men.
The dead are: John D. Jacobs, I
aged 49; his wife, aged 40; Miss Ellie
Jacobs, aged 23; Leslie Jacobs, aged
! * IS; Hugh Jacobs, aged 14, and Oren
\ Jacobs, aged 10.
Jacobs, a well-to-do farmer, lived
^ near Peak, in Lexington County. It
was known that he kept but little
money in the house and any motive I
for the crime, as it now appears to be.
is lacking.
Dogs Find no Trail.
The sheriff of Lexington County
came to the scene as soon as he was
notified of the tragedy, but so far he
, has been unable to find a clew to the
perpetrator. Dogs were unable to
find the trail and the officials are completely
mystified.
Four guns and an axe were found
in the ruins of the house, but their
identity has not yet been established,
and there is little information of value
to be gathered from the discovery.
At the coroner's inquest, which
brought out the first definite information
on many points, it was established
that the bodies of all the
lying in their beds, as if the supposed
murderer had found them asleep.
Shotgun by His Side.
The body of the oldest boy was
found lying in front of the fireplace,
with a shot gun beside it. One of the
barrels had been fired; the other con
tained a loaded shell. A gun was also
found beside the charred body of the
father. Beside the body of one of the
other boys the axe was found.
Mrs. Jacobs was in her bed alone,
her skull crushed and her back and
shoulders lying in a pool of blood.
The youngest boy was found face
downward, on a blood-soaked mattress.
The body of Miss Ellie Jacobs was
in another room, the skull horribly
crushed.
The tragedy was at first ascribed
to a stroke of lightning, which was
supposed to have stunned the six inmates
and set the house on fire, the
flames overtaking the unfortunates
before they recovered from their stupor.
This theory was exploded, however.
by the gruesome discoveries as
the bodies were taken from the halfburned
house.
Tried to Arouse Family.
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.Little .Mountain, junt; ? iuw
morning at 4 o'clock Mr. John D.
Jacobs's house was discovered to be
on fire by Wade Boyd, a negro, and
by Mr. J. H. Fargle, a near neighbor.
The house had not fallen in when first
discovered and efforts were made to
arouse the family by making a loud
alarm, but none of the family could
be aroused. When the fire cooled
down the charred bodies of the entire
family were found among the ashes.
First, it was thought the lightning I
had done the deadly work, as an elec-1
trie storm passed over about 9.30 Fri- J
day night. Upon further examination
considerable amount of blood
was found on the necks and backs of
the unfortunates. Their skulls were
also crushed in, which gave conclu- j
sive proof that the family was murdered
and the house burned to cover
the crime.
Gets Medical Scholarship.
Columbia, June 26.?Governor
Blease has awarded the scholarship
in pharmacy for the 2d Congressional
district at the State Medical College
to H. Albert Blume, of Blackville.
HENS SWIM AND DIVE. C
Fowl Fancier Says They Also Catch C
Trout and Now Lay Fishy Eggs.
Expert research has disclosed the
reason that the patients at the For- cc
esters Sanitarium at Rainbow Lake w
have had to complain of a fish flavor tl
in their eggs. o]
The institution has its own poultry
yard. extending to the edge of the w
Lake, whither the ducks repair for t
swimming and the hens for drink, h;
Recently the keeper of the hens got cc
up extra early in the morning and ir
was confounded when he saw a dozen ci
of his hens floating on the lake in the p.'
midst of the flo'ck of ducks. They hi
were diving, too, and coming up with
infant trout, which they brought to ir
shore to devour. d:
The hennery man, who is also a bi- c;
ologist, says it is a characteristic ac- f(
quired through long association with si
the ducks. He will segregate the n
hens and ducks hereafter, for, although
he has no objection to swim m
ming hens, he feels that the flavor st
of the eggs directly concerns his own P<
reputation.?Saranac Lake. X. Y., ai
Dispatch to New York Sun. ir
MAY BE WORK OF LIGHTNING. v!
Some Seem to Tliink House Cauglit ^
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Fire During Storm.
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Lexington, June 2S.?What now ^
appears to be one of the most shock- *
ing tragedies in the history of the tj
State occurred at an early hour this .
morning, two miles south of Peak u'
Station, in the Dutch Fork section of ^
this county, when the entire family of
John D. Jacobs, consisting of himself, .
his wife and four children, were mur- ^
dered and the house burned over
their dead bodies. ,
This morning at 7 o'clock Sheriff
Miller was notified of the occurrence "
by long distance telephone. He left .
at once by automobile, taking the .
t st
county blood-hounds with him. He
made a thorough investigation, but
no trail could be picked up by the
dogs. So far he is in possession of no
definite clues. P
Magistrate Frick held an inquest ca
over the charred remains soon ofter t0
the arrival of the sheriff. Several wit- 01
nesses were sworn, but little information
was gained. The verdict of Si
the jury was that the several mem- ai
bers of the family had come to their ^
death at the hands of a party or parities
unknown to the jury. Jacobs ki
was 49 years old. his wife 40. The g(
children were Ellen, 22 years of age, ^
a graduate of Winthrop College, and t0
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for three years a teacher in the Little "
Mountain High School; three boys, ^
Leslie, age 18; Hugh, 15, and Owen, ?*
12. ^
All of the bodies were found as if n
they had been in bed when they met tL
death, except one of the boys, who was
lying in front of the fireplace. By him n<
was a double-barrel shotgun contain- at
ing one empty shell and one loaded.
Near Mr. Jacobs's body was another
gun so badly burned that nothing ai
could be told from it; near one of the gl
smaller boys was an axe. Mrs. Jacobs
was in bed alone, her skull broken qi
in and a pool of blood under her neck j)
and shoulders. Miss Ellen was found
in another room with her skull broken
to pieces. One of the smaller vi
boys was found lying face down with b<
much blood under his chest. a:
Sheriff Blease. of Newberry, was cc
on the scene to-day and promised to is
help apprehend the guilty parties. It el
is thought by some that lightning was qi
thA psjisp of thp dpflths. thoueh many oi
things point toward foul play. si
It was generally known that Jacobs b<
kept but little money at home, so that s?
intent to rob hardly explains the sc
crime, if such it was. p<
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SACRIFICE SKIX TO SAVE LIVES. if
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Surgeons Xe<ed Ten Thousand Square
* Inches for Fire Victims.
Buffalo, X. Y., June 27.?One hun- sa
dred and fiftv men, under the personcc
al leadership of E. M. Husted. president
of the Husted Milling Company, x
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whose plant was wrecked by a grain
dust explosion Tuesday with great
loss of life, to-day continued the
search for bodies believed to be burn- C
ed beneath tons of steel, concrete and
charred timbers.
The death list stood at fourteen today,
with the likelihood that it would es
be augmented before nightfall, the d
condition of several of the injured w
having grown more critical. The t(
! missing list now carries twelve S
names, nine of whom the police, fire- tl
men and company officials feel posi- ir
tive will be found in the ruins. 11
In response to published appeals f<
twenty persons, two of them women. C
have volunteered to supply skin to t;
save the fire victims, Many others ti
have telephoned the hospitals to the li
same effect and the surgeons do not r<"
anticipate any difficulty in securing
the 10.000 square inches required. c<
Among those who volunteered to- a
day to part with a portion of their c:
skin was Mayor Louis P. Fuhrmann. n
The offer was made secretly by the st
mayor but became public through tl
hospital physicians. Other than to ti
confirm the fact the mayor would tl
not discuss the matter. ti
AUGHT UNDER FALLING TENT.
oolheaded Work of Florence Wen
Saves Panic During Storm.
Florence. June 21.?But for the
)ol headness of strong men there
ould have been a serious affair at
le Chatauqua tent, on the grounds
I the Y. M. C. A. last night.
Just after the evening performance
as begun, andafterthe throngof invested
patrons of the Chatauqua
ad been seated, a severe storm, acmipanied
by a terrific wind, lightnig
and rain swooped down upon the
ty, and in a few seconds a large
art of the tented canvas came tumiing
down.
Ladies' dressed in their finery, men
l their evening suits and chlidren
ressed in summer apparel were
aught under the canvas, and in a
;w seconds were drenched to the
tin with the terrible downpour of
tin.
As soon as the tent collapsed the
len, who with coolness of head and
rong arms began to grapple at the
oles that held the tent in position
ad to tug at them to hoist them back
tto position. This was almost an imossibility,
as the already heavy canas
was made doubly heavy by the
eight of water puddled in spots. It
as ?oon seen that serious trouble
as in sight. The men then quickr
stood, and with their hands eleated
to such a height as permitted
le ladies and children to pass out
tto the terrific rain that was pelting
own from the heavens. It did not
tke but a few moments for every one
nder the tent to get a severe drenchtg
before they could get to the Y. M.
. A. building nearby for shelter.
During the excitement only one or
vo children were jostled and not a
ngle person was in any way injured,
hich was remarkable, and only goes
) show what cool headedness and
;rength amount to in such a time.
Small Boy Killed by Liquor.
Union. June 25.?Drinking some dis- 1
rnsary liquor on Saturday afternoon <
used a negro boy living near Kelton
i have terrible convulsions and die
1 Sunday night.
The boy was named David Moody
nith, aged nine years, whose mother
id father are both dead, and who
ved on Mr. R. S. Fowler's place.
It seems that on Saturday some of
s relatives had been to Union and
)t a lot of one X corn liquor from
Le dispensary here, and on returning
i their home gave the lad a drink,
ater he went to the place where ^
tey had put it and drank as much I
! the fiery fluid as he could hold.
ot long after he began having ter
Die convulsions wnicn couunueu uul
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon when
j went into a stupor, from which he
sver aroused again, death coming
; midnight,
Monday morning Coroner L. B.
odshall went to the scene to make
1 investigation, but finding no
*ounds for suspicion that the bby
id been willfully mistreated no inlest
was held.
ispensary Election in Sumter County
Sumter, June 27.?County Superior
Pitts has ordered an election to
s held in August to vote for or g
?ainst the dispensary in Sumter i,
>unty. Mr. Pitts went over the regtration
books carefully and after i
iminating the names of those not
jalified he found that more than
le-third of the qualified electors had j
gned the petition. A petition has sen
circulated by the anti-dispen- [
iryites asking that the names of \
ime who had signed the dispensary f
stition be taken from said petition;
tis matter has not been settled, but ^
the court does hold that this is
gal there will still be a great many
ore names than the one-third necesiry
for an election. The anti-dispeniry
people are satisfied with the
>unt and the general prediction is
lat the dispensary will win by two ^
> one in Sumter countv. o
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'HERE SEAMEN CAN DIE CHEAP. S
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osts Only 50 Cents to Bury a Tar ts
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at Cairo, 111. g(
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Washington, June 26.?The cheap- ii
>t place in the world for a seaman to
ie is Cairo, 111., where his funeral I
ill cost him only 50 cents, according ?
) contracts let to-day by the United J
tates public health service covering
ie entire country and serving as an I
idex to the high or the low cost of f
Iness or death. The cheapest place
)r a seaman 10 De sick is jonagepux l,
onn., where the Government has ohm
lined a contract for medical attenon
and nursing at 72 cents per day. J
.1 other parts of the country the cost
anges from $1 to $3 per day.
The cost of funerals varies from 50
?nts in Cairo to $36 in Philadelphia
nd $50 in Ketchikan, Alaska. Offiials
explain that the low cost in
lanv cities is due to the fact that
?amen's relief stations are located
iere and the only service the conract
undertaker performs is to turn
le body over to the relief organizaon
for burial.
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