A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Ohio > Logan http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2531 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=48134 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Biloxi Daily Herald Article Date: May 25 1899 Article Description: A Horrible Crime. Mother and Son Murdered in Their Home. Article Text: Bellefontaine, Ohio, May 24.--Mrs. Rachel AUSTIN and her son, William were murdered at their home at Middleburg, this county, last night, and their bodies nearly cremated in the house, which was set on fire, and Ernest AUSTIN, a younger son, lies at the point of death in a neighbor's house from a bullet wound in the breast. The crime is shrouded in mystery. At daybreak Ernest appeared at the door of the neighbor's house. He was desperately wounded. He said that early in the morning he was awakened by a tap at the door. When he went downstairs he was met by a robber, who shot him, killed his mother and brother and then set fire to the house to conceal the crime. Soon after the statement he became unconscious and it is not believed he can recover. Notwithstanding the story told by AUSTIN, the neighbors believe he killed his mother and brother and then shot himself, although there is no positive evidence on this point. The AUSTINS were notorious for their quarrels and Ernest was especially high tempered. A servant who left their house last evening says the two men and their mother were then quarreling over the property, the mother declaring that she would on Monday apply to the courts for a settlement, and Ernest had declared that he would never permit that. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OH-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com