The following is an article from a New Jersey newspaper. If anyone has any idea who the parents of this Jacob is I would appreciate the information. If anyone can pin point the name of the paper it came from please let me know. Jo Sommerville, New Jersey June 29, 1867 About 5:30 AM a little boy, the son of Mr. Andrew Heard, had his throat cut by a man named Jacob Van Arsdale. The boy, 12 years old, went to call Mr. Van for breakfast when the latter commited the horrible deed. Van was working at shoemaking. Relatives found the boy lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound in the neck made by a shoe knife. Apparently Van planned to kell one or more of the family, as a gun heavily charged and a sharp hatchet were found secreted in a small bureau. The cause fo the killing was an incident at the Heard house earlier. A black servant girl was seated at the table before Van, and he became very angry. The bloody rags upon which he wiped his hands have been found in his room. It is reported that Van once threatened to kill his own father. Mr. Van was apprehended at the train station by the sheriff. He is about 45 years old. The trial will be in September.