Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1890 — MURDERED IN THEIR BED. [ARTICLE]

MURDERED IN THEIR BED.

Jerry o’Nell|and Wife, of Mount Sterling, Win.. Murdered While Asleep. A Boscobel (Wis.)dispatch says: A double murder was committed at Mt. Sterling by an assassin of whom not the slightest trace has been found. Between 8 and 4 o’clock two revolver shots rang out at the side of the house of Jerry O’Neil, two window panes were shattered and dropped to the floor, and O’Neil and his wife lay dead in their bed. Two of O’Neil’i daughters, who were sleeping in an adjoining room, were awakened by the shots. They ran immediately to their parents’ bedroom only to find them dead. The girls set up a cry that aroused the hired men on the place. They woke the neighbors and a search was instituted for the murderer. This availed nothing, as the murderer bad quite a start and made his escape through the woods. Sc far there is not the slightest clue to the perpetrqior of the terrible crime, but all the town! in this region have been notified of the murder and officers are on the lookout. There is no known reason why this cowardly murder should be committed. Mr. O’Neil was a wealthy farmer, who had long resided near Mount Sterling, and both he and his wife were highly respected. They had no known enemies and their children are well liked among all who know them. The people of the village ana the neighboring farmers are greatly excited over the crime, and should the murderer be found in the woods, where he is supposed to be in hiding, it is not improbable that he will be lynched.