People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1893 — SLAIN IN HIS HOME. [ARTICLE]

SLAIN IN HIS HOME.

A Wealthy Resident of Eau Claire, Wil, Murdered. Eau Claire, Wis., June 10.—Melchoir Fox, one of the oldest residents and most substantial citizens of Eau Claire, was murdered Thursday night at his farm about a mile and a half from the city, on the Eau Claire river. Mr. Fox formerly kept a large restaurant and saloon, but was wealthy and retired from business several years ago. He and his family lived in the city and he had a summer cottage on the farm. He had heard that tramps had been around the cottage and went there to see about it Thursday afternoon about 5 o’clock. The body was found late Friday afternoon in the cellar beneath the far m cottage by Mrs. Fox and Mr. Althans, son-in-law of the deceased, who had gone to the farm to take a lunch to Mr. Fox. He had been shot through the heart and had evidently been dead for several hours. Everything of value had been taken from the body. The impressions were created by the surroundings that the deed was done in the cottage and that the body was thrown through the trap into the cellar. The authorities believe the crime was the work of tramps and committed for the purpose of robbery. No weapon was found.