People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — SON FOUND IN THE RUINS. [ARTICLE]

SON FOUND IN THE RUINS.

Marietta's Murder Mystery Grows Deeper by the Discovery of a Charred Body. Marietta, 0., Jan. 11. —The triple murder of the Saner family deepens in mystery. The son, supposed to be missing l , was found in the ashes of the barn and fully identified by. his watch aad other articles, though burned beyond recognition. The evidence reveals a fearful struggle. The barn is about 400 feet away and there are some blood stains between the house and barn, as from bleeding wounds. There is a growing suspicion that the son killed his father and mother and then rushed, to the barn, setting it on fire and killing himself. An empty pistol was found near him. The family were wealthy and intelligent and considered happy, but the son was an inveterate reader of yellowbacked literature. In the- absence of a better clew the conviction is that he may have committed the deed.