Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1894 — LIFE FOR LIFE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIFE FOR LIFE.

A Fiendish Crime and An Awful Revenge. Two NegroM Attempt Bobbery In t New Jersey Town, Kill • Mother nod Child, and Are Themselves Slain.

Near Franklin Park,. N. J., Wednesday night, occurred one of the most atroclbus tragedies on record. John J. Baker, an old settler, had raised a colored boy, having cared for him from the age of six until he had grown to man’s estate. The colored boy took the name qf Henry Baker. A son of John J. Baker named Moore Baker, had recently married. Henry Baker, the colored youth, was frequently employed by Moore to do odd jobs. Wednesday, Henry, after receiving his pay for some work, asked Moore to lend him $2 till Saturday. Moore playfully told him that he only had a SIOO bill, and agreed to let Henry have the $2 if he could change the SIOO. The negro asked to see the SIOO bill and Moore showed it to him. The negro said nothldg- but went- away- At 1:30, Wednesday night, Henry Baker and another colored man broke into Moore Baker’s house with ap ax. Mrs. Baker was aroused, but could not alarm her husband till the negroes were In the room where they were sleeping. The colored fiends rushed upon them with the ax and killed the wife and sleeping child that lay In the crib. Moore Baker by this time was aroused and a terrifle struggle ensued, . which resulted in Moore Baker securing the ax from his murderous assailants. Quickly following the advantage thus gained be killed the unknown negro, who proved to •be a man known as Thompson, with the ax. Henry Baker tried to get another weapon, but Moore Baker had by this time secured his gun, and following him to another room shot him down. The scene at tho house is described as frightful. The coroner hold an Inquest Thursday. Thompson had seven wounds—terrible gashes—and Mrs. Baker and the child were frightfully mangled. The verdict of the coroner was justiGable homicide on the part of Moore Baker.

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