Three Children Killed in Johnson County, Texas Children of Geroge Newberry
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Three Children Killed in Johnson County, Texas Children of Geroge Newberry
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009 4:39PM GMT |
Classification: Death
Appears in the Terrell Time-Star, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas, 17 July 1891 ...
An Appalling Crime
Three Children Butchered Before Their Grandmother
Cleburne, Texas, July 14 - The most dastardly and horrible crime that ever disgraced the fair name of Johnson County was committed last night, nine miles north of Cleburne. Three little children aged respectfully 3,5, 7 years were the victim of this terrible deed.
Mrs. Polly Newberry aged about 65 years was living alone with her three grandchildren Delia, Nora and Clifford Newberry, whose mother died last March a year ago. George Newberry, the father, has been making a crop with and living with his brother, half a mile from his mother and children.
Mrs. Polly Newberry says; About 11 o'clock lat night two men came to the door where she and the children were sleeping and knocked. She opened the door and they demanded of her to give up what money she had. They called her a liar and one of them tied a rope around her neck and took her to the front gate and tied her to a gate post and every time she sent to scream he could cut her in the neck.
The other party was in the house and she heard one of the children say: "If you don't let us alone I will tell papa."
After the two men left she says she untied the rope and on going through the hall she found all the children lying out in the yard dead. She sat down on the ground and sat there quiet awhile when she got up and went to her son's house, where the father of the children was staying and reported what had happened. It was after 3 o'clock.
The first person to arrive at the scene were appalled by the most heart rendering sight the mind could picture. Three innocent children lying about ten feet from the back door and about three feet apart each with their throats cut, butchered like so many wild beasts. Each one had been carried form the bed where they were sleeping to the yard and its throat cut, possibly while they were asleep.
The weapon used was a butcher knife taken from a drawer in the kitchen safe, and was found by a pan of bloody water, partly cleaned of the blood. A club was found in the room, which had been cut with an ax that belonged on the place, about 100 yards from the house. The rope used to tie the grandmother was a calf rope belonging on the place.
Mrs. Newberry has about eighteen or twenty slight cuts across the throat, none of them being serious. There was no evidence of any search having been made for money.
Public feeling was never worked up to so high a point in this country. Everything is orderly and all speak in whispers. A through investigation is being made, but the awful crime is wrapped in mystery.
The above account is mostly from a statement made by Mrs. Newberry, but a thorough investigation throws a different shadow over the matter. A different story is expected soon.
An Appalling Crime
Three Children Butchered Before Their Grandmother
Cleburne, Texas, July 14 - The most dastardly and horrible crime that ever disgraced the fair name of Johnson County was committed last night, nine miles north of Cleburne. Three little children aged respectfully 3,5, 7 years were the victim of this terrible deed.
Mrs. Polly Newberry aged about 65 years was living alone with her three grandchildren Delia, Nora and Clifford Newberry, whose mother died last March a year ago. George Newberry, the father, has been making a crop with and living with his brother, half a mile from his mother and children.
Mrs. Polly Newberry says; About 11 o'clock lat night two men came to the door where she and the children were sleeping and knocked. She opened the door and they demanded of her to give up what money she had. They called her a liar and one of them tied a rope around her neck and took her to the front gate and tied her to a gate post and every time she sent to scream he could cut her in the neck.
The other party was in the house and she heard one of the children say: "If you don't let us alone I will tell papa."
After the two men left she says she untied the rope and on going through the hall she found all the children lying out in the yard dead. She sat down on the ground and sat there quiet awhile when she got up and went to her son's house, where the father of the children was staying and reported what had happened. It was after 3 o'clock.
The first person to arrive at the scene were appalled by the most heart rendering sight the mind could picture. Three innocent children lying about ten feet from the back door and about three feet apart each with their throats cut, butchered like so many wild beasts. Each one had been carried form the bed where they were sleeping to the yard and its throat cut, possibly while they were asleep.
The weapon used was a butcher knife taken from a drawer in the kitchen safe, and was found by a pan of bloody water, partly cleaned of the blood. A club was found in the room, which had been cut with an ax that belonged on the place, about 100 yards from the house. The rope used to tie the grandmother was a calf rope belonging on the place.
Mrs. Newberry has about eighteen or twenty slight cuts across the throat, none of them being serious. There was no evidence of any search having been made for money.
Public feeling was never worked up to so high a point in this country. Everything is orderly and all speak in whispers. A through investigation is being made, but the awful crime is wrapped in mystery.
The above account is mostly from a statement made by Mrs. Newberry, but a thorough investigation throws a different shadow over the matter. A different story is expected soon.