Show Tl TWO TW O ATTEMPTS A I JD l HIM I M I I II IN I Negro N JJr Murderer Mcder r of ol Mr ii Sam Srn Samuel Samuel uel Pearce Pear and nd Children C Jl E Rn g in Jail r 0 BRUTAL CRIME CONFESSED FIEND FIRST TRIED TO ASSAULT LITTLE LITTLECHILD CHILD 1 l i 3 Canonsburg Pa July 30 Coroner WH John JQhn JQhn J Mil Mu Miller MIller ler er of ot drove dovo dh ve n nt 9 town to today today today day with Elmer Either Dempster a t old Id negro wHo w vo o had been arrested for forthe forthe forthe the murder pf of Mra Samuel Pearce and two children and th t shooting sh h of a third child last evening Dempster was taken to t the Washing Washington ton tO county jail at Washington Pa Pal While no blood stains were found on the prisoner suspicion first rested on him hlin last rast night when It was learned that he was the last Jast person seen about the house before the tragedy Demp Dempster Demps Dempster ster s er was a helper on the Pearce farm farmand farmand and after the departure of Samuel Pearce with his sister Miss Fanny Pearce for the Canonsburg railroad station Dempster is said to have haye been at the scene of the tragedy looking aft after after af t ter er the stock He was tt t n from his bed at 2 this morning and put through a course of ot sweating which lasted until daylight when it is la al alleged alleged he a complete confession Money on y and Pistol Missing The only things missing from the theP Pearce P arce home are 12 1 and the revolver v with which Mrs Pearce and her two children were murdered Robert Pearce 3 years old the only survivor of the awful tragedy who was shot through the body will be brought to the th Canonsburg general hospital in inan Inan inan an effort to save his life I According to the story told in jn his confession young Dempster attempted to the daughter aft after at t ter er pr the departure ot o Mr Pearce but was frustrated by the mother who went to a bureau to get a revolver to shoot him him The negro says he lie secured the gun first and after killing the nother and shooting the children set fire to the house to hide the crime |