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Show HUSBAND, WIFE, (HI SLAIN Horrible Crime Committed by Unknown Persons in Santa Rosa, Fla. ., .; -MURDERERS BURNED THE BODIES IN THE HOUSE Skulls, of. Victims Were Crushed by Some Blunt Instrument. PENSACOLA. Fla.. May U.-In Santa Rosa county, ten miles north of Milton, last night, an Itinerant preacher named Ackcrmnn, his wlfo and seven children, tho oldest about 11 years old, were killed and their bodies crematod in their home, which was burned by the assassins. Found Charred Bodies. The crime was discovered this morning by persons with whom Ackerman had an appointment. They found the houso In ruins and tho charred . bodies of Acker-man Acker-man and the eight other members of his family scatered about among the wreckage. wreck-age. Skulls Crushed In. Examination by physicians showed that Ackerman and his wife had been struck on the head with some blunt Instrument, their skulls being crushed. The citizens of Milton have raised more than a thousand dollars, which will bo offered as a reward for the apprehension of tho assassins. |