Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-21 | Page 10 | Murderer Tried to Burn His Victims

MURDERER HIES 10 BURN HIS VICTIMS Appalling Crime Committed by Unknoni Person on Lonely Montana Ranch. BUTTB, Mont., Jan. 13. A special to tho Miner from I-cwistown says; News of a frightful crime committed yesterday at thn Old Bottoms ranch, on the Musselshell, ton miles from Mosby was received by Ihe Sheriff's .office here today, the meHsago having been stent to Flat Valley by relayn of riders and telephoned tele-phoned In from that point. The message states that Mrs. Sinter, a widow, aged 10 years, and her four chlldron, the eldest a girl of 16. were yesterday murdered at the ranch house, and tho building then set on fire with the Intention of destroying destroy-ing all evidence of the horrlblo crime. A resident of that neighborhood hap- period to ride post the house anil saw It On fir-. He approached as near to tho door as he could and called out loudly to warn the people Inside, but getting no response re-sponse concluded that they wero all visiting vis-iting ii neighbor. Ho at onco went to the latter place only to find that tho Sinters were not thero, and returned Immediately Im-mediately with a party, Intent on saving what property they could from Ihe Jlamos. When the bla::e had been subdued to some extent, although the house was practically destroyed, the neighbors were horrified to find the dead bodies of lira. Slutur and her four children In tho ruins. Owing largely to Their efforts the bodies of the mother and two of the children were not badly burned, but those of the other two children wcru burned to a crisp.