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Show TWO CHILDREN SLAIN Boy and Girl Are Most Brutally Bru-tally Murdered. KILLED BY AN UNKNOWN Mary nnd Thomas Peterson, Arjtd 15 nnd 11 Years, Arc Found, the C-lrl Dead, the Boy Dying, In tho Suburbs of Des Moines, Iowa Thty Were Horribly Treated-Tho Crime Believed to Have Been Committed Com-mitted by Negro Have an Undo Living In Salt Lako. Des Moines, la, April 14 -While returning homo from Highland Park Methodist chuii.li, on the noith out-nklrta out-nklrta of tho city, last evening, Mar Peterson, IS years of age, and Thomas, aged 11, children of Tetcr J. Peterson, a well-to-do dairyman, were murdered by some unknown person, believed to be a negro DOY roUND ALlVn Tho boy, when found at midnight, was alive, but died in fifteen minutes, not being able to give a description of his assailant. The bodies were discovered discov-ered by u. former who overheard tho moans of tho lad An investigation revealed tho fact that both children had their heads crushed GIltL'S SKULL FRACTUHED The body of tho girl was found at tho foot of a telegraph pole, In a ditch two feet deep Her clothing was badly torn. At tho bass of the head she had been hit with some hard Instrument, resulting In fracturing the skull. On the crown of tho head there weie four or five indentations, all of which would have proven serious, if not fatal. Not a brick or an instrument can bo found within tho region vvhero tho murders occurred. HOY nilUTALLY TllHATlID. The boj, who w-as found in tho ditch on tho opposito side of tho road, was most cruelly treated. I'ully halt a dozen indentations were mado in tho skull, and his faio also showed evidence evi-dence of being pounded. OTllL'll CHILDItil.V CHASrD. The Toterson family consists of seven children, four g'lls nnd thtee boys. Two of tho girls now living deilara that a week ago they were chased at the same spot by a man on their return during the evening from Hlghlanl Park. They nre unable to give a description de-scription or the man. opinion or roLicn Not far from the scene of tho murder are tho Manulsvllla coil mines, In which some 200 colored coal miners nra cmplojed It is tho Impression of the police that tho murderer was a resident of Marnulsvllle. The tracks of two men have been found lending from tho scene, and were followed by the police, but they soon led Into a path where all trace was lost Clov Cummlngs has consented to offer a reward of (MO for tho capture of the criminals SUSPIICT IS ARHKSTKD James llutchlns. a negro, 2T years old, wna arrested this nfternoon by tho police as a suspct Ho had on tho bick of his coat the Imprint of a bloody hand He gave a rambling account of where he had been during the night. Several other suspicious characters are held by the police. A crowd of several thousand peoplo gathered In front of the cits Jail shorllj after tho anest of llutchlns, but no effort wna mado to take him from tho ofllccrs Incitement Ib running high nnd tulle ot lynching is common. The murdered children have nn uncle llvlnr In Hilt Lake A M Peterson, who Is the proprietor of the hikery nnd rs-taurnnt rs-taurnnt at . i:nt hecond bouth street Mr Peterson sold lat night that he hvl no direct word from his brother, but the name uf his brother, his occupation tho namiB and ages of the children all corresponded corre-sponded on I he could not believe that tliej were not his nlco and nephew, although al-though he tried to Ho was lKirn nnd raised In Des Moines and knows Iho spot well which Is described de-scribed as the scene of tho horrible crime. Ills brother and famlli nlten led tho church and tho little folks all took nn interest in-terest In the servlris so It wns evident that they were at church nlone, probnbly because their parents could not nltenl He Is nnturnll) distressed nt tho terrl-blo terrl-blo nena llo has lived hero thirteen years, hut win home on a visit sis. jenrs ubo and of courso knew lioth tho children, chil-dren, ills brother had seven children In nil and was a succcsirul dalrjmnn In Des Moines |
