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Watertown Republican
Watertown, Jefferson County, Dodge County, Wisconsin
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John Elsmere, a farmer and preacher in Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, beat and murdered his wife, two daughters aged 12 and 17, and the hired girl after arriving home drunk, then set fire to the house and burned their bodies. He is jailed under guard to prevent lynching.
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John Elsmere, a prosperous farmer and local preacher of Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, went home drunk and beat his wife because his supper was not ready. He then worked himself into a frenzy of rage, and seizing a heavy poker brained his wife and his two daughters, aged respectively 12 and 17, and also killed the hired girl; then set fire to the house, and burned their bodies. He is in jail at Wirt court house and the sheriff has a strong guard to prevent lynching.
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Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia
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killed his wife, two daughters aged 12 and 17, and the hired girl; set fire to the house and burned their bodies; john elsmere is in jail at wirt court house under strong guard to prevent lynching.
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John Elsmere went home drunk, beat his wife because supper was not ready, worked into a frenzy of rage, seized a heavy poker and brained his wife and two daughters, also killed the hired girl, then set fire to the house.