HORRIBLE DEATH.
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Extract of letter to the editor, dated Lyme, Ionia


county, Michigan, March 80, 1888:


s'An inquest was this day held, about eight
miles north of this place, over the bodies of three
persons, nearly consumed by fire, in the body of
the log house in which they lived. The unani-
nous verdict of the jury was that they were all
most horribly murdered by some person or per-
sons unknown. The presumption is strong, how
Indians in that neighborhood" The bodies found
were the wife and two children of Mr.. Ansel d..
Glass, who removed into this country last fall from
the north part of the state of New York. And
it is supposed with much good reason) that Mr..
Glass must also be murdered somewhere in the
vicinity of his house. Mr. Glass lived about four
miles from any white inhabitants, and none OF
the nearest inhabitants had seen him or any of his
family, since the 14th instant till on the 2Sth, Mr..
Hiram Brown, one of the nearest settlers, went
there on business, and the bodies of the women
and two children were found as above stated
No trace could be found of the body or bones o
Mr.. Glass.


Mr.. Glass was known to have good rifle, two
axes and two barrels of flour, packed in box, ii
one corner of the room, and no trace Of either
could be discovered which circumstances led tc
the conclusion, or at least the strong presumption
that they were massacred by the Indians, and tho
house set on fire. Several locks Of the woman's
hair were found near the door Of the house, with
the skin and flesh attached to them. A handker
chief was also found besmeared with blood. A
general turnout of the citizens is expected to en-
deavor, if possible, to discover the body of Mr.
Glass. ."-Defron Free Press.