Murderd by her daughter's (Annie Electa Foster Jordan) husband, Clinton "Abner" Jordan on November 27, 1893.
Story below was transcribed from the Brownstown Banner, November 30, 1893 issue. Note: Article lists name of father as Josiah, not Joshua. Also, Annie is listed as Anna.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
Clinton Jordans' Wife Leaves Him,
Going to Her Parent's Home
Jordan's Overtures of Reconciliation Was
Spurned by the wife, Whereupon He
Fatally Wounded Her Parents,
Killed his Wife and Himself
Seymour, Ind., Nov. 27.- A terrible tragedy occurred Saturday evening eight miles south of this city, in what has been named the Heathen nation. Upon a farm lived an old pensioner named Josiah Foster, with his family. Six years ago his daughter Anna married Clinton Jordan, a young man whose parents reside in this city. The couple had many quarrels and had separated a number of times.
Last Sunday, they had another of their family quarrels, and Monday morning Mrs. Jordan left the house, saying that she would not live with Jordan any longer. She went to the house of Mr. Foster, a neighbor. Monday night Jordan went to Foster's house, and wanted to see his wife, and told Mr. Foster (who answered the knock on the door) that he wanted his wife to come outside.
Mrs. Jordan refused to go outside, but went to the door and opened it just wide enough so that she could see him. He demanded of her to come home, which she refused, and he then asked her to come outside. This she also refused to do, telling Mr. Foster that she was afraid to go outside for fear he would kill her, as he had threatened to do so upon several occasions. Jordan left the House. The next morning Mrs. Jordan went to the home of her parents, where she intended to stay. Saturday morning Jordan went to the residence of Mrs. John Kane, a sister-in-law, and stayed all day. In the evening he wanted her to go to the residence of her father and persuade her sister to come and live with him again, saying that if she would not live with him they should die together. Mrs. Kane refused to go, and Jordan left the house. After leaving Mrs. Kane he cut across the country [county] to the residence of his father-in-law, Josiah Foster, and going in at the kitchen door he entered the sitting room in which were Mr. Foster, his wife, Anna Jordan and her sister Cora. After entering the room he pulled out a revolver, Cora, who is seventeen years old, seeing the weapon jumped up and started out of the front door. Jordan pointed his revolver at her and, pulling the trigger, the ball entered her head back of the right ear. She died instantly. Mr. Foster, aged sixty years, also started for the door, and he was shot in about the same place, but the ball lodged in his brain. Mrs. Foster, who was sitting before the fireplace, was shot in the left side of the neck.
Mrs. Jordan had gotten under the bed, and Jordan, who had also a pocket knife in his hand, began stabbing her in the arm and upon the hand, the third finger of her right hand being almost cut off. He then shot her back of the right ear, the ball going clear through the head and out of the left temple.
Having, as he supposed, now exterminated the entire family, he got up from the floor and placing the revolver at his left breast, sent a bullet through his heart. The shot ignited his clothing, and he fell back upon the body of his lifeless wife. His body is almost burned to a crisp, and the legs of his wife are also badly burned.
After the shooting Mr. Foster was able to go out and give the alarm to a neighbor named Jon Coryell, who assisted him to the residence of William Powell, about a quarter of a mile distant from the place of the tragedy. Mr. Foster was conscious when they arrived there and told the story of the terrible crime. He died at 1 o'clock Sunday.
Story below was transcribed from the Brownstown Banner, November 30, 1893 issue. Note: Article lists name of father as Josiah, not Joshua. Also, Annie is listed as Anna.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
Clinton Jordans' Wife Leaves Him,
Going to Her Parent's Home
Jordan's Overtures of Reconciliation Was
Spurned by the wife, Whereupon He
Fatally Wounded Her Parents,
Killed his Wife and Himself
Seymour, Ind., Nov. 27.- A terrible tragedy occurred Saturday evening eight miles south of this city, in what has been named the Heathen nation. Upon a farm lived an old pensioner named Josiah Foster, with his family. Six years ago his daughter Anna married Clinton Jordan, a young man whose parents reside in this city. The couple had many quarrels and had separated a number of times.
Last Sunday, they had another of their family quarrels, and Monday morning Mrs. Jordan left the house, saying that she would not live with Jordan any longer. She went to the house of Mr. Foster, a neighbor. Monday night Jordan went to Foster's house, and wanted to see his wife, and told Mr. Foster (who answered the knock on the door) that he wanted his wife to come outside.
Mrs. Jordan refused to go outside, but went to the door and opened it just wide enough so that she could see him. He demanded of her to come home, which she refused, and he then asked her to come outside. This she also refused to do, telling Mr. Foster that she was afraid to go outside for fear he would kill her, as he had threatened to do so upon several occasions. Jordan left the House. The next morning Mrs. Jordan went to the home of her parents, where she intended to stay. Saturday morning Jordan went to the residence of Mrs. John Kane, a sister-in-law, and stayed all day. In the evening he wanted her to go to the residence of her father and persuade her sister to come and live with him again, saying that if she would not live with him they should die together. Mrs. Kane refused to go, and Jordan left the house. After leaving Mrs. Kane he cut across the country [county] to the residence of his father-in-law, Josiah Foster, and going in at the kitchen door he entered the sitting room in which were Mr. Foster, his wife, Anna Jordan and her sister Cora. After entering the room he pulled out a revolver, Cora, who is seventeen years old, seeing the weapon jumped up and started out of the front door. Jordan pointed his revolver at her and, pulling the trigger, the ball entered her head back of the right ear. She died instantly. Mr. Foster, aged sixty years, also started for the door, and he was shot in about the same place, but the ball lodged in his brain. Mrs. Foster, who was sitting before the fireplace, was shot in the left side of the neck.
Mrs. Jordan had gotten under the bed, and Jordan, who had also a pocket knife in his hand, began stabbing her in the arm and upon the hand, the third finger of her right hand being almost cut off. He then shot her back of the right ear, the ball going clear through the head and out of the left temple.
Having, as he supposed, now exterminated the entire family, he got up from the floor and placing the revolver at his left breast, sent a bullet through his heart. The shot ignited his clothing, and he fell back upon the body of his lifeless wife. His body is almost burned to a crisp, and the legs of his wife are also badly burned.
After the shooting Mr. Foster was able to go out and give the alarm to a neighbor named Jon Coryell, who assisted him to the residence of William Powell, about a quarter of a mile distant from the place of the tragedy. Mr. Foster was conscious when they arrived there and told the story of the terrible crime. He died at 1 o'clock Sunday.
Murderd by her daughter's (Annie Electa Foster Jordan) husband, Clinton "Abner" Jordan on November 27, 1893.
Story below was transcribed from the Brownstown Banner, November 30, 1893 issue. Note: Article lists name of father as Josiah, not Joshua. Also, Annie is listed as Anna.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
Clinton Jordans' Wife Leaves Him,
Going to Her Parent's Home
Jordan's Overtures of Reconciliation Was
Spurned by the wife, Whereupon He
Fatally Wounded Her Parents,
Killed his Wife and Himself
Seymour, Ind., Nov. 27.- A terrible tragedy occurred Saturday evening eight miles south of this city, in what has been named the Heathen nation. Upon a farm lived an old pensioner named Josiah Foster, with his family. Six years ago his daughter Anna married Clinton Jordan, a young man whose parents reside in this city. The couple had many quarrels and had separated a number of times.
Last Sunday, they had another of their family quarrels, and Monday morning Mrs. Jordan left the house, saying that she would not live with Jordan any longer. She went to the house of Mr. Foster, a neighbor. Monday night Jordan went to Foster's house, and wanted to see his wife, and told Mr. Foster (who answered the knock on the door) that he wanted his wife to come outside.
Mrs. Jordan refused to go outside, but went to the door and opened it just wide enough so that she could see him. He demanded of her to come home, which she refused, and he then asked her to come outside. This she also refused to do, telling Mr. Foster that she was afraid to go outside for fear he would kill her, as he had threatened to do so upon several occasions. Jordan left the House. The next morning Mrs. Jordan went to the home of her parents, where she intended to stay. Saturday morning Jordan went to the residence of Mrs. John Kane, a sister-in-law, and stayed all day. In the evening he wanted her to go to the residence of her father and persuade her sister to come and live with him again, saying that if she would not live with him they should die together. Mrs. Kane refused to go, and Jordan left the house. After leaving Mrs. Kane he cut across the country [county] to the residence of his father-in-law, Josiah Foster, and going in at the kitchen door he entered the sitting room in which were Mr. Foster, his wife, Anna Jordan and her sister Cora. After entering the room he pulled out a revolver, Cora, who is seventeen years old, seeing the weapon jumped up and started out of the front door. Jordan pointed his revolver at her and, pulling the trigger, the ball entered her head back of the right ear. She died instantly. Mr. Foster, aged sixty years, also started for the door, and he was shot in about the same place, but the ball lodged in his brain. Mrs. Foster, who was sitting before the fireplace, was shot in the left side of the neck.
Mrs. Jordan had gotten under the bed, and Jordan, who had also a pocket knife in his hand, began stabbing her in the arm and upon the hand, the third finger of her right hand being almost cut off. He then shot her back of the right ear, the ball going clear through the head and out of the left temple.
Having, as he supposed, now exterminated the entire family, he got up from the floor and placing the revolver at his left breast, sent a bullet through his heart. The shot ignited his clothing, and he fell back upon the body of his lifeless wife. His body is almost burned to a crisp, and the legs of his wife are also badly burned.
After the shooting Mr. Foster was able to go out and give the alarm to a neighbor named Jon Coryell, who assisted him to the residence of William Powell, about a quarter of a mile distant from the place of the tragedy. Mr. Foster was conscious when they arrived there and told the story of the terrible crime. He died at 1 o'clock Sunday.
Story below was transcribed from the Brownstown Banner, November 30, 1893 issue. Note: Article lists name of father as Josiah, not Joshua. Also, Annie is listed as Anna.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
Clinton Jordans' Wife Leaves Him,
Going to Her Parent's Home
Jordan's Overtures of Reconciliation Was
Spurned by the wife, Whereupon He
Fatally Wounded Her Parents,
Killed his Wife and Himself
Seymour, Ind., Nov. 27.- A terrible tragedy occurred Saturday evening eight miles south of this city, in what has been named the Heathen nation. Upon a farm lived an old pensioner named Josiah Foster, with his family. Six years ago his daughter Anna married Clinton Jordan, a young man whose parents reside in this city. The couple had many quarrels and had separated a number of times.
Last Sunday, they had another of their family quarrels, and Monday morning Mrs. Jordan left the house, saying that she would not live with Jordan any longer. She went to the house of Mr. Foster, a neighbor. Monday night Jordan went to Foster's house, and wanted to see his wife, and told Mr. Foster (who answered the knock on the door) that he wanted his wife to come outside.
Mrs. Jordan refused to go outside, but went to the door and opened it just wide enough so that she could see him. He demanded of her to come home, which she refused, and he then asked her to come outside. This she also refused to do, telling Mr. Foster that she was afraid to go outside for fear he would kill her, as he had threatened to do so upon several occasions. Jordan left the House. The next morning Mrs. Jordan went to the home of her parents, where she intended to stay. Saturday morning Jordan went to the residence of Mrs. John Kane, a sister-in-law, and stayed all day. In the evening he wanted her to go to the residence of her father and persuade her sister to come and live with him again, saying that if she would not live with him they should die together. Mrs. Kane refused to go, and Jordan left the house. After leaving Mrs. Kane he cut across the country [county] to the residence of his father-in-law, Josiah Foster, and going in at the kitchen door he entered the sitting room in which were Mr. Foster, his wife, Anna Jordan and her sister Cora. After entering the room he pulled out a revolver, Cora, who is seventeen years old, seeing the weapon jumped up and started out of the front door. Jordan pointed his revolver at her and, pulling the trigger, the ball entered her head back of the right ear. She died instantly. Mr. Foster, aged sixty years, also started for the door, and he was shot in about the same place, but the ball lodged in his brain. Mrs. Foster, who was sitting before the fireplace, was shot in the left side of the neck.
Mrs. Jordan had gotten under the bed, and Jordan, who had also a pocket knife in his hand, began stabbing her in the arm and upon the hand, the third finger of her right hand being almost cut off. He then shot her back of the right ear, the ball going clear through the head and out of the left temple.
Having, as he supposed, now exterminated the entire family, he got up from the floor and placing the revolver at his left breast, sent a bullet through his heart. The shot ignited his clothing, and he fell back upon the body of his lifeless wife. His body is almost burned to a crisp, and the legs of his wife are also badly burned.
After the shooting Mr. Foster was able to go out and give the alarm to a neighbor named Jon Coryell, who assisted him to the residence of William Powell, about a quarter of a mile distant from the place of the tragedy. Mr. Foster was conscious when they arrived there and told the story of the terrible crime. He died at 1 o'clock Sunday.
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