Cape May County NJ Archives News.....Destruction of Mount Vernon Hotel September 27, 1856
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West-Jersey Pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: September 27, 1856 September 27, 1856
West-Jersey pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: September 27, 1856
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that they have had an interview with a gentleman who
resides at Cape May, who informs them that it is now the general impression there,
that Mr. Cain, the father of the Cain family, who were burned up by the destruction
of the Mount Vernon Hotel, was murdered and robbed before the hotel was set on fire.
The jewelry of all the members of the family was found near the charred remains, but
not a dollar of gold or silver coin has been recovered, and there is every reason to
believe that there was considerable in their possession. Young Cain, who escaped
from the hotel, but was so badly burned that he died soon afterwards, alleged that,
he saw a man in his room when he left it. The remains of the girls were found near
those of the father,  and it is inferred from their peculiar position that they wore
also murdered. This portion of the family could not have retired to their rooms as
the contents of their pockets, &c., were found near them.

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