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. 'Su- rca'S wave gone Of, SINCE
! The uss'cal death Of thisamlable, beau.
t'iul, and Ill fstcd lady The storms
OF numerous winters. aud the sunshine
vi succeeding summers. have dissipa.
ted every track and trace from tn
scene of her murder; and IN TO this
umc, her destroyer has been unrcached
oy justice. Since the late arrest of n
mau a; Cecil, Md. il seems likely that
the real murderer is apr -chcnhed, and
viii meet the reward Of hi, foul crime.
We have thought that briot account
oil his victims death. might not be un.
interesting at this time and having
searched the records of that period,
we select and compress the main par.
: ticulars.
The murder was committed about a
mile and half from Charleston. &c
ell colnty, Sid. Miss Cunningham
ieit her fathers house, on tho 9Th OF
( Aprii, 1898. IN company with her little
sister about four Years of aye. 10 visit
her grandfather living abou, amlle dis
tant. Both were missing until the
frihay following. when the melancholy
catastrophe which had befalisn her va.
made known by her htllc sister. who
had wandered IN The woods from the
fatal period of her sister, murder uu.
I'll then.
! The account which she gave In the
person whose house she pro,dentially
reschrd, was, THAT big ugly man
had met her sister and sell. while on
their way 10 their grsndiAther's, aud
after dragging Ser sister into the woods.
murdered her" Her BODY was imme.
d'a,ely sought for, aud found bv tie
neighbors-the monster had nearly sep
araied the young lady's head from her
shoulders iuur OIh-r wounds we're i'm +.
iiicted upon her body, ore on either
SIDE i her breast. one on each Of her
Hdes. l1>t below the Eibs, either Of
winch IL IS SAID, would have prov ed IA
tai but not content with the cruelty
already INFLICTED, he gave her several
wounds In different parts OF the body
a man answering the description Of the
little gal. vas seen riding in gig near
The scene OF murder about the time
II was committed. lie die not own
The gig: but was ken up by the owner.
When he came IN sight Of Miss e..
and he's sister, rising hill. before them.
lac a''shtcd, and the owner went OIL.
lie bore oil the ria of his victim, whose
marriage, a stated by her agouized IA
her, was on the eve Of contamination.
Miss Cunningham was mode! OF
female ioveliness. Even amidst the
appalling ELECTS oi u ruthless and blood.
Taught murder, her features, on which
The agitation If her diving staugeles
Tor lie and honor were painted IA fear
iul power. wcro yet almost divine
Those who saw her on her bier, relate
that nothing could exceed the symms
try and beauty Of her sweet face and
violated form
The horrible event Of her ,.estruc.
ton. IA may wei DO supposed. created
treuIen Ious excitement. A reward
OF $500 was Offered by the Governor
of MARYLAND, and hundred, volunteer.
oil to "scour the country round" and
secure 'he mysterious and prowl,ng
murderer. But he escaped. The deed
was supposed 10 have been committed
BIZ man who crossed the susuuehsp
na that evening AZ sgD-et;-h1 va.
bout 80 years Of sgr. and ) feet 10
inches hugh +; thiek act, with darn hair;
had on green suttuui, AID carried a
I white knapsaek, filed apparently with
clothes. lie vas supposed 10 have Ia
Ken Miss C's black worsted stockings.
The person describing him said he
would recognise him again.
Several stresis were made AT the
time, but none Of the murderer. One
person taken NJ. was = drunkhn fellow,
on his way to vi,it Lis father IN Penn
sylvan a. Ne established he limo
eenes without diilicnlty;sa,dt they m sht
take ham ~ So often ~ thcv plsa,sd ;
that he nstcr struck a woman m all he
life, for ne lord fhem MI 10 tceH
p The betroth~d husband Of Aii.s Can
nInhsm. young man named rs,lor.
met s'so with an untimsiy esd. A dis
tressing accident. we have been told.
deprived him 81 existence. tie "a.
throSn from hi- carriage, and s'mos,
instsnisneousiy killed. This .ad he
tory ~ al thar rsmaIns II that unloe
funafa uarr phi -.