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itlVRs ana hcquamlahCeS Hlsseu He'' '"""
on inquiry, learned from her husband,
NON ascerlained to be her murderer, that
she left his house on that night, since
which he had not seen her. Time pass.
ed on without awakening susPicions 'ot
his guilt sufficiently TO induce proper
examination until last Sunday afternoon,
when the blood Of the murdered vale
cried from The ground through the voice
OF q Young sister Cntharine HnkIe On
last Sunday afternoon this sister cadeo
at the house OF Horn Ia make another
inquiry aboulthe fate ,of her sister. To
various questions she received from
Horn no satisfactory account tie reIa
ted that she had left home on the stormy
night referred to, al little alter | a.
ock - that after both had retired to bed,
she rose and went oul on the porch
that he saw her there for the last time
in her night dress that she had apiece
Of calico in her hands, and that she left
with this calico and $50 in cash. Cath
arine was not content with this story,
but openly mentioned her CONVICTIONS
that Mainda had been murdered, and
that she was resolved 70 institute suit
table search Accordingly, on last Mon
day morning, party sci out tor the pur'
pose and proceeded TO the DWELLING
Having arrived they found the house q
store in such condition as plainly 10
show thol its master had deserted II un'
der some strong and unaccnunlable i'm
pulse. The neghbor hood was fully eX
amined during the day. At 4 o'clock in
the afternoon a revelation was made ol
deed Of the deepest atroci,y. Less
than a quarter Of milo from the house
TWO feet under ground, and enclosed in
an old coffee bag, was found the trunk
of the unfortunate MaIinda. In few
minutes alter the party proceeded &c
The house and found in the garret, in
closed within another coffee bag, the
legs and arms. The head could not be
found. Those parts disnterred we're II
quite as good preservation as il the mur
der had been recent--a circumstance
which clearly shows that they had 6eeI
disposed Of IN a different way until thr
murderer, through fear Of detection, ha
placed them as they were discovered -
This conclusion is fully justified by tn
condition 10 which the clothes OF tn
murderer were found, His shoes an
/ vest we're soiled with species OF ella.
7 similar 10 that in which the body wa
inferred. II was, therefore, prelt,
clear that the person Of the victim ha
been mutilaled in this manner and KEEP
in IIquor until recently, when the limb
were buried; bu! after he found 'ha
search would be- made on Monday morr
ing, win hope that he might escaP
: detection, he brought the legs and arm
5 to the house,
0HrWe have just gathered some add
tionaI facts OF an extraordinary charac
ter in connexinn with the above, and al
parentIy Identifying Horn with the pc
pelraion OF another murder OF slmlf
atrocily. In 1910 a man named Andre
tleIIman. ian ominous name indeed t
the way,) was lodged in the jail oI Lc
gan county, Ohio, on charge of muj
dering his vile in the most horrid ma
r ner On the 18Th Of November ot Ih'
9 year, he made his escape from that lai
and placOrd offering a reward OF $50
for his apprehension, was published
The Sheriff, and found its way 10 this C
;. ", as did also several letters corrobo
/ aling the description Of the man conlal
cd 10 The pacard, and stating other il
portunt facts, particularly such as rel
;, led to acquainlances he had formed du
r ring a previous residence in Batimor
9 He was believed 10 have come 10 this
a ", and from that time until the preset
our public officers have been on the Io'
out for him, fully impressed with Il
% conviction that he was in or near IN
It city. Adam Horn was first seen IN Il
:. neIghborhood which has been aPpalI'
by the awful murder above dela led "
years ago last February. agreeing WI
the time of the escape OF Hollmsn, ben
about three months subsequent there
The description of Hollman contained
/; the placard is that Of mau "about
: wears Of age" Zone Of the letters Irt
g Ohio states his age at over hly0 "h
r. feet eight inches high; baldheaded; SO
g dy complexion; has a solemn coun
n nance; his face is poekmarked; u
man by birth; a tailor by trade; Ca
u olc BY profession; speaks broken EI
o. lish; the third finger OF tho right ha
m moro crooked than the rest" In
h. these particulars, minute as some
:, them are, Horn and HelmOu ogree
- precisely, even TO the crooked hng
that The gentlemen who brought on
lie intelligence yesterday, when the o
rn criplion OF Hellman was read TO them
m claimed, that it was better descrIP'
of Horn than they could possibly HI