Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-25
A Mosr lloRRlBLE CRIME AND MuR

/ aggravated case Of foul play aud murder that
been revealed iu the city Of Rock Island. the
details Of which arc as follows:
On the 81 day OF July. 1861. twenty-five
months ago. between thee aud four O'clock
little girl seven years OF sge, named LORNA
Rae. daughter Of a widow womsn. who lived
at the American Houee in Rock l-lsnd CAME
10 her mother and asked her to he dressed ne
she wanted 10 60 down the stree. littla wayr
TO the wagon shop-thRt man there had
promised 10 give her ten cents to gs. some'
candy. Her mother s.kd her what man IL
was, and the little girl said it was the man al
the wagon shop. OF cautre she thought OF no
harm, aud to CRAFTY her little pet she dresst6
her a1a lot her 20, She went out and got
uaon the dray that beorged 10 the house and
rode down tie street towards The ferry lanl-
ing, and got Of near Front street That @as
the las, time the ever seen alive by her
mother. The most figld search wac made for
her but without avail, and the almost distrac-
ted and hroaen-hesrted mother was forced 10
the conclusion that her little ore had fallen in
the rver and drowned else come evil disposed
person had abducted her from the city
Ga the left hand Of the street that leads
IRON, the ferry landing into the city. and two
doors from the corner Is a wagon shop form
ely occupied hy one J. johnson. S~sds
lie is a man sone forty years old. end ssid 10
be a Gus icious Appearing character 1t was
just N that vicinity that The g,ri was last seen
on the evening mentioned
On Saturday evening Last. about half past
6ve-whieh was several rnouths after the shop
had been vacated by Johnson--a nua ber ot
eehileuien were etsndiDg about the shop. when
an old gentleman named samuel Turner. and
whose sous nuw have a shop near h,. came
down from the second story Of the vacated
tremises and in al excited manner told the
by stauders that he wanted them to come right
40 stars, he had found .on.thlng ther- he
wanted them to zee. II. had been up ther.
looking after "a wagon hub, and while ther.
smrll.d a very ,netsse oder He had sme,ed
Y before, but nsv,r mace any I've -tieattot
Oa this oceasi0 On h. went bark under the .vea
,
p'''' ~
IA large sheet iron b,x He removed the tool,
Discovered the d.composed bo3y OF what ap-
peared 10 he a child, together wlh sons
chios oioihiug. The box Is four feet long Two
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