The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-21

The KRTT TRAGEDY.-A correspondent
of the Journal of this morning, does not
accept the theory that Christine Kett, the
unfortunate young woman whose tragic
death has been frequently alluded to, here
tofore, accidentally shot herself with her
brothers pistol.
As this melancholy affair has created
considerable interest in the community,
and as the circumstances connected with
the death of the young woman are still
shrouded in mystery, we give our readers
the benefit of the "theory" adopted by the
Journals correspondent. He SAYS:
"ln the first place, there was a large
amount of fresh blood on the floor, such as
generally flows from a cut, and seldom
from powder wound, the loss of which.
IN ITSELF was sufficient to cause her death.
Ihere were two sharp cuts about four and
one-half inches long, each about the same
length, as If made by the same instrument.
crossing each other at right angles. the
edges turned in as If they had been cut in
mot torn out There was slight bruise
on her left wrist, and on her left breast.
The back of her dress was covered with
blood, and her right and left arms to the
elbows. The pistol was on her left side.
she lying on her back and slightly in
clined to her right side. An ak was
In the cellar with snow on it. A track.
made by one person, was discovered com
ing TO and going from the house through the
pack OF the lot across the commons, for A
distance of one-fourth of a mile. with blood
on the fence where II crossed going back,
and man was seen walking with some ra-
pldity In the direction of the track before
the murder was discovered, as to the exact
time the witness was not positive. The
testimony that reduces to certainty that
the blood found on the fence was taken
there Dy curious persons or neighbors," 4" Ia
not entirely satisfactory, and needs further
explanation. That the track was made in
day time, and not at night, as at first sug-
gested, should not be doubted, for the foot
prints going outand coming i'm were made so
close together for so long distance. that
1t required daylight to make them. Now.
as 1t could not have been accidental and
was not probably suicidal, how could the
murder have been accomplishedp Of
several ways, the following NAV be one
The house occupied by this Kett family
had formerly been brothel, and since they
have lived In it they have been mnch
annoyed by persons supposing it WAS of the
same character still, so that on different
occasions they have been compelled 10
raise the windows and shout murder before
those seeking admission would leave
Now, If for some reason, while at home
alone, the girl Christine had found it nee
essary to get the pistol, as show of de-
fense against an intruder, and this person
had struck her on the head with hatchet
or ak, and to conceal the fact, had leaned
over her PROSTATE body and discharged the
pistol that had fallen from her hands, into
the wounds made by him, the charge Of
powder would have taken the track that il
really did, the results would have been az
they now are; all conflicting circumstances
would be explained, and the footprints to
the rear OF the lot and across the common
would be accounted for.
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