The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-24
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SHOCKING MURDER.
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10 Ear by Her Lover.

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10 Ear by Her Lover.
From the Dubuque Herald. juno Is.
On Monday Last, Wilian Kidd, younl
man of twenty-five or twenty >three, living
three or four miles from Glenhayen, Wis,
small village opposite Guttenburg, sisitet
CoalvilIe and obtained q pair of horses ant
buggy It the livery stable of Mr.. lshmad
aud 1t once returned 70 the house Of Mr. Nc
1vers, in the neighborhood of his fathers
where Ioung lady, Catharine Jordan, resi-.
ded, to whom he was warmly attached, and
had been paying bis addresses for some time,
but who, it would seem, did not reciprocate
his affection. He invited her to take ride
with him, but owing to disinciination, and to
previous indications of reyengeful spirit,
she declined his invitation, and q last &c
cepted, it is said, only upon the request Of
others, who thought it would be for the best.
But it was most fatal mistake, as the sequel
proved.
1t was we'll on toward evening when they
set out for the ride, and Kidd made his way
for kind of BY road, little frequented, some
five miles northeast of Glenhaven. Here.
retired from view and far byoHd all help and
call for help, !. Is presumed Aa pressed his
suit with all the energy Of man with deep
passions, who loves deeply and could not
brook refusal. She calmly but firmly re-
fused to become his wife, as she had done be-
fore. At once his spirit changed. The very
devil himself seems TO have taken possession
of him. His love WIS turned to hate.
Fiendish passions seized upon him, and stops
ping in dense timber far beyond the sight or
aid of man, he drew forth his knife or razor
for he was evidently prepared for the emer-
gency, and proceeded to murder the girl be
had just vowed he loved. He did not even
get out of his buggy for the purpose. When
found she had her threat cut from ear to ear,
though come gashes on the left wrist showed
that the heroic girl had struggled bitterly
against her hard fate. But he succeeded,
her blood stained and elotted the entire We
hicle, and after life was extinct be threw the
body out, and it fell beside the road, where
it was found on Tuesday morning by . passer
by.
After committing this shocking murder, it
would seem that Kidd drove back to near his
father house, though he did not 90 in. He
hitehed the horses near the stable and took
. small bay mare belonging to himself, sad-
died her, and made off for parts unknown.
This was probably about half past ten or
eleven o'clock, and it is supposed he made
for Bridgeport, station on the Milwaukee
Railroad, eight miles east of Prairie du Chen,
tuouSH sumo tHiuh uo Woulu Ot more apt 10
make for the Chippewa River pineries where
he has worked. He was about Eve feet SIX
inches high, dark complexioned, very dark
hair, and at the time had on 3 black sack
coat. Before leaving CassYille, Monday af-
ternoon, he purchased q full suit of pur-
plish color, with white and yellow spots,
which he took with him.
Kidd and Miss Jordan had been brought up
together in the same neighborhood, and have
associated together from childhood. The pa.
rents Of each are farmers and people OF the
highest respectabiiity. He has been paving
his addresses to her for two years or more,
but has always bean received coolly, add
there are reports of another lover to whom
che was at least much more attached than to
hidd, and II is not at all improbable that jeal-
ousy, as well as other ungoyernable passions,
may have had much to do with his fendish
crime. When in the pineries, last winter, he
wrote her letter, telling her that il she did
not marry him she wo1ld BIO of no account to
any other man, and one report declares that
he had twice attempted to shoot her once
through her window at night, and at another
time in steaitby manner. /. is further said
that on Sunday be sent his trunk up the
river on the steamer City of ST. Paul. fact
which would certainly have bad look
Of course the affair creates the intensest
excitement in the locality. An inquest was
held on the body Tuesday, but with What re-
suit is not known. The funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon, and was largely at
tended. No trace Of the murderer has yet
been obtained, and large reward will pro-
baby be offered for his apprehension.