The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-04
A DOUBLE CRIME.
Outrage gnI Muraer- The Dark Affair
E~mNeIopod In MYaIerN.

From the Chicago Republican Of Monday.
The result Of u terrible and most mystic
rious crime vas brought TO light on Satur-
day last by the discovery of the murdered
form of n young girl upon q small island
in the river Just north of the city limits. -
u IL another horror 10 be added to that
feariully long list for which Chicago is no
torious. Tn circumstances connected
with the dark affair are peculiarly appall-
ing, as the victim is a beautiful and limo
cent young girl, and il is probable that q
most brutal outrage preceded the greater
crime that eXtinguished the vital spark
The place where the iiepdish act was per-
petrated is an island in the North Branch,
formed bya bayou setting back from the
river. The island is located north of the
city limits, near what is known AZ 'Snow's
Tavern"
Three young men, named respectively
Joseph Freeman, George Pfeifer and John
Lightbody, were passing by tho place on
Saturday evening when their attention was
attracted by what appeared 10 be n female
kneeling upon the river bank. The figure
was still and mOtionless, and a closer in
spection showed that it was no longer the
body of n living person. A leathern strap
was found tightly bound about hor neck,
producing stangulation, which was with
out doubt the immediate cause Other death.
The posture in which the body was found
clearly denoted the pain and anguish pre-
ceding death. When discovered, the imam
innate form was resting upon the knees and
face, which was covered by her hands, az il
duplicating to her merciless murderers to
save her life. These appeals were unheed-
ed, the only response being the tightening
strap in the hands of the unrelenting ruff
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be of Norwegian nativity, of more than
ordinary intelligence, and was neatly
dressed, but the means Of Identify
ing the body are few, and her name and
the secret of the foul crime will most likely
ever be recorded in the two words of terri
BILE meaning-"iound dead" Upon her
fingers were found two gold rings, one of
which was engraved with the e~nitials, 80.
Nj, W." the other ring and the under
clothing were marked with the initials,
I'M. "" Her purse contained some small
change, but no address by which any clue
to her identity could be ascertained.
The blaokened and distorted features ex-
hibited the marks Of strangulation, pro-
duced probably by the strap above referred
10, and that the murderer or murderers had
taken improper liberties with the person
Of the helpless girl, there can hardly remain
u uONuI
The remains were yesterday conveyed to
the dead house in the old city cemetery
for Identification, but mp 10 a late hour
last night her identity was not learned
A post mortem examination was held yester-
day afternoon, but beyond the facts above
alluded TO, nothing further was ascertained.
An inquest on the remains will be held by
Coroner Cleayes, to-day.
The hct that the criminal and the vic.
tim are alike both unknown adds much 10
the horrible nature of the crime, and what
could have been the object Of visiting the
shafts of death upon one so helpless and
harmless is almost beyond comprehension.
Can 1t be that the young girl was decoyed
to the place and outraged, and then muir
dered by the demons in human form 10
conceal the crimep Yet, this is the most
plausible explanation of the hidden mys-
terry.