, 1873-04-05

Whht rondorB tho mhttor moro traQtoal ia TINT
tno pfllotn9i wit1i9sR eBaii.st the noenAod In his
aaoro. :
THE EUREKA HORROR. ~
Tho ne1t ler Of Mrs. 1ucdgep,
Inst sunday morning, about o'clooE, i = 4 1tttto
boy, Child OF d Mrs. Pottcr, was attraotcd to an
object lying on tho gEotlud in tlo roar Of tho
tho railroad ninotoon niloa oast Of ttia city.
There wero some young pigs about tho object,
tho child wont noar, md on getting q distinct
yiow, ran homo. with :I9 fear and alarm depicted in
wore eating tho flcuh of tho faco OF a woman
over nt tho school honao. Tho story seemed TOO
absurd to boiovo, b1lt tho child was 40 earnest
others, repaired to THO spot, md woro horriaod
with the ghnsty spectacle Of tho 1aco md mock Of
dooent]y-drosHod woman torn by tho hogs 80 as
to 10 rast reeoguition. The fearful @ talo was
drawn to tho ppot to bolio1a tho siokoning spoc-
taole. a messenger WAS Immediately dispatched
70 Metamora, tho county soRt, for Coroner ]. NJ.
JohnB. In tho meantime coniocturca wore rife
| nH to who tho woman could bo. Whoeyor It waa
sho had been out Waiting somewhere. o. WEB
judged from llor atylo Of dross with black muf-
her, black velvet Int and oyorahoeg. i,
Short and stout % % b" sSa ind It las
ed sho WAS about 40 yoara Of age. Puddlos Of
blood woro found IN different places near by,}
| and blood was apattorod upon hor clothingu
Some was also observed on the back Of hoS
hands and on hor cuffs. All this forbid tho idoat
that aho Ind fal1en down in d sSvoon or it'll
It vas evident TINT she had boon Violently doalnf
tho aay wore On, Ito wholo village vas absorbed
in the discussion Of tile problem Of who waa sho,l
| and who committed this awful ioed?
About noon tho body was identified as that Of.
~trf& lrnu x<.fE1 1u1-
rosidenco was in tho south part Of tho village,
| more than milo from tho scene Of the murderH
The wo1nan'a h,1aband,, David J. Hoagoa, was!
a ss1' p 4gs naa es as"se 1s ears
living with her. a qu.rtorly meeting oF,
the Mothodist Episcopal Church was Ia
progress tile Saturday before, and Mira:
! be Of tho ovoning meeting. She was nen1bon
Of tho church, md had boon collecting soma
! small eumB TOR church -purpoaas Hor courad
deposited some money Of llor own, she called b..
| tween and O'Clock in the afternoon and lifted
| s135, which, with tho collection H1onoy, might
amount III tho total to 8150. She noxt called adj
| Hchool-houso, ind thoro took tea. She lofH
aoulds about to coll On a Mrs. Woods, provioune
/ to gong to church.. 4llo was not seen alive afteu
this. M going to Woods house she liaa to pa4s
| by tho echoollouBo, and must hnyo boon at
tackled by tho way, for she did not reach Airs.
No money was found on tho peraon of tho
! murdered woman, which fact gavo rise to tho
! suspicion that slie WAS killed for hor n1onoy4
During tho examination Of the body lotter waee
| found pinned to her undorclothng for conccal~
| mont. This letter hnd neither date, address, on
signature. The purport Of the lettcr waa to-
| show that Abraham Of old Ind moro wives than
ono, mud Solomon had numerous concublnes.
What could a widow woman moan by concealing
Hlch paror aH that 'nbout hor porson? just
| about that time aome ono mentioned that
botween and 10 O'Clock on the Saturday ovon-
ing, tho wife Of the Rev. r, g. Workman, Moth
odiet minister, had como homo with 4 scratched
had received it by n fall gu tho sidewalk.
Tho Coroner arrived from Metamora about
O'Clock In the afternoon. a boy named Potter
O'Clock on Saturday night. Rev, Mr. Workmnn
was examined, ind admi.tcd that ho wroto tho
lottor found upon tho deceased Woman. He had
given It to her at prayer meeting in bis cl,urcl3
intimacy with tho woman, but would not oxrlain
what @ he meant by giving hor such document.
Tho oase now soomod cloar enough to many.
connection With the fearful crime. :: Rtre. Work.
nun was at onco summoned aud placod on tl1o
witness stand. Bho immediately fainted away,
and was then removed to q neighboring house,
it vas impossible to obtain her testimony. =
Mrs. Workman Is represented aa being Of tho
same age Of Mrs. Hedges, aud has family oa
sx children. Her tctnpor lB said to DO violent,
Tho conviction now ia that aho ia the murderer.
It is thought by some TINT Mrs. Hedgou intended
to pay, or did pay the money nhe had to Mrs.
Workman as ,peace-offoring, but the latter4
after receiving the money, in tho madness Of her
jealousy, killed. her OIL the spot.
Last night so rocaiEeda telegram from Eureka
as follows:
":Ths evidence ia atrong against Mrs. Work
n,Rn. She id crazy. W1en brought into the
Court-ruom Bllo WIS wild. Could not make apy-
thing out OF hor at all.
From the Peoria {flz.) De,noeraA Aprt1 ..
No gather tho following additional particulars
Of tho bloody murder Of Airs. Hedges; at Eureka.
from q reliable gentleman, who lefs Eureka at
noon on Tuesday. Tho crimo scoms now to ba
fastened pretty tightly on the Workman family,
or, at lenat, on Mira, Workman:
Our informant statos that Mrs. Hodges ate her
supper at the house Of hor brothor-in~ law, Mr.
Gould, on Saturday evening, md started oarly
for church, saying that she wanted to meet q
: there in time for meeting. About tho same time
Mrs. Workman told hor husband that she would
l1o to call at tho millinery Htoro boforo meet.
ing-time, and would bo at church afterward.
tinot screams wore heard by, u person living
near tho school-louHo, but owing to the
noises, made BY the town boys, they wosc mob
hoodod Mrs. Workman arrived homo soon after
her husband calno from church, her faco and
hands coTorod with black md blue br7,iaest and
remarked to lscr husband that ahe lad douo
something which would ruin her Cor hfe. About
tho railroad saw some ono rn,lning on tito on-
dors forming tho bed Of the railroad, In tho diroc-
tion Of the scIloolhouso, aud soon after the eame
person eamo back running ~ before. who
answered tho description Of the Roy. Mr. Work.
minis Bou. It il supposed that tlis waH Work.
mans son, who had been Hent by his 1nother. to
500 If tho woman was dead, md to got the money
which was known TO bo in A1rs: Hodgos'
that she wna murdered for her money.
A letter wus found in tho bosom
of tho murdered woman, which was without
nar,e or t1ato, and was traced 10 Mr.. Workman,
who testified that ho wrote It. Clroumstantial
evidence seems to show that Mrs. Workman WAS
tho principal party to tue murder, but that ghe
waH aBslstod by ono Or moro accompllces-and
| that tho cauHe was jcelollbY: that sQ went pro-