Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-27
THE LAST MYSTERY.
A Story Equal to that of Moore Of Mem
ph's-WhO Killed Mrs. Yeager
Of New Orleans!
Particulars Of a Sad Afiair-A Wife
Shot While Waiting at the
Gate for Her Hus-
band.
From dc New OrIeans Times.

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employed in building house at the Bar
racks, on reaching his home, at the cor
ner of Sixth and Claiborne streets, wa
startled at finding every door wide open
the place in total darkness, and his wifi
nowhere visible. Hurrying in, he madt
a hasty search through the house, anC
not finding her within, rushed into th'
ward, but in the darkness was still un
Successful. Returning, he lighted /;
lamp and again started out, and haC
walked but ten steps when his blooC
was frozen with horror at behOlding tht
unhappy woman stretched upon hel
back on the ground, quite dead.
faithful Watchdog, chained to his ken.
nel, had dragged the small habitatior
from its place, and sat beside her
Mr.. Neager rushed to the house
of a neighbor several squares off.
The man was not at home,
and Mr.. Yeager continued his search
for assistance until he found Officers
John Costello and Thomas Moore, who
at once accompanied him back to the
scene of the dreadful tragedy. The
house is far back, where Claiborne street
is reduced to a narrow lane, and where
for squares around there is nothing but
a dreary waste Of sedge grass. No lamps
are visible for a mile. Reaching tue
scene, our reporter found a small one
story frame house, facing Sixth street,
one square above the Washington ave-
nue. shell-rOad. 1t contains but two
rooms, divided by q whitewashed board
partition, presenting an air of great neat
ness, and the furniture and appliances
indicating people Of some refinement.
A sewing-machine, several handsome
articles of furniture, one or two good
engravings, a brightly-polished stove,
and a kitchen which was cleanliness
itself, denoted, more plainly than any
language, the home of thrift and un-
pretending prosperity. In the east
room, or kitchen, near the stove, on a
board supported by two chairs, lay the
body of the victim. 1t had been borne
into the house, its head supported by a
pillow now crimsOned with gore, and
was covered with a sheet. A slight and
rather delicate woman, barely twenty
two, with dark brown hair and rather a
pleasant and amiable face, caTewOrn,
perhaps, and somewhat .jaded, but a
woman who in any sphere would be a
helpmeet worthy Of the most deserving.
A policeman met our reporter at the
bridge near the house. Three others
made their appearance as he entered,
and the hapless husband, with two OF
his friends, also greeted him. After
glancing at the body, Mr.. Yeager accom-
panied our reporter into the yard and
pointed out the place where the
body was found, showing the pool OF
blood which marked it. The yard is
about forty feet square, with a garden in
rear, divided by partition fence. She
was standing near the fence which di-
vides the yard, on the side of the house
from the garden in rear, when the assas-
sin, secreted behind the former barrier,
fired a heavy charge of buckshot. One
buckshOt took effectin the middle of the
neck, on the left side, one in the fieshy
part Of the arm, one on the point of the
left shOulder-blade, and several in the
middle of the back. One of the
was found under the skin
Of the right shOulder-blade, and an
other, which went through the body, was
found under the skin OF her breast.
Several bunet-hOles through the fence
about four feet from the ground showed
that the wretch must have stood on the
outside and fired in from the open space
which surrounds the house. The crime
was probably peTpetrated between three
and four O'Clock in the afternoon. A
shot was heard by a lady residing several
squares off, between three and four
o'clock. 1t is described as giving the
report of a heavily charged weapon,
Jut, as many hunters frequent the Yicin-
ty, little attention was paid to it.
Mr.. YEAGER's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Yeager stated that about two
months ago, a stranger came to his
house after dark and requested him to
walk out into the road, as several gentle
men desired to see him. He accom-
panied him to Washington avenue,
where he saw several men in police uni
Orm, but without uniform caps. When
hey reached the road, the man struck
him with brass knuekle and knocked
lim down. Mr.. YeaTger jumped up and
fred at the man, who ran. The en-
JlOye of a Gascon milkman alleged
hat he knew the parties who made the
attack, but Mr.. Heager states he was
Orbidden to tell by his employer. Fif-
cen or twenty shots were fred
1t him before the men retreated.
BE states that since that time his
wife has been exceedingly anxious
him, and insisted upon
his returning home at an earlier hour,
bis business frequently keeping him out
as late as nine o'clock. She herself
fearing his assassination, cut the weeds
Of the open space for some distance
away from the fence, and seemed con-
.inually to appTehend some sudden at
tack. In obedience to this promise, Mr..
Yeager came home last night only to
ind his home forever desolated. The
motive could not have been robbery, as
Mrs. Yeager when found wore several
articles ofjewelry, and nothing is missed
from the house but a shotgun and re-
yOlver.