The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-31
MURDERED
AN OLD CITIZEN SHOT DEAlI
WHILE ASLEEP IN HIS
BED ON MONROE
STREET.
NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS
On h or THE YSTERItS
90 OF CRIME.
INTERVIEWS WITH THE MUIR
DERED MANI WIFE AND
DAUGHTER
.From the Memphls Ayalanche

From the Memphis Avalanche
murder was committed yesterday
morning III the house 1893 Monroe street
that promises, in point of mystery, t.
rival the celebrated Nathan murder Of
New York. A few minute after O'Clock
Mr.. Frank NJ. Moore, living at tho above
number, WAS shot and killed by sotne rs
yet unknown person.
TUE HOUSE.
The house is IA two-story affair, setting
back few ieet from the street and irony
ing north. a purtloo above and below ex-
tends the whole length OF the front
| Down stairs there is front door and two
| large windows, opening from the proch
into the parlor and hallway. The win
dows extend TO near the tOor and when
the lower sash IL raised II person can step
from the porch into tho room very easl Y,
The porch up stairs Is similsrly situated
MS regards the windows aud doors.
THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.
IL the front room up stairs Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore and their daughter, II miss Of
thirteen years, slept on the night Of the
murder. The room is small one, and be-
sldes the two windows opening on the
porch TO tho north, has one on the east and
two doors, one into MI adjoining room on
the south and one into u hallway on the
west, INTO which the stairway from the
hall below extends Saturday night when
the three retired thoy pulled the bed out
IN such way Us to place 1t with the head
close TO the west front window aud the
| foot diagoRslly across toward tho door
leading into the hall. This formed II tri-
| angle IN the northwest corner of the room
| in which stood u bureau ON which WAS the
| murdered mans watch and IA few orua-
mental articles.
POSITION or TIKI MURDERED MAN,
The head of the bed being between the
two windows, Mr. MoOres head must have
necessarily been about four feet from tho
west window. Al the windows and doors
leading into the room were open, To the
left OF the bed in the northeast corner stand,
= wardrobe They had no light in the
room, leaving the lamp burning low on II
large took case sitting ia the hall opposite
the door. Mr. Moore slept on his right
side, his face towards the hall door and
west window, while his wife lay next to
him with the little girl sleeping on the out
side 10 her left.
now HE WAS hILLKD.
Mr. Moore was shot, the doctors Moe
srs. Nuttall and Frayser, think by der
ring ball Judging from the cavity The
ball entered in the loft upper portion OF
the skull about two inches directly aboye
the left ear aud ranged through tho BRAIN
dowwards. The bullet wa. not cN-
tracted but is supposed to have lodged
in tho teshy muscles of tho neck.
DEAD ON The fLOoR.
Two negroes, named Lewis and Wal
dram, living m the adjoining house on the
east were the first TO near the cries of Mrs
Moore and Betty. When they entered
The room, some five minutes after the shot
wss fired, Mr.. Moore was found lying in
Al insensible condition on the floor. His
head WAS toward the east front window
anu about where II would have been had
he fallen from the bed, while his feet
Wers near the west window and almost
| against the bureau. At that time the
lamp was lighted and burning brightly.
| The Negroes state that they did not $50 or
hear anyone n, they came into tho hon SO
TIE VERDICT,
The wounded man fingered about three
| hours, when death came to his relief
! Squire Spelman, who has been notified
summoned u Jury md proceeded 10 hold
all inquest The verdict was ''doath from
FhhfLot WoAHl lhnltl'u nj tLe bAnds of
peFson or persons unknown to tho jury
Neither Of the doctors were examined a1id
no search beyond probing was made for
the ball, that silent but possibly most
effective ulusto the murderer.
| MRS. MARY MOORE
An Avalanche representative visited
tho scene during Ito day. ind interviewed
Mrs, Moore and Betty Mrs Moore is A
medium sl@ed lady Of perhaps 80 years,
| bIack mar steady, gray eyes, and n rather
determined cast of coun,enance. which /.
heightened by thin lips, that, when moi
talking, are tightly pressed over "A sot of
fsultless teeth Yesterday she dsplsvsd
neither nervousness nor grief, eyldentlv
having her feelings well under control and
determined to keep them that way,