The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-15
Ida Buckley.
TIE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN ST. LOUISA Sc
coND HELEN JEwETT SENSATION.

CUSD HELEN JEW Ell ShSSAlloH'
lSt. Louis Globe. August ~
An unknown couple on Wednesday nigh
took buggy ride that, before it ended, re
suited in the murder of one OF the occu
pants at the hands Of the other. The muir
der is one of the most peculiar in the annals
of crime. About II O'Clock yesterday morn
ing an old farmer called at the Mounted Dis.
trict Police Station and Informed an officer
that 4 wom4n was lying dead in the field
near the Clayton road. Sergeant Warren
Fox and Officer Purcell started for the local
ity mentioned at noon, and about two hours
later arrived at the residence OF William
Litzipger, about fourteen miles from the city
The gentleman in question is farmer by
occupation. and the space between bis house
and Tue road is occupied Is an orchard.
About Ii O'Clock Wednesday night Litzin.
ger beard three pistolshots fired IN his or.
chard, and on going 10 the door saw some
thing white about 200 yards from the house,
but old not go TO investigate it, as he and
his wife were under the suppOsitiOn that
Highway robbers were in the orchard. The
Former. at the time the plslOl.shots startled
him, fancied that he caught glimpse OF q
nan running towards the fence, but cannot
be positive on that point. An hour after
Daylight had arrived the rurallst mustered
courage enough 10 go to the white object,
and was horrif.d to find that it was the
budg of woman. The corpse was lying
under an appletree, and her hair and face
were covered with cletted blood. When
LIlzinger discovered that murder had been
perpetrated on his premises he fastened to
Inform bis negbbors, and by the time the
others arrived that section of the country
was ia state of great excitement.
Sergeant Fox and his associate at once set
eagerly to work Oh the case, and found that
the body was that of stoutly built woman
about twenty-five years OF age, i've feet Tour
inches high, weighing about one hundred
and fifty pounds. Her eyes were blue, and
her long brown tresses, which were clotted
with blood, hung loosely over her shoulders.
She was dressed in light spotted calico
dress and polonaise, with q black border, q
coarse chenise, corsets, and very high-heeled
and new boots. a piece Of pink ribbon was
also found, and white handkerchief that
had been tied tightly around her throat. II
was by no means difficult to perceive at d
glance that the woman had been foully dealt
with. There was horrible wound in the
face, one bullet having entered at the centre
of the nose and came out at the back of tht
head. Another ball had penetrated the lef
ear, and cut in the throat also indicates thai
knife was used, but whether such was thu
case, or whether the second bail made its ext
at this point, the physicians could no
Yesterday determine. Her left arm show
plainly how she was clutched, the marks o
/ finger nails being visible; and the surround
| ings also show that she struggled to ge
away. No hat or butter garments were found
Two teeth in the upper jaw were knocked
out. Outside the grounds on the Spod
road there were buggy tracks, but whethe
the vehicle approached from the Olive-stree
road or the Clayton road could not be de
termined, as they were not sufficiently plain
At point q short distance on the Clayton
road side Of The gate evidences of where th
fence had been climbed plsiny showed them
selves. Sergeant Fox is of opinion that III
murder was carefully planned, as the hand
kerchief around the w0man's throat Woul
indicate that she had been gagged. II
i thinks that on reaching the point where to
fence was crossed the girl leaped from tn
buggy and endeayored to get away, and thi
! theory is borne out by the signs Of struggl
at that point, and also by the marks on tn
arm, showing that she had been gagged.
| MORE OF THE GIRLS HISTORY.
l3t. Louis Globe, August 81
The police authorities are still yainly er
| deayoring to uDrayel the mysterious crcuu
stances that surround the death Of poor Id
Buckley. The murdered woman was th
daughter of the foreman Of the Twenty-frs
street gas-works, in the city Of New Yorl
Her relations in the East are highly respec
able. Her maiden name was Kate Buckle.
and about twelve years ago she was Marie
to Timothy Hartnett instead of Buckley,
had been previously reported. Four Chi
dren were born to them, but msn and wi
found it impossible to live together in ha
monious manner, and they frequently qua
relied. From Mr. John Connors, q respec
able young moulder, and 9 cousin Of the d
ceased, who was In custody at the Fol-
Courts yesterday, the reporter learned tn
the dead girl had number Of relatives
this city. When she came West last fl
Ida took up with Mrs. McNairny, rel
. |tiye, and lived with her until spriD
when she left and followed life Of shat
3 at Roger Plants Lucas avenue daDce-bous
) Her whereabouts were soon discovered, n
r she was prevailed upon TO return TO NJ
York with her husband, and socn tired
the metropolis and returned to her ,
!. haunts. This was repeited on three d!ff
/. emf occasions. When last The woman ca
q Ito st. Louis she and her hus land resid
. lfor day or two ut q Second street boards