, 1875-06-25
CRIME.
A DESERTED WIFE thciTEs MURDER.

| DESERTED WIFE fhci1Es MURDER.
| Corresnondtnca SpTtagdt'a Journal.
BT. AUGUSTINE. Ffa, Jnne 13.-About ono
veok ago, gentleman By The nnmo OF II.
Kcech, = farmer living II tnltsB below here,
near tho old Eatanzaa Fort, Blar.od to 60 10
Jacksonville, Fla to collect como rents, and, to
savo expense, wont by lnu.l In his cart, 1ie col
looted the rent, and returned homo on Friday
evening, May 1. Stopping l,oro IN town, l,c paid
hls store BILL It soomB ho wnB followed from
Jacksonville by nan giving lila na1no IL Austin,
| from Illinois. Austin missed Kecc on tho road.
| mud. arriving there l1rst, went to a neigh.
bor'n and etaYcd all night, whore 1le
! made many inquiries about Keecll's cIrcunlntan-
Coz. pretending 10 wantod to buy l'is farm. uo
went to Koecil's house tlo next lay and hung
nronnd until Sunday morning. when ho per.
when near the shore Of n etna1l crack ln got ao-
hind and ahot linn In tho bend and neck. Tho
ball In tho neck struck him noar. tho head anti
ran ranged down. nos Eoing very deop tho other
athnnirg him. Ito then took lin out Of tho
boat aud threw him into lhs n,assl mud to mako
! the Job Hllfo pounded Kecch'a hoad to puaIlco
rao , ,ro nt0nD n, ens and ~ thin IT, eat co- KocSh
1lcnd then went to tllo house, whoro
| Mira. kccch was waiting for then, to comic TO
breakfast an,! shot her Tires tinles, oach ono
being fatal. lilo tl,on broke opon the trunks and
sa'atllu on the murdered mana lsorss md stnrtoh
south: Sunday afternoon hlE. Williams q
nosGhbor, went to Kooch'a and found his vito
thd OH she floor, with pistol on tue betl with
all the chambers discharged. md tho pocket
boolts scattered around open. 1Ie garo tho
alarm, and tho neighbors ca1ne in, malo an or
amlnaton. and found thfngs aa abovo sta4otl.
Elscy then made n Behrcll for Mr.. koccl, and
dead, aud they woro directed 10 tho spot by
tstH groans. 1le being partly IN tho wator
probably saved him. uo was brought to tiia
city and properly carod for, and will lilsoly ro.
pnny. and started In pursuit.. They followed tlo
n,ufdorcr 100 miles through tl,s piuo woods and
low hammock, ho evidently making Tor the St,
Johns Mvor. Mt Mcllonyilo, bnt boing stranger
road. He abandoned tho horse about rs miles
from whora he took him. Ills pursue.B wero
old hunters. and whnt ia called 'tclackrrs or
"rannhmon," and know overy foot Of Tho country
fietd sttting beside Hu,ali trail, Ho Ind Loaf
l,ta way aud givan up. They tied Him on
horse and took him hack to crook. wllnro they
csmpod for tho night. and were joined by the
Shorin and his posse and twonty farmers from
Orange County. making thirty six possons. Thoy
held council aa to what they should do with
tile pr1eoncr. a majority woro for hanging or
ah9ot'nR h!n, % tho spot. Thoy finally agreed
10 !ct lin toll bis story, and ct lse ouco mado
Ing to what ho Ind done, and MAS ready
to dto, but would not bo1ovo TINT
~. Keeeh was not dead un1oss ho sav
him ali9c, for 1ie VAS suro lie Ind
IN jail awaiting tho slow process Of the LAW. lie
ia m Euglisl.nlan, easB ho lB from Chcaco, and
was hired to kill Kcech BY his uifo. now in Chi
csgo, H., hut formerly Of Dotois, via. Kecch
acknowledges tl,at tho woman lie lived with il
nos his wifo. and that l,o bus vito In Wiscon-
Hn. Tho ml1rdorcr clnfms to 10 a cot,nin of lilo
WOMAN lso ktllfa. He wnfyed an examination,
WIS committed without trial, and We will aavo to
Spanish like = native Is rntl,cr small, has bluo
ewes, light Lair and whakots, q largo scar over
his right oyo and uecs his II " Ike ..Coct,-
ney,, and has, he Bays, an uuwritson history
worth knowing.
Special Dispateh to The catcao" Tribune,
Foxp Du Lac. Wla., Juno M.-Ihe Henry
Keech who waa nearly killed noar st. Augustine,
Fla, Hhort timo since, proyos to DO tho Kcccl,
who was formerly 1umbarman In this city, and
Who went to Florida for bis health eoYcu Or
eight years ago, leaving hia mifo in this city.
The woman who was kll'ed At tho time Ie WA
wounded WAS not bis wife, but 1t scoras they had
lived as man md vito for somo years. rho fol-
loving letter, received In this city, ehows that
tho aasasain has been captured, and tlRt ho COZ
foasps:
:, 81. AuouST1sr. Fla, Jnne u, 1s7s-pEAa Aunt
sz* ~ tAat hare to writo you th!s
hero and kill Keerh and that woman 10 was Nytnn
w!;h; 6ao can'e to Chicago WITH nls and bought mo
deed aA ehe told mo TO- ghs offered 1ne 1000 to did
so dd It. Now am in lai 10 DO trci for my Nic,
. murderer. Mary Ann gnrc 1no no money to gct
want lawyer 70 ~ and sase my ito. hsvs no no
onsy n1ap nd .st etnt 1sy ss awser .oy e Az
Keech was living with put fnat bult-holea thrUurG
her head. shu Il desd.t KcccA IL nut expected 10
nTo long. think aunt Mary Aun ought 10 autYer
With me II am to suffer, she put me MP to tl,s
been nl right nor: W.nt you TO aeo IT yon can ct
give ,ae, (ajNnes) WIxIuM Nsw4ox soF-
send my love 10 all. an In jill vii scla yoa
> nictnrc-tilat Of murderer, Nrtto soon. Direct
to William Newton. St. Aug1latlnu, Flt., U. s.
Tho Aunt Mary Ann Is tho wife Of air, Kcoch,
left In Pond da Inc. Upon tearniuE that her
husband Was llying With another woman. ehc
became greatly enraged, and 1t does not much
surprise thosn best acquainted with her that nho
has bcou charged witt. hiring the young man TO
kill Kecch and h1h mistress. Tho matter cauHcs
much excitement III this part uF tho Skate, whcte
all tho parties except tho murdered woman woro
we'll known.
A DE6E1Tto WIFE ATTEMPTS MURDER.
6pte1at DtspatcA to ThS Chteuar I5,ou.e,
1sDiANaPoI1s. Ind, juno 24.-An afrray of
ratier unusual character took place to-day, QUO
which may sszu't fatally, although late tonight
tho doctor thiuks the wounlod porsou will so.
cover. Loss than nix months siace bricklayer
named Yandcmann married IN ox-cmployo, a