The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-24
MISCELLANY.
DEATH RATHER THAN DISHOn

urn II ia AAG4t AAAN D400ONO4s.
On the 18th Of November, 1914, at
o'clock in the evening, passers.by on
the Rue Neuve dos Pctits Champs, Paris,
heard loud cries of ''help!" and ''mur.
der J" from room on tho third floor OF
house No. II. Before the persons so
alarmed could ascend the stairs, or even
the neighbors nearest the room whence
the cries proceeded could answer tho
summons, = woman was seen staggering
down the stairs. With both hands she
pressed towel to her throat, essaying
to stop the torrent of blood which, we'll.
ing from = CHASTITY wound in her neck,
streamed through between her fingers
and poured down the front of her dress.
"Help! help! I am DYING" she
cried, in = choking voice. totterinr as
she spoke: and with one hand clutching
vaguely in the air.
mon Dieu!" exclaimed porter, who
was the first to recognize her, ut is the
beautiful Holland GIRL
"Who has done this to you! de.
manded dozen voices of her 1T once.
"Scissors, scissors" she feebly gasped,
signing to those about her to cut her
corsets, the pressure of which seemed ia
stiae her. Those we're her last words.
Before her request could be complied
with, she fell into the arms ofthose near.
est her and was dead. "The beautiful Hol.
land girl" was the sobriquet by which
Cornelie K@rsmaker, very pretty young
cyprian. was popularity known. She had
rooms in tho house where her existence
thus tragically ended, and to them her
poor mangled body was carried. There
were counted upon her no less than seven
teen deep gashes. made apparently by q
sharp knife with rounded point, but
the one fatal wound was that in hel
throat, which had severed the lugula,
vein.
The police were quickly present to note
every detail which might be Of service in
tracking the assassin, but found little OF
nothing in their searching examination
to afford clew. The knife with which
the deadly assault had been made was
picked up in one corner Of tho room. II
was . common pocket knife, the large blade
Of which had rounded point. Blood
covered it, but there was nothing upon II
to Indicate to whom it had belonged. The
girls bed was scarcely rumpled, but upon
its surface was the imprint Of \ bloody
hand, and crimson spots fecked it where
the life'current Of the girl had spouted
up against mirror at the back Of the
bed. and spattercd back upon the spread
Evidently the attack had been made upon
her while she was lying down. Evidence Of
struggle were strangely lacking. A lit
tie taple, covered with articles Of porce
lain and glass, stood near the bed, and
did not seem to have been in the slightest
degree disturbed.
While these investigations were bein1
made, = great excitement was created il
the Cafe de Europe, in the Boulevard
du Temple, = long distance from tho Rut
Nueve des Petitus Champs, by the ap
appearance there Of = young captain O.
grenadiers. Antoine Series de Sain,
Clair. who was frequenter of that place
he came in running, pale, with blood up
on his face and hands, and with his dress
disordered, In answer to the hurried
and excited questions Of those who clus
tered about him, he told = strange story
He said that he had yielded to the 70
licitations Of one Of the women of gallant
~ who at that time encountered the gal
leries Of the Palias Royal, and had &C
companicd her to her room, the location
OF which, however he did not note
Upon arriving there, he was surprised to
lind in her chamber two sturdy, villain
ous'looking ruffians, whose appearance
was 80 sinister ~ to cause him much %
prshension. The woman however did
not appear to notice them, and, cody
taking Of her hat proceeded to disrobe
While he was endeavoring to invent soa.,
excuse for a;retreat, thu woman spoke K
tho men some words in German, and on,
OF them said to him: z.:'.'>''' 's t'S'
'"You.are military man, are 20,
noti''
He replied that he had the honor to b,
SO, retreating at the same time towart
the door, when suddenly, without furthe
parley, tho two rufians sprang upon him
Believing robbery and murder to be thei
objects, he struggled with them IS vel
o he could. but Intellectually, rs one Q
them held him by tho elbows from be
hind. while the other despoilcd him Of hi
purse, rings. and oven Of pocket knife
with round. pointed blade, which he ha,
been in the habit Of carrying. The woman
mixed in the melee, seemingly taking hi
part, ct which one of the robbers furious
~ attacked her, knocking her over 0,
the bed, and there striking her With tn
knils; again and again. This division .
{ tho enemy's force Vas in so far favorabl