The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-11
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
Triple Murder IN WaNmesville. O.-Ihree
Persons Found Dead IN a Coses0s-ll,se
Of tho Moot MNsterioxs Of Aodesm

oJ the moot MNstest0WS Of AodefN
Csianes.
[Waynesville Special, Sept. 81
Tho tragedy of Kildere has not grown dim
in the minds of our people, and vet to-day
the community is plunged into gulf Of
horror and awful mystery at tho discovery
of three dead and decomposing bodies in .
little house right on tho main thoroughfare
of our village, close to neighbors, and d.
rectly on the sidewalk. In this little house
for nearly year has lived In happy content
ment, as far as was known, Mrs. Mollie Bate
and her. son, Willie E. Anderson, 4 boy of
18, who for two years has worked in the Ca
zette Office. Of this place, and contributed
toward his mothers support.
Mrs. HATTIE, whose maiden name Was
Crogg, was married to Daniel r. Anderson,
Of this place, at her home In Indiana q year
or two before tho war. She was beautiful
girl of 16, petite in figure, with sparkling
black eyes and iustrous dark hair. She was
warmly welcomed to the homo of her hus-
bands parents, the late DR.. w. 81. Anderson
and wife, and oil went jocundly tor awhile.
But dissensions came between husband
and wife after the birth of their son. and
after long time the unhappy pair wore
separated by q divorce, the husband, who
had Joined the army, having control of th
boy.
After time the lady married again, and
tho divorced husband has also been twice
married since. Death divided him from the
second, and mutual consent has within the
last year dissolved partnership between him
and the third.
Mrs. Hates second husband died in or
near Cincinnati in an insane asylum, and
two years ago she came here to keep house
for her boy. They had kind friends who
encouraged aud assisted them, aud Willie,
although aboundine in the vigor of youth
and full Of mischief, a9ld not be called =
wild or bad boy. Il was generous to
fault, and his emf. rs here could dnd
no serious charge against him in any respect.
His mother, on her return to this place after
many years, was still beautiful and attractive,
but, although here in the same place with
her first husband, conducted herself with
strict propriety, appearing but very little in
public and going into no society but that OF
her relatives Her age was probably thirty
five years.
The family of Mrs. HATTIE was increased,
few weeks ago, by the arrival of her sister.
and little daughter. Mrs. Clementine
Weeks and Myrtle, of Cincinnati, who came
up to board few weeks in the country. The
little girl was about twelve years old. The
husband Is Phillip Weeks, now, as it is sup
posed, In the city.
since Sunday last, persons passing the
house noticed an offensive smell coming
therefrom, and TO- day it got 80 bad that this
afternoon the marshal ventured to raise one
OF the windows. when the stencil became so
horrible that nobody could stand near. But
what was his unutterable horror to see the
room in dire confusion and two dead bodies
lying one on bed and the other under. A
further search revealed third body in the
back room, and all wele in an advanced stage
of decomposition, while the head of one in
the front room had been eaten BY rats until
the hair and scalp were all gone. The bodies
were unrecognizable except by tho garments.
The mother and child lay in the front room,
and Mrs. Hattie in the back room, near q
lounge, and was covered with tick, and had
her head mashed.
The greatest confusion reigns all about
the rooms. The poor victims had evidently
retired. The little girls pallet lying on the
floor near the window-board, stained and
tumbled, while the child lay on the bed par
TALLY covered by clothes. The poor mother
crawled under her bed to die. cash was
found on the left side. The mother looks rs
If the throat was cut. Mrs. HIATT lies in the
back room.
Coroner Carey has been sent for to Leba
non, and will be here, when further reports
will be sent.
Willie Anderson left here Sunday morning,
saying he was going to Cincinnati, where he
had been sent for to attend his mother, who,
he said, had gone there last Wednesday
by the 4 A. NJ. train. He has not
turned up, nor has anything been heard
from him since. He had told friends that
bis mother, aunt and cousin had gone to
Cincinnati that evening, but he had never
said anything of it at it's place of work.
1t now appears that the house had been
shut up and nothing had been seen of any
of the family, save Willie, since Thursday
night last week. Meantime Willie has been
boarding at hotel, and has been seen going
into the house on two or three occasions.
His friends have detected nothing pecu-
liar in Willie's department., and with the ex-
ception- that he had not been working for
two days prior to his departure, owing to an
accident he sustained, there is nothing to
criminate him.