The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-09-23
MURDER IN ROCKLAND.

the house Of her brother Ephraim Hey
wood Monday morning District Attor-
| ney Schmitz Was notified of the murder
| by VIM. Morgan, young man from
| Clark's Mills, and in company with DIR.
Coakley went promptly to the scene of
the tragedy. Miss Haywood was over 60
years of age, unmarried and has lived
with her brother who is widower. The
household consisted of Miss Haywood,
her brother Ephraim and hired girl
named Anna Stroka who has lived with
the family about nine months. Ephraim
Haywood is widower, 20 years of age
and has no children. Miss Haywood
was the possessor of considerable money
and the first report was that she was muir
dered fer her money. Circumstances
connected with the murder clearly indi-
cate that robbery was not the motive for
the deed. There is a sort of mystery
| connected with the whole affair which
cannot be cleared up without the confess
sion of the guilty parties. But there is
strong circumstantial evidence which
points out the guilty one.
Sunday morning, the hired girl, Anna
| Stroka, went to church at Clark's Mills,
and according to her own story did not
return until o'clock in the afternoon.
Miss Haywood went visiting some neigh
bors and did not reach home until some
time later than the servant girl Mr..
Haywood was at the Fair Grounds in
Clark's Mills and reached home about
O'Clock in the evening. He was met in
the barnyard by the girl, Anna, who as
sisted him in caring for the team, after
| which both went to the house. Hey
wood inquired for his sister and was told
| by the gil that she was somewhere in
the house, she having come in some time
| Iii the afternoon and remained IL. After
waiting some time and his sister not
making her appearance he went in search
of her, assisted by the girl. As it grew
late his alarm increased and some neigh
bors were called to assist. About twelve
o'clock boy in walking over some
boards about three rods from the house
felt that there was some soft substance
beneath, and on examining more closely
saw pair of shoes projecting from the
lumber. On removing the lumber he
found the body of the woman with the
head almost severed. The girl was call
ed and on looking at the body said "Oh,
my God, and Immediately went into the
house. In answer to the inquiries of Mr..
Haywood she stated that two men came
to the house in the afternoon and sat
near the pump and that they had done
| the deed.
When Mr.. Schmitz reached the scene
of the murder he examined everything
closely. He found stains of blood on the
floor of summer kitchen, which had the
appearance of being partially cleaned up.
A mop was also saturated with blood, and
a trail of blood was found from the kitch-
en- to the place where the body was con-
| cealed. On examining the clothes worn
by the girl on Sunday he found them
stained with blood. The head and neck
of the body were hacked in fearful
manner. The bridge of the nose and the
upper jaw were broken and there were
| two gashes on the right cheek. The
cuts in the throat were quite deep and
| showed an intention on the part of the
murderer to completely sever the head
from the dody. The appearance of the
cuts indicated that they were made by
person of no great physical strength. On
| the person of the murdered persol was
found large quantity of money, amount
| ing to over six hundred cellars, one
hundred and seventy dollars in cash,
| certificate of deposit on the National
Bank of this city amounting to $3.50,
another on Shoves Bank of $50. A note
for $500 against man named Aubel, and
notes fer smaller sums against other par
ties.
The district attorney found the girl
| lying on a lounge in the house. She
knew she was suspected but manifested
no alarm. When Mr.. Schmitz expressed
a desire to converse with her she sat up
and yawned as if she were in need of
sleep. When asked if she knew of the
murder of her mistress she said she did,
that she had seen it done. She then
went on to relate that two men came to
| the house between the hours of four and
five. That Miss Haywood was in the
summer kitchen, that they seized her,
threw her down and both began cutting
her throat with knives. Her mistress
called to her for assistance but she says
she was so paralyzed with fear that she
was unable to render any. When asked
why she did not run out or give the
alarm she answered that sshe didn't
know she had to-" When asked why she
did not appraise Mr.. Haywood of the
facts when he returned she replied in
the same way, and said she thought he
would find it out soon enough. She then
proceeded with her story and said that
after the commission of the deed the
men dragged the body to the place of
concealment, and directed her 20 wash
up the Blood. She did so and got her
clothes stained, which caused her to be
suspected. The blood mopped up she
put in pail On examining the pail it
was found that there had been blood in
it but it was removed. After covering
the body, the men climbed fence near
the house and hid behind it. They did
not return to the house. She was asked
what was done with the blood in the pail
and answered that one of the men return
ed took the pail and buried its contents