Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-18
DEAD IN A LANE.
Pretty Fora Burns Betrayed and
Slain.
Body Of Young Girl Found in Bv-way,
Near linroIn, Ill.,, with Her Throat
Cut from Ear to Ear-hur-
derer Unknown.

LINCOLN, ILL, OCtOper li.-lDe raine OF
fora Burns is to be added TO those OF Rose
Amber and Ada Atkinson. Her fate l. to
be linked to the sane as tia. which has
overtaken them and lett the perpetrators
hidden behind in an impenetrable mys.
terry.
The body Of this ehe was round in o lane
on the outskirts of this civ. Tie face was
upturned, and preqentcd
A PiiiIuI and silent story.
The throat was cut from ear TO ear. The
general appearance Of the face showed that
Il had been beaten before tn" blade h,d
finished the tragedy. The ghastly spectacle
| startled a Mrs. Jewett, who was coming
INTO the city TO serve customers with milk.
She notified the authorities. The Coroner
and others went out and conveyed 1t TO the
morgue. There il remained 10 be- glzed
upon and stared nj fSr half day by that
curious crowd which is ever drawn near
any thing that is wrapped in the mantle o
mystery.
People looked at the face, examined the
clothing, shook their beads and went awsv
sickened at the sight and depressed over
the fact that
The Dead Wa. NamrIcs.
| Human nature Clinys 10 the dead that hrs
no tongue to tell OF the struggle. Later in
| the day woman came 10 the morgne,
looked the chastity dead in the fa'" ana
said: II KNOW her. That is IDra Rurng.
She used TO work in the house OF Mr. Car
penter."
Mr.. Carpenter is a prominent grain dealer
in this city. About iDur months ego q
domestic OF the name given worked there.
The Carpenter family identified the body.
al. 2k..
went to Nandalia. I3t Saturday she came
hac,, and took room Rt he Lincoln House.
SuIdsy evening she lett, taking her ys.ise
with her. TITS was about . O'Clock. She
was seen going in the direction Of the lane
where the body was found.
The place where the mystery
STARTLED ihe DIscoVerer
was closely examined. There were fresh
racks OF a buggy close by. Nothing was
thought OF this until the Coroner had pre-.
sided over the post mortem. That dey5i-
ored the fact that she wonid have become a
mother in about fire months. Then the
lips OF the curious whispered: 'Ietrayed
end murdered" Then the theories began
to multiply and they az seemed TO round
at one pOint. II was tbis:
Wrie employed at Nr. carpenters she
WAS BETRAYED. Sne went away and soon
after realized that very soon her sin would
roihl her out 10 those whom she knew.
She came back here 10 meet the one who
had placed the blight UPON her. To plead
with him TO prOteci her, pPrbaps, or give
Ter something b. which she might 20 away
I'D h.de her shame Thai the man who
had Gone her
The NO,i ITTSpRrHbis Nr"nE
which can be inflicted UpOn w.iman re-
used. That she rrsy bare threatened u
,xICsr Kim. That .ac wcIt away nader
the s.ig OF n,gLt sud tbsL watching. ht
-oluH.d her TbA, he ~, ehirnrd, and
bat hen she turned ruOn hun oe b'r"'
minedjo close her lips tSSeyer, and did II
N the eheS;liest Eay he could.
Eut he look the bat from her head and
earned away her yAiiss. Why did b8 do
tbat? Another mysterious circumstance
The cunning of another "WiBettJ' In dis.
guise Is awaited to unrsel this thread.
The FEELING In this city Is one which can.
not he precisely described. Ot course 1t is
one OF sorrow, OF the deepest Eort. II is
forgotten that she yielded, yield Ehe did.
II is forgotten that her face In not one
about which beauty placed its tender
touches.
She Was Only - Domestte,
but the years had not accumulated upon
her She was entitled by the laws govern.
ing existence to live out more days. She
vas wrongsd, and this has made deep M
preston. She was slaughtered by her bs-
trayer, donbtlsss, and that has put revenge
upon the alert, which will not falter in It's
pursuit until the ends Of justice are met.