The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-30
FOUL PLAY.
A Kansas City Young Lady Found in the
Missouri River-Her Disappearance
From Home.

KANSAS Cry, May 2a.-The finding Of
the body ola young woman in the river at
Boonville. develops into sensa-
ton equal almost to the Zou Watkins or
Maggie Hennecke disappearance. Mon
day afternoon John Long, a Boonvile
fisherman, discovered the body OF young
woman, badly decomposed, entangied in
the drift wood on the bank. The Coroner's
Investigation showed the body to be that OF
Miss Anna Banerlein. and that she had
been foully dealt with for bullet hole In
the groin showed plainly the cause of
death. investigations here reveal remark
able story surrounded with many mys-
FERROUS circumstances. Anna Baucrlein
was the daughter OF Jacob Bauerlein, one OF
the wealthiost and most prominent resi-
dents OF this city. She was twenty six
years old. fairly good looking. we'll edu-
Gated and accomplished. On the afternoon
OF the 1st Of April
SHE LEFT HER HOME
on Harrison street near Eighth, to call on
q friend at Fourth street and Holmes,
which IA about an eighth Of mile from the
river, at rather deserted point. She did
not return, and her family made inquiries
and learned that she had not called upon
friend. The matter was reported to the
police, but for some reason at present un-
known the family refused to allow the
facts to be made public. An advertise
ment was inserted In the papers without
signature offering her financial aid II she
wished It. Until Monday nothing had
been heard from her. Letters were also
dropped In the postoffice for her and they
have been delivered, but when or TO
whom the Postofiice officials cannot re-
member. Jacob Baueren, the father OF
the dead girl, is nearly frantic over the sf-
fair. He says his daughter was ambitious
and desired to earn her own living, a course
TO which her family seriously objected.
She, however, answered attractive advei-
tisements in the papers, and he thinks
through this practice she lost her life. He
thinks
SHE WAS DECoYED
through an advertisement to some house OF
ill-repute and in attempting 10 escape was
killed and her body thrown into the river.
He says he believed all along that she was
still in the city, and had secured employ
scandal, and 80 kept the matter
out of the papers. The faith
or and brothers OF the dead girl
have gone TO Boonyille for the body. The
bullet wound is such that II could not pos
sibly have been self-inflicted. and the theo-
ny Of suicide is untenablc There are sew
eral theories ailoat, but the one generally
accepted Is that she met some man with
whom she was In love, although no such
person is known, and that in some lovers
quarrel he killed her and afterwards cast
her body into the river. Her friends all
adhere to the theory expressed by her
father and say she was not receiving the
attention ofanyone.
The girl was attired In black cashmere
dress, with pocket and sleeve facIngs OF
black silk, over which she wore riding
skirt made In two parts with two rows OF
| plating at the bottom. and white pear
| buttons down the front. She had on a
| purple flannel undershirt, brown gents
| half hose and white tops sewed on. held
by plain rubber garter and wore number
| inside shoes. She wore fastening large
large lace collar gold brcast-pn resenl
bling an arch or inverted letter V with
raised Roman gold leaves and hook fol-
| pendant She wore on her left hand q
| Isle-thread glove reaching half way to the
elbow and with insertion top. In
her pocket was a white handker.
chief on which was the letter Is, torn and
sewed up aci oss the center, and In hei
breast was folded white hand ,rchief oil
which was written In ink-Bauerlein. The
hair on her head was gone, but the colol
| is indicated by that under her arm, which
Is black, and the flesh on her face was SC
much cut off by the effects
OF the water as to make her not recog
nlzable. Her teeth were especially good.
A bulet-holc was found entering hel
body midway between her left hip and tn,
small OF the back, with holes through hcl
dress and underclothing In the rear tt
match, and taking a slight downward
course. The bullet came out In front IN
the groin. That was the only visible
mark Of violence that her body presented