Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-20
An Unknown Man In Their Barn,
Strangies Mother and
Daughter.
he Then Beats the Helpless Old
Father. Robs the House and
"a M Escapes.
A Remarkably Cold Hooded
Murderer-A Reward offered
and Officers After the
Villain.

urday evening by an unknown man IN
barn on the premises. MIR Garrett
Maybe, the husband and iather, who
is 60 years old, blind and paralyzed in
both limbs, was aiterward knocked
senseless, evidently by the same per
son, who then robbed TIE house and
escaped. The last seen Of Mrs
Maybe alive was at dusk Saturday,
when she started from the house to the
barn with a milk pail, She evidently
entered the barn and placed the Ian.
tern upon the floor near the doorway,
and the milk pail in q grain chest. She
had been in TO clean out the horse
stable, when she was pOuncsd upon
by the unknown, who grasped her
around the neck and bore her to the
ground. There he held her aud
strangled her until she died.
The fendish wretch then carried
her body into an unused COW stable,
half filled with dry leaves, used for
bedding, and covered up The body.
Mr.. Maybe, after a short time be-
came hungry, and 10 his childishness
begged his daughter to 60 and seek her
mother. as he wanted something to
eat. He refused to sit down to the
table without his wife. Leaving her
father seated in his invalid chair in
the parlor, the daughter left the house
for the barn. What happened there
90 one can tell, as the only living par
tioipant has disappeared. 1t seems
certain, however, that the daughter
had no sooner entered the barn than
the fend sprang from his place Of con-
cealment, caught her by the throat,
and ehoked out her life as he had that
Of Der mother.
Having completed this part Of the
tragedy, the william dragged the body
Of his second victim to place beside
that Of her dead mother, and left the
barn for the house. A few moments
later Mr.. Maybe, who had become al
most frantic from the prolonged ab-
sence OF bis wife and daughter, began
to shout at the top Of bis voice
for some one to como 10
him. He ceased a moment,
and heard a sound as Of stocking feet
upon the carpet inthe hallway, inst
Of the room il which be sat He
thought It might be bis daughter, who
wore slippers while in the house, and
asked, Annie, is that you2" He re,
eeiyed no answer, and becoming at
last thoroughly alarmed he cried out
Who's tbere?" The answer Me,
then came in disguised voice, as il
the man we're attempting to initiate q
woman's voice. He cried out again,
but his only answer was the sound OF
footsteps ascending the stairs. Soon
Afterwards he heard the steps Just
over his head, in the chamber occu-
pied BY his wife. Then, for the first
time it entered his mind that there
must be q robber in the house, and he
began pounding vigorously with his
cane upon the floor, and crying out
with all bis strength, as he sat help
loca in hfa chair aHaln boin. r-onst
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