Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-26
HE'LL BROKE LOOSE,
Could Not More Appall the Good
People Of the Capital
City
Than the Dark and namnablc Deeds
Done In the Blacknoss Of Night
by flends.
Reused aud Determined, the Ciusens oi
Austin Meet and Take steps Cor
Woman's Protection,
Special to tho Gasouo,

Special to tho Gasoue
AusuN, Tx, Dec % This Christmas
morning the capital city awoko, not To tho
tender chimes OF Christmas bells,
but 10 the startling aud aroulslnp
cry OF murder. As the sun rose,
and even heioref the fiery car
Of the orb II day ascend
ed above the hcaWiiul eastern hills,
tremendous excitement rolgncd on the
streets Of Austin andtn all tho houses Of
The city, to which CONSERVATION had agalu
been carried by the terrible aud bloody
work OF the secret and unknown assas-
sin, Two women, both matrons,
each young and beautiful, the
ornaments OF highly respectable
homes, lay PROSTATE, stricken down
without warning and amid tho deep still.
ness of the midnight hour they had re-
ceiycd the dcGth-hlow from soma hell
born harry, utterly unknown except hy
the horrible aud bloody butchery he or
they left behind TO tell OF their horrible
presence, ROT their identity
Mrs, HANCOCK,
\ beloved wife and tender mother, Law IN
what were believed TO be- the ngonlrs OF
death, IN her home ON Water stloot near
the banks of the Colorado amid circle OF
Sorrowlug and devoted friends, who like
tue entire city were appalled, az the sud
denuess and deyllishuess OF the crime of
which she was the victim The blood
still oozcd from tho fearful wound
In her skull, made by the
sharp corner of the assaSSin's axe, which,
all bloody as &c came from the hund OF the
victim, is now Ia the possession of The
city marshal of Austin.
But the pure hollishness OF this crime
was scarcely equal 20 another, which
tnnspircd Ia another part of the city
about O'Clock this morning, and cyl.
IDENTITY perpetratcd by the same Villain or
ylllains who assaulted Mrs. Hancock
This was the murder aud
noRRlnLE ASSASSINATION
AZ Mrs, Eula Phillips, wife Of Mr. James
Phillips, 'Jr,, who resided with Mr..
Phillips father, James phillips, Sr., at
No, SOP West Hickory street, near the
heart Of the city, Tho residence
occupies one ol the most beautiful
sites IN and around Austin
10 Is ono-story cottage with many rooms
and apartments, aud fronts ON Hickory
street, with CA l. cxtcpdlug from tho
main building out IN the direction OF the
street. adjoining the l. and tnJ residence
Itself Is u narrow covered gallery, on to
which opened small and cosy room. In
this room the younger Phillips and his
wife slept.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT,
Mr.. Phillips, the father, states TINT after
the family retired last night no sound, no
cry was uttered or heard 20 Indicate the
most bloody aud dreadful tragedy that
was, at the midnight hour, being enacted
literally within few feet of where he
slept. The FIRST thing that attracted
the attention OF IN" household
was the younger Phillips call
! Ing for his mother. on going to
the room, the door of which was found
open, a terrible scene for moment stupe-
| fled the spectators with horror and amaze
mcnt Phillips lay on his side with u
| fearful wound IN the skull, Just above the
enr, made with an axe with tho same hor.
| rlble precision AZ IN the case Of Mrs Han.
cock. The blood was flowing freely from
| the wound and the pillows, sheets aud
coyerlids were saturated with lIle-gIying
/ fluid, being mass OF
REyoLfiS0 GoRE.
| Phillips was scarcely conscious,
/ but his friends were stll
further appalled, nj the absence OF his wife
I from the cnsnnguined couch. Their little
child was still there covered with IT,
fathers blood, but unhurt by the blow
that went 10 the paternal brnin. Whore
| was shcl IL was fearful inquiry. 4 trail
4 Of blood, still warm and yet fluid, led out Of
1 the room, on 10 and across the gallery. This
was followed through the yard iii Mrs.
| Phillips was found in remote corner OF
/ the yard, whittier she had been dragged by
| thc ASSASSIN. She was dead. The body
was entirely nude and the face, sur
| rounded by hair disheyclled during a
/ struggle, desperate but powerless,
was turned upward IN the dim moonlight
with an expression Of agony that death
itself had not erased from the features.
| A stick Of heavy wood lay across each
arm aud lengthwise the corpse for "A
| hellsh purpose, which the assasslns must
| have accomplished before fleeing from
| the scene Of their crime. A pool OF blood,
not yet coagulated, lay IN a little hollow
beside the body. The skull was entirely
mashed
The theory In that The lnhuman iends
there are believed % have been more
than one) first struck Phillips sonselesa,
then his wife, who, perhaps not
/ yet dead, they dragged out, and after
accomplishing their dcyllish purpose,
gave their victim the fatal blow. 4 bare
foot track Was found on the promises sim
liar 70 the track found near the scene OF
two other murders during the year past
and Of similar character " this. The
tiends probably took on their shoes 10
prevent noise.
This makes the eighth woman Killed
since Christmas eve, one year ago, when
tie first Of these unparalleled assafsina-
lions took place on West Pecan street.
Heretofore % so murders have been con
fined 10 colotti servant girls, but II Is
now apparent The aGsassins have com-
meneed on tbs white women Of the city.
II Is believed 10 be certain that al
these horrible killings have been the
work OF the same demon IN human flesh,
but whoever or whatever he may be, II