The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-16
UNPRECEDENTED CRIME.
TWO YOUNG GIRLS ATTEMPT THE
MURDER OF THEIR BENEFACTORS.

The Deed Committed for PIunder
Searching for the Fiends-Dr. Mum
ford, of The Kansas City Times, Pis-
tolied-Assaulted by yniainous Tramp
Other Criulinalities.
New YoRK. June IA Washington
special says; Details of an almost unprece
dentad attempt at a double murder by two
Young girls, the oldest only Is and the sec
onl ha diy in her teens, have been received
lrom Fredericksburg. The victims were
W. T. S Waller, an old gentleman S. years
OF age, and his sister, Miss Jane Waller
Mary and Jennie Green, sisters, were the
assailants.
Mr. and Miss Waller resided in a stately
Old mansion on farm situated aLout
twenty five miles from fredericksburg, near
the httle i,lege of Newmarket The ex
tensivebess OF the Walter estate made the
house somewhat remote from those of the
neighbors. Here the couple had lived to-
gether ior years, managing their farm and
depending solely for assistance about the
house ON the two Green girls They had
been reared by the Waller family, a matter
which in the eyes ot Mr.. Waller was sufli-
cient to guarantee their honesty.
Last Friday Mr. Waller received quite a
sum of money, VIII ch he kept in his room,
and the girls were aware of this fact. They
walled until about II O'Clock that night
when, feeling sure that Mr., and Miss Waller
we're asleep, they quietly armed themselves
with stout clubs and ascended to the old
gentleman apartment As they entered
the room Mr. Waller awobe, and seeing who
it was, demanded angrlly what they wanted
Without waiting TO reply the girls rushed
at hum.
Though aged Mr.. Waller was still quite
an active man, and springing from his bed
he seized the elder, and would have dis
armed her had not the other hit him over
the head with her club and knocked him
senseless to the floor. Not content with
this, they helabored his senseless form with
blows until, believing that life was extinct,
they left him TO search for Miss W aller.
Rushing into the old ladys roon they
dragged her screaming from her bed, and
with one savage blow from club laid her
senseless Then they beat her about the
head until the blood gushed forth in streams
and until all vestiges of her features were
literally beaten out Of recognition
Sd1lS1tu tDlt butH tutII Nittlul>
were dead, the girls secured about $50 in
money and iei Several hours later a
colored boy, one of the tenants on the farm
While passing the mansion observed that the
\ door was open and stopped TO investigate
On entering the house he discovered the
senseless and bleeding forms of Mr.. and Miss
Waller on the floor and immediately rushed
out TO give the alarm
By O'Clock in the morning the whole
neighborhood was aroused and hundreds of
people flocked to the house to learn the par
ticulars of the affair and to offer their rs.
sistance in capturing the assailants With
the arrival of the physician Mr.. " aller
was restored TO consciousness a nd though
! in very precarious condition, was able to
describe briefly the occurrence of the hight
Parties were instantly organized and the
search for the two girls was undertaken
! with ardor. Miss Waller can not recover.
The Waller family is one Of the most prom
| inent in the state