Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-15
BETRAYED IN LOVELY YOUTH.
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The Sad Life History of Murdered
e.: Alice Kelley. &
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HER BLOOD TURNED TO GALL.
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Seduccd by Young Physician Who
Refused to Atone for His Crime,
She Lived only for Revenge
Her Career. i,'
TER BLOOD TURNED TO GALL.
An Omaha Mans Narrative.

An Omaha Mans Narrative.
At an early hour Wednesday morning last,
rs was stated IN special telegram to THE
BEE, John Fleming, farmer while driving
past locality known as the ''old held,r
three miles west of Ottumwa, Ia, found a
horse and buggy htChcd to Il tree, and the
dead body of II young woman lying near,
partly covered with II laprobe. All about
the spot were the unmistakablc evidences
that fierce struggle had taken place, and
upon examining the corpse of the woman
Fleming discovered that her throat had boon
cut from ear 10 ear, while both hands worc
frightfully gashed and blood -bcsmcarcd. as
if the helpless creature had grasped the
cruel weapon with which she was finally
slain. On further investigation Fleming
found n brand new razor and II bar of iron,
both blood stained aud covered with hair. =
Horrihed at what lac bchcld, tho honest
farmer was not slow in realizing that a foul
aud brutal murder had'boen committed, and
hurryinsto the town notified the au,horitias.
OF his fearful discovery: &C..
Pho coroner, impannrling jury, consisting
of y, ID. Moss, =. Sharper and j. =. BOWlcs,
fastened 10 the scene OF the tragedy, ..\itor'
viewing the sput and surroundings, the dead
girl was conveyed. to the town and laid out
u. an Undertaking establishment, 'whcrt 1t :;
who had Bcen about OttuniWa since the
18th Of June. She did not bear very reput.
able name; but was knowntt to have been II
resident of Red Oak, la. At the corohiAl III.
vcstgatiOn II was developed that an Wodncs-
DAY morning Alice had hired "a horse and
buggy at the Grips brothers livery stublc and
driven out of town Later in the day .
strange man was srcn driving with her.
He was described as small man with a
| smooth face and sandy hair, and attircd mi u
Fight suit of summer clothes, but rs SO his
identity nothing could DE ascortaneu. al
| though the most scdulous INQUIRY was made
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| Now comes Il part OF this wonlan's sad his
| tory that may throw sonfc light upon
| her murder and lead TO the de-
| lection and apprehension of the fend who
perpctrutCd il.
| About four years ago while the ill-fatcd
| young 'voman, who was then beautiful and
| attractive, was living in Red Oak; she was
the sweetheart of Il young homeopathic ply
| sician named Henry Cudler. AS has often
| happened before, and VIII happen in the fll-
| ture, the guiiolcss rotihtry cir, fell II victim
| to the blandishmepts OF her lover, and in an
| evil hour, under promise of speedy marriage,
| surrendered to him that which is more price
| less TO IA woman than life itself-fer virtue.
| After her fall Cudlei refused to make his
vows good, and the girl begged ahd entrcatcd
| him time and again to spare her the shame
| and disgrace that was the inevitable conso-
| quenue of her misguided step, but he invari-
| ably declined, and finally sealed the trusting
| Woman's fate by marrying another woman q
| Miss Calhoun, and an old school mate Of
| Alice kclleN's. This was more than, human
| nature could endure, and the girls blood was
| turned into gall, her love to intenscst sc0rn,
| and she vowed to live out the balance OF
| her days with but one effort
in view, and that was revenge upon the man
| who had destroyed her Hopes and blightcd
\ her life.
Her persistent annoyances finally became
lntolerable and DIR. Cudler. left Red Oak,
| going to jackson, Mich. Alice, however,
soon ferreted him out, and with that same
| implncable hatred burning in, her heart she
| followed him, In jackson she Resumed hor
| old Tactics, and a thousand and one times did
! DR. 'Cudlcr regret the error of his youth.
| Matters finally eliminated in hlice meeting
| the Doctors wife on the street one day, and
/ distorting her features in horrible way,
| she sprapg at her. Mrs. Cudler was in n
delicate condition and fell 10 the sidewalk in
| faint. She was then taken home, and for
| weeks and weeks lay at the point OF death.
1 The lazy never fully rcganed her health.
For this Alice was arrested, tried and by
some, process OF law peculiar to the state of
| Michigan alone, was confined IN the
! city jml for nearly eleven months,
This punishment, however, did not .satate:
the malice in the heart Of the man who had
ruined her, and from the Jail he succeeded
in having her transferred to the lunatic'
asylum at Ionia. Here she was kept in soli-
tai'y confinement until last June, when, by a
decision of the supreme court she was
| liberated. In the meantime, anxious toIeave
the scenes that had been fraught with so
much trouble and unhappiness to him, Dr.
| Cudlcr and family returned to Ottunwa
| and straight to Ottumwa came Alice Kelley
the day after released. The girl took her
| abode with u married sister, and instead of
| being regarded as an individual mentally
| unbalanced, she was looked upon as person
| of even extraordinary intelligence and acp-
| men. Dr. Cudler and family again removed
from Ottumwa upon Ace's appearance,
but whore he went to lsnot known. Whether
| the doctor is in amy way connected with the
| tragedy at "old iied,n is to be yet deter
! mined. The foregoing facts have rs vet not
| been communicated to the authorities, and
| and were only furnished 4 BEE reporter this
| morning. by Il lady and gentleman, well
! known citizens of Omaha, who formerly re-
sided at both Rcd Oak, Iowa, anu Jackson,
| Michigan, aud who are perfectly familiar
with all the mouvnful details of Alice Kel-
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