The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-11

am a rental agent. am agent for the
property owned by John l., Worthington.
near the baseball park on Thirty.second
street. know r. X. Halves. He rented
| q house last October year ago and lived
| in II until recently; he had lease on itup
to October last. had occasion to visit
| the house, and knew Halves had u wife
aud three children. The eldest one was
about ten years old, girl; the second was
about eight, o girl, and the third about
six, a boy | went out one day last Sep
TENDER, and the Oldest girl met me at the
| door and said her mother wanted 10 see
me, that she was very sick. went in and
| found the woman in the bed; her face was
very much swollen, eyes blue and looked
blood shotten. She wanted me to see her
condition so that | wouldn't attach her
| furniture. She said one arm is brokon and
one rib. She said her husband knocked
her down, jumped on her and stamped
! her. asked why he did IL? She said, |
think he is trying TO get rid OF me; that sho
had some property in Atlanta, aud he
wanted TO dispose OF ii and she would not
consent, and would die before she would
agree TO it.
| TIE BLOOD STAINS.
The officers who visited the Halves cot
age Friday evening were convinced beyond
doubt that the woman and the other child
had been murdered. The crime was COM
mitted ut the house. OF this they were
convinced by the blood stains ON tho floor
and on the walls OF the room. The bloody
trail leading to the Baseball Park, in the
light of later developments, suggests the
theory that the woman was killed early
Saturday evening, that her body was 10.
moved from the house TO the Baseball
Park ut once and then after midnight II
was taken TO the lake. How many were
implicated in the crime is not known, but
II Is clear that one person could not havo
disposed OF the body OF Mrs. HAYES,
weighted down rs II was with iron. No
man could have carried II from the cottage
20 the lake alone. In fact, one man could
not have lifted the body with the weights
attached. In this connection matter
is suggested which should bo invcsti
gated. When the officers completed the
search of tho cottage and the premises
Friday evening they returned 10 the city
At the time no one seems 10 have thought
Of placing n guard mt the house or som,
one 10 watch II from distance. When
the officers left there were blood stains on
the floor Of almost every room and ono OF
the wall. At one place on the floor OF Mrs
, Halves room there was full imprint OF
BLOODY HAND.
When the officers returned 20 the cot
tagc n few houm later they found tina
someone had entered through a window
/, and washed the blood stains from th'
floor. A few OF them still remained, tn
, party or parties having evidently don,
their work very hurricdly. The stain OF
! the wall they had evidently tried TO ca
away with chsel or some other sharl
Q instrument This fact proved bcyon,
: doubt that someone In the vicinity Of tia
e cottage knew those blood stains wen
there and had an interest in their removal
: Now that the body has been found an
! the work OF hunting evidence begins b
earnest this matter will no doubt be full
Z investigated. Tho parties who washc
\ away those stains Of blood know Bom'
!, thing of the crime.
y ANOTHER IMPORTANT LINK.
n The little cottage where the Halves ian
n ily lived Is the property OF John "
n Worthington, aud was In charge OF Mr.. {
4 l.. Willis, a well known real estate agcn
n Mr. Willis rented the cottage 10 llaw,
a aud attended 10 the collection ol the rent
4 There IN something over n months roI
4 due on the house, aud MIR Willis WIS M
a notified by Mr. llawcs that lac intondc
. giving up the place. Tho keys 10 III
!, house have never been turned over 10 Nj
4 Willis, and he did not know the iamil
n were gone until the discovery ol the mul
!, der mystery. The keys are still missing
!, and Ii would be interesting 10 know
I. whose possession they can bc found. NJ
!. Willis knew nothing Of the attempt 10 u
a move the bloodsiains until informed by a
q Age. Herald reporter yesterday.
= DISPOSITION 90 rIE noDY.
4 When the news that the body had bos
!, found aud would be- brought into the eli
n became generally known a crowd began
! gather in front oi the undertaking room
| Of Lockwood 4 Miller on Second ayenul
h Soon the little group swellod Ia hundred
Is aud then rapidly Ia thousands until III
=. streets were filled for two blocks in even
II direction. People were attracted by cur
VI osity to sec the body. A dozen Office
Il were required at the front aud rear doc
h Of Lockwood & Millcr's 10 keep back III
- crowd. The crowd WIS quiet, but oycl
II man had come with the intention Of ac
ing the body, aud they did not propose
boz disappointed II they could help. Who
thc officers saw this immense crowd the
~ deemed II imprudcnt 10 bring the body
" at that time. The wagon bearing u
y cnrpse wna met some distance out by d
+" officer and driven out 10 Eighth aycnl
y and Twcnty-scycnth street ltwa, ut ilr
y intended 10 hold the inquest there ycsic
day evening. but later II was decided ~
10 do 20 on account NJ the cNciicmeu
=, After some delay, and when the CROW
had dispersed, the body was brought
!. under guard aud taken a. lockwood
y MillefA Later Coroner llbbitt had
}, removed 10 the cemetery aud placed IN
vault, where IL will remain until the }
- quest II held. The funeral wagon dnylI
y about tho outlying streets NJ much d
a tmclcd no little attention, and soon =
:, NOR was an0at that lliwcs had bee
~ placed in the wagon and WIS in that Va
~ being spirited out Of the city.
M ~ TIM uAwu HOUSE
10 Tho neat little brown cottage on 1hiri
v. second street aud Avenue Y, which,
is 10 last Saturday night, was occupied
40 Ilawcs aud his murdered family, was VI
ms tied by no less than 300 people ycslcrdn
~ They came down from lAkpyicw In gc
m crowds. Thodosefled house was rnNicko
Il. aud every little opening in The mlnics
Il walls were scrutinimd ior some relic ~ M
no mcnto of the mysteri0usly murdered dca
4. | Everything was carried away that b
NJ been left about the premises. Tho q
,d school books oi the children lying aho
al the floor were carried OIL as priced roll
lac Several gentlemen vent under the hot
w aud dug up the ground hoping iOI iuril
- clcws.
lac REFUSED 4 MEANING.
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