Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-10
HAYES VICTIMS.
The Body of His Wife Found Heavily
Loaded with Iron.

The Body of His Wife Found Heavily
Loaded with Iron.
The following dispatch from Birming-
ham explains the cause of the popular ln-
dignaticu against murderer Hswes lsWAi
be remembered that Hawes' wife and two
children suddenly disappeared and
Immediately afterwards liawea
was married to young LADY
of Columbus, Mics. A few days alter
wards the body Of one of the children was
found floating in the lake at Birmingham.
Hawes was arrested end held for murder,
and search was begun for the body OF Mrs'
Hawes with the following result.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, December S.-The
terrible mystery is solved. Tonight
Richard r. Hawes, heretofore bearing
reeps cted name and character among his
fellow men, stands connected in the pub
lie mind of the most heinOus series oi
crimes in the annals of the country. The
populace is appalled, and strong mems
faces blanch as they recount the tragedy
At two o'clock this afternoon the public
mind, already wrought up to the highest
tension by the developments OF the last
i've days, was set afire anew by the start
ling announcement that the
FOULLY MURDERED
aud mutilated body Of the missing mother,
Mrs. Emma X. Hawes, had been found in
the murky water Of the lake at Lakeview,
a suburban resort, and half mile only
from Esstlake, where the body of her
daughter May was recovered. The rumOr
proved true, and in half an hour thou
sands of excited men, women and children
hurried forward to the lake. The suspi-
con had gone abroad early in the day that
likely the body had been secreted there, as
it wss only about two hundred ysrds from
the Halves home.
About eleven o'clock four determined
men set to work TO drag the lake with
graphing hooks. Near eleven o'clock one
of the hooks struck heavy yielding sub
stance, and soon the mutilated corpse lay
on the bank. The combined strength OF
four men was required to land 1t. The
body was
WEIGHTED DOWN
with heavy pieces of "fsh-plate' railroad
iron tied around the neck and waist OF the
murdered woman. She was completely
clad, and about her neck and waist
were tied heavy scarlet cords known
To have been at the Hswes
residence, to which were attached six
iron pieces weighing about ten pounds
each. The back of the dead womsn's
skull shows the horrible story Of the
tragedy. It had bSeu crushed IN with some
blunt instrument, presumably an Ak. The
entire occipital bone is crushed IN and
there is q gaping cavity that Is only halt
conceals ed by her heavy suburn hair. Her
right hand was badly skinned across the
back, az if injured in 2 struggle for life,
and the appearance Of the face and hands
indicate that the body had been In the
water several days. The body, IS soon as
found. was taken to the shore and laid ont
with iron weights which held it to the
bottem 1tifl.
TiED ABOUND FHE NICK
and waist. It was neatly clothed in a
dark colored dress, O short cloth sacque
and q pair of button shoes. There was no
covering for the head. The mouth and
eyes were tightly closed, as though In
natural death, and the features bore sn ex-
preston OF complete rcpose and natural
nes1 with the exception Of being g good
deal discolored from being long in the
water. Az it lay on the bank the crowd Of
curious and indignant spectators crowded
arouud and momsntsriIy increased until 1t
sssllsd into Q surging multitude. Yhe
feeling Of
HORROR, INDIGSATIaN AND RAGE
increased with EACH movement, until it
threatened to become frenzy. Pierce
threats Of Vengeance were heard coming
fom lips whose utterances the people oil
SirmnEhSp have long since learned TO
know mean what ley say, and strong
mGn almost crisd in the intensity Of their
exciteauent.
Altar the body Of the womsn was dragged
from the lake another party searching
around the house found secreted under the
;.ont doorstsps a tightly wrapped bundle
Of btcody Clothes, about the mt OF those
worn by the younges, chila.
THE BODY OF MRS. HAYES
was brcS ght into tie city tonight, but 90
intense was the sxcitsnept that Mayor
Thompson ordered it taken out asaah snS
secreied. Ars. Hawes, nee Story, has re-
turned to Columbus, Hiss.
More Soldiers Needed at SuakiR.
LONDON, December 9.-The authorities