The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-22
A MURDER MYSTERY.
The Mysterious Disappearance
Of a Beautiful Woman,
THE STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES
Surrounding the oase-An Unknown
Theatrical Manager and His
Queer Actlons-A Dark Deed
at Night-Police Puzzled,

MONTREAL, August 2l,-There is an
other mystery in Montreal, and among
the few who are acquainted with the
particulars Of a strange disappearance
which has occurred during the past few
days, there is a growing belief that
beautiful young woman has been foully
done to death, and that at the present
moment her corpse is in the St, Law.
renee.
Shortly before o'clock Sunday morn
ing, a laborer on one Of the steamships
in port, who had knocked of work at
midnight, was making his way of the
wharf to the city, AT the head Of the
wharf is an electric light, and as the la.
borer neared this he saw a man and
woman approaching. He took more
than ordinary notice Of the couple, and
as they passed in the full blaze OF the
light he got a good look at the pair,
APouL MURDER.
The woman, according TO his descrlp-
tIon, was young and beautiful, She
wore black dress and white aud black
jacket. She was evidently in trouble
and was crying bitterly, The man was
OF medium size with heavy, dark mus
taChe, He had the woman grasped
tightly by the arm and was speaking In
low, angry tones. Both were quickly
lost in the darkness, going in the direC-
tion Of the island wharf, He reached
the dyke promenade where he met q
fellow laborer.
A iew moments later they were start
led by hearing a woman's voice screams
ing in nagony:
"oh, don't, don't, for Gods sakel
HelpW
Then all was still. The cry for help
appeared to come from the river and
both men started on tho run In the
OF the sound but on reaching
the wharf they could neither sec nor
hear any one. Coming back they met
one OF the river police and to their
questions he said a few minutes before
he had met a low sized man almost rum
ming along the railway track on the
wharf, but the officer had not heard the
woman's cries.
MYSTERIOUS MAN.
On Saturday morning hack contain
Ing a man and woman Of middle age
droye up to Lyons drug store, corner Of
Blenry and Craig streets. The man
alighted and entered the store. He said
that his name was also Lyons and that
he had only arrived that morning from
New York, having lived several years In
that city and Chicago. He asked II the
druggist could tell him OF still another
Mr.. Lyons, who had once kept hotel
In Montreal, adding that many years ago
he had resided in Montreal himself and
that be was then connected with the
Academy OF Music, New York, and had
come back TO the city to start q gigantic
amusement enterprise. He added that
he only remembered two people In
Montreal with whom he had been inti-
mate and that was the man he asked for
and MIR. Durocher. He was told that
Lyons, tho hotel keeper, had left the
city several years ago, but that the
RiChelieu hotel was kept by u MIR, Duro'
cher, who might possibly be his other
friend. While escorting him to the door,
the druggist saw the woman waiting in
tho hack.
The same evening, the woman came
to the drug store alone and told Mr..
Lyons her husband had deserted her.
She said she was in great difficulty and
asked 10 be directed 10 the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union building,
She never reached the Union building,
and although diligent search has been
made no trace OF the woman or her COM
panion can bc found.
Undoubtedly the woman supposed to
have been drowned of the wharf Is the
one who called at the drug store. Evil
IDENTIFY she either committed suicide to
end her troubles or Is the victim Of mur.
der,