The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-30
A BLOODY MYSTERY SOLVED
WILL JUSTICE BE DONE AT LAST!


Directly north, on one of the two roads that
cross in the center of the town of Brownsburg,
twelve miles west of the city. live an old man
and his only daughter. They own the small
farm which they live and in the winter
months, when the tarm boys have finished
their fall work and have time TO turn their at
tention to book larnin'." Kate teaches a
school. She enjoys the best of regulations and
is one of the brightest and best young ladies of
the whole countryside. Early on the morning
OF March s. 'SS, Kate and her father had
strolled out to the east border of their farm
looking over the spring crop. From where
they were, the house on the adjoining farm
was plainly visible. AS they stood for a
few moments before starting on their
return walk home. two men came
out Of their neighbor's house aud
started toward them. The men had
advanced some distance before noticing them.
When they looked up the recognition between
all four was mutual. The men manifested
great surprise and fright and turned away in
the direction in which one of them lived.
Father and daughter thought but little of it
and returned home.
A small boy named William Tensel raped
on the door Of the house out of which two men
came in the evening Of March O. lie knocked
several times but received no answer. He
came often to the place for milk and being
accustomed to the place opened the kitchen
koor and stepped inside. The sight that met
his gaze nearly froze his blood There, in the
center of the floor beneath table and partially
wrapped in piece of bloody carpet, lay the
CHASTITY body OF a murdered old lady The
head was nearly severed from the body. On
the table were still the remains of breakfast.
Crowds gathered rapidly at the shouts of the
affrighted boy.
There was another inmate of the home, the
daughter of the murdered woman. She had
disappeared. A search resulted in the dis
covery of her dead body in an orchard near by.
The murderers had covered it up with bunch
of hay Here the ground showed evidence of
a struggle. On removing an old calico apron
which was about her head, and had probably
been used to stihe her cries deep cash across
the face made horrible her former regular
features.
Mr.. Weaver and his daughter were startled
when they heard Of the crime. Remembrance
OF the two men whom they had seen come from
the house during their morning stroll came
back to them with awful force. They were
frightened, and, one woman and the other
weak old man. they did not know what to do.
While in this frame of mind, before they had
even had time to think coolly Of the matter,
the two men came to them-the ones they had
seen come out of the house the day of the muir
der Their lives were threatened by these mur.
derous villains il they ever opened their
mouths TO say word that would implicate them.
III you do. said one Of the men. "you shall
follow them"
So with fear for their own lives, there has
been locked within the bosoms Of these two
weak people the long-sought secret of the
Foreman murder. There have been CLOVIS after
clews found and stories after stories told this
crime that for weeks and months was the prin-
cipal subject of conversation among the people
of this and adjoining counties.
Monday afternoon there appeared at the
courthouse a man oddly dressed who desired
10 go before the grand jury.
lie was man of medium hight, with keen,
deep-set eyes covered by pair of gold-rimmed
spectases. He had heavy brown mustache
and thick masses of hair of the same color. His
face was study of honest keenness. On his
head he wore a seal skin cap, and his feet we're
protected by pair of low cut shoes with heavy
soles. His sack coat Of slightly faded brown
showed evidences of considerable service, and
beneath his firm chin was exposed but little ofa
black and white silk tie above a high buttoned
vest. His trousers were broadly striped with
black and n dull yellow.
This man for many years has known Kate
Weaver, and at least three years ago she told
him the story of what she and her father saw
on the morning of March s. 1888. But she
made him promise not to repeat it. So with
regard and perhaps fear for her, he too, has
remained quiet At last however, he sue
ceeded in inducing her to appear before the
grand jury, with view to having the murder
ers brought to Justice II was for this purpose
that he yesterday came to the city and re-
quested an audience with the grand jury. He
was locked in the room with that body for
some time, and last night returned to Browns
burg.
There is motive known to this man and
Kate Weaver for the commission OF the double
murder He claimed that chain OF circum-
stances could be drawn around the suspects
and their accessories which could not fail to
convict them, if certain persons whom he
knows will but give the evidence to court
which they impaired to him.
His name is James Cassidy a respected
hardware dealer Of Brownsburg.
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