St. Paul daily globe., 1890-02-26
HEARTS PIERCED
Jealousy Dethrones Reason
and Prompts a Series Of
Bloody Crimes.
LIE Sueup County's Criminal
Annals Are Eclipsed by a
Triple Tragedy.
Thomas Jindra's Unsuceess-
full Suit Turns His Love
to Deadly Hate.
He Murders His Sweetheart
and Mortally Wounds a
Favored Rival.
AS Fitting Finale to His
Bloody Deeds, He Com
mits Suicide.
Shocking Scenes at the w asha
Homestead, South Of
Shocking Scenes at the w asha
Homestead, South Of
Montgomery.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
MONTGOMERY, Minn., Feb. 25.-Two
bloody cOrpses and a mortally wounded
man lying in farm house six miles
southwest of this village this evening,
tell the story of the blOodiest tragedy in
the annals of LIE Sueur county. 1t is
the old, old story of injured a%n"tion
and its effect on the mind of a an .ier
haps temporarily insane from t..> use
of intoxicating liquors. AS usual, there
was girl in the case-a decidedly
pretty one in this instance-aged just
sixteen, and the belle of the country for
miles around. This young lady. Chris
tina Washa, had many lovers, among
them Thomas Jindra and Frank Weiner.
The former now
Lies stark and Cold,
killed by his own hand, in the corner of
the main room of the home of the young
on bed lies the almost naked body of
his inamOrata, with the beautiful white
face covered with black and clotted
blood, ghastly and awful sight. The
third actor in this horrible tragedy lies
on couch in an opposite corner of the
room battling for his life, and suffering
the most eXcruciating pains from
a pistol wound In the back.
The people of Montgomery were
stirred to the highest pitch
/. of excitement this morning by mess
enger from what is known as the Washa
farm, Oh the south shore of Green Leaf
lake, asking for a doctor. and saying
that two people had been killed and a
third fatally wounded. Like a flash it
came upon the people acquainted with
the Washas that the murderer was a
young Bohemian, well known as some
b ing Of local blood, named Frank
Jindra, who had lately made his boasts
that he
Would Kill Tina Washa
IL she did not marry him. Although
Jindra was known to be little wild, no
one paid any attention to his talk. be-
lieving that he was merely giving vent
0the idle vapOrings of lovesick mind.
About 6 o'clock last evening Jindra
aud Frank Weiner called at the
house OF Frank Washa, BROTH
er of the murdered girl. and
wealthy farmer of Montgomery town
ship, bringing key of beer with them.
This they left at the home of Frank
Washa, while they went Off to a Mrs.
Simas for supper. Mrs. Simas Is a sis
ter of Frank Washa and the murder ed
girl. Shortly after o'clock the pair
returned. and aided by several farmer
friends of their host, proceeded to dis
pose of the cask of beer. During this
season of jollificatlon Jindra and
Weiner learned that Mrs. Washa,
The widowed Mother
of Frank and Christina had gone to
Montgomery during the afternoon with
the intention of taking the early MORN
ing train to Minneapolis. The same
scheme seems to have occurred to both,
that is, of going mile across the coun-
try TO the old Washa homestead and
calling on the young sister of Frank
Washa. About midnight Weiner
called Washa aside and said. "l'm
going away now." and he shortly
after departed leaving Tom Jlndra be-
hind. A few minutes later the latter
also departed, presumably for his home,
| which was in the near vicinity, but
really for the home of Tena Washa.
All hour had elapsed when Frank
Washa was aroused from his slumbers
by Tom Jindra. who, on seeing him. ex-
| claimed:
"rve Killed Your Sister,
| "Come and see what / have done.n
1 MI hoi oil cr,aaohtae.
| with fright. the burlv farmer obeyed
and hastened across the fields with the
| red-handed murderer of his sister to the
home of his mother. Here younger
brother, recognizing the voice of his
brother Frank, unlocked the door and
| Washa and the assassin were
| admitted. Within the house all
| was excitement and confusion.
| Weiner was lying on the bed, where he
| aletn placed by the boys, groaning
! and calling for some one to go for doc
tor. The younger children were weep
ing; and. in the middle of the floor, clad
only in her night dress, lay the dead
body of Christina Washa. Franks
Youngest and only unmarried sister. AS
Frank bent over her body. bowed down
with his grief.
Two Pistol shots Rang Out
in rapid succession, almost instantly
followed by the fall of the bulky body
of Tom Jindra. A gasp or two and the
terrible death rattle of the murderer
and suicide revealed to the Mortified
little group the fact that two corpses
were already in their midst, and the
fainting of Frank Weiner at this moment
showed them that third one might
soon be added to the list. The above is
ingeffeet:the statement of Frank Washa,
| and is confirmed by the stories of John
| Washa, younger brother OF the mur
dered girl; James Markell, a brother oi
an older sisters husband: two eighteen
| year-old boys who were staying at the
home last evening with Tina and {
! younger brother named Anton. The
entire family were sleeping in one