The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-06-28
THE SIRENS SMILE.
David Moore Lured to Blackmail
and Deaths Mask.
INTRIGUE LEADS TO BASE MURDER.
Allen Park the Scene oT Murder Most Foul
--"Oh! william, WHAT Did You Dot
FOr!"--His Diamonds and
His Bank Notes.
FOLLY'S FATE.

trees OF Allen Park like the wall OF a
prisoner who has seen the last bright
ray Of sunshine ere his dungeon doors
close upon him forever.
Peter Smith was returning home
ward. He paused upon the bridge as
the cry reached his ears. He listened.
Yes. some one was sobbing. Had
Peter Smith bent his footsteps toward
the spot from whence the cry had
come, he might have laid beside dark
form, which, in the half light of the
wandering stars, lay bathed in the
dark red blood Of murder. But Peter
Smith walked homeward.
ltwaS seven hours after Heter Smith
had passed the hill upon his way
hOmeward. Little Matte Brown, ten
year old son of the tenant Of the little
house below the park ravine, had gone
out to do the morning chores. 1t
was SIX o'clock. Yesterdays sun had
Slapped the dew from the grass about
the dark, blood stained form beneath
the trees. Little Matte Brown paused
in his work and went back TO the
kitchen door.
Papa" he said, "Theres drunken
man out there"
Brown strobe out and neared the
III III uDOll Vic SldoS' Nv PAuSS''
Great God" he cried.
"This Is Mnrder."
Upon the ground before him, Mat
thew Brown saw an object which sent
the cold chillS to his brain. A man OF
fine physique. dressed in elegant at
tire-but the head and face. Blood !.
The face was mass of blood. Blood.
1t lay in clotS amid the matted hair.
Blood trickled from the head and
stained the green sward. The sight
Wa. sickening one and Matthew
Brown shuddered.
Murder {" The shout brought 9TH
ers to the scene. The news spread
like wildtre through the business dis
trict. Officer Welsh was the first Of
authority upon the ground. He bent
over the body and caught the gleam OF
pin upon the inside pocket OF the
vest. From the pocket Officer Welsh
unpinned package of bills. 1t con-
taned some $40. The pockets OF the
murdered man were turned inside out.
All of value, save the package of bills,
and collar button, had been taken
from the corpse. Here was murder
and robbery.
Soon contemplation of the awful
CIllllt was cIlucu anu StulSi iidu'
for a clue to the murdererS.
fashioned coupling pin. Ii, too, was
covered with clothed blood. At lit
tie distance lay a lady'S pOcketbOOk,
containing S2.05. Here was the sought
for clue There was woman in the
case. The crowd gathered now and
the tramping of many eject obliterated
the evidence of aStruggle. There were
hundreds of morbid curiosity seekers.
At length people from the Clifton
Hotel identified the body as that OF
David Moore, of Omaha.
A cOronors jury, Matthew Bailey,
AL. Maierhofer, ii. 5. Gilbert, Capt.
Rising, Ira Nelson and George Beatty,
was empaneled by Deputy Coroner
Weeks, as soon as notified Of the affair,
and after the body had passed inspec-
tiOn it was removed to the CLIFTON
Hotel, where a poSt-mortem eXamina-
ton was held by Drs. Hathaway, Dyer
and Weeks.
Horrible Wounds.
The face and head were carefully
bathed and whep the clothed blood
had been removed eight terrible
wounds. each sufficient to have killed
man. were discovered. Five gashes
upon the back of the head, each nearly
two inches in length; a horrible cash
upon the right temple, large enough
to cover the index finger: battered
left ear, swollen and black: broken
Jaw, shattered to fragments: and
number of bruises, evidently kicks,
upon the side, told the tale Of death.
When the scalp was removed, it was
seen that the bones of the right temple
were shattered into small fragments.
and that the bones of the back of the
head were in like condition. The
brain, wherever it met the broken por-
tions of the skull, was bruised and
pulpy
The stomach was removed and in it
were found undeniable evidences OF
the hour of the murder. The murder
ed man had eaten strawberries and pO-
tatOeS for supper. Both were in per-
feet condition, showing that death
came within three or four hours after
eating, as otherwise the contents Of
the stomach would have been either
wholly or partially digested. This
placed the hour OF the murder at not
later than eleven o'clock.
Some Evidence.
Before the body was discovered Mrs.
CnarieS fOrQ, q ltWu character WnOse
husband is Spring Valley tough, was
seen crossing the Illinois river bridge
from the south. A few minutes later
she accosted John Paul, employed at
Lawrence's barn on Columbus street,
asking If that mans body had been
found" Mr.. Paul was puzzled, for at
that time the body had not been found.
She continued to bother people on the
street and at 8 o'clock asked Will Nc
Kinleyif the body had been brought
across the river. Sometime previous
to this she stopped in front of the
court house and tore piece of paper
into bits. She walked down Columbus
street in nervous and eXcitable man.
ner, and Deputy Sheriff Reed, who,
with States Attorney Blake, was
standing on the Clifton House steps,
arrested her upon suspicion. While
on the way to Mr.. Blake's office and
while passing through the court house
she attempted to tear into fragments
a book which bore marks of use. 1t !
was the murdered mans account book. |