Telegram-herald., 1891-02-06
4 FOUL DEED.
After osasisg esrksr Ces1ss late In
ssasibsiss ths Thieves Choke
His Wife to osssh-


4 o0o<AISo f&AekO1.
cLARxs, ksA4, Feb. A-Ths entire
eosnnanity h aroused over the murder
1T Ars- s r. Co~lss. wife Of the presi,
dsat Of ths Pseine Bank Of this city, By
al unknown The crime Was perps-
trstsd about o'clock "Wednesday mora
ing and the detsiis Of the affair flashed
ever the village an hour later.
The Cowlas residence u situated on
the outskirts Of the town. The victim
and her husband retired in an upper
chamber about midnight with their s.
ysAr-eld child. cowles was aroused by .
voice proceeding from the kitchen Not
suspecting the presence of burglars he
sroc. in his night robe and started 20 as
certain the cause. His wife begged him
10 desiss. Suddenly rs they were dis
GUESSING the advisabiity of searching
the premises the chamber door was
violently kicked open and = burly
masked man with revolver Ia his
hand sprang into the room. In en-
instant the heavy gun was brought
down on cowles' head and no sank
70 tho door unconscious Seeing her
husband struck down the frightened
woman uttered several piercing
shriekS Neighbors heard three
agonizing screams emanating from
the Cowles residence aud ell
was quiet. A light was OBJ
served in the chamber occupied by the
family. but before those aroused by the
screams arrived IT the scene OF the
tragedy the lamp was extinguished.
An entrance was effected and three
mon rushed to tho sieeping-room. In
the doorway they stumbled over the fig
ure Of the banker. He was covered
with blood from CHASTITY wound In the
head The form Of tho wife was lying
ACROSS the foot Of the bed. Her tongue
extended from her mouth, her eyes were
almost bursting from their sockets, and
the imprints Of inger-nails deep in her
throat told the story of the crime.
Within foot of the murdered woman
lay her babe peacefully sleeping, not
having been aroused by the dying
struggles Of the mother. Physicians
were hastily summoned All efforts to
restore Mrs. Cowles were fruitless.
Life had been effectually choked from
her body. but the corpse was still
warm, showing that the crime was
committed only few minutes before.
While a body of men secured the
community in search of the perpetrator
Of the foul deed the body Of the banker
was taken up and placed on the bed
alongside that Of his wife. Then It
was discovered that some life remained.
After repeated efforts he was re-,
stored to consciousness. BE described
the murderer as five feet eight inches
high, well dressed and having jet black
hair. The villain did not speak during
the struggle, and as the period prior to
Cowles being knocked senseless was so
brief he had little opportunity to OBJ
serve his asssilant.
Investigation developed the fact that
robbery was the motive for the crime.
The house had been thoroughly RAM
sacked for valuables. So complete was
every receptacle supposed to con-
tain money searched that it is
certain that more than one burglar
figured in the crime, as the time al
lotted for the work after the screams
Of Mrs. Cowles were heard was ex-
ceedingly brief. Not more than twenty
minutes elapsed after the screams were
heard before the neigh bors burst open
the front door to gain admittance.
Fifty dollars was secured from the
pockets of the banker and as
much moro from the drawer of the
dresser. The jewelry case of Mrs.
Cowles was taken. 1t contained gold
watch, diamond brooch-pin and few
minor articles Of jewelry. The sum
total of the booty obtained by the burg
lars could not have been over $500. The
inprints of muddy feet could be OBJ
served on all the carpets in the house.
A panel of the kitchen door had been
neatly removed, showing the work Of
experts A quantity of silverware
had been piled in the middle OF
the dining-room floor. Evidently
this was accomplished by the
burglars before going to the bed
chamber, and after the screams of
Mrs Cowlcs they had not time TO
remove it. The jewelry case, cmptied
of its contents, was found few yards
from the house, as if hastily dropped by
the nurderers. The stricken husband
Immediately offered reward of 81, 900
for clew to the murderer or murderers
and $500 for their capture. Every man
In the entire village is searching the
surrounding country for tho burglars or
clews.
PAN.REPUBlIC CONGRESS.