The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
MURDER MOST FOUL.
A MILAN COUNTY YOUNG LADY RUTH
LEsSLY SLAIN.
While Enjoying the Sleep Of the Innocent
Under the Paternal Roof Her Throat is
Cut by Midnight Assassin-A
Rejected Lover Arrested.
Special to The Statesman.

TAYLOR, Tex, July 13.-News has
J 1st reached the city Of horrible
murder committed on the San Gabriel
last Sunday night. Miss Mollie White,
highly respected and charming
young lady, having her throat cut
from ear to ear while laying asleep on
her couch at her fathers home. Dur
ing the afternoon of Sunday she at
tended baptising at Whites church,
a short distance from her home, &C.
companied by a young man who is
supposed to have been a sutton for her
affections.
While at the church she met one
Crow, discarded lover and a brother
OF the man charged with the killing
OF a Mr.. Hamblen in that neighbour
hood about year ago. 1t is not
known that Miss White had any con-
nection with Crow while at the bap-
tlsmal service, or at the church which
she and her escort attended that
night. Returning about 10 o'clock,
about an hour and q half after the
family had retired, her father and
brother were awakened by noise in
the hallway, and both reached the
scene just in time to see the young
lady fall to the floor drenched
in blood, her throat cut from ear to
ear. She only lived few moments
without being able to speak, She oc-
cupied bed in front of an open win
dow in small room on an end of a
gallery, and it is evident the villain
reached in at the window and cut the
girls throat while sleeping.
Naturally enough great excitement
prevailed and searching parties were
sent out as soon as day appeared.
Deep tracks in the damp ground
showed plainly how the deed was
committed. The fiend had tied his
saddle-horse on the opposite
side of a field, walked across
the newly plowed ground direct
to the girls window, distance of
over 200 yards, committed the hellish
deed, and then returned to his horse
by the same route.
After mounting his horse he crossed
the San Gabriel river at an unused
crossing and led his horse up the OPP
posite bank, leaving blood stains on
che bushes that he had pulled himself
up the bank by. Here his track was
lost. Blood hounds were procured and
put on the trail, which was followed
to the home of Grow. When the sher-
iff and dogs reached the house Crow
was found in bed, with physician
in attendance upon him. The
doctor said Crow was laboring under
severe nervous excitement, but did
not believe that anything else was the
matter with him. Blood spots were
found on his shirt and handkerchief,
which he accounted for by saying
that his brother had hurt himself the
day previous and had used his hand
kerchief. Crows shoes were taken to
the field aid they fitted the tracks
exactly.
Two theories are advanced by the
neigh bors-one, that Miss White
knew too much about the killing of
Hamblen, she having accompanied
Crows brother to party at which
Hamblen was killed, and is supposed
to have heard expressions from him
that would prove damaging in evil
dence; the other theory is that Crow
killed her because she had discarded
him for another.
The scene of the murder is near San
Gabriel postoffice, in Milan county,
fourteen miles northeast of Taylor.
At last reports Crow was in The
hands of the sheriff of Milan county.