The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-19
A NIGHT OF HORROR.


rose there, with tufts of bermuda sod
to the left, gives to the place a very
home.like appearance. The windows
and doors are all peat and
clean A A,t-rooftd porch to
the right, door to the lett
entering a bay. windowed sleeping
room is the appearance of the house
in front.
Mrs. Or. Hawley, together with her
two grown daughters, NJ sses Floran.
tine and Alice, have occupied the
house for five or six months. The
family came to Denison from Shreve-
port, La, last summer or early in the
fall. The ladies are intelligent and
refined. Miss Florautine, "reep," as
she is Familiarity known among her
intimate friends, is an accomplished
musician, and she has gathered into
her circle OF friends large number of
the best people of the city. The
young ladies occupy room between
the parlor aud kitchen, while the
mothers room is adjoining to the left.
A short time after 3 O'Clock Miss
Alice was awakened by a noise in her
room. The form of man was seen
standing near her bed. She spoke to
him, saying:
"Please, sir, do not hurt US, and you
shall have all our jewelry and every
thing we have"
To this the man replied: "You can
keep your jewelry and money and
things, don't want them. You will
soon KIN w what want.
Miss Teen" was still sleeping and
Miss Alice asked the man not to
awaken her as she was ve-y nervous.
By this time she had caught hold of
the intruder's hand, in one OF which
he carried large pistol and in the
other a dirk. The man remarked:
"Three ladies have already been
murdered in Denison tonight and it
will pay you to keep quiet
Wnen the young lady felt the pis.
tol and dirk she gave expression to an
involuutery scream and the man
darted through the rear door and out
into the yard through the kitchen.
The trout bay.wiodow room is rent,
ed to two young gentlemen, mer-
chants, and the noise in the rear of
the building awakened them. AS
quickly as possible they went back to
learn the cause of alarm. The out
side kitchen door was open and
window was raised. The man evi
IDENTITY had effected and entrance by
first lifting The window and then
opened the door in order to make a
more rapid exit from the building
when his work had been accom-.
plished.
After barring up all the windows
and doors and making an inspection
of the building on the outside the men
returned to their room and about two
minutes later loud report caused the
building to culver and the men rushed
back through the dining room and rs
the door was opened the body of Miss
"Teen" Hawley was seen to reel and
fall forward.
Mr.. Watt Smith, one of the young
gentlemen, sprang to her assistance,
and in his endeavor 20 raise her from
the floor his hands and clothing were
covered with blood. The lady trembl.
ed, gasped and all was over. The life
of a modest, cultured and beautiful
lady, in the bloom Of youth of woman.
hood, had been cut off and her de.
stroyer was fleeing whittier no mortal
knows.
The man who did the shooting was
seen by Mr. Henry Regensburger, the
next door neighbor to the west, but in
the darkness it was imposs BILE to dis
tinguIsh anything except that it was
man rather tall and apparently the
clothing was light
When the fatal shot was fired Miss
"Teen" was resting in standing po-
sition in her mothers arms. The ball
entered the back just above the heart
and passing through the body came
out on the front right side. In less
than. one minute after the first shot
was fired a second one if3!!!l2wed, but i |
did no harm, the ball burying itsesX e
the opposite wall ~
1t is impossible that one man did all
the work as from one to one-half hours
elapsed between each assassination.