The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-06
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The story OF Alice MItchou's Lire-Unnatu.
raj Alliance Begun When at School

The story OF Alice MItcholl's Llfe-Unnatu.
rnl Alliance Begun When at School.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Jan 80. 0.-Nothing in
the annals OF Memphis crime equals
the deed committed here Monday after
noon by Alice Mitchell, daughter of
George Mitchell, once prominent fur
niture dealer
Alice Mitchell is one OF three daught-
ers, and the most beautiful OF the three.
She is strikingly beautiful, has large
lustrous blue eyes q wealth of golden
hair, and her features are faultless
She has not as yet gone into society,
being only IS years old. Freda Ward,
her victim was the opposite of Alice
Mitchell in all things.
Alice's hair was light, while Freda's
was brown. Freda had large, brown
eyes, her figure was slender, and there
was about her certain air of timldity.
One was bright joyous, impulsive and
full of life; the other was timid, apa.
thetic, and shrank from anything that
one might designate rs fast
The two girls first met each other at
school. They became close friends.
Alice was the older by two years, and
Freda always looked TO her as a su.
perior.
The teachers saw the passionate re-
gard Alice had for Freda and tried to
separate them, but Alice was obdurate
and declared that unless Freda was
her companion she would have nothing
to do with any one else. All this hap
pened when the two girls were in short
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| phis and dwelt on her fathers planta-
/ tion near Gold Dust, Ark. Alice could
! scarcely bear the separation and pro.
tested in daily letters to Freda that she
could not live without her. She inn.
| plored her to return to Memphis and
| become member of her fathers fam
lily.
Alice insisted that rather than he
away from Freda she would marry her,
and be her slave during her life. Last
summer Alice secured permission to
visit Freda, aud she hailed it with wild
delight On the plantation the two
girls were inseparable. They were as
lovers, and had their daily lovers quar-
rel, which always ended by renewa
of love II any young man made a re
mark to Freda Alice became furiously
jealous. AS for herself She said all O
her love was for Frcda, and the atten
tions of young men were as nothing tC
her.
Mrs. Valmer Freda's sister. protest
ed at last at this undue intimacy
Alice, she thought, was too wild to b'
Fredn's companion, and her tcmpera
ment was too irasciblc for the timid
shrinking Freda. Alice did have ter
rible temper and could brook no opposi.
tion.
Alice returned after d lengthy visit
and then Mrs. Valmer informed hel
mother that the intimacy between the
two girls must cease. Freda acQuiesceC
without muTmer, hut Alice was fur
ious Life, she said, would not be
worth living without Frcda
She wrote to her. but the letter wa!
returned with the seal unbroken. Thit
was heart-breaking blow. Alice
grew morose, and would have little t.
say to anyone. She was no longer tn,
bright and joyous girl of yore.
A few weeks ago Freda and her sis
ter 10 came to Memphis to visit theil
friends, Mrs. Kimbrough and Mis-
Christian Purnell, but Freda was warn
ed by Mrs. Valmer to have nothing t,
do with Alice Mitchell, to receive NJ
visits or letters from her, and to Gu
her on the street should they meet
The day following the arrival of th
two sisters Alice called to see them, bu
was informed that they were not a
home TO her.
This was stunning blow to Alice
and she became almost delirious will
grief, but did not desist from her at
tempts to make it up with Freda, She
wrote her several letters, but all save
one were returned to her This onC
was opened by Freda, and in it she wa
informed by Alice she would rather SCI
her dead than an enemy.
Frcda was obdurate, and Alice ther
tried to meet her on the streets, but tht
timid girl avoided her until they me
Monday when she killed her. Tht
grand jury has returned a true bill
charging Alice Mitchell with murder
Miss johnson was released