The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-02

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that. while u did NOT incrcoae ~ Vo|P- 4
ularity, - least Rained for him snore
respect, aud procured for him prOeec-
! ton from other nttaclA On tho 11th
1 Of November. lsi7. farmer hauling q
load of grain to Cincinnati bad his IT.
tention attracted to something white In
The bushes near tho road In the little
hollow near the road already de-
scribcd. Getting of OF his wagon and
invest eating the object which had
/. awakened his curiosity he was Mortified
by the discovery Of the dead body OF
Mary Iiddell lying among the
brush, and hear by her an
other corpse---that Of stout,
midd'c-agcd man. roughly dressed. The
farmer gave the alsrm and a number
OF neigbors were quickly collected.
Poor little Mary h Il apparently been
the ''ictim Of at least an attempted out
rage. Her clothes were torn and dis
ordered her hair eisheveled, and there
were lnrgc br-iscs or her arms, her
breast and the throat. where the muir
dercr bal cholscd ont her young life
.''rhc man had been killed by knife
thrust thl penetrated tho heart, and
ceath must have resulted instantly. for
he lay face downwarl In pool OF
blood. The knife that had killed him
IA long. two-edgci. lScen-pointed
spanish dagger lay among the leaves
with the end OF the hilt still held
lol sely in thu dead girl hand.
ELLEN Doll was found ut home, lying
upon lounge, her hair clottcd witE
blood from severe cut upon her brow,
her face p Hid. and her whole nervous
sysicm cvidsntly terribly shalsen.
"llcs. story WINS that the night before
she and Mary had gone together on foot
to n ngiug school at the school-house.
about half "A mile distant from their
residence. Andy Nnginnis had gone TO
Cincinnati with wagon load Of wheat
I Z n. morning, not intending ~ return
nn5il the next day, SO TINT the two girls
went alone.
"On their return, rs they were pass
ing through the hollow. burly man
SUE denly stepped out Of the bushes ana
attacked them. They tried TO run past
him. lie grabbed ut Ellen. and she
: stru X him In the face a. forcibly MS
: she could. in return Tor which he dealt
her n blow with club that fclled her
r 10 the earth. From that time she knew
nothing moe uni she found herself
at home, lying upon the door step,
7 when she crawled into the house and
Y threw herself upon the lounge, unable
Q TO care for her injury or go to bed.
4 How She got home CT what became of
c Mary she did not know. When thoy
' told Der If her hnlf-sister's death she
e wcpt bitterly. she was shown the
. knife found in her dead sisters hands,
1 and ut once recognized IL rs one that
: had been owned by her father s'nee
6 she was child, add that sometimes
: She and Mary had been in the
$ habit Of carrying it TO protect them
n selves with when they had 10 be out
g late NJ night without escort. Mary
I she soid had carried IL the night before.
c Her version OF the story was generally
{ accepted. Nobody reflected upon the
n mprobability OF man having beer
stabbed TO death by girl who had
3 been cho'Sed TO death. Detectives wer'
e unknown In these parts at that time
{ and when the two deac
! bodies wcre buried, the mat
z ter seemed 70 be at an end. And,
g Maginnis returned home On the after
i noon of the day upon which The murder
4 was discovered, and remained unit
Il aetcr Marys funeral, when he suddenl,
= left Tor parts unknown. lmmediatel,
IT after his departure Ellen avowcd |
horror Of the place from the effect upon
c her nerves OF the tragedy that had beer
II enacted. She put the farm up for sail
II and went 10 Cincinnati To live. There
&c when upon her death bed with a fata
II fever Ellen made startling confession
h 81 killed my sitter she said, but
Is did not intend IL. | also killed tina
ii unknown man. h'S. - did intend
ID May,bo / ssgys'. 20 e. .ag scf5ss Y
s,;cther without escort, and started for
home alone. That much OF what L
told before was true, and no more. As
We walked along we got to talking
about Andy Maglnnis. We were both
i'm love with him. She would not give
up so choscd her TO death. AS ! did
SO the man afterwards found dead
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