Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04
BY A SISTERS HAND.
Two Young Ladies' of Atlanta, Ga, Slain
by n sister While tho Latter Is Suffering
frofn Tcnnorarv UpauuIty


by n Sister While tho Latter Is Suffering
from Temporary Insanity.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 27.-Miss Julia
Force shot and killed her two younger
sisters. Florence and Minnie, Saturday
afternoon at The residence of her
brother, A. w. Force. The murderess
is IS years of age, while her VIC
Tins are 80 and 25 respectively.
Shortly after the killing Julia
entered police headquarters and gave
herself up, saying to Capt. Wright: 81
have committed crime and want to
get the protection of the law" She
was Immediately taken into the office
of the chief of detectives. She is
thought to be insane, which is the only
plausible explanation of the deed.
A small crowd soon gathered in front
of the residence on Crew street. At
first nobody save the officers were adj
mitted. Mr.. Force himself answered
the knocks at the door. He explained
to them all that his two sisters were
dead and that the other sister was in
the hands of the police
Mr.. Force described how he discov-
cred the victims. At 1870 o'clock a
beiNduu Cdlicu dJ Juc StOTe Oh w nlJe-
hill street for bundle to carry to the
house, for which she said that Miss
Julia had sent There was no bundle
at the store for Julia, and Mr. Force
at once suspected something was
wrong. He seized his hat and,
accompanied by his brother, q. Ii.
Force, hurried home. AS he entered the
house he found everything hushed as
If the place had been deserted. He
rushed upstairs to the room where his
sister Florence lay in her sickbed, and
found her lying across the bed. Blood
had poured from wound just above
her ear. Mr. Force ran downstairs to
the sitting room, where he found the
body of his other sister, Minnie. Her
body was lying near the door of the
room and blood was oozing from hole
in her right temple.
Mr.. Force sent his brother for physi-
clans and then started to look for
Julia. In her room, which is just in
| front of that in which the dead body of
Minnie was discovered. he found a
small pistol on the floor with two of
| its chambers empty. AS soon as the
officers arrived Mr.. Force begged them
| to go and find Julia, saying that his
| two sons were at the store and she
| would kill them too The policemen
assured him that Julia was already un-
| der arrest.
Miss Florence Force, one of the slain
| sisters, had been an invalid for some
time. The position in which her body
lay indicated that she had risen from
the bed and just as her feet touched the
floor had received the fatal shot. She
was lying on her back across the
bed, both hands clasping her bosom.
She wore her sleeping garments only.
There was no evidence of struggle in
the room, the medicine bottles were in
their places on the table by the bed,
and all the other arrangements were
those of the ordinary sick chamber.
On the floor below lay the body OF
Minnie, clad in n house dress, with hei
head bare. She lay at full length or
her back with her arms extended be-
hind her. as if she had thrown them uI
as she fell backward AS her body lay
it looked as if she was advancing to
wards the door when her sister entered
and had received the shot directly in
the face.
Mrs. Force, mother of the girls, wa.
down town when the tragedy occurred
and soon afterward returned to the
house to find two of her daughter:
dead and the other in the hands of the
law. The murderess is still in the city
prison where she refuses to talk t.
anyone. The Force family is one o
the highest in the south. 1t is re
lated to leading families Throughout
South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia anG
Mississippi.