Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-25

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deceased was sister of Mrs. Lawrence,
and she had been at Mrs Dodd's APART.
ment house. over Maddox a ElhsOn's
old stand on Friday. where She lcft nm
umbrella. That She was going To Mr..
ltaincy's on West Wcathorford street
To- ervc q music lesson and they supposed
she had gone homo TO her sisters. hence
though Miss Gcwmcy sometimes visits
~ Mrs. Dodds her failure TO come for
Q lew days excited no uirasiness
Her sister, Mrs Lawrence. came. and
the scene, 0s she gave vent 20 her heart
breaking grief, WAS narrowing.
She threw herself on the body, de-
nouncing the murdcrcrs aud speaking Of
her sister ns my darling, kind, edu.
Gated Maggie Maggie who was such
an educated lady. To meet an end No
this. Cruel. Cruel, oh, ny darling
sister; and futher intelligent uttcrancc
was broken by vehement sobs until sb0
was ied away hy sympathizing friends.
MORE HORRIBLE.
An examination of the body leaves no
room for doubt that her death was pre-.
coded 10y fate worse than death itself
Tor the silent evidence of the scratches
anu bruises. almost ns liyid md as fresh
looking as IF ON living body; the flesh
gouged out Of one OF the thighs and the
crimson staining of the Wndcrclothing
We're indisputably convincing of an as.
sault or repeated assaults on the body IF
the woman, uud that Furnished the mo.
tive for Che crime
The most careful examination OF the
house, whore the body was found the
oLpnraiyCly small Quantlty of blood
that had flowed out there. the absence
9i the bullet or u mark made by 10 in
tie out-housc, though the ball had gone
through the head with terrific force.
The absence OF powder burns. the mo,
i've Tor crime, all make u plain Tint
II was murder aud not suicide, and the
testimony Of the Surroundings almost
as strongly allrgc that the woman was
not killed where the body lay when first
seen, but had been murdered and this
was simply hiding place of the result
Of the crime
WHEN DID IT OCCUR
Miss Tcwmey was not OF the most ex.
cmplnTy habits in the use of intovicants,
aud one Of the first clews to her idontih-
cation came from the fact she had Sow
cral times bought Intoxicating liquors &C
saloon corner of Houston and Wealth
crfOrd streets. and had made a nurchns so
there last Thursday or Friday, very
probably the latter day. Her sister had
not seen her since Tuesday of Inst week.
hut az She had several places where she
could and did stay this absence excited
NO grput alarm.
She did not give the music lesson Fri.
day because she was not iu % condition
20 give IL. Some children playing iu the
yard uf al West First street were ia
that little clubhouse Monday aud the
body was not there then
Hence the murder was committed be
tween Friday Jt ! IN the afternoon and
tho night of Monday.
But when as To- time. as it is almost
certainty that b. was not ut III and
where as tp lucnhyt The hourr proper
was carefully inspected. but though 10
was open, nothing Indicated it had re-
comfy been used, even for the nights
lodging of tramp.
Tho absence of dpcOmpOsitious effects,
the FRESHNESS, Ot the blood, so fresh On
some of the marks IL could be- smeAred
with the fingers. Indicate the murder WINS
probably of a date 80 recent as Monday
and maybe Monday night. This fixes the
time with some degree of certainty
WHERE DID TT OCCURg
The locality Of the crime il M yet in
, VOWED Ia profound mystery. Surmise is
all that can be vcntured on this point,
aud this can only indicate in a very
general way the locality thai might bo
suspected.
Some parts Of West Woatherford street
near the business part of the city have
a most unsuyory reputation, and this
suggests that Miss Tcwmcy was found
10y some person In comparatively help
less condition, taken % a house in the
general locality Indicated, Kept brsotted
there until Monday shot and killed aud
The body taken To- where. it. was Iucsdny
afternoon, The evidence ON the subject
of the outrageous assaults give color 10
this suggestion or theory of some of the
police. That the tatQ sAgt was not fired
,,. .lus e. -. 4~sJ! ~ si-c - 900
is plain, for a pistol OF the calber used
would have powder burned five or six
feet away, and the onice of entrance
was ps clean cut as II made with the
Sculpcl of q surgeon. There were some
fuiut traces of wagon wheels on the
Florence street sidewalk, aud it Is pos
sihlr the murdered womuns body was
taken there In some kind of Il vehicle.
But this is certain, Il Is foul muie
der and one that seems so cnwruppcd
In mystery that IL win probably tax 10
the utmost the skin of the sheriff, with
the help the city police can give him.
90 uurayel the network Of secrecy that
now hides The perpetrators of the crime.