Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-20

fender and Missed, Il have hated you,
Fan. and unless you let 20 Of Christie
will blow you into eternity.
The young gi knew lac meant all
me- said. but thinking only Of her sister
,hr answered: shoot then. ! viii
not lei her go" Why the fieud dis
laine,l this heroic oiicr may never be
known.
Grasping Christie around the waist,
Amy dragged her 10 the bars which
ne had lowered, and pulled her over 20
the woodIawn beyond Al his point the
ground was cleared, ana save for oc-
c.lSional large rocks WAS smooth. When
once inside be threw his victim 10 the
ground. and then, graspins her firmly
by the feet and skirts, he began drag
ging her inland towards "a small brook
that was situated about two hundred
yards from the highway. As he adj
vgncrd with his burden he kept eX-
claiming stand back or / viii shoot"
This threat overawcd the mother and
friend. but did not fdghten Fannie
Telling her mother and Miss GoOdell
TO hurry on to Emmett Marshull's farm.
about a quarter Of a mile away and
summon help, he young heroine
climbed the fence and dashed on to-
ward her sister, who now shouted, with
desperation. Help. Fan, he is tearing
my clothes OFF,"
A bullet whistled by her as she ran
To- the rescue and in % moment two
more shots were fired within the cIump
Of willows. where the murderer and his
victim We're now hidden,
When the brave girl reached the fatal
SPOT She found hcr sister living on her
back dead, her body stripped except "a
waist and some uuderclothIng. People
who had been alarmed arrived at the
scope and the murdered girl was re-
movcl to her home.
The story of the su0ferngs endured
by the victim was mainly told by her
remains, but the surgeons who m tde
the autopsy smuddcringly refused to
make public all that they saw
Amy disappeared as suddenly as
though he hsd mounted up into the
skies. and il was not for more than
"a month that his hiding place was
found
Almys wonderful nerve was dis
played as much in luis selection Of "a
hiding place as ia his resistance against
capture. While the villagers We're
searching the woods and following clues
all over The country, and even cabling
I'd Liverpool for the arrest Of the sup
posed fugitive on cattle steamer Al
my was hiding in the bay in the War
dcu barn. and from his retreat he could
see all that was going on.
lie had selected the place month
before the murder was committed I'm
deed. hc had been hiding there for
five weeks preceding the crime He
had watched Christie Wurdens move
mcuts, and learned the habits OF the
other members of the household Ev-
cry phase Of the awful crime had been
carefully considered before the shot
was fired A stock Of provisions was
laid i'm sufficient TO last him month.
lie knew that q hue and cry would
bo raised as soon as the murder was
committed and ne was sufficiently
yrrSrd In police methods 10 know thut
hr stood little chance OF escaping
through immediate flight Therefore
he arranged 10 stay IN hiding right
under the noses of the detectives who
were hunting for him until their yigi-
lance relaxed sufficiently to enable
him 10 get away That he hal calcu-
lated well was proved by the fact hat
his whereabouts were not discovered
until thirty three days after the muroer,
and then only by accident
Monday evening, August 1.-THE muir
der was committed July Mrs War
deu while looking for some chickens
ia Inc barn yard, discovered q small
opening iu the mderpInuing of the
barn which she Thought might lead to
the chickens hiding place She re-
moved a small board and found on the
inside an empty jelly uubler, and,
further in twelve cans which had rec
Gently contained salmon oysters pelch-
Us ami other substantial eaables There
were also empty wine bottles and beer
BOTTLES
Wednesday morning T, W Davidson
ANA s. A. Frost made further inyeSti-
CATIONS under the barn, finding more
bottles and % bludgcou larger han a
polIccm3u'- club The handle was nice
ly vhir.lel ami quito fresh knowing
chat the cellars Of several private fam