Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-09
WAS TRACED ON MARBLE.
A SUSPECTED MunprREn's FACE
TRACED ny spPHRSAruRAL
Farces ON MS victim's cravessonc.
Wonderful Psychic Phenomenon
That sas Lead 90 the Clearing
ur OF HORRIBLE crtuie.


New York World.
From the little pralrie town OF wash
Ia, Cherokee county. la. there COMES
story OF Poe-like gruesomness
about grevcstone that is crcdibly
said to show on It's face the dimly
traced features OF murderer the as
sassin OF tho old couple whose remains
lie buried underneath The marvellous
iikencss OF this gravestone portrait TO
the man. now that he Is missing az
ter havine been suspected OF the crime
has aroused the prosecuting attorney
OF the county to vigorous search for
him. while the superstltious country
folk thereabouts for mites around ere
making pilerlmagcs TO the cemetery
TO aeo this wonderful msnlfeutation
OF supernatural foroes, for such IL
seems TO be.
IL is more than likely that this most
remarkable physiological mystery will
[ be investigated By thosr past masters
| IN the scientific pursuit OF ghosts and
I other death mystcrids the society for
! psychic research nut In none Of the
blood-ourdling reports vet published
has any psychic wonder had 30 many
elements OF the phenomenal as this one
In Iowa.
The gravostonc, photoSraph OF
which. with the human features mys-
tically written across Its face, was
made by photographer for tie World,
marks the SPOT where lie an old Ger
man couple named Schultz, who were
| murdered Ia their own homo In the
middle OF the night They lived a
short distance from the town and We're
staying alone IN the house az tho
time. The old man had brought home
few DAYS before considerable
amount Of money. which he had taken
from a bank on account OF the panic,
In the morning the old folks were
found. their heads split open with AZ
az and there were evidences that There
Ind been struggle. The money was
gone.
The murder created q great sensation
on account OF It's fearful details. There
was nothing 20 indicate IN any way
who had committed IL, hut the neigh
| burs suspected that the murderer
might have been w, y, Florence, q
hired hand who had been In the ON
ploy Of the SchutroH until n short
time before few weeks after tbs
murder Florence left that section nnt
had gone the stories began TO galt
more currency than ever and the rgnul
was that detectives were employed b,
the county authorities TO hunt hin
down. He was found and taken bncl
10 Cherokee county. The grand jur,
examined him. but for want Of cyl
I dence. discharged him, He prompt!
disappeared and has not been hear'
OF since.
About the same timo that THE gran,
Jury Nnn onpnged Ia the Investigation
OF this case the relatives OF the coupl
, hnd a plain marble hcndstone place
over their grave, The grave was u
a little country huryinE ground, OF
the side OF hill. within sight Of tn
house IN which the murder had beNi
committed Before many weeks Btrang
J stories began to be told about II, A
/ frst they were whispered about III
nelghborhood. md tho superstition
people Of the country side shook thel
heads wisely aud often gathered !
a groups at the roadside or nj tho villng
blackHmlth shop. II wns said that IN
. tombstone was slowly but surely dc
veloping human llnenments, lust ~
G photographers plate, under the acuo
e OF chemicals. develops the lines In III
\ negative
, The first person TO tell the story wa
= nm old woman. who had also been IN
= der. II was received with inorcdulit'
. and sven those whose curiosity lie
9 them 10 20 and look at the ston
o declared that the picture had no %
istenoe except In the imnrinhunn Z
: the old woman. But she insisted tha
! she could pcc picture there, and tha
y II represented the features OF Flo
\ enee,
2 elared that the picture was CROWN
y more and more plain. At last she COZ
= vinced some Of her friondH that the,
\, too. could SOC the features Of mo
- on tho stone The face continued
n grow more and more distinct ana
. be more and moro talked about. uni
, Il attracted the attention 81 the nj
I, thot4tlea. They Inspected H. and u
: most unprctudiced were compelled
:, admit that they could see the feature
. OF a man. A marble dealer WINS take
ID 10 see H. lie DECLARED that the foi
tures were being developed ~ resu
"a Of exposure TO atmospheric inhuone'
n Of The rust and vsinr IN the stone. I
" said Il would continue 70 gTow piAlne
y Ti,is ursdictlou has now bgen verihp
a Tho uloture on the slab has becon
4. distincf 10 even the most casual ol
server. and today there H. not pc
Is son who knew Florence who docs n
10 declare that the features show star
ID ing resemblance 70 hia.
Il What Is equally prophetic IL the Ia
" that since the picture has been dey'
II opinE on the stone and the HuHpicif
r. mas become general that Florence vi
T. ne murderer thore has developed ey
VI dsncn not known at the time of D
NJ Examination before the grand jury m
IN points 10 the conclusion that he WI
d really guilty. The prosecuting attorn'
% ~ Cherokee said TO -Nefia rrpr
y sentative that he was confident ~
r. he could now prove the gullt or u
n. suepeoted man shOuid he be locate
e, uut this seems 10 be now iinpossibl
he T1orence has dropped out Of the woil
y apparently, II Is supposed that
'd ma heard OF the strange development
X and got as far away as possible
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