The record-union., 1895-04-15

l at Butte were not satisfactory for the chill
dren, and Mrs. Lamont took Blanche,
her three sisters and brothers back to
Rockford to educate them. After gradu-
ating she returned to Dillon. There she
taught school until prostrated by typhoid
fever last summer, The climate was not
suitable to the convalescent, and Blanche
was sent to this city to her aunt, Mrs. G.
G. Noble of 209 .Twenty-fr street, where
her sister is still living.
Detective Gibson, in speaking of the
discovery of the body of Blanche La
mont in the little room in the steeple of
the church, said tonight: "a glance
was sufficient to tell that the body was
that of very young woman, and that
she had been dead some days. 1t was en-
tirely nude, and at first glance there did
not appear to be a mark or SPOT on the
smooth skin to indicate that death had
come by violence. The body lay on it's
| back, perfectly straight, with the arms
| drawn up and the hands folded over the
| breast. The long, thick hair of the dead
girl was drawn from under the head and
lay along the floor in a shiny, silken
| stream.
The murderer had closed the eyes of
his victim, and turned her head to one
side, fearful that the blood which flowed
from her mouth and became pool upon
the floor might drip through the balcony
| below. Fearing even that the dead might
move, the murderer had thrust block of
wood between the wall and the dead
girls head. The Strengthened limbs had
been kept in position by pieces of wood.
The floor of the little landing was COW
cred with dust, which in the immediate
vicinity of the body had been disturbed,
as If by the sweeping of a cloth. In many
| places footprints were visible, the marks
| being such as would be left by No. s or
No. shoe"
The detective said that from the land
ing where the body was found man can
cIlmo into the interior of the spire by
ascending rough ladder, formed by
! cieats nailed across the studding on one
side Of the room. The detective searched
this place. First he found tha skirt of
the murdered girl. 1t had been thrust
down between two timbers with
infinite pains. The space where it
was found was extremely narrow
and dark, and not a trace of the
| skirt was visible. After finding the
skirt, in quick succession, articles of
| clothing, some torn and worn, were
drawn from their hiding place in the
spire. Behind an angle formed by rafters
the officer found a shoe Its mate was
found an hour later behind some boards
nailed to the brace. The stockings were
| together, crammed into crack no larger
! than cable slot. The corset was tucked
IN behind beam that supports the roof
OF the church, story below where the
| body was found. Each of the under gar
ments was tucked away in different places.
On some of them slight blood stains were
visible, and all were either badly torn or
sufficiently to show the haste with which
| they had been ripped from the body.
| The work of hiding was done with the
| greatest care, and it must have cost the
murderer over an hour of careful labor to
carry the clothing up the sides of the
tower beams and hide it away piece BY
| piece.
J. George Gibson, the pastor of the
Emanuel Church, has made written
statement TO the press denying rumors
that he at any time sought to have the
hndlng of the murdered body of
Mamie Williams kept quiet; that
he slept in the church, or that he was
in hiding. He also tells how he came to
find the body in com pany with lady
members of the church. He says he re-
fused TO see reporters because he wanted
to aid the police and prepare a statement.