Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-14
RAPED in A CHURCH STUDY.
HORRIBLE DISCOVERY OF a
TEACHER AND HER PUPILS.
MINNIE WILLIAMS FOUND IN
EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH
DASHED TO DEATH. AFTER
HAVING BEEN ouTRAGED-A
DENTIST SUSPECTED


oAN r Is4ANNlECOH apr II 10.
= Sunday school teacher with her
scholars entering the Emanuel Bap-
list church today TO arrange the Easter
decorations found the body Of a young
girl frlghtfully mutilated in the pas
tors study adjoining the main audito-
rum. Her clothing was torn and dis
heveled and she had evidently been
outraged before she was killed. Her
frail body was covered with blood ana
wounds. The walls Of the study We're
despatched with her blood and there
was a large red pool under the table
near her feet as she lay dead. \
cut on her wrist had severed several
arteries and tendon. She was stabbed
in each breast and over her hearl was
a flesh wound, in which was sticking
part Of a broken blade. The assa-lant
evidently possessed all the ferociy OF
Jack, the Ripper. The knife, wnlch
was afterwards found, was silver
handled table knife used the previous
evening al church fes tlNal, ana was
so duh that the victims dress had 10
be opened at the breast 10 enable the
blade to pierce tine flesh. The body
has been Identified as thut of Minnie
Williams, a domestic residing. In A.
ameaa, but q member Of Emanuel
church In this city. She left her en-
pl0yers' residence in Alameda yester-
day afternoon to attend FESTIVAL N
the church last evening, remaining al
night with friends and assisting IN the
decorations, She Wore her best froIk
and carried an older dress TO wear
while working. When the entertain
msnt closed last evening she Is pre-
sumed 10 have entered closet ad-
Joining the study To change her azure.
The sexton, believing everyone had
gone, turned out the lights and lett
the church The girl had an excel
lent reputation, going To NO ehleIIhln-
meuts other than those at the chulch.
She had two male friends, medlca!
student whom she had not seen lately
and a student who had, she said, once
iusulted her and whom her trlenus
suspect OF the murder This student
wrote her yesterday, asking her 10
meet him last night. Miss Williams
was suspicious and refused, but said
she would be at the festival, where
he could see and converse with her.
They met at the festival, N III no one
saw either of thom leave tine church,
at its conclusion.
A curious coincidence In connection
with the murder Is the fact that Miss
williams was a close friend OF Miss
blanche Lamont, a young girl from
Montana, who has been missing for ten
days Miss Noble, Miss LamonTs aunt
was the first to discover the dead BODY
of Miss Williams in the church. Miss
Noble today received through the mail
a paper in which was wrapped three
rings worn by the missing girl on
the night she disappeared. on the
paper was the name OF Theodore Du-
rant, the young dental student who
made the appointment with Miss VIII
uums. the murdered girl, last night.
The police have a5 yet made no arrest,
and tho double mystery Is pulling the
whole city Miss Williams was not a
servant. as at first stated Her pa
rents had separated and as her III other
could NOT sWulr. her, the girl was
living with friends, who kindly gave
her a home until she could secure EN-
pluymelt.