The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-22

night OF July ,. Jacob Rogers, u Young
farmer living near Humboldt is under
arrest charged with the murder. md
the Jail at lola, where he Is confined,
Is guarded night and day by armed
deputies TO prevent a lynchlng. The
story OF the tragedy Is complete, cave
the part that can only be supplied by
the one who took the life Of the girl
Rogers steadfastly maintains his In
nocence. but n chain OF circumstances
connects him with the crime.
Della Hutchinson was the i7-year-
old daughter OF Joseph Hutchinson. a
carpenter and HORSEPOWER OF Hum
boldt Several years ago his wife died.
aud since that time the girl has earned
her living by serving as a domestic
In the families living In and near the
town. In appearance she was a come
~ girl. slight In build. with blue eyes
and light hair. She was good-natured,
conhding and weak.willed. but had al
ways borne a good reputation. She
had been making her home In the fam
lily Of Greeley Rhlnehart for over n
year. One day early In July she was
taken. at her request. TO the home Of
Jacob Rogers In an adjoining town
ship. Afterward she went 90 Hum
boldt. and on Thursday night. July ..
mysterlously disappeared. Search was
quietly Instituted and kept up until the
following Tuesday without avail
Posses were organized and kilograms
we're sent to officers In adjacent coun-
ties and even 10 distant cities but still
nothing was heard Of the missing glrl.
AZ a last resort. a bloodhound that
belongs TO the Anti-Horse Thief as
ISOLATION was secured from carlton.
Kan. The dog was given the scent
from one OF the girls oast-ofi slippers
and taken TO the place where Della
Hutchinson was last seen. With unor-
ring instinct the bloodhound followed
the trail and led the officers east OF
Humboldt several miles. then struck
oG through the brush toward Cole
creek.
Cole creek had already been followed
Tor miles by searching parties. but had
not the keener instinct OF the dumb
detective been called into reputation
the sluggish stream might forever have
kept lie awful secret. The bloodhound
bounded headlong through the thick
underbrush. and In another instant was
rushing excitedly backward and for
ward opposite a pile OF brush that had
been thrown into a shallow pool In
Cole creek. The deputy sheriff who
held the hound tied the restless ami.
NAL 20 tree and with a dozen men
waded into the water and quickly re.
moved the brush. Weighted with a
stone and shocflngly mutilalod lay the
body Of the missing girl. and wired to
the body and also 10 a stone was the
body Of a newborn child.
Not far from the whitney ford. on
the bank Of the creek, the remains OF a
fire were discovered The ashes were
slfled. and among them pieces OF cor
set stays. hooks and eyes and rem
nants OF other articles OF feminine at
tire were found.
Circumstances pointed so strongly 10
Rogers as the perpetraior OF the crime
that he was Immediately arrested aud
placed In the lola jail Rogers vas
the FIRST one to give the alarm that
the girl had disappeared. and the man
ner In which he did II was most pc
cullar. Taking bundle Of her clothing
that had been left at his house to her
father In Humboldt. he demanded tina,
she be brought back and the charges
made against him cleared up. II was
brought out at the preliminary examin.
alton OF Rogers that he had last been
seen with her In Humboldt In the oven
ing OF the night on which she disap-
peared. and later In the same light
parties had seen him In company with
her In wagon near the place where
the body was found. Rumor had for
some time coupled the names Of the
two with a scandalous story. Il vas