The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11

Ramsay, a well-known, well-educated
well-behaved and prosperous citizen,
had beat out the brains OF his wife
Effie while he was In frenzy, induced
by blazing religious fervor.
Careful examination disclosed that he
had also shot her in the head, scalded
her with hot water from tea Kettle,
and dragged her about by the hair, and
he himself claimed that he had drank
her blood. as that Of human sacri-
fce," an assertion which seemed to be
corroborated by the presence OF blood
on his lips when found.
/ There were no spectators at the awful
deed, but the condition of the body OF
the victim. the wounds and bruises and
scratches borne by both participants,
and the demolished and flung-out furni-
ture tell a tale more frightful to the
Imagination than any narrative or an
eyewitness could possibly be to the ear.
The maniacal conflict of man, thor
oughly convinced that he Is lone OF the
chosen of God" with a devil that sud
denly appeared to challenge him to NOR
tai combat must have been a spectacle
| terrifying IN the extreme.
II was brought out at the inquest that
on the night of the tragedy two men
heard the woman scream and beg OF her
husband to desist, but they were afraid
to force an entrance and rescue her
After having committed the crime the
murderer sought refuge from the cold
in a neighbours house and admitted that
his wife was dead; but no effort was
made to detain or follow him. Conse-
6uently the body of the murdered wom-
an lay all night on the kitchen floor,
ind the murderer spent the night in the
barn.
As nearly as can be ascertained the
crime was committed about 10 o'clock
1T night, when the husband and wife
we're alone in the house. 1t is clear
that the entire community was in fear
Of Ramsay, but was sufficiently indit-
ferent to permit his wife to remain sub
iect to his murderous tendencies and
impulses How lc1g It took the in
furiated fanatic to complete his fiendish
work, and Stake his thirst for blood, can
never be accurately known, but IT must
have occupied an hour or more. From
the appearance of the house, it was evil
deut that the work of slaughter had be-
gun upstairs in the bedroom and been
continued down into the kitchen. A
bullet wound in the head showed where
he had shot her. A heavy wooden bar
ordinarily used to fasten more securely
the kitchen door, and heavy billet oil
stove wood, were found outside the
house. Both were bloody and hair
stained. A tea-kettle standing or
the stove also showed marks on the out
side of blood and hair, and the fact tina
the victims chest had been scaldet
went to establish the theory that thu
utensil had been used as weapon
probably after an attempt had beel
made to scald her by pouring its con
tents over her.
That Ramsay drank his wife's bloo
there is only his own boast and tn
blood-stains on his lips to substantiate
but in view of the attendant circum
stances IL is not hard to believe. Their
/ was ample evidence that he had seize
I hold of her hair and dragged the body
!, perhaps before life was yet extinct owe
9 the kitchen floor toward the stove.
I is not impossible that he meant to com
> plete his saturnalia of blood by ere
/ mating the remains of his victim. TIL
9 scantily-ciad body of Mrs. Ramsay wa
: found lying on the floor near the stove
I face downward and with her hair eS
Q tended in front, as the murderer ha
Q dropped her. Her face and head wer
8 beaten to a pulp. and blood was scat
9 tered over the floor and hearthston'
n There was no direct evidence as to tn
g exact time when he smashed and cas-
v out the furniture. but II was probabl