The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-06

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solved. a.rr
n isa sad list this category oil oars
dseds and Gendlsh crimes, whose per.
petrators have gone unpublished ana u
oners endless food for serious renee.
tlon As YOU glance over the series OF
unsolved crimes which extends ,1,"
for a period OF two years ana CUM
mates IN the death Of Mary Cuhhinh
ham YOU nnd there deeds OF Var'ou"
degrees OF horror. ranging from purs
larry and theft to bloody mufue' anu
arson and spreading over the lana ''0"'
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
upon more careful scrutiny. however
Il a found that few Of these 'nyslo-
tlous crimes possess certain attributes
in common. The longer You look az
them the more startling this resein'
blanee becomes. until almost uncon-
sclously you find that number OF
tbcee crimes have assumed striking
prominence before your eyes and stand
out boldly among the rest.
THESE crimes resemble one another
most forclbly IN this rospect-the We
tim Of each was a woman VINO hau
been stranglcd TO death. And as you
contemplate the grewsome array the
conviction forces itself upon YOU that
the murder Of the Cunningham girl
was but last link In a chain OF
similar crimes indissoluhly connected
one with the other BY the same de-
tails the same methods. the same APP
parent lack Of motive and. with hnl
few exceptions. the character OF the
victim. Were all these crimes perpe-
traicd by the same handl
Minnie Weldt. stranglcd in New
York. May 30. 1894 Josie Bennett
strangled in Buffalo. June sO.iS9i. Mary
Eckhari. sirangled In Cincinnati. Jull
g. 1895. Lena Upper. sirangled "a
Denver. September q. 1894 Mari
Contassolt. atranglcd IN Denver, Octo
her %. 1884,. Klku Oyama. strangled u
Denver. November 10. 1894. JESSE
WIlllama sirangled In San Francisco
December p. 1895. Marie McDermoi
strangled IN San Francisco. Fcbruag,
"a. 1896. Bertha Paradls. strangled i
Gan Francisco. March 10. 1896.
These have since been supplements
By the s,rangllng Of q woman In Bo'
ton and the death Of Mary Cunningham
In New York. The list as you see,
well rounded: the first crime was con
mlticd on Decoration day. 1894. the lal
ON Decoration day, 1896 When wi
the next take place?
The murder which heads the u
was committed In a bedroom Of the u
on the second 1o0r OF No 32i Ea
slxty-Gratsirtet. New York The apar
ment was occupied by two young Won
en- named Minnie Weldt and ilel
Kahlelt. They were womcl who q;
reformed and had determined 10 le;
better life. liclla'a reformation vi
complete and lasting. but the 9th
girl soon grew weary OF washing "A
scrubhlng. and slowly fell back In
her former life. Advertisements ~
rribsied through the newspape
brought her occasional visitors. who
.comings and goings soon ceased TO
a matter OF comment among the neis
bors. On the morning Of Docoratit
day. two years ago. Hella went 70 NO
as usual. A Ma Does. who lived
the same floor with the young woma
saw a young man. fair. cioan-shav
and wcll-dressed. standing Gt th'
door. Presently the door was open
BY Minnie and the young man enter
the room. Halt an hour later NJ
Does saw him come out OF the roo
There had been no noise. no unjust
round. no loud talking Aa the you
man passed MIRA Boes. he was eul
tng-a sinister. horrible smile.