The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-08
foul MURDER IN IOWA
Miss Nina keiI Not Killed
by a Bull.
SOME MuscRRANT TOOK HER LIFE.

while Crossing . Lonely Field Her
WAY tn . Dance the Young Lady wss
wsyisid and BrutaIly Murdered After
Making . Desperate Struggle for Her
Lifs-No Ciew - Yet 10 the Psrpstrsser
Of the Terrible Crime.
BELLEVUE July s.-Devslopmonts made
Monday In the matter Of the death Of Miss
Nina Keil, who was supposed TO have been
killed by . savage bull while crossing
lonely pasture field while on her way TO =
neighbors house, at which . ball was 10
ly proves that the young woman wss
brutally murdered. As mentioned In these
dispatches her iifeless body was found
Sunday forenoon by q searching party aft
or quest lasting nearly fourteen hours.
| The coroner WINS summoned and jury
sworn. IL was soon ssoertained that thcrc
| had been no bull In the field or In the Inn
mediate neighborhood. Hence the inyes-
| ssgation took another direction and the
verdict was that the young woman had
been murdered by person OF persons un
known.
signs Of . Hard Struggle.
The weapons with which the horrible
deed was committed were found lying
near the body and consisted OF . sharp
piece Of nint and shattered stick Both
were incrusted with blood and hair, and
| evidence Of n fierce struggle was TO be scen
all around. The grass was trodden down
and spnttered with blood for a radius Of
thirty feet, and the body itself was lying
| In pools Of clotted blood. There were sew
| enteen distinct gashes on the head and
| hands. There was q long deep cut on tho
| forehead. one at the back and base OF the
head and over the left ear a deep cash
| which penetrated the skull to a cons!dera-
BILE depth. The other wounds were OF less
Importance, those on the hands evidently
having been received while cndeavoring 20
ward of the blows OF the murderer. The
| young lady was Of an exceedingly muscu-
| lar development and must have given her
assaiisnt or assailants hard struggle be
fore she succumbed. A piece af solied
liaen was picked up near the body which
mny be Of value later on.
Had started for n Party.
IL is thought 90 be n piece Of nan's
| shirt and Is covered with blood. IL was
probably torn out In the struggle. The
young woman left her home about /
O'Clock Saturday afternoon Intending TO
20 TO party and dance at the home Of
a neighbor, Peter Hoff. She was going
first TO another neighbors 8, Joseph GUM
thers where she expected to meet some
| young friends In basket she carried
the clothing which she intended To wear
At the ball, expecting to make the change
~ the HOUSE Of her friends, the Guin-
ithers- She also carried parasoi Both
the basket and parasol were found lying
few yards sway from her dead body.
Her course lay through lonely pasture
In valley and IL was . most suitable spot
for the terrible crime which was commit
ted. The place is over a mile from any
| habltation and 10 obscured from view In
| every direction. The assassin evidently
laid i'm walt for his victim, as the stone
with which she was killed was brought
from a rocky gully some distance awny.
| Finding Of the Body.
Not arriving at the dance her friends be-
came alarmed and during the evening or
ganized a searching party The search for
her WAS kept up through the night and the
next day the body was found She was
an exceedingly beautiful girl about Is
Years of age. and was the belle OF the
| neiQhborhood Her mother. Mrs. Sophia
Keii, is widow and the family reside SIX
miles south Of this city. The funeral
services were held In the Lutheran church
in this city Monday afternoon. Pastor
Lenz performed the last rites over the
murdered girl There Is at present no
clew to the assassin. Russell 4 Farrell.
| commissioner and . prominent attorney
Of this city. has the matter in hnnd and
will push the investigation. An agency
at Chicago was telegraphed for blood
hounds, and IL these can be obtained
they will be put on the trail as soon ~
IL