The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-02

bon and a Bloody Club
Left to tell the tale.
A Paper
Found.
Logan is all agog with excite
ment over the discovery Of q sup
posed case of murder. The Pear
Bryan mystery duplicated in Lo
gan, only in a worse form, as only
the head of the ill-fated Pearl could
not be found, whereas none of the
body of this supposed murdered
woman Is to be found and only a
shoe, handkerchief, glove, a piece
of ribbon and a club besmeared
with clots of human Llood and a
mass of matted hair of reddish
hue. The road leading to and the
scene of the tragedy was continu-
ally thronged with hundreds of the
curious yesterday who went out OF
morbid curiosity to see what they
could see.
The police are working Oh the
case but as yet no one in this vi
cinity is reported missing.
One theory has been advanced
but is not TO a great extent believ-
ed, is that some innocent girl loved
not wisely but too well, and had
entrusted her virtue under promise
of marriage in the keeping of som 9
depraved wretch, who finding her
earnest pleadings to right wrong
ard marry her, was becoming irk-
some, had decoyed her to this out
of-the-way place and in the heat of
passion struck her a death dealing
blow and then disposed of the
corpse in some secure place and
being in too excited a frame of
mind had forgotten to pick up the
articles which were found, that
may form a link in the chain Of
evidence that which eventually, if
he is found, bring him to the gal
lows.
If murder ii is, more diaholical
deed has never been committed in
the confines of our community and
will be a blot on the escutcheon of
our fair city, and no stone should
be left unturned to discover the
demon who would, in cold blood,
take the life of human being and
probably a poor confding young
girl at that.
The DEMOCRAT reporter visited
the scene of the tragedy yesterday
morning and is now in possession
of piece of paper with a name
and two addresses on it which may
lead to clew.
Some advance the theory that it
is simply a hoax to get up an ex-
citement but this is generally
secuted at and the pins which first
supported it were swept away when
after analyzing the blood found on
the club DR.. Campbell pronounced
it to be human blood.
One thing is certain there has
been goings on in this city during
ths past week in which an aubern
haired girl of the "demi monde"
figured ra her conspiruously and ii
was thought she had lef the city
but it is known that she was in
town Saturday night and Saturday
night late the people in the West
End in close proximity ro the road
leading to the old Falls Mill were
aroused from their slumbers by the
prolonged but feint screams of
woman as though in distress and
coming from n distance and imne-
diately followed by rapid and
continuous firing of revolver.
One man informed the DEMOCRAT
reporter that he counted seven
shots.
A travelling man who examined
the shoe, informed us that although
it was somewhat worn it was one
of the latest and most expensive
make of Oxford ties, and in his
opinion no one not accustomed to
having plenty Of money would
think of purchasing such an ex-
pensive shoe, while the glove was
OF fancy make and Of the finest of
wool. What the outcome of this
mystery, If mystery it is, will be,
time only will tell, and as the old
saying is "murder will out"
The Musical Event of the Season.