The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

the time the deed was committed.
The details Of the story, II they were
made public. would be simply n dis
closure of life such as Is read of fire.
quently. The dead girl had been
keeping company" with Robert
Brendlinger, u years old. The mother
of the girl disapproved Of this, and fin
ally the girl told her mother a pathetic
story. The mother then sternly in
sisted that the intimacy SHOULD cease.
The girl was young n hayward. and
was not inclined to take her mothers
advice. The lover was persistent In
his attentions, and his sweetheart was
not averse to them. On the evening OF
March 10 Brendlinger accompanied the
girl home from a revival meeting
which was in progress at LocKport.
Westmoreland county, where the par
ties lived. He was not permitted to
enter the house, and Annie was for
} hidden any further intercourse with
him by her mother. The girl was fu-
! riously enraged at this command from
her parent. and Brendlinger departed.
The mother locked the doors OF the
house, fearing that Annie would at
: tempt to elope with her lover, as she
had imagined that they had made a
plot to that effect. The girl meanwhile
had returned to her room, changed her
; dress, and then broke into the room
where her mother, her eldest sister,
Maggie, and her youngest brother, aged
Z, were sitting. and sprang through a
window, screaming as she fed: II will
I drown myself" The mother did not
regard the threat seriously, and 1t was
U not until the lapse of an hour or w
i that the family became alarmed at the
prolonged absence OF their favorite
girl. A search was then commenced
The river was but a short distance
VI away. There were various ways OF
S reaching the ever-treacherous waters
c of the ~Conemaugh from The Burkett
homestead. Each one of the paths was
a carefully followed that night, but not
a trace of the unfortunate girl could
be found. The next day the alarm
~ was raised. The river was dragged
for a mile each way, up and down, but
no body was found. AS the days
heightened into weeks various ru-
mors were circulated. 1t was report
N ed that Annie had been seen in Johns
town, Moxham, Indiana, New Florence
h Pittsburg and other places.
E. The developments lately made
e proved all these stories to have beer
It false. On the night she sprang from
Is the window of her home Annie hat
fed to the river, thrown herself in
and had been drowned. The recen'
lie heavy rainfall caused the river to b.
is greatly swollen. and the body OF the
lie girl was caught up by the swift cur
rent and carried to the surface. |
b. was first noticed at Cokeville. n thu
ID parties who saw it, made pursuit, ant
I'd 1t was brought to shore about a mix
Y. below Blairsville. 1t presented
t. shocking appearance after its min
t, weeks submergence in the river, bu
nr could still be recognized.
k. A brother, the mother aud a siste
Of identified the remains, on which wer'
IN found some jewelry, a black skirt, wais
20 and shoes and stockings. The bod.
had evidently sank to the bottom o
the stream after the final struggle 70
life and remained there until the rush
ing waters brought 1t to the surfac
in, nine weeks later.
The mother and sister. who, for owe
two months, had lived In an agony O
suspense, mingled with hope and fear
and who had used every means IL
their power OF ascertaining the fate q
-. their loved one, when brought to tn
place where the remains were. mani
III tested a grief which was heartrendin