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| ground and lay, unable 70 defend herself.
I By the side Of her dying sister. whose life
| blood covered the do0r and stained the
I dresses Of the two. Berry had met more
/ than he expected. and the brave dght %
! Annie Clark had exhausted her wOud-br
| murderer. He was tired and with his
| blood-stained club sun held threateningly
10 his hand he sat down and rested. while
| ne gazed upon h,s CORY work Ann Clark
/ rad read another purpose in his eve when
/ she Fought the negro for her stFr's life.
me fear OF that purpose kept her from
| Eieiaing TO the deadly fain;ness that al
most oyerpOwered her from her wounds
ana exhaustion. Berry was not long in
| returning to the attack. Though he fear
iuiiy maltreated the wounded woman. ne
was baked IN his purpose BY her deter
mined resistance, and finally abandoned
MS wicked project exhausted
inteHd'd d Robbery aud Arspr.
| The struggle began shortly after :
o CLOCK ann nearly an hour had been
/ spent IN the successive chapters Of CRIME
thdt mark the scenes in the Clark kitch-
en- Absorbed in his evil purpose at first
! ana excited by his fight with Annie Clark.
/ the brute forgot ms own safety. When
| his attempts upon Annie Clark met with
! successful resistance he evidently began
to think OF flight. and the best way in
| which 10 conceal the evidences OF his
| crime Annie Clark, lying helpless and
| bleeding IN the kitchen. heard the muir
| derer 90 through the house. The crash
| OF bureau drawers and tables told her
| that he was ransacKing every room, and
| soon she heard him In his own attic bed
| room above her head. Presently he de-
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| kitchen, carrying his clothing wrapped in
a bundle. Then he passed through the
kitchen again and entered the bedroom in
! front OF IL. Through the open door Miss
| Clark saw Berry 90 to the bed in the
/ front room, and. selecting a straw mat
/ tress, pull it on, and drag it toward the
/ fire on the other side of the room. Then
| his awful purpose dawned upon the
mangled and helpless woman. She had
/ spoken no word to the fiend from the mo-
| ment she drove him of the last time,
| but when she perceived that Berry was
| about 20 set fire TO the house and destroy
| herself and her sister in its ruins, she
| called TO him.
! Some remnant of conscience, or perhaps
| the habit Ct obedience. halted the boy and
| he dropped the mattress in the middle Of
| the floor. Miss Clark. seeing his hesi-
| fancy, asked him to come and speak to
| her, and when Berry had again entered
the kitchen she begged him to go TO
| Bowie for Dr. Ryan and to White Marsh
| for Father Giraud, the priest. She Of
| fered the negro 500 if he would only get
! the doctor, and promised not To reveal
/ who was the murderer of her sister or
| her own assailant Berry knew that the
| Clarks were people of their word He
/ knew that 500 was more money than he
! had fever dreamed of having, and 10 him
| it seemed to promise safety and riches.
Held Crucifix to Her Lips.
Still. he hesitated. He stood above the
| two women, one even then passing from
| her sufferings into eternal peace, the 9th
| er, tattered and bloody, pleading with him
| for her sisters life and her own. Berry
| considered for several moments and then
\ asked Miss Clark if she would swear not
/ TO tell who did it and 10 give him the 800
| if he went for the doctor.
"Will you swear il on the CROSSE" he
asked.
Il will swear on the cross 10 tell moth
! ing if you will only get the doctor and
the priest for Mandy" Annie replied
Ferry knew where the sisters kept their
| crucifix and hs went after it. Then he
returned TO the scene of his crimes. With
the cross in his guilty hand he bent over
| the PROSTATE forms of the murdered wo-
| man and her sister. He pressed the image
| TO the bloOdstained lips of his living vic
! tim and heard her swear by the death of
| the Saviour not to betTdy him. Satisfied
apparently, that he had secured immunity
| from capture and insured prosperity for
| his future, Berry dropped back in an in
| stant 10 his accustomed place of servitor.
| He fetched pillows, a quilt, and a sheet
| from the bed in the front room. He
| placed the pillows beneath the heads of
| the injured women and spread the bed
clothes above them, Then he put fresh
wood on the fire, went out and, saddling
! the horse, rode to Bowie.
! Half mile from the CIarks' he stopped
at the farm of Thomas Green, whom he
! told that some one had tried to kill Miss
| Mandy" and said Green had better go up
| there Berry then rode 10 Bowie and in
| formed DR.. y. A. Ryan, who promised to
| 20 at once To the assistance of the Clarhs.
! Berry turned his horses head and returned
| toward the farm, passing il, and cOnJinu-
| ing TO White Marsh, where he Informed
! Father Giraud that Miss Clark had been
attacked and was dying. Berry left MS
horse at the priests and rode back in
| Father Giraud's buggy.
Was Dead When Help Arrived.
When Thomas Green heard of the crime
he went at once To the adjoining farm OF
| Crittenden Clark, brother of the women
| who mad been attacked by Berry. Ernest
| Clark, a son of Crittenden, ran over AT
| once to his aunts' home, and was the first
| 10 enter after the murderer had left. He
| found the two women lying side by side
! in a corner OF the kitchen. The elder wo-
man was dead. She lay on her side, with
/ her head bent toward her chest Annie
| heIpleSs ard covered with blood. lay be
| side her. The pillows upon which their
/ headS reposed, their clothing, and hair.
the floor. the walls. the furniture, and
| the tablecloth. tori OF in the struggle,
| were all drenched with blood.
! As soon as Annie saw her nephew, she
! asked him to see if her sister was still
alive. The young man examined The body
/ and found that his aunt was dead, and
! he so told her sister, who moaned and
| sobbed for awhile DIR. Ryan arrived about
] this time, and declared that Amanda Cook
! had been dead for more than an hour. II
was then 1880 O'Clock, and the older sis
! ter had probably died before Berry left
| The house The body of the dead woman
Was moved 20 her bedroom. and Annie
! Clark was carried to her room and made
as comfortable as possible. She mad re-
ceived serious internal injuries, and re-
peatedly vomlted blood. Three OF her
! front teeth were knocked out, and there
! was long cash extending through her
upper lip and down through her chln. her
! scalp was lacerated IN many places Dul
| there was no evidence OF INJURY 10 her
| sk1Il on her Jaw was a heavy brulse,
| where Rerry's first blow had fallen DT.
/ RYAN remained with the injured woman
! All night, and spent most OF yesterday al
| her side.
HER INJURY NOT FATAL