The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-10
y HAL, YOU have
KILLED Me-"
Last Words Myrtis Mabel
Leonard Uttered.
MURDER in old DOUGLAS.
Crazed by Jealousy, Hal Elexis Hollings-
worth Shot His Sweetheart After a
Quiet Prayer Meeting Lark Muir
derer Steals the Pistol with
Which He Didth Deed.

buying the candy, and only accepted
those that had love sayings printed on
them.
During the service he passed one that
read; viii you meet me alone7" 10 a
girl friend that sat close to him. Sc
lecting another, which said, will you
always be true to me?" he passed It to
Miss Leonard. The young girl read tbs
inscription on the lozenger and laughed
Reaching to where he was seated
Miss Leonard playfully snatched HoI-
lingsworth's hat out of his lap, and 1t
was passed down the seat by his boy
friends, but it was finally returned
through the same process.
LAID IN AMBUSH.
Just before the meeting was over,
Hollingsworth arose and left the cdlfice
He evidently went down the road where
the fatal scene occurred, where he Sc
GREETED himself behind large grape
vine and awaited the coming OF his
sweetheart and her companion.
When Miss Leonard and Readett
came down the road arm in arm, little
dreaming of the danger that was IN
store for them, Hollingsworth suddenly
sprang from his place of hiding and,
leveling the revolver at the pair, pulled
the trigger.
FIRED THREE SHOTS,
The leaden missile whizzed past the
pair, nearly frightening them out Of
their wits. Miss Leonard remarked
that the bullet had struck the rim of
her hat, but that she was not injured
Hardly had the echo OF the shot died
away before the still evening air was
again broken by a second report The
bullet passed over Miss Leonard,s
shoulder, just grazing the skin, and
leaving a black mark on her flesh,
where the bullet burned her.
Hardly had second elapsed when
the third shot came. This time his aim
was of deadly accuracy. The ball en-
tered her breast and pierced the right
lung, and with moan the young girl
fell to the ground
HAL, YOU HAVE KILLED ME-"
Hollingsworth, seeing that he had ac-
complished his desire, started to run
away, but when Readett called out in
a moanful tone that he had killed Myr-
It's the young murderer returned to
where Readett was, knocking over the
dying girl. He also knelt down beside
the couple, when the murdered girl said
Hal, you have killed me-" Rising to
his feet, the young murderer spoke to
the girls companion, saying: ''Will you
forgive me?" and Readett, too fright
ened to say anything, remarked quick
ly: Why, certainly"
The sounds of the reports were heard
by many who were returning from
church, and they quickly hurried to
the scene, and among the number was
the team containing Putnam Dudley,
uncle Of the assassinatsd girl, and with
whom they had driven to chuvch.
Picking the girl up In his arms, Mr.
Putnam carried her to the barn of A.
A. Amidown, who lives close by, and
Walter Parker, who happened 10 Be
there, ran for DIR. Clark, but before the
doctor arrived the girl expired,
Word was at once sent to DR. W. L.
Johnson of Uxbridgs, who - medical
examiner of that district, and Deputy
Sheriff q. P. Heath OF East Douglas.
George Parker, brother Of Walter,
hitched up a horse and started 20 North
Ashford. Ct. where the father OF the
girl was working.
PLACED UNDER ARREST.
Constable Moses H. Bascom was sent
for and he placed Hollingsworth under
arrest. The young fellow did not leawe
the scene, and after the girl had been
taken into the house he fingered near
by until he was arrested.
Hollingsworth was taken to the book
up in East Douglas by officer Balloon
at about 1890.
the body. He pronounced death due to
internal hemorrhages from the effects .
Of the shot in the breast.
The boy murderer was taken to
Blackstone this morning by Deputy
Sheriff Heath, and given a preliminary
hearing. The case was continued until
tomorrow, when it win be heard in de-
tail in the Uxbridge district court, The
boy will then be bound over to the
grand jury in Worcester, which con-
venes in couple Of weeks.
Sheriff Heath brought his prisoner
back to. East Douglas, where he con-
fined him in the strongest cell Of the
Jail, under the vigilance of Timothy
Wixted
Sheriff Heath told The Spy man that
he did not place the keeper there to
prevent the prisoner from attempting
to escape, as he thinks that is impogsi-
BILE, but to prevent the young man from
ending his own life.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
Jealousy was the sole motive thaa
caused young Hollingsworth to so das-
tardly end the life of his sweetheart,
as he considered her. For weeks the
two had eaten, drank and slept at the
house.
Day after day as he became more
intimately acquainted with her his love
deepened until he literally loved the
very ground she walked on.
When Readett came into his path and
gained the affections of the girl he loved
best in the world, jealousy gained q
firmer hold ON him, and try az he might
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