The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-03-27

rhouteau avenue, st. Louis, Mo.
f--dorous Gend in woman's form,
u Ling monster, Staying women
IT, under the cloak Of a min
II musician, if the evidence on
he grand jury indicted her re-
I. true The testimony of four
q ,,smps her as a degenerate
d Holmes type, a murderess,
ss Mrs. Mack, a creature with
1 atom Of humanity in her heart.
krnsd and Drowned babes, and
vouDg women and disposed of
hodies. One she carted off in an
Il wagon and cast into a river.
she buried in the cellar OF
En stable, third she buried
{ fictitious name from her own
n Eve Witnesses have testified to
H.. They charge that as many
Il babes were burned in one day
a. total number of these crimes
u BY the witnesses is almost in
ri The details of the specific
Il alleged against Mrs. Bamberg-
I almost past belief. The woman
4 indicted for four murders. One
|r,Irder in the first degree; the
1 manslaughter. Information al
\ other crimes IS being investi-
NJ Chouteau avenue house will
|noughly searched for further evil
4 The cellar win be searched for
4 Of graves. Any number OF
i that may be alleged against the
IL would not surprise the officials
In. been engaged in bringing
4 her Indictment. The crimes
2 in the indictments were COM
4 during the last five years. Mrs.
ger was in business in the
#louso many years before that.
*rot probable that her methods
w. different from the present.
stimony on which the indict-
mere found was given by women
I'm in Mrs. Bamberger's employ
a. or servants. This testimony
Inborated in part by material evil
\ such as jewelry and clothing
|ay the victims, and a photograph
\ Of them. The young women
BIZ said to have died through
&mberger's fundamentally, dis
III from their homes and none
VI heard of by relatives since.
ccyery of the true character of
mbsrger's business and the
! for which she now stands in
Fas made by accident. An ink
n the murders reached the office
0Eit Attorney Eggers six months
HI made an investigation. The
esnents corroborated his first in
IN. He applied, to the police
#aent for assistance. Detectives
snd Harrington were assigned.
hat time Mr.. Eggers. his as
u Mr. Hodgdon and Detectives
D. Harrington have worked in
Mtion TO unearth the crimes
They encountered many OBJ
and oyercame seemingly i'm
barriers in the investigation.
er day they had placed before
p jury sufficient evidence to
Indictments. Mrs. Bamberger
ested by the detectives, who
iold her that the chief of police
10 see her. Mrs. Bamberger
pea up in the holdover. Sub
J Mr.. Eggers swore out a
arrant for her and the woman
eed in Jail. The evidence is
ed almost sufficient as it now
put the circuit attorney and the
II are working to secure addi-
sWioOoration. 1t is charged
Bamberger committed the
lOr hire. 1t was her business
rm operations and destroy evil
Y tnls business. Women from
near placed themselves under
Under the circumstances
llFounded the contracts be-
MS Bamberger and her pa
Is reasonable to suppose that
suS aid not tell friends and
ol the compacts. Conse-
sneh one of the patients died,
u'es were not notified. She
,'uefed missing. Mrs. BAN
turner nurses declare that as
twenty patients were treated
Uas' They say thousands of
Ae burned. This latter state
OlSiaered eXtravagant. Lizzie
~ chief witness, declared that
ave OaoieS burned in one day
hundreds of infants that she
see were destroyed. She de-
mrs Bambereer tossed one
" tub of water and then
" the neck. choked it and
under water several minutes.
seil went, according to the
i's' bamberger for treatment
'e 1897. Mrs. Bamberger
IN one of the rooms to
cries, that they might
'iu from the street. The
At Lyda's side while the
The nurse declared that
ser tied the girls arms
breast with a towel and
J. mend because she said she
!, :. % pay him" another $50
:, y mat one. Mary Hohlcamp
ona" ~, The witnesses say, died
,0oa some time early in
pi,, Ivy, The nurses declare