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GIRLS PLANNED MURDER
Two Sisters, With Their Sweethearts,
Plotted to Kill Family.
HOPED TO GET MOTHERS MONEY

Wise Sisters Confessed That Their Sweet
hearts, Hardy and Miller, KILLED
Mother and Brother - Tho Youth
Fired Through the window. the Girl
Having Had Last Meeting With Then
Anoka, MINI. (SpeciaD.-Th people
of this quiet little town are almost
stupefied over the cold-blooded con
fession Of fourteen-year-old Eliza Wise
that she and her sister, Martha, only
a year older than she, were fully cog
infant of the plot to murder the other
members Of the family. and that they
sat quietly by while the murder was
going on.
The confession must result in the
conviction and probably in the hang,
ing of James Hardy and Elmer Miller
the youthful sweethearts of the girls
The crime took place one peaceful
Sunday night in the latter part of
May. The family of William Wise
was sitting in the kitchen Of their lit.
tie house playing cards. There was
the father and Mrs. Wise, their two
sons, Joseph and Willie. aged seven,
and the two girls. The girls were not
playing. They were expecting com.
pany.
The little murderers stole out of the
back door and were gone Sfor several
minutes. 1t is now kngw1 that they
went for final consultation with
their sweethearts, who had arrived
armed with shotgun and Z ating
rife. Then they cr bac fHf66 the
kitchen, and sat dQE4 not too near
the table. The car II Sphid INC
attention to thu fpts hui
Suddenly the muzzle B1n was
thrust in at wind0
Then came the s. [6ick sue.
cession. There were tW] s 8 them,
as tell-tale marks shoy rward
Two were from the shol ||e other
ten from the rife. In seeonds
the horrible deed w \ Mrs
Wise and her little sswere
killed. Mr.. Wise and ift Ham
were dangerously "OuApEffs 80
Martha and Eliza WE jumped III,
but it was not in terror. ~
1.-THE first thing noticed" said
Martha, afterward, "was mother fall
ing off q chair. She was crying 1of
me to come to her assistance al
called for my sister, and betweeEl
we managed to drag her into a door
way between the front room and ~
kitchen. The shots continued
counted twelve Of them. sll
"Joe was running around, andx2eu
on mother. A few seconds later Joe
was dancing up and down behind The
stove crying. He kept Mixing fathez
and mother If they were hurt, bul
they did not answer. Just then ! saN
Will fall on his face. Il do not know
who was shot first, but think it sxne
father. When father wa shot hS
raised his head to look around md
then dropped on the table tilI taJE
came" . - AZ st,s s5'ss
Not a tremor in the voiceis Not TIE
shadow Of rem0rse for the bloody dee6
in which she was an accnmpl3f S.
Suspicion fell on Hardy and MiIifk
who had been forbidden thes h0tee.
They were arrested. Miller made 9
partial confession. q ss
1t was this which stirred the young,
er girl to tell how it happene6 It 8Fas
plot between her sister, 6e2 dfial
the two young rascals whoywef maxi
ing love to them. The mother had
$500 in the bank which was to sc
to the sisters in case Of her death.
To the plotters this seemed to be az
immense sum. They knew notHf1S
Of the legal obstacles which would
prevent their getting possession of 1t,
and thought that all th&t Wa8 neces-
sary was to kill the mother