Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-20
ER rIENDISH CRIMES
L..,.Lr CRIMINAL RECORD OF
FEMALE BUTCHER.
,,..,. lssoessss By tbs Seose 10
o.hrr Deeds Of Lesser Ev-
go. n. abssgsr 81 81 Louis Ne
"A ne . Moastresety.

20 chotiteau avenue. ot. LOUIE. MO,
s,darous fiend In womsn's form.
.-,.kink monster, Staying women
~ HES under the cloak OF a min
t,x physician. II the evidence on
=. me grand jury indicted her re-
d. hs true. The testimony OF four
.s,s stamps her as degenerate
a, Holmes type. murderess'
81 q. Mrs. Mack. a creature with
!, atom OF humanity in her heart
burned and Drowned babes. and
"a Young women and disposed OF
], hoaIes. one she earted on In An
,s.s wagon and cast into \ river,
L,,ss, she buried in the cellar OF
avn stable, a third she buried
fictitious name from her own
Eye.wlInesses have testified 10
crimes They charge that a. many
,oa, babss we're burned IN one day
he total number of these crimes
r.d by the Witnesses Is almost in
.p., The details OF the SPECIFIC
s.r alleged against Mrs. Barnbers-
,,- almost past belief The woman
"A, indicted for four murders. One
uurtrg in the tirst degree; the
.u uanslanghter. Information al
az other crimes is being iny-sl'
IA The ChOugeau avenue house Viii
thoroughly searched for further evil
- The cellar will be searched for
.s o, graves. Any number oil
,.s, ,ha, may be alleged aGains, the
,-.n xeald not surprise the ohaeials
have been engaged In bringing
"A ksr Indictment, The crimes
Ard Ia the indictments we're com
,S during the las, fiye years Mrs.
n.srxsr vas Ia business In ths
:, house mahy years befoFe that
d sos probable that her methods
I. ever tirercn, from the present,
t,s,lnony on which tho sndies-
,ss s.fe found ~ns given by women
wueriy 10 MIS-. nAmbcrxers employ
ns,,~s or servants. This testimony
rrruborated Ia part BY material evil
NO. such a. lrwelry and clothing
I'M b. The yictlms. and photograph
s.s o, them. Tho young women
n Are sald TO have died through
n hnbrfssrs ihs,rumen,aii,y, dis
,sared from their homes and nosr
4 .s.n beard OF by relatives since,
n discovery Of the true character OF
n a.mesFsrrs business and the
tz.. iof vhirh .as nos stands In
sse vas made BY accident An Ink
q Il the murders reached the once
cifualt Attorney Exx~rs slh months
g. Ne made an Investigation. The
tsslosnsnts eorrubora,rd bis nrs, In
Hrra,ioa Tie applied to the police
ks1,Hsnt iur assistance. Detectives
A1I aad Harrington were assigned
L.o. that tine Mr. Esksrr. his as
sast. NJ Hotsduu and p~teetisss
AZ And Harrington have worked In
seErstiun TO uAcarth the crimes
barred They encountered many OBJ
asss and oysrcams seemingly I'm.
xabls barriers in the Investigation.
~ oshsf day thcy had placed before
De- rahd jury sufficient evidence 10
lrraht Indictments. Mrs BamberEeF
N arrested by the detectives. who
h~,ly told her that the chief OF police
hated TO see her. MrH. lambcrEer
u socssd up In the hoidovcr. Sub
ssshily Nr EgEers awore out a
srsh variant for her and the woman
u placed Ia Jail. The evidence II
aa'ltsFsd almos, sufficient aa IL no~
'Aaes b., the circuit attorney. and this
f'su'ss are working to secure addi'
asa eoroboTation. u, IL charged
aa Mrs BsnbsrKsr committed the
''H's Tor hire. I, was her business
sfform operations and destroy -vi.
saees Of this business. Women from
sha near placed themselves under
are. Under the circumstances
saea surrounded the contracts be.
'en AS Hamburger and her pa.
'an u Ia reasonable TO suppose thai
- PATIENTS did not tell friends anc
-u'ss Of the compac,s. Conse
''"uf when one of the patients died
relatives we're not notified. She
~ considered missing. Mrs. BAN
pfs former nurses declare tina, al
a. twenty patients we're treated
OHe DAY They say thousands oI
we're burned. This latter state
~, W. " considered eStravsxant Lizxi,
sef' the chief witness. declared tha'
as i've babies burned ia one day
n, Ala hundreds OF infants that sh,
"o' see we're destroyed. She de
49,. 49, mat Mrs. Hamburger tossed on,
-, INTO a tub of water and ther
,.p,hx 1t by the neck. choked II ant
y under water several minutes
~ n'essert went. according to tn,
n " Mrs. Hamburger for treatmcn
Ia, .ep'emoer 1897. Mrs. Bambergei
ami, ner In one OF the rooms e
NJ sf her cries. that they nigh
mr.. W heard from the street. Tn,
h,,., vas at Lyda's side while tn,
m o'ea' The nurse declared tina
.rn.. 'amberger tied the girls arm
sso,. ,r ae' breast with towel ant
s@la IKE a hend because she said sh'
o "a, . aaNe TO pay him" another S5t
n NJ, 'u OF that one. Mary Hohlcamv
nom ~ w. Mo, the witnesses say. die,
ko,emh. operation some time early II