Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-09-13


ly news, for beth master and mistress
are lying stark and still down in the
parlor, where the hearsless butte, who
ever he may be, struck them, and no
body can tcueh them until after the
coroner has been here ard had every
body in the house up before him to
find out what thcy know about it.
May the Virgin save US, but it's hor-
rible sight-the mistress face horribly
disfgured, and the master with All,
poor hearth"
This last exclamation was called
forth by poor Grazia, who, with low
moan Of horror, fell back upon her
pillow, white and still, in dead faint.
Mary rushed away for water, eau de
cologne, and other remedies, and then
busted herself trying to restore the
girl to consciousness and the misery
awaiting her.
She was young. and strong, and well,
consequently she soon revived, and
then tried to brace herself to face the
terrible ordeal before her.
J Who can describe the wretehed days
that followed?--d days when the house
was ransacked from top to bottom by
OTHERS and detectives, in search OF a
possible implement of death, and
thronged by curious tragedy-iovers,
who are always on the lookout for par
ticulars Of the latest horror days that
were full of wearisome examinations,
and az the sickening details pertaining
20 the double murder not to mention
The friShtful nights that were made
tanfold more CHASTITY by the remem-
brance Of the repulsive experiences Of
daylight.
We VIII not attempt to rehearse all
the horrors of the miserable time
such experiences are elready but too
familiar, for che whole lena is tenn
ing with them, and the newspapers
which flood the country are filed with
them.
We will only give the result of the
inquest, which was wretchedly unsatis-
factory, and, in some respects, ex-
tremely startling. The whole affair
seemed developed in an impenetrable
mystery, and theories were as plenty
and varied as the people and charac-
tors who thronsed the house from NOR
bid curiosity and other motives.
The most tlat could be definitely as
certaIned wa8 that Nh. and Mrs. Kings.
ley had unexpectedly returned from
Washington late on Thursday evening,
and that they had been found stretched
dead upon the parior floor. By one OF
the servants, about seven o'clock the
ueX, morning.
Both had bscn killed by some sharp,
heavy instrument-it could not be de-
,eJI ined just wAat zud their appear
snce was revoltins Ia the extreme.
There was not the G'ightest clew to
indicate the perpctrator Of the deed;
ba., during the long and wearisome
exam natlon, Il came out that Graz 4
was the last person who had been in
the pa,itr Cn that evening previous to
her p2sents return; by her cwn con-
fesslon, she hd left the room only
/ few moments before their probable en-
trance, whte her handkerchief he'd
been sound satlrsted with bleed living
4 uPoh tHC ho1tt near thS bVdy "a &h4 ..
I Kingsley.
More than this various exaggerated
statements regarding her unpleasant
relations with her step-nother hcd
been noised abroad, while, too. n win
had been discovered in Mr.. Rl7 5ley's
safe. in which he had lcft the bulk CT
his prcpssty to his wife.
Putting shis and that together. 1t
was finally assumed that there was suf-
ficient suspicious Of evidence pointing
toward the orphaned girl to warrant
her arrest.
she had had the opportunity to do
at variance; her father had made a
the deed; she and her stepnether were
will deprivlng her Of the most of his |
fortune-thlee profound reasons !
which were deemed by astute minds to
be sufficient incentive to parrlcide; !
thus. for the want of a more probable !
victim. poor Grazia was laid upon the /
a.,ar as a possible Offering to appease
the demands of justice.
She was allowed TO remain at hoine, T
out closely guarded, until after the last
sad rites were performed; whsl. alone,
friend ess. and heart-bcoken, she was
borne away to prison, there to await
al Invests tiou by the grand jury, a
possible Indictment, aad then ttlal
.or her life.
Grazia'g first act. as soon as she could
collect herself sufficiently to compre-
bend her situation. was to telegraph
to her husband, 10 the far western ad-
dress that he had given her, and then.
the message. was letter Civ
ing him the details OF the terrible
events which had occurred Immediately
after his departure.
She knew that her telegram could
reach its destination before Lloyd
could arrive in Olympia; but she hoped
that he would send her a reply as soon
as he should receive 1t. and she felt
very sure that he would leave every
taing and fly back to her. when. upon /
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