The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-19
Nuun. Wise Girls in the Plot
With Their Sweet
hearts.
WANTED MOTHERS MONEY.
Startling Confession Of the Young
cr Girl. Whu Rtci,es the DE
tails Without the Shadow
Ui kcmurSc.

KEpr Bill sIE'rAT-
AuvlIr, M!au.. July - The people of this
quiet little town are almost siupei-d over
TN. cold bloudtd confession uf lG-yesr-u.d
Eliza WIS., tina, she aud her sister Martin.
ONLY i year older than she. were fully cog
infant Of the plo, 70 murder the other nrn-
beers Of the family and tina; they SIT quietly
~ while the murder was going on.
Tn" confession must resalt la the c1nvic-
ton ana probably In the hanging of james
Hardy and Elmer Miller. the youthful
swre'h.Irts oC the girl
I'ut The question of what To do with the
two unnatural! daughters ~ho could witness
the muGdtr Of parents and brothers I'M
moved Is now Of the utmost interest, New
er in the history OF the county was such
a pair OF female desensrates known.
The crime took place on Sunday night in
-ns latter part Of May. The family % Will
liam Wise was sitting In the kitchen play
ir- cards There was the father and Mrs.
Wis. their two sons. Joseph and Willie. ami
the two girls. The girls We're not playing.
bar We're expecting company.
Met Their Swr-thearts.
The girls stole out Of the back door and
were gone for several minutes. IL H. now
known that they went for final Consulta-
non WIN 1tl".lI SNftIttdftS. VINO udl NJ
rived. armed with shotgun and repeating
rifle. Then they crept back into the kitch-
on and sat down not too near the table.
Tho card players continued the game.
suddenly the rnuzzle OF q gun was thrust
I'm at = window. II the hearts Of the guilty
Girls beat fast they did not betray them
selves. but with amazing cooiness quietly
awaited the catastrophe which they had
planned
Then came the shots In quick succession
There were twelve OF them. as teli-tal=
marks showed afterwards. Two were from
the shCfgGn. the other ten from the Tif@.
In fifteen seconds the horrible deed was
wfre killed Nix. WISE and little William
We're dangerously wounded.
Martha and Liza Wise Jumped mp, bat
II was rot in terror.
The first thing / noticed saii Martha.
afterwards. was mother falling OF d chair.
She was crying for me 10 come ~ hcT as
s.stancc. | called for my sister and n"-
tween rs We managed 10 draE her into the
doorway between The from; room and the
kitchen. The shots conjinua Il. | counted
twelve f them.
Joe was running around and fell on
mother. \ few seC-LIS later Joe was
iauCiI:s 80 AID down behind the stove cry
ing Hr h-pt asking father and mother If
tr,y wrr. hurt. but they did not answer.
just then / SAW Win fall rl his face l
80 not know who vas shot first, but think
II WAS father. Whom father was shot he
raised hi head T. luok around. and then
dropped on the table tn ne.p came"
Does Not know R-morse.
Not e ir-,uor in the voice, Not the shadow
o. rrmorSe for the bloody deed In which size
VAS an accomplish
Suspicion Eel. on Hardy and Miller, who
had been forbidden the house. They were
arrested. Miller made partial confession.
u was tgiS which stirred the younger SRI
To tell how IT happened. Ii was plot be
tween he. sister. herself and the two young
TaSCals who wee making love - them. Inc
mother had SI.4J in bank. which was to 90
t. the sisters III case of ner death.
To the plCtters this seemed Ia be an i'm
mHnsc sum. They knew nothing 81 th-,
legal obstacles which would prevent their
getting possession OF IL. and thought mat
al that was necessary was 10 Kill she
mother.
The motive for killing the father vas his
opEt sitiuu 10 the boys Why they decided
"a Kill the two soils Is a mystery II was
probably .u the theory Of getting every
one out of the way who might stand in the
wav Of enjoying the treasure they al! were
looking for.