Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-07-05
Two WOMEN BEATEN
They Are Attacked While Asleep in
Their Beds By An assassin.
CAN FIND NCyqJLEW.
The Assassin U.eG Blunt Instrument
and Nearly Kills Two Woman
Two Houses We're Entered
by Unknown Parties.

Houston. July "A series Of shock.
ing crimes that are without a parallel
In the annals of Houston were porpe.
tmted by some hend upon helpless
women in the Fifth ward Tuesday night.
Tho police aud detectives, who have
been on the alert all day. aro entirely
nonp.u.sed. They are not entirely with
out any yiuo as 90 the identity Of the
would-be assassin, but are unable 20
find motive 10 prompt such brutal aud
aud unproyokel crimes. Tho only sug.
gesiion they oIer "a, 90 the author Of
the bloody crimes Is that be is some
crank, a "Jack ihs Ripper" bent on
murder marely 90 satisfy an appetite
for crime.
One woman and two Young ladies
were assaulted while asleep in their
beds Two % them were horiblybeaten
with an ay. receiving iuiurio, that are
likely Co prove fatal The third only
escaped hy discovering the villain o..
Zorro thc blow had fa'on and by her
screams, which brought her father To
her her bedside
AZ 1880 O'Clock wednesday morning
james p Welsh. city assessor and tax
collector. was aroused by the screams
of woman at h.s front door. Hor cries
were feeble and be- FASTENED 20 respond
Upon opening the door Doe saw a lady
standing before him bo-maared with
blood from head 90 foot 4 stream Of
Do was flowing from her head and her
face and hands were covered. 81 have
been shot, She gl.pod
/ Mr Wglsh's iumily wero az once
aroused and ,he lady was helpei o.
bod. Mr. Welsh notified the police.
The injured woman was Mrs. j. Bartoll.
residing near NJ Wel.h's home. She
was unable 60 ten how she had received
her injuries. but She was undor the i'm.
/ preston some one bad .ho, h1r.
Several irghtfui gl-hes were visible
ou h.r head and blood was flowing
freely from the wounds 4 hsty mos.
sage was sent to Dr. Goss, city health
officer
Twelve minutes after SIR. Welsh had
tolcphoued flr the police Mounted OH
Gers lee and James, Night Sergeant
Busoy and officer Mcnard had arrived
They az once went went 90 Mrs Bar.
tells home. As they entered her bed.
room shocking spectacle met their
eyes. Upon tho bed lay Young lady
bathed in blood, apparently dead Tho
bed itself was smoarod, the pillows be-.
ing saturated with blood ana there were
pools on the carpet, where % had fallen
in streams. Tho girl is tho l6.yoar.old
daughter Of Mrs. Bartoll She was un.
conscious. On her head were three
wounds, one about five inches loo length.
On another bod in the room. ou which
the children We're sleeping. was o bloody
AZ. Il was stained and had apparently
been loit by tho murderer. Tho three
children We're sleeping In the bed and
had not been aroused by the assaults
made upon their mother and sister. DR..
Goss hurriedly examined the girls
wounds, pronouncing them very serious.
The entire ucighborhooi had been
aroused by this time. and the officers
had arrived. The officers were not long
In learning that there had been dis
turbancc at the home Of Mr.. Roach in
the same neighborhood An invostigl.
ton revealed the fact that some ono
had broken into the house some time
before midnight aud had made muir.
derous assault upon Miss Mile Roach.
Tho young lady was awakened by a
sound in her room, and as she opened
her eyes, saw man with an iron rod
held in his hands about % strike she
screamed aud instantly leaped in the
opposite direction. The intruder wheel.
ed around and ran out Of the room and
into the rcar OF the house, whore he
had gained entrance. Mr. Roach A..
trncted by his daughters screams, ou.
tered her room just in time TO get a
glimpse Of the fleeing hcnd
DR. Goss stated this afternoon that
both Mrs Bartoll and her daughter are
very seriously injured, bat not neces.
sary fatally Tho blows dealt them
were done with the thick part Of an AK.
The edges of the square end of the ax
4 had produced gashcs laying the wound
opeu to the skull There was no frac.
ture Of the skulls, nor Is there any con.
cussion Of the brain
Many angry citizens took part in the
hunt for the murderous nssailant, aud
they were not at all backward In cx.
pressing their intentions should he be
found. The color line would doub,les.