The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-05-28

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isied with having kicked their pros.
trate victim in the stomach, swung his
foot again and kicked him
SQUARELY IN THE THROAT.
Stahl stretched out lifeless on the
floor.
In the meantime Miss Christina Stahl
had made quite a struggle and one of
the fellows also kicked her, infiicting
a painful though not dangerous injury.
Stahf was still breathing. while the
fellows continued their work Of search.
ing for money, but his sister, noting his
condition, and seeing the pallor Of death
overspreading his face. called to tie
men to do something for him. They
looked at him and became alarmed.
II had not been their purpose to com
NIT murder, but their brutal natures
had got the better of them and the.
saw that Stahl was in dying coLdi-
ton. One of the men took some water
and sprinkled it in his face, but he did
not revive, and they stood and watched
their victim die.
The blow in the throat was thought
to have been responsible for his death
and it is believed the respiratory organs
had been so injured that death was due
to suffocation.
THOUGHT OF ESCAPE.
now entered the heads of the robbers
and murderers. They looked no iur
ther for money and did not offer the
women any greater indignities, bTt
went out of the door and across the
orchard, soon vanishing in the dark
ness.
So far as could be learned by the
women, at an early hour Monday
morning, they had secured nothing Of
value from the house. Their mission
had been fruitless, whether because
there was no money in the house or be-
cause they had not time to finish their
work before the death Of Stahl put all
thought of anything but escape out OF
their minds, is not definitely known.
They left, however. as soon as they
found that Stahl was dead.
That the death of Stahl saved the
women. can only be conjectured. They
were both tied so securely that they
could not have offered great resistance.
and whether further outrage would
have been committed can only be sur
missed with the brutality displayed by
the men as a guide to the reasoning.
That the death of Stahl saved them
from a fate worse than death, is not at
all improbable
CALLED HELP.
Soon after the murderers had lef.
the house the women began an effort IN
/ free themselves from their bonds.
This they succeeded in doing, each as.
sisting the other as best she might.
They were afraid to leave the house
/ but they remembered that miners pass
the place between IL and IL O'Clock
on their way to and from work in the
mines, and they waited for some oi
them. Between the hours named SIX
miners were seen and the women called
! to them. They gave the alarm and
the men came in and took note of the
situation. They did what was neces
sary and assisted to lay Stahl out on the
be6. The alarm vas given at Navarro
and soon men were securing the eoun
try for the robbers
BLOODHOUNDS THERE.
The women had clearly indicated this
direction that the men took and 1t wa
deemed wise TO keep everybody ava,
from the tracks until an opportunity
had been given bloodhounds to take tn,
trail. A Navarro man volunteered t!
come to Canton for Superintendent
Yarger, Of the workhouse, and get hin
TO take his dogs to the scene. Yarge
ana the dogs arrived at an early hou
this morning and proceeded to tn
scene of the crime.
The Misses Stahl describe the mel
as being Of medium size, one a trif
taller than the other.
Killed in A. izona.