The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-16
WAS THE GIRL MURDERED?
Darkest Mystery Surrounds Dis
appearance Of ida Guyon.
TWO ACCUSED OF CRIME
Stories Told of Terrible Manner in
Which Girl was Tortured-Mur-
der Charge is Made.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Jan. II Spe-
cial. 1.-The district attorney has decided
to make charge of murder against Jul
liza Guyon and Sam Davis, in Jail here
charged with having caused the death of
Ida Guyon, the 17-year-oid adopted
daughter Of the woman. Both pleaded
not guilty to the murder charge. They
will have their preliminary hearing on
Monday.
Ida Guyon, the girl who is supposed to
have been murdered, was an adopted
daughter of Mrs. Guyon and was the
natural daughter of Mrs. NJ. Adrien by
a previous marriage. Mrs. Guyon is the
divorced wife Of eX-Sheriff Paul Guyon
of the south side, a we'll known and high
ly-respected citizen.
When the girls absence from her usual
haunts was noticed, the suspicious of the
people of the vicinity were aroused, and
steps were taken at once to discover her
whereabouts 1t was difficult to extract
any information from Mrs. Guyon, it is
said, so the authorities were appealed to
for help. For the past three weeks the
whole state has been gone over in the
searcn Tor Ida Guyon, but the attempt
to hnd her has resulted in nothing.
Search for Missing Girl.
The northern part Of the state was
and a seeming clue lead the officers to
st. Paul, but all to no avail. The girl
seemed to have disappeared entirely and
the case assumed very serious aspects.
Investigations were carried on and one
of District Attorney Cooks first official
acts was to dip even more deeply into
the matter than anyone had done before.
There IS every indication that this case
Will develop many sensational features.
Stories of cruel and inhuman treatment
are circulating
Mrs. GuyOn is quite we'll off, holding
considerable property in the county, and
1t is also believed that she does not lack
for cash assets. She disposed of q very
good farm at a handsome figure last
IN the town Of Lafayette, where her resi-
dence is.
Stories of Cruelty.
Sam Davis, the other accused person.
is her employee. He has worked for Mrs.
these two lived Ida Guyon, a girl of
about II. Not much is known of how
these people lived, but stories that smack
of evil abound. 1t is asserted that the
girl has suffered at the hands of the two
many times and has several times threat
ened to kill herself.
Upon one occasion, it is said, the girl
had been forced to undergo peculiarly Sc
we're punishment for some slight misbe-
havior, and afterwards disappeared for
period of three days, nothing being heard
of her until she returned to her home.
1t is darkly intimated that her torment
Ors carried their punishments too far one
day about a month ago and since that
time Ida Guyon has not been seen.
Authorities Make Discoveries.
Neighbors say that huge dog was
kept upon the premises, that frightened
away. all who sought to enter and thus
the household lived in practical solitude
having no intercourse with the people
of the vicinity.
District Attorney Dayton e. Cook and
Sheriff Andrew Larson drove out to La
fayette to investigate. They refuse to
disclose the nature Of their discoveries,
but upon their return they brought the
charge of murder against the couple
Mr.. Cook declined to be quoted re-
garding the affair except to say that ''the
case is peculiar one and the develop
ments will best show the seriousness of
the prisoners situation. The disappear
anCe of the girl seems to have been COM
plete. No one has seen her for a month
and"
Mr.. Cook paused, leaving the infer
ence to be drawn that but one conclu-
sion was reasonable.
During the afternoon many stories
gained currency, some asserting that the
dead body of the girl had been found
and others that she had been seen by
farmers within the past two weeks, but
the stories lacked the semblance of
truth.