Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-15

his sister at the scene of the crime She
was seized and the brother Immediately
came to the rescue of his sister.
1T was evidently the belief of the
man or men. whoever it was, that the
boy would become frightened and run.
With him out of the way it would be
an easy matter to accomplish the pur-
pose in view. Their plans failed here
for the boy evidently showed fight. He
was put out of the way by means of a
blunt instrument, brick or something
of that character, and the girl was then
ravished.
Knowing that their crime would b.
detected if the girl was left to live, the
murderers then put her out of the way.
using the same club, brick or stone
which ended the life of her brother
Scene of the Murders.
The place chosen by the murderers
for the interrogation of their victims
was shrewdly selected to avoid i'm
mediate detection. 1t was on hill
side nearly quarter of a mile from
any residence on either side of the
road 1t was one hundred or more
yards east of Dan Coreys home and
about the same distance removed from
the residence of Edward Dubew on
the east. 1t is a lonesome spot after
night 1t is believed by the detectives
working on the case that it was the
approach of Ralph Peck and Miss
Spear coming west on the road, re-
turning from Bondurant, that caused
the murderers to hurry from the high
way The officers suspect that the
ir,o inc ia
knoll south of the road several hun
dred fet and watched the approach,
pause and departure of the buggy and
it's occupants. Observing the buggy
come to a stop within a few feet of
where the two bodies We're lying at
the roadside, they suspected the muir
der had been discovered and fastened
to flee from the vicinity.
All day long the roads leading to
the death scene We're black with hun
dreds of people going and returning
A feeble attempt had been made by
some one to efface some of the blood
stains at he sides of the road where
the murdered children We're found, but
with only partial success. The dry,
sandy loan was saturated with the
purple tide for several feet about the
places where the bodies had lain
Here people fingered and gazed silent
ly. their faces giving unconscious eX-
preston to the adherence of their
feelings.
The investigation yesterday showed
the children left the church about 9
o'clock. Before starting homeward
they went to Watts restaurant and
having purchased some candy, passed
out and started on their return home.
Taking into estimate the time they
left the church, the delay caused by
going to the restaurant and the dis
lance they had gone when assaulted
and murdered, the detectives are in
clined to fix the time of the assault
at 8: 40. This corresponds very closely
to the statement by Mrs. Bubey, who
heard the cries coming from down the
road a few minutes after she had re-
tired.
The nearest house eastward of the
place where the children were muir
dered is that of Edward Dudley. 1t is
fully quarter of a mile away. To a
representative. who called upon the
family yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Du-
Dey Sdlu lHdl auout oo y SioSN' I" Nv
minutes after herself and household
had retired for the night, she heard two
or three cries from down the road.
There is a certain neighbor who is
given to the convivial howl" she said.
and surmising it was this man re-
turning home in q happy frame of
mind / paid no attention to it other
than to ask my husband If he had
locked the door. He replied that he.
had and 1 had fallen back on my pill
low when heard what l now believe
to have ben the dying cries of Lena
Peterson. remarked to my husband
that the sound was that of woman's
voice but he was sleepy and made no
reply"