Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-10
Two Mysterious Killings Oc-
cur Within Few Hours of
Each Other.
ARE HACKED TO DEATH
Girls Throat is Cut, Knife is Thrust
Into Her Brain-Was Finally
cIubbed-Both Found Lying on the
Street.

Detroit, Mich, April 1O.-Within a
few hours this city has been the
scene of two horrible murders. At
midnight girl was hacked and pound
ed to death by unknown persons and
was not identified until this morning.
Early today the body of man was
found, having evidently met his fate
in the same manner as did the girl.
Just before midnight the most bru-
tai murder of recent years in this city
was committed on One Hundred Thir-
tieth street between Antonette and
McGraw streets. A young girl was
stabbed and pounded to death. Her
throat was cut from ear to ear, knife
was thrust into her brain behind the
ear and dent in her forehead show
ed that she had been dubbed. A resi-
dent of the neighborhood Harry Jew
saw a man striking a girl down. AT
ter telling her, and running away a
short distance, Jewell says the assail-
ant turned again and renewed his at
tack on her PROSTATE body. Jewell
notified the police who found the girl
dead. She was identified this morn
ing as Carrie M. Jennett of 1191
Wabash avenue, daughter of James R.
Jennett, q cabinet-maker. Her MUIR
derer has not yet been arrested.
Miss Jennett attended a meeting of
the Rebekah. lodge in hall not far
from where she was murdered.
Hold Dead Girls Lover.
William Duit called at the dead
girls home this morning. He said he
had kept company with her for two or
three years. He wept and displayed
much agitation. The detectives after
listening to his story thought it well
cordingly detained him at the police
station.
Found Blood on Her Teachers Cloth
ing.
The police believe in Professor Jas
Miller, music teacher arrested this
morning, they have Miss Jennett's
murderer. Blood was found on his
clothing. When asked for an explain
alton Miller tainted. Miss Jenett was
o pupil of Miller's.
possibIe Motive Found
An autopsy today revealed the fact
that within three or four months the
girl would become a mother 1t also
showed that her neck was broken.
Another Atrocity.
Another mysterious murder occur
red at an early hour today, the victim
being George w. Haywood, book
keeper and paymaster at the Malleable
Iron Works. His body was found ly-
ing on the sidewalk a short distance
from his home on Amber street this
morning. His head was badly pound
ed and there was a bad cut over the
aeft eve. w. F. Jones, who boarded in
.Haywood's house, is now in the hands
OF the police. A revolver found by
he police near the scene of the trag
1 ,dy, has been identified by Haywood s
Sc IN as belonging to Jones.
Suspect QuarreIed With Haywood.
haywood attended a dance at Ba
keE S Hall last night and when found
this morning had evidently been dead
for ZONE hours. Jones, who says his
home is in Lincoln, Neb., where he
has a wife and three children, has
been boarding with the Haywoods
since !, last February. The two mer
are san 4 to have quarreled frequently
Robb, cry was not the motive for the
crime as Haywood's personal effects
were un touched.
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