Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
barred my head for a moment beside the

grave Of a creature so vile.
Pair I exclaimed, not cndcavoring
to conceal my disgust. ut Is monstrOus
that this womans body should have been
put here. She ought to be lying In a
prison burying ground
Ought shcW asked my strange com
panion in new and childlikc way. look
ing up ut me from her knees. while my
matches burned out. "Tcll me about
her. will you?"
Don't you know asked. suspicious.
ly. This woman, Florence Haynes. was
a murdcrcss. The story began twenty
odd years ago. with an old woman who
had once been a servant in this very
house. When she unexpectedly received
u legacy from relative In Australia she
chose to sink good many thousand
pounds Of her money in buying I.orn
Abbey. which had just at that time been
offered for sale. 1t seems that poor old
Hannah Haynes. who made no friends,
had attempted to tighten the loneliness
of her life by taking to live with her a
boy. who was the son Of her dead hus.
band by a former wife. and a little girl.
much younger, whose parcntagc nobody
knew. though she went by the name Of
Florence Haynes. This child was sent
to school until some exhibition of tenn
per caused her to be expelled. aud she
grew up with no other companion than
her benefactOr's stcpson. who was a gen
tie. kindly and handsome youth.
Hannah Haynes herself was said TO
be hard woman to live with. and there
were constant quarrcls between her and
her adopted daughter, Florence. Some
times she would make a will, leaving all
her money to the young man. whose name
| forget: and then she would destroy
1t. having drawn another up in favor
Of Florence. One night--it was seven
years ago this Octobcr-the sole servant
In the House Of Fear overheard a vio-
lent quarrel between Mrs. Haynes and
the girl. who was then about ~ years
old. The woman threatened to send for
her solicitor next morning and have q
new will drawn up. The next morning
the poor old creature was found muir
dcrcd In her bed In the clock-towcr cham
Der. She had been stranglcd. and stab.
bed as well with one Of those long pins
which women use for their bonnets. This
pin was proved to have been the property
of the girl; and handkerchief marked
with her name was found tightly grasp.
ed In the woman's hand. Florence
Haynes herself was missing. but was
discovered afterwards In the boat house,
where she had apparently gone, intend.
ing to escape by way of the river, but had
tainted from loss OF blood. for one of her
hands had been bitten to the bone. Her
story was that she heard cry for help
In the middle Of the night, and, recog-
niZing Mrs. HAYNES voice had run 10
her room, where II was entirely dark.
knocking against her. she caught az
him. There was a struggle, ana her
hand was bitten. when she loosed her
hold and rushed after the murderer down
the stairs. through an open window IN
one OF the rooms on the GROUND MOOR she
ioiIowed' Seeing mans hgurc running
before her ht Instance, anu sun Trying
TO follow she te'' ana tainted IN the
boat mousse.
But the story was an unlikely one,
and evidence was very strong against
her. The two women had quarreled.
The money was to pass away from her on
the next day. mat night had been her
last chance. anu she was forced to ADMIT
that snc naa gone oh'y a rev days pc
lore tne MURDER 70 LONDON at Slrs.
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