The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-31
Her Little Girl Also Struck truck
Down and Left ding HIM
oil the Floor.
"a HUSBANDS AWFUL ss 5s,5s,I
DISCOVERY ON RET URN
The City III i State ofssI xcite-I
mcnt Over tile Cruel Crime, 81
Mrs. Shields Regaiins Con-
sciousncss Big Black
Negro Attacked f 81 .ss
in the Kitchen.
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ny ROANOKE, VA, NJ am 80. Roano Re ~
In a state of excitement oyer one o f
the5most horrible and $boldests crimes ever
committed here. Mrs, George Shields, s,gS
young married woman, was muir der olsl ys!
attacked with an axe and i razor, and
crlminally assaulted by an unknoW1ll,asE
negro, and " her little daug hter nearly s
killed, q at her homo IN Y the heart OF hes
business section opposite tile pos ffica6
this morning. I'D
HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.
When Mr.. George Shields went to W his l
home ia dinner about 12 O. clock to-day
he was mortified to find his little daugll:
ter, Mildred, aged twenty ght smonfhss
lying on the floorHo OF the sitting room
covered with blood and tunconsci 81 e.
placed the little. one on lie loung sc, and,
|sthen, half crazcd, went lin ssenr cl OF hi
wife. She was not in the kitchen, where
the dinner was on the stove In tllsis
|dining-room ss III
II then ran up statrs and III ,fl
which Sis usually occupied ~ Hem
she noticed blood coming from ssnnde htsSS
closet door 4 Opening the door he saw
q more horrible sight. His wife siwassI
|5leaning up against one Of the side 90 s
the closet, unconscio Gus, wit lood pour
ling from wounds in her head & " lille S g,
the floor Of the closet VA $ a. blood y
Ratchet, while just outside was a rag rag
covered with blood. S n s
"a HUSBANDS IS CRIES.
The cries of the halflcrazed husband
aroused the neighborhood. NeighborsS
poured in, and calls We're sent out IorS
physicians. Mrs. Shields was carried 4
down stairs and taken In the sslttlns-g
room. 1t was found that she hnd ! res
ceiyed a cut on her forehead and ~
terrible wound on the back of her heatisS
which It is feared fractured her Skull
md a bad cut across her throat and had
been outraged II After a while %s she Il be-
come conscious, and told one @ St 7! ie$s
physicians as she went into the kitch Oh,
en- she met n big negro. she sr re- = rom a
him and she reached Inc sitlllns
He struck her wit h a. ha tenet hilu y =
knew nothing after that.
II is supposed that tho negro 81 tlllcna3
picked her, up, carried her ~ 81 sta lTs,sS'
outraged her. showed q her In he ciose ,as
and then placed the back OF a. 6c ~
against the knob which par Y elosec tre
door, -, !, =, =, Is
mic littlp girl was a lso$ struck on the the!
head. but her skull was not frac tllretis
ana there Is some hope of her recoVe " u
The fpolice made a thorough inYesltls v A
zion Of tho premises and n general g ltlfiltR
was scnt out Ma l IA
|, An immense crowd was attracted to tllles
scene OF the crime, and would not nave aye
been we'll for the pcrpetrator of ~ w y,
have been caught. The crime wa 'lsYsfS WI
bold one, considering the fact that W. \
house Is nearly opposite The pos to!lce, "
In, 20 pnn u
Ing In the rear, q machln sliop, ny
800 III IN by, WAY o. $ALLtlY.s
On the south slan OF tho house Is I'm
alley. ana 1t Is supposed that the negro
camo down this alley and ma d. MS es ~
cape out OF 1t, The closet IN wllicl u NJ 81
Shields was placed Is ono Of tho mar
row closets built IN rooms on the Chimney
sldt but little more than a fool 5e, u
depth. VI ID. ID
Mr.. Cireenwood's clothing was hanging
blood.
Mr.. Greenwood was It the Roanoks
Machine Works shops, where he was ems
ployed a { the lime of the crime The miss!
creant not only committed the terrlblas,
crime, but stole some clothing and TWO
watches, the property Of Mr., Green
wood. K
$3.50 tNE-gt "A BLOODY THAI
Mr.. Shields following blood stains from
| tho dining room to an up stairs chambers!
| lie found his wife lying In pools OF blood
OH a clothes closet floor, with her thr9a Is
cut from ear to ear and her head shor-sss
rlbly hacked Mrs. Shields mana get tn
gasp "a large black negro man came
through The kitchen and attacked me8iill
! the dining room. 4.
Besides this, there is no clue to tilas
| crimlnal Mrs Shields had been assault
] ed, after which her assailant dealt nes
several blows on the head with hatchel,,
fracturing tho skull, dragged ners ", VIZ
stairs, where he cut her throat WIN y
razor and threw her into the closet, fas-
tenins the door on tho outside, rhe ny s. =
tie girl was struck 10 hush her cries me
4 dining. room floor was covered WITH nlond&
| and showed there had been tefilP'S5
1 struggle. !, !, !, ,,,,r
| The physicians say there, IS = no mona
whatever that Mrs, Shields VIII be plq
| to survive the terrible wounds, y,
The blow with the hatcAet on me .. ps wy
| OF hher head crushed her skull 70 mo
| brains. The child may possibly rscoSfrtl
i rhe baby of the family was asleep !. IN
another room and Mas not seen ny ~ i'
1 brute. 8a z, \. /, /. y 4