The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-22
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al cortese move stcyNsIy t1tses n1essEs-
tain side to the littie prtsai seuL-
try graveyard where he reriasr eI
the murdered girl were aid Il ress
EStraston peered from lion n
dows and hardy for naomsn to9k
his eyes Oh the solemn scene. ana
guarSas near say tears hes
tricsied down his chaeks
StrattoH. the han dsone soang rsa.ss
who less than year ago Was ssseef
heart or Rosa Nllise and Who.
said. was ensaged marry he 81
is of one OF the most tnfiaeatta ssI.s
ilies OF rhe Sconntg; si1fEe sssI:s
OF eqaasly :psreftags
g The murder. most thorTil6 ie i
Its details ever known 50 ~
era section Of tho STATE cssief
subject of commend and
tom was first placed nm
was feared that ) fotence Nar & be:
melted out 70 him saflds Of -
senrased zcenmuniss
Daanaefna EAsissences
Feeling now However, NOT -
strong against the accused. ieae
Ing citizens. 1t IS said; Be iSr
.portant THESES for him II an SEsscr=-
to prove an abb per-
sons have visited the spot near the
public Highway where the boss OK
the girl was fonndt on So
morning last. and he aeorfes re-
gardin her awful on
been varied The
however, that the girl pro5ab
started for walk Some one -
a trouble arose which led 10 her an,
ful ending
Her throat was c1It from ear . ezzE-
her slsun was crushed and der bod
badly bruised The ilrsiereF cnnld
not haze been NOR aeadish Il nc
commission or his crime. Is asrzost
any one OF ahalf dozen wound ia=
.flicted would have proven fatal
On the snowcov ness
the dead body. lay blcod4stts mel
razor which the villain h:sd used %
his victim On this razor were he
initials OF Stratton. the man now Z.
jail charged with IA allTdes
A new hinge or q inchissg irois-
liar to one OF PAIR bough by Seras
ton at store near Ssssss15tess
home. was also found beiu saas
weapon used in crushing sslie -.
skull. The foot.p on the sroszu,i
were those made by so. 1oe-
The size worn BIZ Stratton
These awful HALE and ti,e ssAss
that Stratton had, is nfonsh
ago, been . frsqueu Gale q e
girls home. led to the tbeIsef skas Il.
was the Sutlty paEts ard tie fsEs sser
fact that he absented fEssSssss
his own home for Two and lae:z
first discovered was lcFosss :
mountain, places more
strongly upon him.
May Prove an Ii6i:
STATIONS plea VIII ne that he vas
ten miles from the scene. ana respcn
sfble natives Of Logan IS
tify tnat On Friday he pct nezr
the place where the nstrder oecrF
red. r. STATION IS not esiilts. 1ers
Is belief that he = an ascss;so
and that the SlEl, u I41es LII g sue ,. ~
to the spot where izer dead body ssls
found, believed that she Won see
him there.
Miss white, he r1uTfssed ne9
returned te her homo ito1l DING
two days before she was murdered,
having some 10 spend the HOLIDAYS
with her parents She had for thxee
months been stenograp for f1e1
company on tho Norfolk and wease
Railway, and was q Young SorasS;'
generally liked and admire
Physicians who aIondas sci
autopsy over the remain 5ais-oT ere5
the fact that the inscs dnate 81
would have som besene d mother
and this Is no doant me cause tb7E
directly lea 10 her murder
The funeral was largely attended
even relatives Of the yorng man.
who now lansuisfses behind
charged with hcr murder. being p-e
emit Stratton. 8 reIat YES insist tia
stratton be broIEht Is unti efon
for fear of ioience but he arthor1
ties viii wait az rate until ate
the preliminary zion or Is.
accused which swiil iely taSe place
to.ias- III
The boys and girls are ~
howl for sIeds.5 we ,,ase ths ro,s
sled that Inst 81: Inn i g Of