The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-18
WATERY
CRAVE TOGETHER
Strange Death Compact of Un-
happy Wife and Girl
THREATENED TO Die
UNLEs THEY WERE LEFT UNMo
LEsTEp-BAD BEEN ToGETH-
Err ONLY FIVE WEEKS
WAS 1T HYPOMOTtSM?

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Freepoft. IL, June 16.-Rather than
be separated from each other Media
Pyle. 16 year old girl, and Mrs. John
Young, rs year sold agreed last night
20 die together They carried out
their strange compact of death, AMI /
their bodies were FOUND in the Pcca-
tonica river early this morning
Tho two had been nseparable com
panions for Ave weeks. Mrs Young's
home was at Asherylle, but for two
years she has spent most of her time
| ia Freepor Media Pyle. the daugh-
ter Of James Pyle, a painter, became
acquainted with her five weeks ego,
and from that time until their bodies
were taken our Of the river this morn
they were together almost constantly.
Mrs, Young exercised q range con-
troll over the young girl She lnrea her
from her home and kent her constant
" by her side II is known that she
introduced the gil to strange men,
with whom both associated most 81
The time
Mrs. Young Reappesrs.
Last Sunday Mrs Young reaPpearca |
IN Freapor after a brief absence, AMI 4
hat night Media PYLE left her fathers
home Sunday afternoon Media was
seen walking along he Northwestern
railroad track with two young men |
! whose names are nor known to th2 |
police Thai evening Mrs. Young |
and Media were seen together ana |
the girl did not return home. Monday
Mrs Young's husband came TO Frea-
! port In search of her, but beyond
learning that she had been sean with
. Media Pyle he found no trace of hen.
! The woman and the girl We're seen
+ around the city together Tuesdnv
| afternoon and evening, bur the girl
bad not returned TO her home We'd
s nesday morning
I. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Pyle who
S Il a hardworking painter, called at
/ the police station and asked for HELM
Il III securing IFS daughters rctMm
Il home He declared that Mrs, Young
II had entieod hts girl from Ter homs
s and had lured her into ey'l ways.
.. Police Cannot Act.
!, The police told the unhappy father
Il that without personal cognlaance a
II wrongdoing oh The mart Of Mrs. Young
Al tho girl they could nat arrest 9isior
II " them without a warrant,
! Pyle then declared that lie would
= swear ont warrant for Mrs Youns's
!, arrest on the charge of eniieing his
h, daughter he LETT the police station,
\. however. without doing so.
u Early last evening Med Pgla ap-
peared al The police station alone.
90 She had been crying and evidently
vas in greet distress. She told the
j, notice hat she had beard taat heg
II father had sworn our warrant fer
II her arrest and asked il It was true
I, INC police told har NJ warrant was
N ut against har but that her faahc'
- had threatened to have Mrs Young ar
rested
- Says Mrs. Young Was Only Friend
ph This only Increased the young girl
y dependency, She declared that TO
pe iva years she had livod In an unhappy
~ home, and that Mrs Young was th'
only FIR end she ever had had.
y wish | was dead!" she declares
10 70 the police
~ The Officer az the police statio'
;ried to quiet her, but she insisted tina
n if her fatier carried cur his threa
gu to have Mrs, Young arrested sh
would llil herself
70 "We will both die she declared
Of I'VE win drown ourselves IN the river
ted and if they won't lot us live in peac
,an wa will die together"
age She left the police station with TIL
id lthrcat on her lips She did not X
of turn ID her home that night, ana notl
,ck- ng more was seen Of her or Of Mr.
esi. Young.
Ugh This morning az c ocl5ol1 an carl
nal fisherman discovered number
eek garments belong ng TO TWO women q
city the bank of the Pecatoniea river,
short distance below the dam. A 70
In minutes later he saw tho half drasse