The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-04-18
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0ss1 Curfsusiy YorswarnsA Of n.
Murder of Her Own Chum.
Less than half an honr before Mis-
Josephine Rummelhart, Of this city
was attacked and murdered by an un
known colored man. her intimate friend
and roommate, Miss Mary Liphardt
foresaw the tragedy In a dream, sayi
an Omaha correspondent OF the Wash
ingfon Post.
springing from her bed about 10 80
O'Clock on the night Of the murder. her
face as pale as death, look Of terror
In her wide-open eyes. Miss Liphardt
cried:
Josephine Rummeihart is being muir
dered! Helpi Heipl Oh. can no one
save herr
Several women. attracted by her
cries, ran to Miss Liphardt's room. find
Ing her excitedly pacing the floor.
wringing her hands and declaring that
her friend and roommate had been
killed
Il saw a colored man knock her
down. drag her into an alley, and
there cut her throat" she cried "Oh.
II Is awful. awful, awfuli"
you have been dreaming. Mary"
said one OF her friends. Miss Rum
melhart has gone out to spend the
evening with Miss Anderson. but she
Is all right and will return TO her room
soon"
Yes; I have been dreaming" said
Miss Liphardt. -but the dream was so
vivid and saw It all so plainly that
II seems true to me yet"
The yonng woman was persuaded 20
return 10 her bed on the assurance that
Miss Rummelhart would soon return
TO her room, and by and by she fell
asleep.
When she awoke In the morning she
Instantly recalled her dream OF the
night before, and, CHANGING at Miss
Rummelhart's bed across the room from
Ter own. she was startled 70 see that !,
Il had not been occupied.
Dressing hastily she went downstairs
snd picked up the morning paper. The
first words that caught her eye were
those IN scare head" telling OF the
co.d-blooded murder OF Miss Rumrael-
hart the night before.
The murder had been committed less
than half an hour after Miss LIphardt
bad awaken the household ~ spriugins
from her bed crying Cat her friend
snd roommate was Deing murdered
Only two blocks from the boarding
sonse and seven blocks from the heart
n the business district OF Omaha tue
roung woman. on her way home froia
Lac house OF q neighbor. had been
Knocked down by a negro. dragged.
Needing and unconscious to a dark
pot In the rear OF one OF the houses in
be neighborbood The negro cut her
hroat with a razor and then made his
scnpe-
Two young men. W. b. Hughes and
'aui Lowe. lodging In the house In the
ear OF which Miss RunImelhart was
n BY her slayer. attracted by the
y:ns woman's means discovered Ter a
Nv minutes after the negro fed They
romptly notified the police OF the dis
very and the young woman was Ia
en- 10 hospital. where she died
Nv hours later without regainIng con-
.iousness.
A curious case OF mistaken Identity
>curred the morning after the muir
er. Hundreds OF people went TO the
cirque to see the body OF the murdered
oman Among those who went there
as Charles Ward. veteran street-car
Of the city. The moment
ard glanced at the face OF the dead
oman be grew deadly pale. staggered
Ick as IL be had been shot and cried
at the body was that Of his daughter,
iss Wilkes Ward.
Bowed with grief Ward set out for
$ home TO break the dreadful news
his wife. On opening the door to ,
5 house the nrst person TO greet him ,
rs the daughter whom he had be-
we'd to be dead She had gone to the
eater with young woman friend the !
sht berore and. missing the last car
r her home. had spent the night with :
r friend. arriving home a few min
~ before her father arrived there TO
SAX to his wife the news OF her death. !.