Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-02
ATROCIOUS CRIME.


The body of young woman was
| found Sunday afternoon near the vii
lage of Stratford. Rudolph Fulweiler,
farmer living in that section. while
going through strip of woods, was at
tracted by the barking of his dog. and
going to see what the dog was barking
at, discovered the girl From her APP
pearance he knew at once crime had
been committed-that she had been
murdered TO hide another crime. He
notified the people in the village and
they in turn notified the sheriff, district
attorney and coroners who went out
yesterday and conducted an investiga-
ton. The village marshal, ID. Reed,
that same night arrested two tramps on
suspicion of being the guilty parties,
as they were about to board midnight
train for the west and they were held
pending the arrival of the officers.
The crime is one of the most revolt
ing and atrocious ones ever committed
in Northern Wisconsin. The girl, Jen-
ME Richie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Richie, who live out about four
miles from Stratford, left home Sunday
morning to attend church services in
the Catholic church in the village
After services she visited with friends
in the village until about four o'clock
in the afternoon, when she started for
home. Her course was down the rail
road track to roadway which led to
her home. Shortly after leaving the
railroad she had to go through short
stretch of woods and it was here that
she met her death
Her assailants tied her hands back of
her body With a piece of wash line and
after committing criminal assault left
her either dead or in dying condition.
When found her face was turned to one
side and bore evidences of the fear,
pain and anguish she had gone through
The ground along the roadside showed
that she had fought hard to save her
self from the brutes Her prayer book
lay near her body, where she had
dropped it. There were finger marks
on her throat, showing that she had
been strangled, and one of her ribs was
broken. Her dress was also badly
torn. Death was due to hemorrhage
In strangling her, her assailants had
used such force that blood vessel ie
the throat was broken and she bled to
death. The girl was seventeen years of
age.
The two tramps arrested gave their
names as JAS. Mackey, Chicago, and
Irving Bartlett, Nashville, Tenn They
were brought to Wausau yesterday |
afternoon and are at present confined |
in the county Jail. They deny all |
knowledge of the crime. They claim |
they were in FenwOOd at the time the |
crime is supposed to have been commit |
ted. Both are young men and tell a
straight story, except as 10 where they |
we,. bound for. They met one another
for the first time in Eland Jet Saturday |
morning, they say, and were beating
their way west on trains. They got put |
Oft train at Norrie and walked in to |
Wansau. One, who claims to be har-
ness maker, says he visited the harness
shop of John Farrell looking for work
and was directed by Mr.. Farrell to
shop in Eau Claire. where a man is
He says they were on their way to
Eau Claire when arrested. The other
elbow says they were going to Mime
'ota to work ON railroad There is
40 direct evidence against them, but
hey will have to prove where they |
were at the time the crime was com
mitted.
Had there been anything to show for
4 certainty that these men were the
guilty parties, there is little doubt but
what there would have been lvnching
n Stratford, as the people are greatly
up over the crime