The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-01

and Mrs. Smith prayed velemently II
the centre room on the second floor.
n About o'clock Monday night Mrs
4 Bachman went downstairs to brns
little May from, the house OF neigh
lbtr, where sic had gone to play Sh'
brought her to the second-story bed
room where Bachman and the Smiths
were still praying.
"a dim, gloomy light burned In the
room, and uncanny shadows inovec
Sbout. II don't want to stay here Tho
child protested.
,aYou Will stay here and go to bed
put to bed.
IA The Bachmans and the Smiths prayec
on. Now has the. new Nazarene come
To save us" they continued TO inurlnur
while Barhman called OUT Il must
SETTER, for all sinners. There must be
sdcrificas. Or"
The speech was interrupted by a
bump. Little May. mischievouslS, had
climbed on the footboar! of the ped
nd had fallen to the floor with thud.
1.-THE child is possessed of the devil
sdreamed Bachman. she must be sac
rificed All OF YOU leave the room. 80
upstairs while God works His miracle.
Mrs. Bach,nand and the mother and
father of tile child left The room.
~ Don't leave me alone with hlnt
cried the youngster In anguish. 'elease,
please, stay with me-
tBachman slammed the door after the
others and retired. He was now alone
with the child. a giant in strength,
he raised the five-year- old girl in his
arms and threw her to the floor The
child screamed but no help came.
3 Then from, the room to the hallway.
where the mother and father stood
PRAYING. came the sound of choking
veil. then loud humping as if the
chtlds head was being pounded against
Z the floor. The physicians who made
4 the most mortem examination testified
that it was evident that Bachman had
choked the child, then beat her head
a gainst the floor and finally trampled
upon her.
j, The dazed father and mother and
| Mrs. Bachman were finally allowed to
i erter the room. The form OF the dead
I Child lay upon the bed.
Now we will be saved praise Cod
/ Shouted Bachnan, wildly.
Neither the father nor mother offer
/ ed any protest. They fell upon their
! knees, paying no attention to the
| body, and prayed to the new Nazarene.
Smith freaks Up Things.
louder and louder sounded their
voices. blending weirdly In a chorus of
| prayers. Then Smith. the father of
the dead girl. CROPPED TO the mantel-
piece and with one swoop of his hand
| swept all the bric-a-brac and pictures
4 to the floor. a glass picture was
tossed against the wall.
With bedslat, Smith continued the
work of demolition. Pictures and Win
dows were smashed TO bits.
Hand-painted china and pieces of
lstatuary, thrown with tremendous
force against the wall. fell in a shower
over the white face OF the child who
had been offered UP as a sacrifice.
Down Upon his knees ,wept Bachman.
He started to tug at the carpet and rip
lit from rs mooilngs. Then he took
the sheets from the bed and started TO
tear them to bits. Walking across the
room he stumbled across the bed and
touched the body of the child. but
showed 40 sin OF revulsion OF feeling.
At 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning
the group Of fanatics started down
stairs, carrying the body of the little
girl. The Smiths were going to return
ito their home and wanted to carry
their dead with them.
Nelghbors had seen the preparation
that had been made for the drive, and
seen the body loaded into the wagon,
and IL was in this way that the police
= we're notified When the Smiths were
preparing to bury the child the ar
rests were made and the story came
out.
While Mrs Smith took the murder
with the calm of a fanatic at first. the
maternal instinct asserted itself latei
and she walled and hemoaned the death
OF the child. she said the scene in the
cilarnel house had been awful, but that
she hoped that everything would come
out all right. She declap:d that her
brother had no right to kill the child.