The Springdale news., 1912-11-29
BRUTAL BOONE
 COUNTY CRIME
YOUNG LADY MURDERED AND BODY -DISHEMBEftED. - sUs- PEesFS ARE UNDER ARREST.

Dragged from her pony, raxlshed and butehered like tie Ylttlm of the most vicious cann1bal Vaa the fate of ts-year-eld Olive Bafhami of Pleasant Ridge TAe murder is the most diaboheal Il the history of Arkansas, WAS committed ap- parently in broad day light To night Boone county is in heat of excitement. tie Ike of which has never before been experienced Hun- dreds of armed men are searching every nook confined within her bor- ders for the brute There VII be no trial if he fs captured Eynch law VIII rule
 The blood thirsty deed winch has aroused Northwest Arkansas to such tremendous pitch was dis covered at midnight by party of fox hunters. all young men residing n our near the vicinity ot Pleasant Ridge and acquaintanees of the un- fortunate girl They were attract ed by the loud bayiHg of their hounds and coming up to tAt dogs they disc overed the eanines had run into a drove of hogs Furth- CT examination disclosed several parts Of dismembered body scat tered about
 The hunters were so horIified d at their find that il was hard for them to realize the true situation. The girls legs had been cut off She had been deeapitated and Der skull vas crushed with huge rock The trunk of the body had been cut in two One leg was found more than ] loo yards from the spot where the trunk was found
 The hunters hurried to Pleasant Ridge. which is four miles south of here, and spread the alarm Sher- ] if John Helm of Harrison. the county seat, was notified and left immediately for the scene with Deputy Sheriff Jones. 4 call was sent far and wide for blood hounds and tonight il IS reported that the hounds kept at the state prison camp at Leslie are beng hurried overland to Pleasant Ridge to be used ln the man hunt that is ex tending to all parts of this se ton
 Miss Rarham. the daughter of George : BafAam, lived with her parents shorf distan from Pleae- ant Ridge Her father sent her Thursday morning 10 the hone ot 4G C Bryan. neighbor, on an CT rand She was mounted on 6 pony and was seen about II o'clock pass i ing the killbrew home by mem bers Of that family The authori- ties believe her assailant pulled her from her pony as she was riding ] along the road and after the a. sault he dismembered the body
 In the afternoon the girls pony, riderless and dragging it's bride. re- turned home At first the family formed the impression that the girl had eloped to Harrison and anti + pated receiving word from her be- fore nightfan When night came and 10 word was received they grew alarmed and sent inquiries 10 Pleasant Ridge, but their efforts 10 locate the girl proved futile
 As soon as the authorities afliv- ed on the scene they sent word to all parts of the county to arrest all suspicious persons Several large posses were sent into the mount aims to search for the brute and ID all about 500 men became actively engaged lH the man hunt Al IT, dieations point that the savage mur- dered and dIsmembered the body with saw This it k thought. has been thrown in creek that runs near the spot where th,=sarpSe was found
 What prompted such horrible deed upon the girl, who was ez- tromeY popular and well know !, is one of the deepest mysteries in the case [; is generally believed she met death Il inc hands II a mad man
 The girl evidently WAS dragged into fallen tree top where the head and legs were ut off Foot prints indicate the murderer took bis victims to the banks of Crook cd creek. taking off his shoes to wade the small stream. and carried the girls body to the opposite bank It is believed that he must have been frightened away during his fiendish work by the fox hunters or the hogs and abandon