The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
GIRL IS SLAIN N MILL
c|TY;;A SLIGHT cLEW
The Police Expect Some Devel.
opments Before Night.
Especial to The Free Prese.l


Minneapolis, March 25.-The muir.
derer Of Alice Matthews is still at
large. The entire detective force of
Minneapolis is at work on the case
and developments arr" promised be.
fore night. The most definite clue
now in the hands Of the police is
that given by Mrs. Ethel Manning OF
Camden Place, who says she was on
the car that carried Miss Matthews
on her fatal ride Saturday night.
She told the police she saw Miss
Matthews with man she recognized
and with whose loafing place she is
familiar. f -
Minneapolis, March 25.-With peo-
pie near by to hear her despairing
cries for help, but no one ready and
willing to render assistance, Alice
Matthews, twenty-one years old, gave
up her life late Saturday night in
desperate attempt to save her honor.
Her mutilated body was found in the
street less than half a block from hel
home by neighber.
Her lips were swollen from blow
On the mouth, her neck and throat
were torn and scratched, her clothing
was in tatters and everything bore
mute evidence to the terrific struggle
she made against her brutal assailaAt
The police have practically no clue
to work upon. There is nothing to
indicate who committed the crime
There were no new developments
in the case today. The police have
been unable to obtain clue to the
girls assailant.
Was Packer in Mill.
Alice Matthews was packer in one
of the flour mills. She had q reputa-
many friends, they were all girl friends.
She was never known to have had a
beau" -..." ..-
saturday night Alice and several girl
friends went'>to a theatre, after which
they. visited a chop lsucy restaurant.
Shortly after i eleven O'Clock Miss
Matthews took q car for her home.
The only person the police have been
on the car is Albert Savage, 3703 TWEEN
ty-firSt avenue south. <; He said he saw
the girl in conversation with q young
man of medium height dressed in a
They, both got off at the end of the
line, Thirty-fourth street and Cedar
avenue and walked ahead of him down
Cedar and out Thirty fifth street. B.
About where the tragedy took place
they stopped to talk, he .t6ld the police
He. passed them and when he locked
back they were still at the same place,
apparently arguing about something
This is the last time Alice Matthews
was seen alive. -: 81 go s..
- Girl Plead, With AssajIant --F
C. Thomas, S541 Twentieth avenue
south, heard some one outside her
house. She thought she heard calls. for
help. A girls voice cried: please let
me go"' The cry was repeated, but
no more heed.
Other neiglfDors, also heard the pitiful
cry for help. Please let me CO.. and
promise not to @tell,: is the way one
told the police. Mrs. G. w, Iibbetts,
who lives, across the street at No. $500,
saw the two on the sidewalk.
81: :. Called the Police! ~..
Z, She called the police, thinking there
were two drunken men who were un-
able. to find their way home: When
precinct arrived, being told to look
around Thirty-fifth street and Twentieth
avenue, he found nothing. He was seen
by Mrs, .Tibbetts,; but she, failed to
direct him.. as she did not recognize
him for an officer. Unsuccessful in his
The most pitiful event connected with
Miss Matthews death occurred when
her younger sister, Jennie, returned
home from a party at,,about 2 o'clock
in the morning. She nearly stumbled
over the body of her sister, not recog-
nizing her, entered her home and went
to bed, forgetting to- tell her father of
what she had seen. :,