The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-30
FIND DEAD WOMAN
ON rail- TRACKS
Body Discovered MangIed on
Railroad Battles Officials
of Du Page County.
ONLY CLEW is TORN LETTER
Mrs. Frank Pratt Tells of Seeing Tall
Man and Companion, Who An
swers Description Of Victim
Sound Like Shot Heard.

Wheaton, Ill, Sept. 29.-The pretty
woman victim of the Wayne, Illinois,
murder was identified as Mrs. Mildred
Allison of Chicago, teacher of the
tango Positive evidence OF murder
was found when her body, which was
mangled by train wheels, was exam
ined and a bullet wound was found in
her forehead.
Chicago, Sept. 29.-The body OF a
woman mangled beyond recognition
was found on the right of way of the
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railway and
eight sheets Of Congress hotel note
paper, closely written with pencil.
torn to bits and scattered on the rail-
road right of way Is feet from the
point where the body was found were
expected to give up the secret of the
womans strange death. The scraps
of paper were found by jeanette Con-
from Che scene of the tragedy. Jean
cite and eight other little girls search
ed for evidence and the Conrad girl
bounced upon the torn letter. AS soon
as the Congress hotel letterhead was
found the scraps were carried to Sher-
if A. A. Kuhn, who set a deputy to
work piecing them together.
Train Runs Over Bady.
1t was shortly after dark when Rob
ert Rohel, an engineer, was about to
run a freight train across the viaduct
of the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Elec-
trio railroad. In the gloom ahead he
saw a dark patch on the track. Think
ing it was heap of cinders, he went
ahead. Over the dark patch he ran
at slow speed. He heard a slight siz-
zling sound and the faint odor OF burn
ing flesh reached his nostrils He
stopped the train and, leaping from
the cab, ran back to find the body of d
woman between the wheels of one Of
the cars. She was so badly mangled
that recognition was impossible. The
authorities at West Chicago were mott
fed and the body was taken there.
Dr. William Haft, the Du Page coun-
ty coroner, Immediately began an in
vestigation to discover whether the
woman was killed accidentally, com
mitted suicide or was murdered
Wayne Woman Gives cIesr.
Mrs. Frank Pratt, a Wayne woman,
returned home from Chicago, alighting
from the interurban car at 7:45. At
the same time a man and woman left
the train Mrs Pratt intended call
ing her husband on the phone to
come and get her. Seeing the man
and woman going down the road in
her direction, she followed them.
When the couple reached the tracks
of the E., ]. & E. they turned of. Mrs.
Pratt stood peering after them into
the dark Then she walked on alone.
Suddenly she heard a sound from
behind her. She thought it was
pistol shot and turned. She could hear
nothing and saw nothing. She went
home
Thirty rods from where the couple
turned onto the railroad track the
body of the woman was found, crush
ed and mangled an hour later. Mrs.
Pratt believes that the woman she
saw and the woman whose body was
found are the same. The description
she gives of the woman she saw tai
| lies with that given Dy the snerln OF
the woman found dead
The woman wore a dark tailored
suit" she said. Her hat was large
one, turned up at the side. There was
a huge feather in it. She was laugh
ing and talking with the man when
they left the train and when they walk
ed down the road. 1 did not see the
man closely
Man Is Over Six Feet Tall.
James Creighton. who met the 7:45
at night with lantern, saw the man
and woman descended. He described
the man as tall and slim-six feet in
height at least. He wore gray hat,
dark suit and was smooth shaven.
His description of the woman an
swers the description given by Mrs.
Pratt.