The Bourbon news., 1913-03-07

TELLS STORY OF CRIME
Effie Evans, Fatally Burned,
Narrates Attempt Made
On Her Life
ACCUSED NEGRO IN JAIL
Arrest Follows Startling Confes-
sion of Woman Who Will
Die From Injuries
ACCUSED NEGRO IN JAIL

Admitting that she feared to tell the
st rV of the tragedy that will cost her
her life, narrating in detail of the at
tempt made to burn her to death Effie
Evans, who more than week ago was
found in an unconscious condition at
her home in the colored suburb of
CIaysviIle, suffering from a number of
severe burns, charges John Carter, the
negro with whom she lived, with the
crime.
kIhe confession of the woman was
made to her brother, Walter Evans.
colored, of Dayton. Ohio, who came to
this city efter learning of the sad fate
which befell his sister. After repeated
attempts he succeeded in inducing the
woman to tell the story of the trag sdy
which was followed by the arrest of
Carter, who is now in Jail.
According to the story of the brother
of the woman. she told him of all the
events leading up to the attempt Car
ter made on her life. He said that
the day the attempt to burn her to
death was made the negro was in the
house with her and that he choked her
almost into insensibility. saturated her
clothing with Kerosene and applied
match.
Evans, it is said, last night told the
police OF the confession of his sister
and an attempt was to be made to
capure Carter. The latter had gone to
the Office of Drs. Kenney and Rank D
where he was followed by the Evals
boy who told the police of his location
and Carter was placed under arrest by
Patrolman G. N. McKenney.
According to the story of the police
they have been keeping a close watch
on Carter for several days. His &C.
tions have been very suspicious since
the day the attempt was made upon
the woman's life and<it was the opin-
ion that he knew something of the
affair and was/responsible for the
woman insisting that her burns were
the result q AN attempt to start fire
with coal oil, an explosion following
which set fire tC her garments.
According to those who visited the
scene shortly after the woman was
found, her underclothing bore evil
dence of being saturated with kero
sene and this fact serves TO strength
en- the theory that instead Of meeting
with an accident there had been an at
tempt at fUul play.
The brother of the woman told pitt
ful story of her suffering from the in
juries she had sustained. and huW he
had pleaded with her to give him cor
rect account of the tragedy. He said
that until yesterday she stoutly pro-
tested that it was nothing other than
an accident, but when piled with ques-
tions as to why her undergarments
were so we'll saturated with the oil
and that practically none was to be
found on the portions of her skirts
which were not burned. she told of
Carter choking her into semi-uncop-
seriousness, laying her on the floor.
pouring kerosene over her underwear
and setting fire to it.
When found she was in an uncon-
scious condition but revived shortly
after medical aid arrived. For the past
several DAYS she has been in a very
serious condition and it is probable
that she may die at any moment.
Walter Evans, the woman's brother
frenZied over the confession nf his
sister. implicating Carter. attempted
to assault the prisoner while he was in
the custody of the arresting officer and
had it not been for timely interference
would probably have succeeded
Carter stoutly protests his innocence
and declared there was no attempt on
his part to do the woman any harm
and that the burns she received was
| the result of her attempt to start a fire
with coal oil. He says that he has had
nothing but kind feeling toward the
woman, and that he will have wit.
nesses to prove the affair was an acci.
dent and that there were a number ir
the house at the time it occurred.
1t was stated last night the Evans
woman could not survive the night anC
lthat an attempt would be made to gel
dying statement.
The negro who is charged with com.
mittine the fiendish crime is wei
known and is said to bear a very bac
! reputation. He was employed as 9
laborer at the stables of ]. Fl. Fuhr
man.
No other motive can be assigned for
the alleged attempt on the Evans
woman 's~life other tJAn jealousy. Sew
eral days following the tragedy an at
tempt was made to verify a rumor oi
| the attempt to burn the woman, ant
when questioned Garter assumed a sui
len attitude and would talk but little