The interior journal., 1914-05-26
H0RRIsLE MURDER or
LITTLE GIRL IN DAMvlllE
Thirteen -year-oid Child Has Throat
Cut From Ear 10 Ear And No Clew
Mas Been Found to Criminal

npfhtiil.
Miss zelma Young. thirteen year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ncurg. was the victim of the horrible
crime. While asleep IN bed her room
was entered by an unknown man, who,
holding her head in his left hand.
slashed her throat from ear ~ ear with
his right hand
\ razor was the weapon used. Ii was
i,.; on the bedside. capped and bloody.
The wodnd extended from ear to ear.
The wndpipc and all the arteries were
severed and the razor was capped
whcp the blade struck the bones IN the
hack al her neck The brute evidently
was cndeayoring Ia sever her head en-
trely from her shoulders. so large is
the gash The girl was asleep III the
dining room adjoining the room oc-
cupi,d by her paicuts
lictwecn midnight and ! o'clock
Saturday morning. Mrs. Young was
awakened by strange sounds coming
from the relf OF the house. She awak-
oncu NJ. Young. who heard noise IN
the rcom occupied hy his daughter. lie
opened tlc door and entered the room
IN the DARK ard hts daughter seemed
90 be ~ the act of vomiting. lie went
io her bed aud asked her II she was
sick She made 20 repl, and he then
attempted to lit her head up. while
Mrs Nourg lighted lamp The NOM
en-, the room was lighted their eyes
met an awful sight The blood was
Splrting from the wound onto the
tluor and the victim was IN a dying
condition She lived only lew MN
uies and was never able To- speak
Physicians were hastily summoned
but the girl Was dead before they ar
rived. Officers were notified and
Isiler Frank Timoney and Deputy
Sh:-if D. +. Logan. OF Boyle hasten
end To the scene and proceeded to
gather al possible clews. They con,inu-
ed on the Investigation all night.
As Soor as the report ~ the murder
became known. shortly after ! o'clock
Ssiui day morning. Coroner William
Zimmerman proceeded TO the scene of
the tragedy and began AN investigation
in order To- gain all facts possible 20
present To the jury Saturday morning
The iur, was empanneled early that
morning and rendered verdict to the
effect 'Gai the girl had been murdered
by am unknown hand The jury was
conpoSrd OF J. r Mills. 1. I. iiuVhcs.
{ x thornton, + NJ Espcy. W. h.
Ball and J l. Hardesty. foreman,
Notwithstanding the early hour at
which the murder was committed. a
large crowd suon gathered and. had
the murderer been discovered. II is
pretty certain that the william would
have met summary ycngcncc. says the
Dam,lie Advocate
Mrs. >oung. mother of the dead
girl. was hysterical from the awful
sight that met her eyes and had 10 be
attended by a ply sician
lnc razor with which the girl was
murdered was found on the bedside II
was evident Judging by the smooth
ness OF the wound. that one big slash
Was mad, and then others which struck
the bones and capped the razor. The
broken parts we're found IN the wound
Nobody has been found who has ever
before seen the razor.
\ large black slouch hat which |
showed considerable wear. was found
Just out s.de OF the door where the muir
derer entered IL was purchased from
\ Scliitzlor. hat dealer OF san An
tonic. Texas. and the size was z -
Both the hai and razor are m the pos |
session OF the officers and serve as
the main clcws.
A singular coincidence was the fact |
that new table cloth the little girl |
had just bought from a peddler was !
held over her mouth TO muffle her |
screams. The tact that the cloth was
used - doubtless responsible for her |
parents being unable TO hear the noise !
although they were not over ten feet |
from her when the horrible deed was
committed
Mr. Young and family formerly liv-
cd ON Fiiih street in Dan,ille. but |
shou, month ago moved tn West |
Danyillc io the house adjoining the |
new Mission church on the South
The family consisted of MIR. and |
Mrs, Young and three children-Zelma.
Ohio aud AN infant Ohio j. about 10 |
years old and carries the mail between !
the depot and the post office and is
oitcn assisted by his father
Naturally many theories have been
advanced a. to the probable cause OF |
the murder The most probable and |
most generally accepted seems To be
that the deed was the work of burg
lar. There was no lock To the door and
IL Was not fastened. as the ntighbor-
hood had been very quiet aud orderly |
and no harm was feared
The general opinion seems 10 he that
the burglar entered the door and awak-
cncd the girl who possibly screamed.
rher II was that he grabbed the table
linen and held II over her mouth while
he used the razor ON her throat He |
was certainly leaving the place IN a
hurry Tor he did not stop To pick up his
hat
Only few minutes after the murder
was committed three freight trains
lett the Danvile yards. One was en-
route to Louisville another to Gin
cinnati and the third TO Chattanooga
IL is thought probable that tine muir
derer lett town on one or the other OF
the trains, although no suspicious
characters are reported TO have been
seen around the yards at the hour
mentioned.
The parents OF the little girl have
the deepest sympathy of their commun-
ity in this hour OF deepest sorrow and
neighbors are doing all possible 10
comfort them. No crime has ever So
stirred the people of THAI locality and
while Danyille is strictly law-abid-
ing community. il would be dangerous
Tor the william to be captured just at
this time. SO bitter is the feeling against
the man guilty of such a heinous crime.
Mondays Advocate had further
particulars Of the brutal murder. as
follows. The brutal murder of Miss
Zelma Young is still shrouded in
mystery which the officers and people
have been totally unable to unravel.
The only clews at hand are a white
handled razor made by factory in
ST Louis. a large black slouch hat
hearing the name of San Antonio.
Texas. dea.er and the bloody finger
prints OF the murderer which were
made on a chair and on the door