Show WOMAN MEETS TS FRIGHTFUL FATE AT HANDS OF NEGRO GRO I sit Shot to Death Beath By Black Man After a Terrible Struggle gle for Her Life 1 Fiend Escapes to the Woods But Hundreds of Men Heir ire Are re Seeking to Lynch Him 1 Kansas Kaneas City AU A Aug M Bowie Francis Frands the negro who outraged and murdered Mary Henderson at Col CoI Columbus umbus Mo lest Jut at has baa not Dot yet been captured but or 01 MO men are tonight scouring the woodS wood in fa the vicinity of the scene cene of the crime and it la is said Id Francis cannot IJ escape It Is IB j i not known whether be fled ed on en horse horae horseback horseback back or on foot but the pursuit pul was wag w begun so soon after the discovery of the crime that every outlet from frota the country was closed promptly Francis had always lived about bout Columbus knows every foot of or terri tern territory tory tor thereabouts and is ia more likely to hide in the bush than to nee flee to a strange district The vines and weeds weed along the creek beds are very tall and tangled and afford a good shelter The volunteers will hunt bunt all night and aRd will willbe willbe willbe be relieved by others tomorrow Blood Bloodhounds Bloodhounds Bloodhounds hounds were sought last hut night but were not obtainable while the trail was waa fresh Francis will undoubtedly be lynched if caught Bud Francis brother of the th murder murderer er en took to the woods after the dis die discovery discovery covery of the crime He was wan wu seen Been today near Centerview and aDd when caught will willbe willbe willbe be strung up members of or the tile posse po esay say and compelled to tell ten what he be knows of his brothers whereabouts Members of a negro family named living near the Hyatt farm are believed to know something about the murderers flight and pressure will willbe willbe willbe be applied to make them telL When the men of the family were wean questioned today Mrs M Briscoe eoe told them to say nothing It is believed Francis Francl passed pa ed the Ute Briscoe Brisco place after the t murder Hew How Horrible Murder The Te murder of Miss Misa Mary Mar Henderson was w one of the cruelest and an most mot cold blooded ever eve perpetrated in fa Johnson county The Ti tact fact that it occurred in inthe Inthe the country made me its Is commission ens easier ERS ier and escape of the murderer aim sim simpler pier an ep Miss Mi Henderson Je 1 was the twin sister sl ter teror of or Mrs Mr W I Hyatt H Y att and an lived at the home bore of a Mrs lira J Hyatt a few feu miles mils out I a which is l off of the railroad and south BUt of Kan Kansas Ka sas sac City Cit to Is a well known knon Hereford bi b formerly fry a prom prominent prominent D and ad his bis b Ia wife wie had ett eft Mi at 1 in tb the afternoon wh t t to the tt else eeme tery ter ear cr town to n Ill Intend t the 11 Of He Heon on g f premises When the th Hyt at t 7 7 I ock they found fond Miss Mia X Henderson Heern ly Iy lying ing in the ward in a pool pl of her hr own oun o n blood blo and unconscious from a bullet wound in the th head hed and through the I usage she had undergone She had hd been ben benI assaulted and shot The bullet bulet had entered the back of her hr head bea and came I out at the forehead She revived enough to say s that Boasie Be had ha en entered entered tere the house honse about S and andI I grabbing her by the neck nek from behind began to choke her She bad ha Jumped DP Jr c out of the te open window to escape ep had had op been and shot followed by 1 the negro neo assaulted a sot Was Wa Terrible Tee Struggle Straggle St l The Te scene lne in the tha t yard gave evidence eden of or a terrible straggle Soon 8 after aft giving inn ing 11 these the details det a Kles MIse 1 Henderson died ed Out Ot in the le lot a to fins J Wooded be horse hone was found dead de It I bad h been b shot ahot t by Francis apparently to 1 prevent the tha the beast b being bing used need to t follow fellow fe him hi Francis had b secured r 1 a good start a by tb u the Limo lma the Hyatts Hytt returned g Immediately after a the te woman w die diethe die diem the alarm a waa wel W given pv at Columbus A Amob Amob mob moh or of farmers fame was w formed foe soon 1 and amt ad welt well w 1 armed began a a of the thu the ae b M o country count near Dea bJ by Because BU of or th t the lack lade of ot wire facilities Ike e news of the mur taut murde murder wr o t dec der de did di not Dot reach r 8 surrounding ta until after midnight Then Than T It I was tele telegraphed tel graphed from fm town to to t town t and early eY this morning the t whole w country ok was waa w in Ira inan IBa Iraan an a uproar armed a men m searching tn tea in i ai directions The Th most meet met intense its excite meat met prevailed and an the U smallest bit bW bitof b bof of information was w eagerly seised upon up There Tere was w a generally eg expressed desire to burn bur the negro n at I the t stake se Suspects were repa under WIder during dunne the day daF at Independence J and Sedalia but neither proved fb be the th right man At the suspect au waa aa oU only oDly saved from lynching ly by be prompt p pt work of or the police Later it won was re reported reported reported ported on the Ule beat best authority a that t Fran Francis FrancIs Francia cis cia had been seen Hen near Holda OB on th the Missouri Pacific railway He Ba was WILlI be believed to bei be in hiding in th to outskirts of town Miss Kiss Henderson was wa 12 i years old She Sha was of or a timid nervous temperament and easily frightened Francis who was wa 22 n years old oj and ant who had worked on the farm for tor five years was trusted He Be was wa undersized and as he be had been to the tho city but few times in his life Ufe was wu con considered considered considered unsophisticated |