Show TWOWOMEN MURDERED1 Brutal Crime Committed On An Alabama lantation I + ROBBERY THE mOTIVE 4 ROBBERS BRAINED THEIR VIC inISi WITH CLUBS + 0 Farm Hand Went to the Rescue and Was Knocked SenselessRobbers Then Fired the House and Made Their EscapeBelieved They Secured 3JOOO + Birmingham Ala Dec ISTele graphic advices from Banks Ala tell of a horrible crime at the Ieyers plantation plan-tation near Josie postoftice eight miles from Banks Mrs Ida Meyers a wealthy widow and her daughterin law Mrs E lIIeyers als a widow conducted a store and it was known that they kept a large amount of ruoney in the dwelling across the road from the store A young man named Cool was employed em-ployed to superintend the farm and he occupied a room in the house Sometime Some-time between midnight and day Cool was aroused by a noise In the room of the elder Mrs Ieyers He sprang out of bed and ran to the door and saw Mrs Meyers struggling with two strange men He rushed to her assistance assist-ance and was knocked senseless with a club When he regained consciousness conscious-ness he found the house on fire and the elder Mrs 11eyers apparently dead on the floor Dragging her from the fire he went in search of the younger Mrs Me ers and found her dead In her room her brains having been beaten out He rescued her body just in time from the flames He tHen rang the farm ben and aroused the neighborS who came in great numbers but were too late to save the house or any of Its contents ItIs believed that the robbers obtained obtain-ed bout 3000 in cash and evidently they thought they had lllled all three parties and fired the house to cover up their crime The condition of the elder I Mrs 11eyers Is critical 1013 |