Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-08-16 | Page 1 | Girl Was Foully Murdered on Eve of Her Wedding Day

GIRL WAS FOULLY MURDERED j jON ON EYE EVE OF HER WEDDING WE DAY DAYNo DAYNo f No Clew to the Parties Who Per Perpetrated Perpetrated Perpetrated Awful A Crime at Abilene KanA Kane Kan A Kan Aug Aag 16 After an hours houra session in which no noi i fore for formati ABILENE nution niton mati on was wall w gained the coroners jury that was investigating the death e of Miss Bertha this evening adjourned for a week The pollee police still stiR hold to the tho theory that two persons entered the girls I room overpowered and her while Dr Steel Smith declared I that it was his opinion that th t the girl had been murdered The sheriff told of finding traces of what he believed indicated the presence of burglars It is la thought that Mine 1 was wa either ither tIer the victim of housebreakers 61 r c tt t some revengeful suitors Earl Liv of Topeka who was wall to have hv married nf t girl ioda luda arrived armed to at attend attend tend lend the tb tun n a i i u h will I i h held Eld 1 to tomorrow morrow murrow Miss Silas CLIL is IOn n fl of f tit tie wn s most popular young oung women Her father meat market marlet and she was born oa liS u a Lt sh Mh had It v seve ai mouths months ben been if l c J 1 1 r l n ill lIiM tIIe HP i ct in r 1 t cv nI 5 is TS io 1 iv V u Ck o on T is a t t tC e iL sue f fl nf C f about bout 16 18 1 clock o asking one girl friend to spend the night with her Miss was planning a aur tur j 1 prise on some of her friends frienda and was wasI I to have hae left today to meet Carl Cart Lly I t a former schoolmate and long longI longtime 1 time sweetheart and be married Liv LivIngston I Ingston has nas been employed as cashier in rn Harveys eating house at Topeka A suicide theory was disposed of by hy bya hya a search of the room roam Miss Benigua was ivas covered carefully with wRit bedding ani a art und one wrist was tied a silk 1 arake lef wl ich appeared to hate hae haeC C Continued on cu Page Pt Two TITO GIRl MURDERED ON ONEVE ONEVE EVE ElE OF WEDDING Continued From roul One be Ml i used to bind both hands Other than this there was no indication of or ofa ora ofa a struggle trUSele An empty chloroform bot bottle bottle bottie tle tie stood Mood st Oa on Oft a dresser ter five feet teet from th the kd bed This the physicians say was toe away for her to have 1111 e used the poison and then have reached the bed Miss XI body Vas was so carefully covered that when her ber father first west want to the room he be thought the bed bad been made and she had left lect the Returning to search further ne he found her beneath the covering All the family Was Has in the house all night yet none heard any an noise Mrs slept in a room adjoining that occupied by her daughter dau t ter