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Show A GIRLS BLOODY DEED. L A Prominent Society (iirl Cuts the Tlird 't of a Bival with a Razor. Memphis, Term., Jan. 36. One of the most sensational tragedies which has occurred oc-curred in this city iu years was committed yesterday afternoon. Both tho victim and her slayer were prominent society young ladies, and the affair is the talk of the town. At 4 o'clock Miss Freddie Ward of Gold-dust, Gold-dust, Ark., aud her sister were walking toward to-ward the custom house. A buggy containing contain-ing Miss Alice Mitchell and Lizzie Johnson drove up the walk. As tho former couple were opposite the bugcry Miss Mitchell St rang out of the buggy, grasped Miss Ward by the neck, drew a bright new razor from the fedds of her dress and with it cut the throat of her victim. Miss Ward sank to the .pavement and the murderess jumped into the buggy exclaiming: exclaim-ing: "Drive on. I've dqne it," and rapidly drove to her home. The sister of tho murdered girl had tried to hold the as-sailaut, as-sailaut, but she also received a slight cut. Miss Ward was carried to the Infirmary, Infirm-ary, but expired lust as the institution was reached. Miss Mitchell was arrested at her home and conveyed to jail two hours after the affair. While the cause of the killing is not positively posi-tively apparent, it is believed Miss Mitchell committed the deed because she had heard allegations to the effect that Mils Ward, her former friend, had made remarks of a decidedly de-cidedly un complimentary nature regarding her. The murderess Is 19 years of age, the daughter of a retired furniture dealer, George Mitchell; and her victim 1st the daughter of John Ward, a wealthy merchant and planter of Golddust, Ark. The coroner's coro-ner's jury charges Miss Mitchell with premeditated pre-meditated murder. |