| Show A DREADFUL CRIME colonia juarez mexico feb it becomes my painful duty to report an event which has cast a gloom over our whole community the abe murder of our beloved sister agnes I 1 macdonald acdonald til wife of A F macdonald or r many years yeara a fres resident ident in st georg utah which occurred during the night of the dinst in her home in colonia garcia about forty miles from this place the crime was not dis discovered coved until the following morning when the wife of her son eon james went to the house and found her lifeless body upon the bed a pillow over her face and finger marks upon her throat showing that she ahe had been choked to death at the time of her death sister macdonald was alone her husband being in el paso an entrance had been made by the murderers mur derera through a window which was waa broken by them and seizing her by the throat they prevented her from making any outcry she kept the post postoffice office and a small envall store robbery was waa evidently the object of the murderers who secured about 75 in money and a quantity of dry goods and escaped long before their crime was discovered but it to is believed they are known and no effort will be spared to secure their adrest and conviction sister macdonald was one of the pioneers in mexico was widely known and respected by all who knew her she has made a good record in this life and has passed away firm in the faith and with the certainty of a glorious resurrection r e c tion among the kings and queens of eternity colonia garcia is a small but flourishing village eight miles south of colonial and on the road to Chul Chut chupe our settlement and is situated near the summit of the sierra madra range the c connecting link between the andes and the rocky mountains I 1 ommittee to state that the murderers stole a pair of horses from joel H martineau upon which to make their escape he having camped in that vicinity the tee evening before the tragedy oc cured two mexicans who had been lt laboring boring in gaibis were missing assing the next morning abd there is no doubt of their guilt as the murderers of our beloved sister people are plowing their gardens and plum and almond trees axe are blooming JAMES H MARTINEAU |
