Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-12-09 | Page 18 | Blind Girl Prays for Sight to Run down Demon Ax Slayer of Birmingham

4 BLIND GIRL PRAYS FOR FORSIGHT FORSIGHT FORSIGHT SIGHT TO RUN DOWN DEMON DEMONAX J AX SL SLAYER lYER OF BIRMINGHAM I I II t rL a w I t 0 nr 1 no ROY noy j Gm s o s 0 Et E r Ir Writer BIRMINHAM All AIl Dec Dee 8 8 Struck do down don n and fated for tor blind buind- blindness blindness ness bv by the some aime ax which killed her fa father ht Ethel KIno each day here S for reco recovery cry of ot her I 1 g sight that she may Il enSo herself on Boogie The murderous blade which hd d forth her aged parent In death also clove close her own skull lea Ino a ragged rag d fragment of or bono bone impinging down upon one ono of or the tho nen ncr nerves es Cs or of o her l It Is this that Is la robbing her of sight eight I ORIS ron ci S But even euen as the tho Ush ligh Ethel EthelIn In 0 born o f of revenge renge re rolt g her an a to the tho tiny shop th the tragedy enacted And there thero In gathering c darkness s she she he w a rh irks lq untiringly Iy for tor possible cle clew shall bring brine the monster montte to 10 his doom Th cst est of or her S time time-Sae time save e these theoe foss Ce Cen n mutes each rach s 's dav s 's taken UI for it behind tho coun coun- coun- coun counter ter ler o a l fl fh ten rent five ind store etore tIe tIc out ot of 11 pit is 15 permitting her to remain th l alto 61 sh mw earn enough mone money for in on n operation when hen Iam well again the or tor she Is tut lut sas lt-sas 16 theo then J 1 will ili 11 track do down doan n this brute I ABOVE I Poll r NS LIFT LEFT DE BE- BE BEhIM hIM 1 BY Ul'S 1111 18 A AC- A ACM AMIN MIN M II 11 N U LI nn 11 TO BLINDNESS cs U B Ill TUL THI MONt MONSTER TEK fEIt I Oh God Clod give gie me roe back my eyes eyes- eyes these eyes of mine that have seen cen that him that I may have ave revenge Heartrending as all this 1 Is It Is labut but t Henl of ot the tho tragedy left he- he behind be behind hind In the Ruo Rue Morgue chamber ot or horrors runes VICTIMS Like a beast come back from some pred lory ago age when own men sere ere but bOO bOO- boog boo p g hll has spared spared 1 none In pursuit of fiendish h pleasure pl pleasure Which only tims comes with butchery of his vie vic victims vic victims Running amuck through the city this monster has fatally cleaVed the skulls of or 24 victims He lie has 1 l 15 others Wives with auth Infants In their arms he has haa struck down Nurseries he has tun-cd tun Into shambles Blood and terror have followed In his hisa ake a ake It I- I 1 needless needles to soy siy that m Is rOil roused sed to fury over the brutal and that 0 een en strong men mon tea ra to bo be alone alono upon the streets at t night Police repeatedly warn until 11 shop 0 usual ne s usual victims of or thel 1 mon to Io e to clise stores at night night- night night-I nightfall nightfall fall These merchants have havo also bee d urged to 10 keep firearms In behind counters for or emer emer- emergency emergency emergency gency 0 i In certain sections of ot the city hert the te man ax-man has haa taken heavy C u l ante anlo bodies hae have ha e been or- or or il YF R c n Oft n the man ax-man has haR robbed art art- arter aft after er or killing But more frequently he left without touching a thing It I Is this In inconsistent phase pho to toI toMs I Is his m which Is giving such trouble The They cannot bp be b sure whether they ire rt dealing detling with burglar or de- de dem demon de demon m mon For Kor or three cars the kill- kill kill Inks inks 1 ito ilvo 0 gone on RI i u hilI Tl n recurring recurring- with startling frequency And no 1 one his bus ever lived JIved to tell tJI tellof tellof or of seeing the tho monster No one no fn c 11 e hose q eves ces cs the I light I Is f fut fist fadinG adine