Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1916 — FRANKFORT WOMAN BRUTALLY MURDERED [ARTICLE]

FRANKFORT WOMAN BRUTALLY MURDERED

Mrs. Alice Evans, Clarivoyant, Victim of Dastardly Murder From Ax of Bloody Butcher. Frankfort, Ind., May 3.—Another brutal murder has occurred in Frankfort. The victipi, Mrs. Alice Evans, a clarivoyant, was found lying unconscious in a gutter in front of her home Wednesday after she had been struck many times on top of the hea l with an ax. Neighbors living near the scene of the crime were startled by groans from the street and when investigation was made the lady was found with blood gushing from many wounds on her head. .The police were notified and an investigation was started at once. It was found that the terrible deed had been committed by a demon who wielded an ax, and that six blows from the sharp edge of the ax had penetrated the skull and brain. It was also found that after committing the dastardly assault the assailant had gone into the humble home occupied by the woman and washed his hands. The ax was found in the house and a basin of bloody water and a blood stained towel testified to the deliberation of the assailant. The Badger bloodhounds were put on the trail and made a circle of about three miles back to the scene of the murder and refused to go further. The woman had been married three times and was supposed to be wealthy. The motive of the crime is not known. Three suspects w’ere arrested but all proved alibis.

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