Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — TWO GIRLS ARE MURDERED [ARTICLE]

TWO GIRLS ARE MURDERED

California Young Women Found Shot to Death and Man Companion Is Sought. Weaverville, Cal., Aug. 9.—Kate Gould, thirteen years old, and Elba Gould, sixteen, sisters, were found murdered at their home at Stelneys flat, near Douglass. They had been shot. The cabin showed that the older girl had made a desperate struggle. The girls were daughters ;of Mrs. William Lorenz by a former marriage. George Lorenz, brother of William, was left at the home with the girls and could not be found after thd discovery of the bodies. Lorenz, according to friends of the family, recently has shown indications of insanity.