Shocking Crime in Kentucky

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 10, 23 July 1891, Page 4

Shocking Crime in Kentucky

Satsdy Hook, Kentucky, May 22, One of the worst-crimes ever com--taitted in this "State has just come to light at this place. The victim is Miss Maud Fleeuer, aged 21 who w on , a visit here from Richmond, Virginia. Miss Fleener, who whs reputed to he wealthy, had three admirers — namely, John and Henry Wilcox, and Amos Queen. She became engaged to the last named, and the Wilcox brothers swore they would be avenged. On April 14 Miss Fleener left her home on horseback to visit, some friends at a place 15 miles distant. As she never reached her destination. and did not return home, search parties went out to look for her. Or. Saturday last on© of these 'parties came upon a hut in an uufrequented part of a Wood. Hearing groaus from within, they entered the hut, and "found the object of their search stretched naked upon a filthy cot, and bound to the floor by heavy chains fixed to her ankles. The story she told was one of the daily outrage, and she added, " The Wilcox boys did it." She died before she could be removed. When Ijjliss Fleener started to visit her friends she weighed 9st 91b ; when found by the search party sha weighed ooiy sst Sib ; and her left arm and - leg were broken. The "post-inortem. _ examination showed that she had bean subjected to extraordinary violence, and her mental and physical sufferiag must have beea terrible. As soon as the guilt of the man -dawned upon the searchers, a number oS, the net went to find the Wilcox brothers. When apprehended the latser denisd any knowledge of the crime, but; afterwards 5 admitted their -tguiit, and made the following confession ia writing :— ".We "Were going down the road, when we saw the girl coming. We both hid, and she did not see us until we jumped from the bushes. The .horse shied, throwing the girl, and then bolted, dragging her for some - distance until the girth broke. When * we came up to her she was uncon- - acious. Henry brought water from a spring and batb.6d her face, and after a while, she opened her eyes. She ' -complained of her i9g aad arm hurting. We- examined the limbs and tj. found them both broken. We were ■- i lightened and did not know what to • <do. John proposed that we should , -take the girl to the cabin and make r .her marry 0n.9 of us. As both wanted to marry her we drew straws, aad .^ John won. John told her she would be married to him and taken care of, . and if she did not consent we would .7 keep her locked up until she did. iShe . said she would rather die. When we picked her up she fainted, and - was unconscious until after wa got to - the oabin. We set her leg and arm as best v?q knew how. As one day .. she tried to 69cape we chained her to the floor. She became worse and - worse, until we decided to tell her where she was aud then leave the country. If ehe had not been found within ;the next six hours we would .have told her all, and ran away." The brothers Wilcox then nervously asked, Cl What are you going to do with us?" In reply, Amos Queen .- stepped forward, and raising hia repeating rifle, blsw out the brains of both scoundrels. — Dalsiel.

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