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Milwaukee, Oregon, June 24, 1892.

Mamie Walsh was a handsome girl and rather small for her age.

She was a great friend of Alfred Luelling's family who lived about a mile northeast of Milwaukee

near the Southern Pacific Railway Depot.

Learning that Mrs. Luelling's servant girl had gone for a few days,

Mamie left her home Wednesday morning to assist Mrs. Luelling in the housework.

About 4 o'clock in the afternoon, she went out to pick blackberries in a pasture nearby.

As she did not return for supper, the family became alarmed, and Mr. Luelling went to her home

to inquire whether she had returned. As nothing had been seen of her there since she left in the morning,

it was evident that she was lost.

Returning to Milwaukee, Mr. Luelling at once organized a search party

and began to look for the missing girl.

They scoured the woods from six o'clock in the

evening until one in the morning, but without success. They returned not even having found a trace of her.

At three o'clock yesterday morning, another search party started out under the leadership of Deputy

Sheriff Lakin of Milwaukee. This party was more successful, for at 5 o'clock the body of the unfortunate girl

was found under a brush pile about a half a mile from the Luelling residence.

The girl's collar was first found hanging on a tree, and then it was only a few minutes before the body was discovered.

It was carefully covered with grass and brush.

The clothes were disarranged and there were bruises on the girl's face, neck, head, and thigh.

An ugly gash on the head had the appearance of being inflicted either with a club or the heel of a boot.

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