History's Gallery of Monsters 5 - William Stewart, the Monster of the Mary Russell

History's Gallery of Monsters 5 - William Stewart, the Monster of the Mary Russell
by John Kobler
Dime Mystery Magazine v17 n01 04/1938

There was a series of historical true crime articles in Dime Mystery Magazine, and if this entry is any indication, they were nastier than the weird menace tales that the periodical was known for.

"the crowbar descended, mashing his nose, jaw, forehead into an obscene horror of splintered bone and flesh."

Oh, dear.

"Wielding his weapon like a medieval battle-axe, he slashed back and forth, breaking Connell's head as though it were a flower-pot." 

Oh, my!

"He flung the crowbar from him and took up an axe. He plunged himself into
a fresh frenzy of slaughter. He was like a mad butcher loosed in a slaughterhouse. He literally chopped the battered flesh around him into small bits until he stood ankle-deep in blood, until brain and bone and fragments of flesh had splattered every inch of floor and ceiling."

Goodness.

The whole issue is available at archive.org.