The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-08 00:00:00

HORRID MURDER.

COLOGNE, SEPT. 22.—An individual accused of
many murders has been arrested at Beul, a village on the
right bank of the Rhine, opposite to Bonn. He has already
confessed three murders, the recital of which is enough to
make the mind shudder. The following is an account of the
means by which these atrocious crimes were discovered. An
inhabitant of Reid, named Moll, a shoemaker, and Henry
Ochs, of Cologne, a tailor, had 'served together in the same
company of the 28th Regiment, and were united in the
closest bonds of friendship; they returned to their homes
sifter some years of service, and resumed their former occu-
pations. Moll came frequently to visit his friend Oche,
.)who was married at Colo,,ene. The young married folk
always. received and treated him with much affection.
The Judicial authority took cognizance last year of the
double disappearance of Moll's step-mother, twenty-eight
years old, and of his own young brother : search was made
after the persons, but in vain. Moll having given rise to
some suspicions, was arrested; but for want of sufficient
proofs was discharged from arrest after a detention of some
months, and resumed his connection with Ochs as before.
The latter wishing to Make purchases at the fair of Putz.
yen, not far from Beul, held on the Bth of September, set
out on the 7th, having procured sixty Prussian crowns, in.
forming his wife that 'he would take lodgings at the house
of his friend Moll. After she had waited the return of her hus.
band for eight days, she began to feel considerable anxiety, and
sent a confidential person to make inquiries for him. This
messenger arrived at Beul on the 18th, and saw Moll wear-
ing the clothes, and using the pipe of his friend Ochs ; struck
with these signs he returned to Bonn, and communicated
them to the officers of justice. The Judge instructor in.
stantly dispatched the civil power, and having surrounded'
Moll's residence, proceeded to, make a domiciliary visit.—
They presently discovered some loose planks on the floor
of the work-house ; on raising which they perceived the extre-
inities of mutilated bones sticking out from a hole filled with
earth, like those in which peasants usually preserve their pota-
toes. They dugout three bodies in succession, the first of
which was recoguized as that of the unfortunate Ochs. While
the officers were busied in the work of exhumation, Moll
escaped through the window, and baffled the vigilance of the
Police with such caution that they were not able to retake him
until about nine o'clock at night, whenhe was discovered in the
middle of a field, in which he had lain down through exces-
sive fatigue. He was brought back to the Judges' OffiCe,
"where he foetid before him the three bodies exposed to view ;
at first he, wished to deny every thing, but the impressive
and ingenious interrogations of the Judge, pressed him so
closely, that he became confused and inconsistent in his answers,,
end in the end the voice of conscience succeeded in wringing from
him the horrible confession of his crimes. He then confessed,
with floods of .tears, that 15 months ago he assassinated his step.
Mother. He afterwards avowed that he assassinated his own bro.
tiler, because he possessed' the power of revealing the former
deeds; he moreover confessed themurder of his friend Ochs, which
be committed on the night of the 7th of this month. An inquiry
into many other murders is on foot, which also are attributed
to this monster, and on which he still continues ro
tundergo
examinations. 'M. Schiller, son to the celebrated pis em-
ployed in conducting the investigation of this affair.
21. We understand that the inhabitants of Beul, fired with
detestation of the murderer Moll, assembled last Saturday, and
destroyed his house, which was situated in an Isolated spot at
the extremity of the village. After they had demolished it
from roof to foundation, they collected the combustible mate-
rials, set them on fire, and scattered the ashes to the winds.
This act of simultaneous was indignation per
followeformed ino n a mother
o-
ment, and (we are happy to learn) wd by
excess.—Wensfitationnel qf Saturday.)

WINDSOR, OCT. 7.---ThiS morning the Duchess
of GLOUCESTER paid a visit to his MAJESTY from
Baishot Park. Soon after one o'clock, the
KING, accompanied by the Royal Duchess, left
the Castle in a phaeton, to take a ride up. the
Long Walk towards the Cottages—The military
band attended at the Castle yesterday evening,
by command of his MAJESTY.

•
yesterday morning an express arrived at the
Foreign Office, Downing-street, with dispatches
from Sir CIiAtILES STUAIIT, at Paris, stating that
the King of SPAIN had been set at liberty
was on his way to Madrid. The express came
by the way of Boulogne.
On Monday night Mr. BEGO, an Italian cou.
Tier, arrived at the Foreign Office with dispatches
from Sir Wat. IS:Covit.r, at Gibraltar.