The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-04-16
PENNSYLV ANA.


lancaster, .4priI ).
A most wicked and horrible murder was com
mitted III this city about one O'Clock on Tues
day morning last. The circumstances attend
ing this horrid outrage, SO far as we have be-
come acquainted with them. ara briefly these :;
Some tune in the month of September last,
Mr. Lochler made a discovery, which induced
him to believe that too great an intimacy exist
ed between Mr. Haag and his wife. The bust
ness was, however, we are informed, adjusted
By some pecuniary arrangement between the
parties. But LechlCr, growing dissatisfied with
the arrangement which had been entered into,
made increased demands Of Nlr. Haag, which
the latter resisted In consequence of this, an
alteration took place between LechIer and
bis wife, she left his house, AMI he, on the 9th
Oct last advertised her in this paper as having
" dehled his matrimonial bed, and left his house,
and that he would pay no debts Of her CONTRACT
ing"
Some weeks after this, Lechler, took his wife
home again, where she has since remained, ex-
ccpt OH one or two occasions, when che left
hlhn for day or two and was prevailed on to re-
turn
On Tuesday morning last, about one O'Clock,
haa5 md his wife were awakened by a noise 10
his brewery, which aajoins the house; afterwards
the noise appeared to be made BY some person in
the kitchen, which was separated from the room
III WHICH they slept by small room in which the
children slept. Haag passing through this room
TO the door which opened into the kitchen, having
bis hand on the lock Of the door & STOPPING down
so as t. bring his mouth near the keyhole, demand
cd who's there I" The person in the kitchen,
supposed to hive been T,echler, Immediately dis
charged bis pistols which were double barreIled,
two OF the bullets passing through the door, about
or inches above the lock and close to Iaag's
head the other two passing through the oppo-
site side OF the door, one OF them grazing the
door-cheek Mrs. lIaag, who was standing in
the door which opened into the ChIldren's room,
which IS Immediately opposite to that which O.
pens from that room into the kitchen, received
one OF the balls in the centre of her breast, which
occasoned her death in the course Of few mo-
ments.
The neighborhood was then alarmed and the
Mayor aud other officers sent for. who proceed
ed TO force an entrance into the house of MIR.
llecher, who lived Immediately opposite to Mr..
Hang. Upon entering Lechler's house, his chill
dren were found in bed and upon further search,
! Mrs. Iccher was found upon the garnet, hung
by the neck scjh rope to one Of the beams.
From the bruises on the arms, breast and back
OF Mrs. Lechler, il is almost certain that she
must have been murdered III her chamber on the
ground tloor) and then Carried up trro pairs Of
Stars % The gorrct and there hung up in order
TO induce belief that she had hung herself ! !!
Both women were in state of pregnancy (;
I Mrs. Haag within few days Of her confine-
meHt. Each Of them have left family Of six
small orphans.
The supposed perpetrator Of these most dia-
boiical acts has yet escaped, but there is rea-
son to believe from the liberal reward which is
offered and the desire which every man must
ieel TO assist in bringing to punishment such an
inhun4an wretch, that he will not be suffered TO
escape. Haag, The chief cause q tte abore mus
, d.rs, insults the people of this state BY Of
terlng an additional reward OF 5000
Lancaster Journal.