Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-04-16
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But this most foul strange and unnaturalr
LANCASTER. (Pa.) April "A most w;c, and
hort'hle murder WAS committed in TIL. city, about one
O'Clock on Tuesday morning last. The ciroumst,n.
Ses attending tins horr'd outrage, far as we have
become acquainted with them, are briefly these
Some time IN the month If September last NJ
Lccher made n discovery, which induced him to bc
neve mat TOO great AN intimacy existed hetwecu MIR
,i''s mo MS w'.e. Inc business was, however,
we are in1rmc' adjusted By some pecunarv arranoe
ment between the parties. Blu, Lechler growing dis
SATISFIED with the arrangement which had bpcn rn,n,
en MO- made increased demands of Mr.. Haag which
the latter resisted. In consequence of This ~; i,or
cation took place between Lechler and his wife She
lett his house. and he, on the 9th of October las,
advertised her m this paper having ,lefiled his
matrimonial bed" and left his bouse ,p,l H., ~,
wohiu pay no debis OF her contracting.
Some weeks after this Lechler took his vile homo
again, wheie she has since remnined except on one
or TWO occasions, when she left hm for a tI,y or tyo
anu was prevailed on 10 return.
On Tuesday morning last about one o'clocL, u,,r
anu ms wife we're awakened by noise in his bre,vc
ry, which aojoinS the house afterwards the noise n
nI"'1u 20 nc made 10y some person in the kitchen
which WAS separated from The room i'm which tI,ev
slept by II small room in which the children slen,
tias passing through this TO the door ~ h;ch
opened INTO the kitchen, laying his hand on the lock of
inc '"cr and stopping down to i,ing his mou,I
near The key hple, demanded " who's ,hcre ~ IT,
person IN the kitchen, supposed to have been Jecbo
immediately discharged his pistols ,vIch ,er, ,,
ne harre'le' two OF the bullets passing the door a.
no"' or inches aboye the lock and close 10 Uaars
he'u the other two passing I'll ough the oD,,osi,e
sue OF the door, one OF them grazing the door cheek
Mrs. Hang, who was standing in the door which
opened INTO the childrens room. and which is ;nme
d'"eiy opposite To that winch opens iron, tot room
INTO ne Kitchen, received of the balls IN the rem
ire OF her breast which accustomed her death i, ,,
course %! few moments ''
he neishborhood was then alarmed and the Mn
or and other officers sent for who procee ced In
an entrance into The house OF Mr. Lechler vino /, OIL
Immediately opposite to MIR. Haag Unon enter;ng
LcchleIs house, his children were found i'm haJ ,nJ
upon further search Mrs Lechlcr was found ~ he
garrett hitng bY The neck cith rome 10 one Of tbs
beams From the bruises the arms breast AMI
back OF Mrs. LechIer, is almost certain that sh
must have been murdered IN her bed chamber ION tic
ground iioor) and then carried mp t.ro pair of sif;,s
10 ne sdrre and there hing Up in order TO induce
belief tina, she had hung hcrself!,:
Both women were in n state of u, eguancv NIrs
iia;ig within few days of her confinement EocL
OIL Them have LEFT finy of six small orphans
The supposed perpe,raior OF these most dialol;caI
acts has as yet escaped hut there reason 10 believe
from The liberal reward which is offered and the de-
SIRE winch every man must feel TO assist I'm brinu;ng
To punishment such inhunian wretch that he will
not be suffered 10 escape
In this days paper will be found the proclamot;o,
oil the Governor of the state and Mayor of This civ
each offering reward Of 200 for his apprehension
Mr' ddaS has also offered 8 700 for the same pur-
pose. ~"
description Of the supposed murderer will be
'o"hu III The Proclamation of the Mayor. TJo1ynal