Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-20

Struggled against the attack II SCENE ~, ,,h,
ne was IN bed with his brother, on seeing his fa,t
| e., INJECTING violence on him, he must have 20, out
III ora 10 mike histscape tbcins found in his ,elu.
| - > 'na ran INTO the apartment where he was
! Ionnh which Is used rs a wotkshop On exnmio.
ns The body, Of the fore fingers of his leo bond
was cut OIL aud It was found about four feel from,
ne oo'Y and the lesh was comp efely cut from ofs
OF ms Shoulders rs ifa blow had been ain,sd at hin,
with knife " mn
MS - ghasily account, bot il is not an ,rse.
H'''' Que Nothing can Of course explain tho
horror Of It but u fnror Of madness. The exciting
causes have been stated. That no was n petson
on whom they were likely 10 operate with strange
fee', the evidence has already in,imated. md or
hls point what follows is characteristics Tbeser
Va"' gu lie was quite sober. never saw him
"''oN''e'eo. never heard my master and ms.
'es' quarrel While we were in Germany They
seemed 10 1--we on very happy terms My master
l'e''e"en WIN his SISTER whilst we wore in Ger.
many htone'sh was discharged by Mr.Steir.
ners on Sunday nst,an he WIS toll to call for
nus e'o'hes al night. My master had soma bu.;.
ness to transact at Hamburg, whcru bel;eve ho
ma n great deal Of money o ing to him but Iuo.
"''s'ona no ud not get any cf IT, He never mn.
Pearcd 10 be- poor My master was n very ma.
''oo''e man When nc was in a pasgion, baye
sec MN pun his children up by the hair Of their
menus ana cars, and throw them down Whonev-
80 ~ wy iih''tbS was IN HE habit of m
~ concentrating with him, saying il was not rich,
w hen my master cnmo home on Monaav evcn;nn
! heard ban say he had seen Brueniah d,unk -
!" hto Chapel aud he Ind told HIM 10 fetch ow.v
his clothes" ""''
oihef witnesses swore 10 ha peculartiea or
~ ''' oNe"emen' md IN the course of the
inquest u appeared lhni the woman murdered wn,
n'' ''' "''. samuel Edward Stc,aberg, son Of
me deceased deposed " that be residea -, No
L. lagTI l.. i
''''er Tor years. He has scon The bodies. and /;
oe"'lh'd The bodies OF his fiiber and Ellen oGcvr.
'no oecrased, with whom he cohubited She 6,r
''''y h'eo MS servant IN their family. The Conn
'"''n oesween his father and mother took naco AZ.
W" ys"ls oso' 10 consequence Of his connection
=" ia l. '.''e' W hness s"d that bis father was
'e'y t''iiy cSciied' This young man subseauen,.
S'e,'d ms impression that Seinberg was N,
l'nes insnue. On the evidence il i. imposs,blo IN
iouoi A. ITO The period Of this net his cbar,c1
or way That oil mn honest, ingenious lrndesm,n
very passionate perhaps, bat harmless IN inten,on
a"ef ms VISIT 10 Germany, however, every thing
Gems 10 hevc zone against him aud to hive broupb,
nm 10 " hopeless point. The evidence of his At
achmen' to the woman is important We think
hey never q1nrrelled 1t appears , aud her mild
'o'' n'"ays influenced im-LooInng at the cir.
't"'es u h's connection with her, aud 10 this
violence, one cannot he p d awing the mos, cbo,,.
"" be lie most Just This mans despair. hi.
of'less and ont lcndcd condition the nnoira or hia
o""ocboh WIN The woman md her chIdren--.p
9cosY seisri perhaps of ia being 10 some cxton,
,'"'na', and OF It's certainly leaving them I'M,
nance OF Suoslslenc9 N case of his own death
oweve2, ef,c' s5mo dScBs1r'aionn, returned ver
ic,-" tlol NIeholna Stenbcrg did wiiolly, or art.
nlly murder Ellen Lefcvre ard four thlIdpn and
hat he, Nlchnlas 5tenberg, was Jeto de &C." This
= silly verdict bat pcthapq il was returned
ono liuIo l1,d ior The excitement thai prevailed,
nd IT can harm 10 body. The son Of the deccas.
Il Stenbcrg, however was much excited on heat
NJ II aud expressed ereo, Iii satisfaction The
.0use where tbs inquest was held aud the premises
,ftho deceased, we're surrounded by thousands Of
l1rsolr.
The bade- Of tho woman and cbllren have
since been removed, according to Il verdict; md.
n rhnrsday night NICHOLAS Sie,nbelg was thrown
INTO lie poor ground in Ray street, Clelkenwcll.
The Indignation Of the populaee was So great, that
L anticipated the crowd would attack the bo-
" OF the deceased. plan was therefore adopt
a. whi,h diverted them for time. Tho crowd
Vns immense. The trek, however, was soon dis
covered, and people were seen running with speed
towards the poor ground, groanihg and Kissing
they went along. BY Tremendous rush, numbers
got Abundance within the ground. A party OF ,oen
with lighted A1mbe1ux, led the Officers and tho
bepteis OF the dctehs us body 10 u deep hole or
gave hbon 100 20 feet deep, and after exhibiting
II to public view, II taken Of The shell and
pitched hea Hong MO IT ind the hollow sound of
the body v hen It vent to The bot ON shocking
mud excited feeling of horror, but not n sovt
seemed 10 sympahzc for him. When in The
grave, tho men with tho links shook them over the
body and made ,omptuous remarks with tho
greatest levity' Tho windows looking into the
church yard were crowded win persons, who cried
out, 3" Why don't you burn him., hang him up
on sign post y " the wretch, the brute" &c. The
earth was throw over him, md the crowd quilted
the church yard.
The wretched man had on the same clothes ns
those which he found in after he had per, G.
tra'ed the acts. Several persons, howcye., had
cut lille pieces Of his drawers off as curiosi-
ties G!D
In tie Forcls Quarterly, some time ngo there
was an article on Foreign Judicial Trials, m
which was published the only case that occur
red parallel with the present in horror. II has been
tevlyed, VIC observe, by the newspapers. Tho
mailman in this case was German also an un-
ordained clergyman, RiesaD i; a man much respect
ed COR the general good tenor of his conduct, who
KEEP, academy for the educ ulion Of youth. in
change, the most central and most respectable part
of the cry of Hamburg His family consisted of
his wife and or children, all daughters ard all,
wife and children, were murdered by him in ono
night Hc effected by means of his razor. He
then left his house and attempted to drown him
self He failed in that. He attempted to destroy him.
sell with his penknfe in that he failed also. He
was arrested and died on the seoifod. It was very
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