The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-12-12
Correspondcnce Of The Al!as.
BALTIMORE, Nov. %,


BALTIMORE, Nov. %, 1913.
TIE CASE OF TIE MURDERER HORN.
The trial Of Adam Horn, for the murdcr Of his
wife Mnnda Horn, was brought TO n close last ore'
ming about seven o'clock when tie cnse was given to
the ury who, in fifteen minutes retained verdict Of
"Spiliy of .lEirGer in The frst degree" This crime
il punishable in Maryland with death on tho gal0ws,
and there is not tho slightest to suppose that
the Governor " IL nicfero prevent ita being carried
into effect.
The murder committed by Hon, was fully detail
ed in the papers after occurred 1t is most
extraordinary one. and ntrocious as strange. lie
is abOnt City years Old, uagainy in is appearance, Of
very sour countenance, and is just that man whom
Shakespeare must have fnnccd 10 be tho selected
and sealed to do deed Of crime His wife was
young rather good looking-and Of facinating
ners. They had been married about ten months when
lie killed her. 1t is supposed he killed her in his
house, and then at Intervals muliIaed the body
ting Of the head arms and other limbs. Tho body
was found close by small stream near the house,
Just covered wHh thu earth the limbs were found in
Horns hause-hut the head has never been discov-
ered-havng, it is supposed, been burned by Horn
She had been missed by the neighbors several days
before her body was discovered; ard he disappeared
Just before it found. lie fed to phlade phiQ and
was there arrested in attempting 10 have deed ofthe
sale of his property properly authenticated beGorca
magistrate.
The circumstances strong against him, that
he was left with scarcely the scmhnncc Of defence.
Tho disappearance Of tho wifc-thc finding Of the
body mGiialcd- the discovery Of the limbs in his
own house, and their Identification by II mark
Of the fngcrs-nnd his flight n these Facts esab-
shed her murder, and fixed the charge on him cr
being the murderer
or all in the room, Horn, to the cyo OF the keen
observer, the least concerned, and least in
tercsted. He listened with cold Indifference 10 the
testimony Of the Witnesses and heard with unhanch-
ed cheek the horid recital Of the finding the mutt
lated body and manged limbs Of the wife oG his
pledged affections Nothing moved him The argu-
ments of the counse-thcr startling array OF the facts
and their appeals to tho jury, brought tears from
all eyes but his lie was block, and his heart seem
ed harder than the neither milestone. 1t was p,nrui
to look upon him, 80 revolving tho thoughts
which he br5ugh, up TO The mind.
The cause occupied whole week 1t opened
Tusday morning, the evidence closed on Friday, and
the counsel comm enced summing up The evening
OF that day.--On Monday evening yesterday few
minutes before seven o'clock tho attorney for tho
State g. II. Steel, } closed most powerful speech
against the prisonrr and the jury retied Tor consua-
ton. For the first time, Horn manifested concern
Ills keen, penetrating eye watched the jurors they
! passed one by ono out ofthe box, ard he scanued
their faces with m intense gNzc. In ten minutes the
| jury returned. 1t was clearly TO be seen who
the man whose fate depended on tho result of this
prctractcd trial. There cold Indifference
on the part Of Horn. His eye the ROOM as
taking in rapid survey the assembly, tho Court, the
bar and the jury, and when it rested The foreman
of the jury who was called to announce the verdict
there was painful suspense depicted every linen
ment of his face. And when the word 'guiliy"eIl on
the car of tn, murdeer he sunk back upon his chair
trembling all over. At the same moment, tho crowd
! in the court room broke out into loud applause and
the sound reaching the people on the outside they
responded with cheers! The Judge instantly sienc.
ed tho disorder, and the criminal was taken in charge
| by tho sheriff and conducted bnck TO the ini As
the prison wagon drove off with him, the populaco
again brokeorth into shouts of derision and of re-
Ljocing which mournfuy cortrasted with the solem
nifty which the and its sequnl wero SO well cal
| cuatcd to excite
This Horn is a German by birh-has been in this
country for fGecn'y curs-and has becn married,
ia known, twice Ills first wife lived with him in
Ohio, Logan county, and during the trial. tho sheriff
of that county present with requis,ion from the
Governor of Ohio, requiring the delivery Of him TO
the sheriff Of Logan county, to be taken Ohio to
answer for kiIling.hs frs, wife, under exactly the
circumstances tha, attended tho killing Of his last.
The wife in Ohio he killed and cut up, and was seon
in The at He woa arrested, but broke ont of Jail
came to this city, changed his name, married again
killed the second wife, mu,lated her body-ned,
was arrested, and is fully convicted Of tho crime.
Tho father of his second wife disappeared the same
| time sho was first missed, and tho opinion prevails
! that Horn has killed him also.