The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-02-19

tyislor he could give very little description,
except that he believed him 10 be about for
~ years Of age.
| The account given by the bankers was,
that between the hours Of ten and eleven on
| the day in question Stranger had presented
himself, requesting cash for tho bills, which
he duly reesived, partly in gold, and partly
in silver. AS far as they had observed, he
exhibited no appearance of haste or uneas-
ness whatever. On the contrary, be had not
only counted the money aud inspected the
various coins with great deliberaiion, but he
had returned sems of them, requesting Others
in their place. With respect 10 his appear
ance, both they and Veier, whs had seen
him IN M. Schmidl's office, agreed that he
was. wsl-dressed and had much the air of Il
conntry, clergyman.
Tbs scanty lnloamation -fsrniohod ne clue
to the dscUlsss} 81 the assassin. The mur-
Idcrod man was laid in his grave; and, after
causing much terror and excitement amongst
The inhabitants of Leipsic for time, the slo-
ry sank into oblivion, and was forgotten, or
at least ceased 10 be talked of.
A year had elapsed, and the month Of
February had como around again, when one
morning rnmor spread through the city that
fearful murder had been committed on the
person of an elderly lady Of properly called
Kunhardt.-Il appeared that Madame Kun
hardt had sent out her maid bslWeen eight
and nine O'Clock in the morning TO fetch
flask of wine frem house hard BY. The
| girl declared she had not been absent FIVE
minutes, and that, on her return, she was met
in Tho entrance hall J a clergyman, who ask
cd her if she was going cut, and whether she
should he long. She told him she was now
returning; whereupon he went quickly forth
at the street door. The girl then ascending
10 her mistress, heard the old ady's voice
! crying, "Hanne! Hsnns!" and on entering
The apartment, she discovered her lying in
one corner ofihe an,sroom, with her head
bleeding. SHE iold>the maid that stranger,
wboahad brought her that letter, pointing to
one on Tho floor, had struck her down. On
being asked if she knew him, she said she
had never seen him before 10 her knowledge
The letter, stained with blood, proved, on
examination, 10 bs sddressed 10 Ma!ame
Kunhardf, and purpohed thai she should give
the boarer ono thousand dollars. 1t was da.
ted Hohendorf, Oath January, 1918.
The walls and the floor were sprinkled
with blood, and from one spot the coloying
Of the wainscot seemed 10 be rubbed off.
A DR.. Kunitz, who resided in the same
house, said that, just before he heard the
mai crying for help, he had seen middle
sized man, in dark frock-coal and black
cap, going ou at the street door, His coat
was marked as If it had been rubbed against
the wall.
Ofcourse Suspicion fell upon this stranger;
the more so as the maid said that the same
gentleman had called two days before, and
inquired for her mistress, but had gone away
on learning she was engaged with company
The coachman's wife also, who lived in the
lower part Of the house, had seen The slran-
ger on that occasion, and at his request had
directed him 10 the apartments of Madame
Kunhardt She having business that way
herself, had followed aim up stairs. Jusl,
however, as they reached the door, Hanne
opened ii TO let in The baker, whereon The
stranger turned down stairs again, saying il
was a mistake, md went straight out of the
house.
Meantime Madame Kunhardt died, and
the alarm became very general people grew
extremely shy of receiving morning visitors;
and several persons came forward laying
claim 10 the honor OF having already been fa-
vored with the attentions of this mysterious
stranger; amongst the rest, the vile of Dr..
Kunitz, and a Demoiselle Junius, lady OF
considerable fortune. But on both of these
occasions circumstances had been adverse
to the success Of his object.
II Presently rumor began 10 circulate that
the maid had been heard saying that she
knew who the assassin was, and that he was
a Clergyman whom she had often seen whilst
living in her last place. with a certain Dr.
h; whereon being called upon to name
him, she fixed upon a genllemaa, who was
ted with HIM, neither she nor any ofthe wit
nesses recognized nim as the person whose
morning visits had become 50 noorious.--
This mistake, however, directed attention to
another clergyman, who was in the habit of
fequenting her late masters house; and
DR.. H remembered that frien of his,
called Tinius, had slept at his house on the
night preceding the murder of Madame Kun
hardt; had gone out abouI eight o'clock in
The morning; and had returned at nine, af
ter having read the newspapers, and bought
a book of a person named Rau, which he
brought 10 with him.
4 Dr. Tinius was man on whom no shad-
ow of suspicion had ever rested. He was a
minister Of Posenna, an eloquent and far
famed preacher: an author, amongst other
things, Of his own bography;a man Of deep
learning, and one Of the greatest book col