The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-26

The Murde, in Pbilnd,lph;n S-e.

The Murder in Phiiadelphia, &C.
The city still Continues TO be the scene OF In
tense excitement in relation to the late horrid
murder; the Developments that have since been
made, fix the guilt conclusively upon the
blood thirsty miscreant of whose arrest you were
informed last evening by telegraph From the
first, suspicion was aroused to the fact that
Charles Longield, who about tour years since
was sentenced TO confinement in the Eastern
pententiary, tor the robbery of the Zion
Lutheran Church and the store of Jesse Ogden,
at the corner OF Fourth and Race streets, for the
term of four years, might have some participation
IN the murder. from the fact that he had formerly
lived in the house in which the deed was per;
petrated, and that the room was then oc cupisd
by a couple who had appeared as witnesses
against him upon the trial. The police were
immediately upon the alert. and soon disco
prlsonment on the 7th OF the present mont h, and
had been seen lurking about the neighbo rh God.
He had also paid a visit to the store of Mr. Cas-
sci, his former employer, and endeavored to pro-
cure from him the names of the witnes ses
against him, at the same time utterng tire ats
against all concerned The officers Of the city
police, during yesterday, paid visit to nu m
Der of shoem iker boarding houses and at last
recognized the object of their search in room
IN which about dozen men were at work In
Front street, near Vine. He was Immediately
arrested, and proofs soon obtained that induced
the belief that he was undoubtedly the perpetra-
tor OF the murder. The broken blade of the
knife found in the bed Of his murdered victi m
was identified by h sh opmates as having belong
with blood, and had been turned SO that the back
was worn In front, to conceal the marks. His
pantaloons, boots and other articles OF clothing,
bore the same ensanguined hue.
La searching his room, a short bludgeon, armed
with iron, was found concealed in small stove.
This, perhaps, is the weapon with which the
blows upon Mr.. Radem 4cher's head were in
flcted, and which he supposed was pistol.
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was to have taken place at the Mayors office,
but after cons der able vaccillation by those in
authority, and moving the prisoner from the
city lock up to the quarter sessions court room,
it was at last determined to postpone it until
Monday The whole vicinity was, of course,
blocked 10 by the masses, anxious to catch
glimpse of the miscreant He was subsequently
removed through independence square back to the
lock up. He, and the officers who surrounded
him, were hemmed in by the throng, and from
their excited appearance, there can be little
doubt that the believers IN Judge Lynch'ss code
of laws were very numerous He would ua
doubtedly been torn limb from limb, had he been
left TO their tender mercles The avenues to the
Mayors office were beset tor more than an hour,
through the Fifth street. gate of the square, and
Il ere placed in cab, which drove rapidly away
towards Moyamenslng prison.
The motive that melted him to the deed, is
stlil unexplained, without he supposed that the
family that formerly occupied the room were
still its inmates He knew that Mr.. Cassell, his
former employer, had moved, as he paid him a
The funeral Of Mrs. Rademacher took place |
thus morning from the residence of her father, |
In as quiet a manner as was possible, in order |
to avoid the crowd that has encompassed the
house of her husband ever since the awful deed |
was perpetrated The funeral, notwithstanding
these precautions, attracted large crowd of
spectators, who followed her remains to the
grave with all the marks of sincere grief
The accused, besides the crimes committed |
here, Is known to our police as having been a
convict In his own country. His age is not more
than thirty, while In appearances ne more resem-
features are in repose, than the hardened brute
his actions have proved him. He is wlthal
coward at heart, and his passage through the
excited crowd that beset his path to day made
h m quail, and his face became of deathly pale
ness.
This man, it is said came to this country in
1S43. with Carl Pappenburg, who shortly after.
wards was accused, aud with good reason, of
the murder of an old Italian image vender named
Ireagrr The jury who tried this man failed |
to convict him, but Judge Parsons, who tried |
him, believing that his liberation would be dan
gerous to society, kept him confined in default |
OF bail Some excitement has been occasloae |
by report that he was, some time since, sent 20
the BlockIey aims house, on account of suffering |
from the scurvy, and that he Is now at liberty |
again. 1t is said that he applied at one of the
" atch houses last night for lodgings.
Thomas Vandcrslice, an old offender against |
thu laws, and well known to the police, was |
'uuu III tue OcidWdfc, dt OUCh StIcCt WHdIf,
ast lght He had apparently ventured too near
the edge Of the wharf while in state of intoxi
cation, and h I'd fallen overheard. He had |
wound upon the top Of his head, and another |
lcross the face, inf cted in some former difficult
w. and were evidently not of recent inhiction ,as
the sticking plaster with which they had been |
d dressed, was still upon Them. He had spent half
OF his life in prison, having been convicted of |
and various other crimes. He |
was about 6S years of age, and in his young |
days, it is said, had been suspected of murder.