Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-03-30
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
AtrOCiOuS Murder.
PHI, ADEI.pHIA M

| WuICH
| Our city has been the scene of a mos! atrOCious
murder during the past night; though the mystery
attending it is scarcely falhomabIe, it now appears
to have been committed by burglars, disturbed
while attempting TO plumber. The house in which
il occurred, mo SO North Fourth street, above
Market,) was occupied by C. l., Rademacher and
his wife, and their ther.in-law, Mr. Augustus
Koelner, and family, consisting of his wife, two
children and servant girl.
About clock this morning, Mr. Koellner was
alarmed by creams proceeding from The chamber of
Mr. r., and, going down stairs, with his wi fe
bearing a light, they found the two doors leading
to the second story rooms, and returning with an
axe, was about to Pry open the back door when ii
was unlocked, and Mr. made his appearance in
his night clothes, covered from head 10 foot with
blood He staggered, as il about to fall, and Mr.
X. catching hold of him, led him back into the
room, and assisted him into bed. After this he
searched around for Mrs Radcmacher, and found
her stretched upon the floor, near the door lead
ing TO the front room, in a pool of blood. She
was dead though her body was still warm. The
neshbors and physicians were speedily called in
and upon an examination of Mr. Rademacher, they
found terrible cash upon his right arm, above ihs
elbow, extending around The bend Of the arm, at
least four inches in length penetrating to tho bone
and depriving him of all use of that arm: the blow
severed some Of the veins of the arm, and the
blood upon his person was mostly venous blood
and had evidently proceeded from this wound
On the side OF the head. back of the ear, was
cut 10 me SKULL severing small artery, which
was bleeding profusely -lhe ear was also severed
There was also on the left side of his head, n semi
circular confused wound, inflicted with hard
blunt instrument, probably the muZxe ola pis,ol
this had cut through the inleguments to the skull
q mn L IF a.,
head. After removing him to another room and
dressing mis- wounds he was partially revived from
state OF lnscnslbny into which he had fallen
from LOGS of blood. From his language ii would
appear that two persons were in the room, though
owing to the dark he could see nothing. He said
man tried to shoot him with pistol, but it did not
60 off, and he then tried TO kill him bv beating him
with the pistol. lie asked for bis wife, and was
much affected when told she was dead. The body
| OF Airs RaGsmacher was, in the meantime exam
| ined, and found 10 have more than dozen hacks
and wounds, from which the blood had been pour
ing in torrents, enveloping her person and deug.
ing the floor where she was found. Her arms
wee gashed in every direction. as if she had been
warding off the blows aimed at her breast, in the
terrific struggle that must have taken place with
her assaant or assailans. The varied character
! of her wounds makes it evident that either two
Po's o"s "c'o ah''S passes al IeT III Inc struggle
or else two knives were used. Some of the wounds
were inflicted with a sharp -poin,ed and narrow
blade, while others were with broad knife. A
blade about one inch broad and four inches long,
was afterwards found IN the bed clothing, which
had been broken off from the handle.
Mr. Radcmacher is II German, who keeps
bookstore, and deals in homeopathic medicine. His
wife was smart little woman, the daughter of
Mr. Sheek, confecloner, in Arch, near Seventh
street, not more than twenty four years Of nge,
and had only been married two years and half
She had been a mother, but her child was dead -
She expected to be confined with her second child
in May or June.
The deed is attributed by outdoor rumor to
former lover Of the deceased, out Of revenge for
her marriage.
The evidence of all that have been examined
shows that the deceased lived happily with her
husband.
TAT a later hour last night we received informa-
ton by telegraph, that the coroner's jury had re-
turned verdicted that "Mr and Mrs Rademucher
came TO their deaths from wounds inflicted with
one or more sharp instruments, in The hands of
some person or persons unknown, who, from cir
cums,an,ial evidence, escaped after committing the
deco" -Edor Herald