Demoine courier., 1854-07-20
From the Detroit Enquirer.
A LONG CHERISHED REVENGE.
A TALE OF EARLY MICHIGAN

VI uiSCi, ftHHuiseiess pcIssCbiUH, anu
of long cherished vengeance, which
needs not the pen of Warren or of a
Dickens to inves, them with every attrib.
ute of startling interest which can mark
The narrative of fiction.
In The year 1885, there came into the
county Of Lapeer, Michigan, a German
from the province of Nuremberg, by
the name OF Ulrch, Bringing with him a
young and attractive vile, to whom he
had been some years married. This la
dy, when girl. had been belle in her
lille neighborhood in Wurtemberg, and
had been sought IN marriage by more
than one anxious sui!or, and among them
was one Daum. by whom she was court
cd, and TO whom she had given such en-
couragement as 10 lead him 10 fix his al.
fec,iohs upon her with all .he fervor OF
the German heart. Daum was man
of unusual strength OF mind, of stern
and impassive demeanor, OF great depth
of feeling, bat as the sequel will show.
of most mplacable disposition when his
anomisties had been aroused. He loved
the girl with that intensity natural to men
SO constituted; and having few or no al.
fihiles with others. owing TO his reserv.
ed and morose disposition, he commenc.
ed by lavishing his hours Of leisure and
the earnings of his industry upon her.
Unlike her lover in all respects, the girl
was attractive, fond OF society, and un-
stable in her affections; and, when the
wedding day came, TO which Daum had
long and impa,leniiy looked forward, as
the consummatIon of his bliss, after the
wedding guests had assembled, she told
him she loved him moi, and never could
be his. Daum sold out his estate and re.
moved at once from the scene Of dis.
comfiture 10 distant province.
Time passed on, and the lady was
again wooed and won, by light heated
and comely youth. her former suitor' s
superior IN personal appearance, but his
inferior in wealth and intellect. His
cour,ship was now followed by marriage,
the news of which reached the self. BAN
lshed Daum and reused every latent feel
ing of rage and jealousy OF which his
strong hear. was capable, and he returned
to the scene OF his former happiness, in.
stigated by the sole desire for revenge.
He skulked about the neighborhood, ly,
ing hid during the day.im for the moss
part, but watching every opportunity to
waylay and destroy his rival.
At length they met in wild, mar, ow
mountain pass; deadly and fierce st.ug.
gle ensued. a, the termination of which
UIrich was !e(, upon the ground slain
as his assassin supposed. Daum fled
and Ulrlch recovered and returned to his
wife, pale, bleeding and faint. The Off
GERS sought for Daum in vain; he had fled
to England where he spent the next SIX
i years Of his life. The circumstances
had passed away from the public mind
and the parties most interested had ceas.
ed 10 think of Them, or TO feel any ap
prehenslon of Daum's return. Five
years passed on, and the married couple
with their children, Joined party wht
were ENGRAVING TO America, and came
and settled down in the county OF La
peer. There they resided in quiet, com
fort and happiness for three years. :
The wild farm had begun 10 assume tht
appearance of cultivatloE-ihe log house
to, be encircled with creepers and ilowe
shrubs, the white. headed children PLAYED
around the door, the old German hount
lay at the gate, and the ,ruant sweetheart
; now comely matron, sang a. the whee
the sweet songs of her Faderand. AL
was peace in this sequestered home
when, al the close of bright dry day il
August, 1893, knock was heard at ths
door, which was answered by the wo
man, who, upon opening it, me. the fact
of her old suiior.
+ The recognition was instant and mu
tnal. Nota word psased between them
but while the heart of one OF them sanl
within her from very fear, that of III,
other was reused to a phrenzy. which
made itself manifest in a wild CLEAN o
, loug pen! up vengeance.
The husband was absent, having gone
upon a distant hunting excursion in pur
suit OF deer; and all that night with door,
and windows barred, a sleepless, fearful
trembling watcher waited his return.-
lie came not, and his step never agar
crossed that threshold. Precisely on,
year TO a dav from the time of The oc
rurrence jus, narrated, Mr. Thorn, al
, old resident of Lapeer county, was walk
ing one balmy Sunday morning upon th
borders of one of those beautiful lake
which lie embossed in the howery open
ings OF that county, found upon The beacI
!, JUST within the waters edge, human
skull. Al loss TO account for lis ap
pearance there, he followed up the steep
bold bank which overhangs the lake, an,
upon its verge found the body TO which
the skull had belonged. A jury was a
once summoned TO the spot, aud the re
mains were at once identified by the hal
frantic widow, whose wounds were open
ed afresh by the discovery which shu
out forever the last ray of hope which
had fingered in her breast for long sal
year. The cause and manner of III,
death of the murdered man were made
obvious by an exam inalion Of The skele,
iona rifle ball piercing through the
vertebral column from behind had passed
! Oul through The home The murdarnf