Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-18
The Cumberland Tragedy.

Inc CUMBERLAND Tragedy.
A correspondent Of the Baltimore American.
writing from Cumberland on the 10Th inst.
gives the following additional particulars of
the murder of DR.. Hadel and Mr.. Graeif, and
of the arrest of the supposed murderer, Ger
man, named Frederick Miller
By the time this reaches you the remains of
our friend DR.. j. f. G. Hadel will have ar
rived In your city The awful tragedy has
produced the greatest excitement in our city.
especially as both the unfortunate victims
were widely known and highly esteemed.
The presumption is that the Doctor was in
duccd by German named Frederick Miller,
the hcnd who is undoubtedly his murderer, to
start oil to visit sick person in the country,
| since they were seen leaving town together.
At o'clock on the same day Miller was again
| seen leaving town in company with younr
Henry Graeff carrying e bundle and the Doc
| tors Overcoat They were also moving off in
| great haste in the same direction. Before they
| LETT the office, however, my brother called
| there to sec the Doctor, and Mr. Graeff told
him Jestlngly that he supposed the Doctor had
| fallen into the river while cutting a stick
There is therefore no doubt that the murderer
| told GraeT that the Doctor had accidentally
fallen into pond, or perhaps into tho river.
and that his clothing being wet and muddy he
| could MT return to town by reason of his wet
condition, and that he had sent him to request
Mr.. Graef to bring him dry clothing, and this
| induced Graef to go with him.
They did take the dry clothing with them,
just the number of pieces necessary to cons.i-
| tute an entire change of wearing appareI
With this clothing, the murderer ritprnrJ
| about dusk in the evening, and left it at a
farm near town, together with double
barrel gun, which he had been in the habit of
leaving at this place often during the past
week, and at which house. he called for the
| gun between and 10 o'clock, a. m, and re-
turned 1t about IL ~, and called for it again
| at clock, p. IN. AT this time, Graeff was
seen with the murderer, and came as near the
house with him as the yard gate, where he
(draefl With overcoat and bundle of clothing
| In hand, remained standing, until Frederick
\ miller, the murderer, returned from the houso
| with his doublc-bqrrel gun.
Both OF the victims were shot In the back
| near the meek. He stripped them of all their
clothing, which was found to-day, secrttcd
unaer the Moor OF an old building close by. In
| tho doctors clothing wero found five phials.
containing medicine, an evidence that he real
~ believed he was going On professional bust
ness. Part Of his body was consumed by hors
bis head severed from it, and buried at dis
tapcc of ninety yards from the place where the
body was found. Take it altogether, it is
certainly one Of the most brutal murders ever
is great excitement In our town, and threats
are being made to take the fend from Jail, and
apply lynch law. Were our grand jury not
now in session, believe the threats would be
executed.
assisted in e.tiDg the rascal at 10 o'clock
last night. lie was in bed sleeping soundly,
In one Of the German houses. He had with
hmm IN bis room large dry goods box full Of
the Doctors effects, in addition TO his watch
q cngis 30 L.
tanned frog, his person. 1t appears that after
numbering young Graeff, from whose pocket
nc took the key Of his Office, he Immediately
proceeded on Sunday evening and took nos
session. The Doctor occupied the whole build.
Ing Tor has office, and had sleeping apartments
up s;airs, where he and Graeff usually slept,
especially during the absence Of Mrs. Hadei
lie coDfesScs that he remained in the Office all
Sunday evening and night, and up to Monday
afternoon, when the body of Graeff was found
de even slept on Sunday night in the Doctors
bed, as a gentleman having called for the
Doctor at a late hour on Sunday night, was
told by stranger from the upper window,
that the Doctor was in the country, and would
not be back until the morniDg.
The body of Graeff was str ipped similar tn
that Of the Doctor, but not SO greatly mutiIated
lie mad dragged 1t To gully, and having
covered it with about n cart-load of heavy
stones, collected leaves ard covered over the
stones. A gentleman, passing in the vicinity
on Monday morning with a dog, had his at
teEtlon attracted to blood on the leaves by his
dog and following the track, his dog led him
to the gully He had the curiosity to make
an examination, and on scattering the leaves
and moving the stones, discovered the body.
After the arrest of Miller, and the discovery
OF the effects Of the Doctor i'm his possession. a
large party was organized to start out at day-
night this morning, consisting of about four
hundred persons, to search the woods for his
remains. After making minute search in
the vicinity where Graeffs body was found,
without success, they met boy who toll thu m
that he had seen the Doctor with Miller. on
Sunday morning, about two miles further on,
TO which vicinity they proceeded, and soon
found the hcadless trunk of the unfJrtunate
Hadel, hidden in an old culvert, and covered
with stones and rubbish. The woods around
was searched for some hours for the head, and
finally tuft Of hair was discovered among
the leaves, On attempting to pick up which the
head was discovered to be buried underneath.
The excitement occasioned by the discovery
OF the Doctors body thus horribly mutilatcd
has never been equalled in our town Had the
murderer been arrested at that moment there
is no doubt but that he would have been in
stantly hung or burnt. Both of his victims
were distinguished for their kindness Of heart
generosity, and gentlemnnly department to
even the humblest Of their fellow creatures.
The Doctor was ever ready to answer the calls
at all hours of the poorest Of our citizens, and
during the cholera season he not only attended
faithfully but nursed many of his patients.
Among the effects of the accused we're found
bullet mould and bullets, corresponding in
size with the bullets found in the body, and
all fitting the gun with which the murder was
supposed to have been committed Some of
these bullets were also found hid with the
clothing of the victims.
The body Of young Graef will be interre
tomorrow by the I. o. o. F., of which society
rs was a member The body of DIR. Hadel
goes down to Baltimore tonight, in charge of
Mr. Butler who has nean dalao.toI re tho