The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-01-10

According 10 this statement the stranger W
drcSsed like q country ctxsyman, and s,,spci,
ell upon one Won Burger. The cashier at d
hank was couflsnt In his necognition of d
|, swindkr in his person; but neither the 9th
!" !. clerks, nor Mrs, Vcttcr nor the merchant hi,
self agreed In his rcogniiion. and Ven Burg
! was discharged.
From Schmidt himself the least certain i
: formation Of all was 10 hc obtained 7'rw,
| affirmed all thu, has ben here stated by cath
!, hut terror and his wound had rah.wd him
his strcngth of mind 10 such degrv, that
was able TO state nothing clcariy as TO the fgu,
and gArb of the otRsOlcr Neithu could hc sa
whether the man had struck him oa the hesd.e
whether he had received his wounds from tAl
ing against the eorBw Of the stove. Bciow III
extensive injuries 0f his head were healed, III
old man died, clearly ffom the consequence
The wounds. ard sis'x painful period II eo,
ihrment 10 his bed
The Surgeons made d pcst-mortcm cxamins
tion Of the head, and dsciarcd that the violenc
done had been effected with much force, tina
there were evtdcncs of many heavy blows O
the skull such as could not possibly result ffou
n,cre hall, and the striking Of the head agNiBs
a hard Substance. The wounds werc In differ
en-, parts Of the head, and appawi Of onc uni
forfn shape, though their outline could not b
wholly traced, from the wounds being no longc
| fs~h
II was clear that the old man had bccn mur
dcred for his property hut all traces of Ii,
Irrpetrato had vanished, and the mystery n,
mained in the grave with him, I'LL year after
waris, similar and not less startling oairng,
IN the very same city, nd 10 renewed inquiry
and 10 the discovery Of traos In y quarter
where no orc had suSpectoi
In the New Market, In the fourth story e
the house Of DR. kunitx, there lived ilc widow
of the lctter-carrier, kunhar,it an old lady aI
sevcnty-tivc. TN the morning Of the sta oI
February. she had aut hr maid xwyua,,
Schmidt, soon after eight O'Clock. 10 ktch a
hottie Of wine from the vaults. Az the maid
returned from this crrnnd, she me. n,avis,er
"a master OF arts) in the bobby II the hou~,
whom she had already known ~ ttea,euscr Of
the hotel where she hal ibr,aerly lived. lie
spoke TO her as he passsi AMI has,c,ed out Of
the door, and down thu steps
When she went into her mistress. she found
her fallen agninsi the room door Bleeding ftom
the head The old lady was able to speak, and
said that stranger who had brought a letter,
which my MAR her on the ilecr, had thus wound
csl her Al the cries oi the mmti, tas pttah:-
tan,s Of the other stories the families of I,r.
Knobloch AMI X Kuaitx. hastened In. and carried
the poor woman ia,o her sitting,roo,n. In r.,
ply 10 their inquiries, she said !" A eIIow has
struck ue; the letter must he there: I nm vlnd
that | have nv chain" Iscinp nskc.I n shc
knew The man she said mo" The letter .po,.
i..l with blood. was dated ttobendorC January
l4,h. and siguci John Godfrey Bro,e and r.,
aueStstl the loan of one th..ss,d dollars. There
wss blood Oh ths '"-" -- .Le floor Of the
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