Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-30
r,on ,bc Cincinnati CONNIE, eiai.

Tup C,Sc1,;>;ATI Observation-Disclosures OF TIE
MURpERER &c.-In yesterday edition tue type e.
owing probably to a badly shaped ., ui ae III
set the age of Loefner at %, instead oil ST, an
he looks much older than ne reaily Is 1a.ni,ai
I s;ted him Yesterday at the Commercial nos
and were informed by the physician tlat ttI rI
was n strong probability of his recovering lme
trcochea Is entirely severed, and the oseoPhaSus
/ sljgbtIy cnt The wound itself actually reaches
from ear to ear 1t remains undrcsseu. :;
still persists, through the Medium oil Pensn
and slate, in the statement winch ne H'aue -
the afternoon of the murder insisting .hat ~
I had discovered Mr. Horton and his wltelh 4 CT
minal act. and so far from feeling repentance loI
what he has done he glories in his revenge, anu
Drofesscs that he would pursue the same actlo"
were he again placed in like circumstances
Previous to killing his wife. he had an a'l !,
cation with her, in the course oil winch sue sue
struck him with the blade Of knife across the
,,osc and ther,. is a slight cut which would
appear to endorse this part OF the STORY.
He then-according to his own statement
forced her to swallow poison, after which nc
strnngIed her with handkerchief. He appear
Cd to gloat with savage delight in the reminls-
ccnce Of his crimes, and while giving ms pen
ciled detail, fiendish grin lllumlnes ms sat
urine countenance He has nervous bilious
temperament, dark, swarthy complexion, more
resembling that of Spanard than German,
and a powerful, we'll developed frame From
circumstances which we rave cleaned 1t APP
pears to be probable that he is, and has been for
some time, partially deranged, owing to severe
blow witch he received OH the head lew years
since He was engaged as a hand on one oil inc
river steamers, and, in quarrel with the mate,
tia i,ttnr seized bar of iron and felled him to
the deck. 1t was first supposed that nc was
dead, but he recovered and, tits SAID, mas since
exhibited partial signs of arrangement lie mas
frequently been heard muttering wildly To MN
self and among other insane imaginlrgS was
belief that Mr.. Horton and his thmliy held com
munion with witches, who were continually iIt-
ting abont the house, and through whose agency
the affections of his wife had been aienated I'm
der these circumstances it is highly probable the
distorted brain of the unhappy manmlght have
conceived the idea of his wifc'S iniidelity, and
little farther stress of imagination would impress
him with the belief of having witnessed the
crime II certainly seems impossible that man
of so violent temper which he possesses, would
delay the execution of his revenge for one MN
ute; on the contrary, his every action indicates
that he would have taken summary revenge up
on the spot
Besides the reputation of Mr.. Horton as a
moral man, and an aifectionate husband ana Ia
Their the character of the Inflated wife of the
murderer is said, by those who knew her init
mately to have been unsullied, and with Mrs.
Horton she was an especial favorite She was
mild accomplishing creature, and never divulged
the brutal and unreasonable treatmcntwhich She
almost daily experienced from her husband,
whose iaundiced jealousy, acting upon disor-
dered intellect, conjured the bitter lancies in his
mind, and finally led to the fulilment of the
bloody tragedy.
The remains of poor Francesca Loofner were
borne to their last earthly resting place on Tues
day afternoon, attended by her now childless
father and small train of humble friends. The
funeral Of Mr.. Horton will take place this after
noon, from his residence on Vine street Hill
We are panied to learn that the severe shock at
tendant upon the denoucment of the fearful ira
gedy has so affected Mrs. H. that-in connec-
ton with her delicate state of health, she hav
ing so recently given birth to chiId-seriOus
fears are entertained that yet another victim
may be added to the insatiate fury of the muir
derer