Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-25
The Cincinnati Tragedy.

 The Cincinnati papers, of the 22ult are filled with the details of the dreadful tragedy which took place in that city. We give the follow ing particulars from the Commercials:
 At about o'clock yesterday morning, the mansion occupied by Nicholas T. Horton, esq, in Ohio avenue, at the head of Vine street hill was discovered to be on fire. Judge Parker, whose residence is on the opposite side of the way. was aroused by the screams of the inmates of Mir. Horton's house. and speedily dressing himself he rushed to the scene, when upon en- tering the hall he discovered gentleman nam ed Concklin endeavoring to remove the pros- trate body of Mr. Horton. The smoke was suifocating, but between them they succeeded in carrying their charge to the lawn, when it was discovered that he was bleeding profusely from cut inflicted in the head, and dreadful gash given evidently by the downward stroke of some sharp weapon in the left groin, and which had severed the temoral artery He ap: peared sensible but was speeches., and in a l few moments breathed his last.
 Previous to this, and at the first alarm of fire, the mother of Mr. Horton rushed into the hall, when she perceived her unfortunate son. ln-law staggering towards the bedroom of his wife, who had but recently been confined, and exclalmlng, "Oh, mother, am stabbed" He fell upon the spot where he was discovered by Judge Parker and Mir. Conckln. In the meantime, the excitement had spread and some fremen from the Mohawk engine house arriving upon the spot, the fire was soon extnguished, and suspicion having fallen upon a servant man named Joseph Loefner, who had for upwards of two years been engaged in the family of Mr. Horton, some persons hastened to house on the corner of Vine and Green streets in which Loefners wife resided. In a few minutes afterwards, however, and the party assembled in front of the house, were yet iu state of horrid bewilderment, Loefner was seen staggering towards them from neigh hboring orchard, bleeding profusely from cut in the hand and a horrd gash across the throat Some of the party advanced to meet him, but he sunk upon the grass upon his hands and knees. They traced the blood to an apple tree, beneath which they found large sharp butcher knife and razor. With the former he had inflicted th3 fatal blow which had deprived Mir. Horton of life, and with the latter he at tempted to accomplish his own destruction- When nterrogated as to whether he had con- mitted the arson and murder, he nodded Oor he was speechless) assent, and also that he had cut his own throat.
 In the meantime the party who had first
 
 dence of his wife, but found the door of the room locked. Subsequently they burst it in, and there stretched nearly naked upon the bed but with her shoes on her feet, they beheld the dead body of the ill-i iated wife of the mur- derer of Mir. Horton, no wound upon her person, but otherwise exhibiting marks which made it evident that she had died from strangulaton
 The wretched man, Joseph Loefner, was re- moved to the Commercial hospital, where at late hour last night he lay in speeches. agony the attendants expecting momentarlly that he would breath his last. He had previously signfied by signs that his motive for commit ting this double murder, suicide and arson was jealousy of his wife and Mr. Horton, and after being taken to the hospital, he succeeded in tracing upon slate in gble characters that he had reason to believe his wife on the day previous had given him poisoned butter upon his bread, and which had caused the altercaton that had led to her murder, after which he had haatened to the house of Mir. Horton, in the front basement of which he usually slept, where he kindled the fire with the intention of burning the house and its inmates, but meeting Mir. Horton, who was aroused by the smoke he inflicted the fatal stab and then rushed forth into the orchard to cousummate his own de- sruction.
 The fire which Loefner had kindled was im- mediately underneath the apartment occupied | by Mr. Horton. Mir. Horton, in consequence of the recent confinement of his lady, occu- pied sleeping room upon the other side of the hall, and in the rear of the house. He was an old and respected ctizen aged about fifty and leaves his wife and six children to mourn his loss.