Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

Of the fugitive slave laW,oI The Malne 1
mocracy. we cannot fail 10 admire
@,spirit Of the Maine Democratic reso.
tfons.
III The proudest boast Of the Virginia I
mocracy is, that they have neyer had
slightest reason to mistrnst the hdel
: of the national Democracy.-R Enq.
Double Murder, Snieide and Arson
II C%ineinnati.
We have to chronicle one of the MI
horrible tragedies eyer committed in II
city, hardly excepting the famous tori
n do ease whereby Mr.. and Mrs. Allis
met with death by the .diabolical age
) Eey of Arrison. We afix THE partic
2 lars, together with verdicts Of the Coz
g ner's Jury. The.public in the mea
time are IN high state Of excitemel
and the bloody episode win long be
garded with fearful interest by our ci
Q zens. S~
AIT about 4 o'clock yesterday MORT.
the mansion. occupied by Mich the
2 Horto on, Esq, in Ohio avenusvered
head Of Vine street Hill, was6se resi-
: to b on FIRE. Judge Parkegide of the
dence. is upon the oppoaaamns Of the
e way. w~asaHoused By thes Aonse, and
8 inmates Mr.. HpHff he rushedr to.
speedily dressing. Rteripg tie hall Re.
! the scene, Mhen9uRn named Concklirt
discovered q gssntBSye the PROSTATE body
e~ndeavoring to Ile smoke was satfoci-
I OF Mr. Hortont1n them they succeeded
ting, but b%ekheir charge TO tie lawn,
? m carrying discovered. that he was
; when u fofuselytt from q cut inflicted
bleedi9aGd and 4 dreadful cash given
u thfyy by the downward stroke OF
evldssh;arp weapon in the left groin, and
SCH Undiscovered the femeral artery
appeared sensible, but was speech
Kiss, andinl a few moments breathed his
last .
Previous to this, and at the first alarm
Of fire, the mother Of MI, Horton rushed
into the hall, when she perceived her I'M
fortunate son in Jaw staggering towards
the bed room. Of bib wife, Fho. bad but
recently beer. conf red, nna exclalming.
ooh, mother, + am stabbed" He fell
upon the spot whore he was discovered
byJudge Parker aud Mi. Coneklin:
in thu meantime, the excitement had
spread, and some fremen from The Mo-
hawk engine house arriving uPonthe spot,
the fire was soon eExtinguished, and sus-
picion having fallen upon "a serving man
named Joseph Loefner, who had. for up
wards Of two years been engaged in tie
family Of Mr.. Horton, some persons has
tened to 4 house ontthe corner of Inc and
Green streets, in which Loefner's wife
resided. In a few minutes afterwards,
however, and while the party assembled
In front of the house, were yet ina state
of8horrid bewildermsnt, Leefner was+seeu
staggering towards them from neighbor'
ing orchard, bleeding profusely5 from 3
cut in hand and a horrid cash across the
throat. Some of the party advanced t
meet him, but he sunk upon the grass
upon hands and knees. They traced tht
blood to an apple4tree, beneath which
t~heyfound a large sharp butcher knife
and a razor. With the former he hat
inflicted. The fatal blew which haddepriv
ed Mr. Horton Of life, and with the latte
he had attempted to accomplish his owl
destruction. When interrogated as t.
whether he had committed the arson anc
murder, lie nodded for be was speechless
assent, and also that he had cpt his owl
Throat.
In the meantime the party who ha'
first started in pursuit of him arrived 9
the residence Of his wife, but found tn
door of the room locked. Subsequent,
thew burst it in, and there, stretched neal
[ly naked upon the bed, but with her shoe
on her feet, they beheld- the dead body {
the Inflated wife Of the murderer of Nj
! Horton, no wound upon her person, BY
otherwise exhibiting marks which mad
it evident that she had died Of s~trangui'
ton.
The whretched man, Joseph Loefne.
was removed to the Commercial Hospit
where at a late hour last night be lay
speeches. agony, THE attendants expee
inemomentarily that hss would breatf
his last. He had previ6uslytsigni6ed b
signs that his motive for committing TIL
double murder, suicide and arson, wi
jealousy of his wife and Mr.. Horton, al
being taken to the. Hospital, he succee,
J ed in tracing upon a slate the intelligib
characters that he had reason to belize
,Ehis wife onthe day previous had Civ
g him poisoned butter upon his bread, al
! which had caused the alteration that b.
e led to her murder, after which he hi
s hastenedfto the house Of Mr.. Horton,
7 the front basement Of which he usual
slept, where he kindled the fire with 4
intention of burning the house and its j
q mates, but meeting Mr.. Horton, who W
aroused BY the smoke, he inflicted the
s tai stab, and then rushed forth into t
orchard to consummate his own destru
tion.
The FIRE which Leofner had kindl
y was Immediately underneath the apa
le ment occupied by Mrs. Horton. \
i Horton, in consequence of the rece
le confinement ofhis lady, occupied a slet
i ing roomfupon the other side of the hls
and in the rear of the house. He was
lie old and respected citizen, aged about
-years, and leaves his wife and six chi
rem to mourn hisloss. Hewas ali ext
q sive manufacturer of crates and marb
i lied iron, doing business on Third str
y between Race and Elm, the manufacte
e being on44PIum street. The firm y
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