Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-28
From the Chicago Time..l

a YILLA1NoUs GANG CAueuT.-Mr. j. r.
Goudry, Deputy United States Marshal of Wis
consin, arrived in this city yesterday, having in
custody German named Charles Reisner, alias
Charles Herse, who is charged with the crimes
of burglary, robbery, arson and murder, in In
Crosse, Wisconsin. Reisner was arrested Mt
Peoria, where under the name of Herse, he has
been carrying on the business of butcher
In the summer of 1855, he was arrested in this
city by officers Rchm and Sauter for larceny,
for which he was convicted and sentenced for
a term of two years to the State Prison at AL
ton. After serving out his time, he went to
La Crosse, where, in less than six weeks after
his arrival. the murder was committed for which
he is now arrested.
The circumstances of the murder were as
follows: In July, 1857, young man landed
Mt La Crosse from one of the Prairie du Chem
and St Paul Packets. He proceeded directly
to livery stable and hired horse and bug
gy for the purpose as he stated, of going some
distance back into the country. From this trip
he returned just at. dusk, and in paving tue
lstable.keeper, he displayed some $500 in money,
all in bills of $50 and $780, One of the fif-
ties was given to the Stable.keeper, who RETURN
ed the requisite change. man named Will
liam John, was standing in the stable at the
time and witnessed the transaction. He fol-
lowed the boy, on his leaving the stable, and
this was the last time the latter was seen alive.
About two weeks afterwards, his body was
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a seine. 1t had been stabbed four times in the
region of the heart, and there was also wound
on the face, the effect of q blow with some hea-
Wy weapon. The body was quite naked. Not
far from the same time jewery store in La
Crosse was robbed of some $4,000 worth of
tor of either ofthese crimes, until some months
afterward.
There were living in La Crosse at that time
four Germans, named L. Resner, Albert Nal
low, William John, and Charles Reisner. They
were engaged in the butchering business, and
it was pretty generally suspected that great
portion of their stock was stolen from farmers
and others in the neighborhood. They at length
got into difficulty in regard to burning another
butchers barn, and fled the country. MallOw
left his wife and child in La Crosse They
had been gone about three months when Mall
lows wife, becoming reduced to absolute want
sold some jewelry in liquidation of her board.
This jewelry was found to be portion of the
goods stolen from the store of Patze. A search
warrant was Immediately taken out, and in this
house in which this woman had been living
unlawfully with L. Keisner, about 81 900 worth
of jeweiry was found in a trunk under the bed,
together with the identical clothes of the MUIR
derrd boy, identified by thestabs through them
corresponding with the wounds upon his body.
Mrs. Mallow and Keisner were arrested and con-
fined in, jail. ,As
The clue thus afforded to the perpetrators
of both the crimes, was then takerRup by Mr.
Goudry. whoss..foliowed the. trail until all the
implicated parties were arrested. Maow was
found at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in the butchering
business, under the name of William Teale-
John was found in Missouri, near Leavenworth
City, at work in saw mill. He had shanty
in the woods, where abont 81. 900 worth of the
jewelry was also found. On the way down the
Missouri River, the prisoner, heavily ironed,
jumped overbord and was drowned. Charles
Reisener, the last of the gang, was arrested, as
we have already stated, at Peoria, day before
yesterday. About 5000 worth of the stolen
persistently denies all knowledge of the crimes
which the gang have committed. He was de-
tanned in tile Jail OF. this city yesterday, and
will be taken hence to La Crosse to-day.