, 1859-04-22
sTEIIAcooM WASHINGTON TERRITORY, FRIDAY APRIL 22

Beulner, had, on the occasion Of assisting him
with the load Of wood, stood some time at tho
door Of the counting.honse, and, on their leaving
the house together, had said, YouV old one has
heap Of money up there; couldn't VIC ease him
Of little Pa proposition which he (Schonleben)
rejected with Indignation. To this he added, that
three days ago he had dreGnt that the cash. box
had been found, and that be himself had seen It
under heap Of wood in Beutner's house !; where.
upon, As be naiyely remarked, aho had ielt great
joy, and requested the magistrates 10 release him
| irpm prison to the sound OF music.n ~, ~,f
The effect Of this deposition was once more 10
direct inquiry towards Bentner. The Maunerts
stoutly denied their guilt; Schonlebon denied his
and it was thought that perhaps Beutncr could
be brought to confess. That none of them were
guilty, seems never to have been suspected. All
the indications against Beutner were carefully
collected together. The very dream Of Schonle-
ben, Instead Of being treated rs dream, natural
enough in the circumstances, and after so long
an Imprisonment in damp dismal cel was &C.
cepted as clue. Beutncr's house was thoroughly
searched; in vain was every plank torn up, and
every corner ransacked; rats, dust and rubbish
in abundance were there, but no eash-box, no
trace Of money.
Meanwhile the medical report respecting the
capabilIty Of Frau Maunert TO support hogging
was registered. II stated that she was quite ca
pablc OF bearing some stripes; and there can be
no doubt that this cruelty and indiguity would
have been suffered by her, as Il had ben already
by her husband, had not nature given an en-
phatic denial to the medical evidence, by carrying
her off,. On the 28th September, after an i'm
prisonmcnt Of more than three months, death
beneiiccntly put an end to her suiierngs. She
died in great agony, bodily and mental The
priest who alone st cd beside her during the last
l. nG naa..
years experience he had never known sadder
case. The cell in which she was imprisoned was
under ground, shut off from the light Of the sun
and the breath Of heaven as she hersslf was
shut oil from the embraces Of her children, and
tue anxious love Of her husband lie also sDt
alone in darkness with the knowledge Of bis In
nOcence, and the knowledge that all men believed
him to be guilty. The priest, in gentle persua-
sive accents, urged the dying woman 10 Tree her
soul from its load by confession; her constant
reply was, that she had nothing to confess; she
and her family were innocent God will bring
our innocence 70 light you will see that one day"
And rs The final preparations for her end were
being made, she said, +" God has been with me,
and called to me: Fear not: am beside thee;
lgo joyfnlly to Him, for 60 n once to heaven"
Inc priest took his leave, and shortly afterwards
all was over for her in this world. Sa1lay ~
As . criminal she bad died. as criminal she
was butied In silence and darkness she was
laid IN the Garth without rites Of scpulture At
any rate she was free now from all torture Of
mind or body. satrt gs'i l0 sI9k sif
Three victims still remained. Nothing had as
yet been pronounced as to their Fate. 1hey had
everything to fear nothing to hope.
On the 30th October, exactly four weeks after
the burial Of Frau Manners, Q now turn was
given to tho inquiry. Indced, before that there
mad been rumOrs which grew more and more Sc
rious and which directed suspicion TO quite other
pciSons than tho accused. But the court would
uot be led away from lis present course, by fol.
lowing new and uncertain tracks. Il was felt
tnat tue whole city was implicated-that justice
nerself was in peril unless the truth could be
made evident. At length rumor became 80 loud,
that one oil the judges sent for the loeksmith's
apprentice, Wagner, and in his private house
took down tho i0llowing deposition - = az.
On Sunday, the l7th OctOber, . friend Of his
told him At the beer ssOp, that little while be-
lore be, Wagner, arrived there one Of the MeisteT
Berger's workmen, named the BcFlincr, bad
spoken very aLusvely Of Meister Gosser, tho
i0cksmith, and Of Blosel, his man boldly ted
ing the latter that people suspected IN OF being
concerned in tlIe Sterbenk robbery. Blosel had
quietly accepted all the reprOaches insults, and
vtupcration Of the .Berlincr, aud sat as II dumb,
in the presence Of his antagonist The suspl-
cion to which lhe Bsrliner alluded was founded
on the iact that BIoscl aud Gosser had bought
themselves silver watches, were dressed in new
suits from top to toe, and seemed to be altogether
in much more prosperous circumstances than
formerly. Wagner further deposed that on the
Monday alter that scene, Meister Gosser had
come to tie beer-shop, and endeavored to clear
his man frrm the impulations which had been
cast on him, declaring that he had received
money from his relations in Saxony, which would
account for his prosperous condition.
On further questioning, Wagner dcposed that
about week ago fsllow-workman Of his bad
remarked: "BIosel is cutting hgurel ehas
had a new coat made. He stood treat TO me In
prineely style two bottles Of wine at one place: