The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-08

n sAs4u n0suSu S1AAASHct CiWtQU RTuSk MAS exc.
c1ted At ST. kouis on Friday last, for the murder
Of frederick William Schmidt. Rrust was
German from Wnrtembprg, and about 81 years
OF age. The murdered man was q native of
Missouri Brust fell In with him In Cincinnati.
Some time after becoming acquainted with Brust,
Schmidt resolved on = trip to California He
went, and was evidently more successful than
the average OF gold seekers in that distant land.
Brust som followed. The parties met in Cali
Schmidt came back with q, 600 in gold, accom-.
panied by Brust They took room at the
Green Street Exchange, St. Louis, and were
there for about two days. Schmidt had over one
thousand dollars in gold in . belt on his person.
Brust had nothing. They were inseparahle COM
panions, and Schmidt on all occasions pAfd ex-
penses.s Athalfpsst QUE O'Clock, on tho 9th Of
March last, they irosc from dinner at the Green
Street Exchange, kept by Robert Fuestal, and
retired 70 the room occupied by them joihtly..-.
4 brief hour afterwafd the servant girl called at
he raEoM Soor, found Schmiat asleep and 'Brust
lowering ahxiuusiy oyer him. 7 A few minutes
d,p. s.' .s ss' 81 sss sssl:
hrayely for his life, had succeeded in cutting his
throat. He removed the belt containing the
coveted funds, and lelt fpr eincinpat, whe4e he
was subsequently arrested.
This Is the history of the murder, - arl
At the execution Rrust exhibited complete
resignation. He was perfectly willing to die,
and appeared aatls2ed that his great sin had been
forgiven him. He passed from his cell In com.
pany with his spiritual Advisers and smied at the
assembled crowd Ae walked viii : arm step
TO the gallouas knelt down and prayed isrvsatay.
then 10 Gsfpan IL aokrc... ei..d = t;,,a1 ~
o''"..::sS = g. his noos IA |. "a great
s,,ss Il! ssa,ese .e Re 70 ,a sS5
Rnelt down and prayed, and rising heard the
death warrant read. During the reading Of II he
uas unmoved. He walked upon the trap door
with the sumo 6rmness q he ascended the stairs
Of the platform. Marshal Guibor tied his hands
behind him. The white cap was placed over bis
head and the rope adjusted round his neck, him.
self assisting. Mr.. Ewes touched the spring Of
the trap door precisely at t~o o'clock, Ind The
soul Of iSamuet. Gimon RruSt was launched into
eternity Not . strsagle-0ot groan. The
muscles were a rigid and motionless - II the
body was made of iron. In four minutes from
the fall all animation had ceased. The body
hung evenly. three minutes and was taken down
| and placed in plain mahogany colin. The sur
geols examined the neck and found Is had been
broken BY the fall
seE3aEsd CskRlt.-X Rostaa correspondent
Of he Missouri Dsmocsat. says:
| The 8outh is not % readily credited % former
". In Boston, for instance, Texas merchants
| can hardly get . dollars credit They have come
here, then gone back to New York, and return
| ed here again, in vain trying to purchase on
thine. Primarily the cause Of this il the failure
LOT the crops, ard the great drouth which that
State has met with during the season. Il 10 ar.
gued that Texas will not be in condition 70 pay