Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-12-06
9 Capital STORY.
THE DOG AND THE ASSASSIN,
BY MRS. @. A. SCULE,

While travelling in 1857, through the
beautiful city Of Leipzig. | observed,
about half league from the gate of the
town, few rods from the highway, a
wheel and the bones of chained corpse
exposed to the gaze of every passcr.
The following is the history of the
criminal as learned from the Judge who
conducted the trial, and condemned him
to be broken alive.
a German butcher being benighted in
the midst Of forest, lost his wav, and
in endeavoring to find the road, was at
tackled by highwaymen. He was on
horseback, and accompanied by a large
Gog One OF! the robbers seized the horse
by the bride, while the two others drag
gcd the butcher from his saddle and felled
him. The dog immediately leaped upon
one ofthem and strangled him, but the
other wounded the animal so severely,
that he rushed into the woods. uttcring
the most fearful hcwls. The butcher, who
by this time had disengagcd himself from
the grasp of the second robber, drew his
knife and killed him. But at the same
moment he received a shot from the third
one, who had wounded the dog, and fall
ing. was despatched by the thief who
found upon him large amount of gold,
silver watch and few other articles of
value. lie plundered the corpse, leaped
upon the horse and fled.
The next morning, two wood cutters
happening in that path, were surprised
to find three dead bodies, and large dog
who seemed to be guarding them. They
examined them, and endeavored to restore
! life, but in vain.
One of them dressed the wounds of the
dog, gave him some food and sought some
water tor him, whlo the other hastenod
to tho nearest village with the news Of the
discovery. The officer, accompanied by
several attendants, was soon on the spot,
a surgeon examined the wounds of the
three bodies; they drew up a verbal pro-
cess and inferred them.
The dog had dragged himself in the
course of the night, when all was quiet,
to tho corpse of his master. where he was
tho next morning. He allowed his new
friends to dress his wounds.
lilo looked on quietly as they dug tho
grave, and allowed them to bury the
bodies but as tho turf was replaced, he
stretched himself upon it, howled mourn e
fully, and resisted all efforts of the by-
ISLANDERS to induce him to move. He snap-
ped at all who came near him, except the
woodman who had tended him. Ho bore
his caresses, but no sooner did the man
attempt to take his paw to remove him
from the grave than he gnashed his teeth
and would have wounded him severely il
he had not fed Every one admired the
iidellty OF the dog and when the woodman
offered to carry him food and drink each
day that he might not perish, the magis-
trate proposed taking up collection to
remunerate the man, as he was poor and
the father OF a large family. With difficult
ty he was induced to accept the money
but he finally did, and from that moment
burdened himself with the care of his new
pensioner.
Tho details of this horrible ovent were
published in tho principle journals Of the
country, j. Myers, a brother of the butch
er' reading sometime afterward the adver-
tlsement of the magistrate. hastened in
stantly to his presence, saying he had
Tears which he believed only too well
founded that his brother had fallen into
tho hands of robbers as he had left homo
with a large sum of ofmoney for the pur-
chase of beeves, and was not since heard
from. His suspicious were only too we'll
and sadly confirmed when tho magistrate
related to him the conduct of a doc
which ho described. Mr.. Myers, accom-
panied by the magistrate and several 9th.
ers repaired to the grave. AS soon as
the dog perceived his master'r brother,
he howled. Tapped his hands and evinced
other demonstrations of joy. By different
parts Of his dress, Mr.. Meyer recognized
the body of his brother when they disin.
TERED it. The absence of the gold and
tho watch. the wounds Of the butcher and
his dog those of the two other bodies,
together with the disappearance of the
horse convinced the magistrate and the
witnesses that the deceased had not only