The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-05-15
B. B. BLACK WELL. EDITOR.

to trace the footprints, which appar-
emily led to the ruined castle-theil
superstitious fears being doubtless
lulled by the conviction that ghosts
are not prone to wander in the bright
sunshine of q July morning. One Of
the party wss soon seen running back
to the chapel in breathless haste, an
nonncing that the scene of the crime
was discovered. The magistrate pro-
ceeded to the ruins of the castle, and
what he saw left no room to doubt
that the murder had actually been
committed there The floor of the
spacious area (once the banqueting
hall of the castle) was stained with
blood. The walls, the table and the
seats, also presented similar stains =
on the table were the remains of a re-
past which had evidently been parta-
ken of at 10 very distant date, for
there were fragments of bread and
fruit, and broken bottle in which some
wine still remained.
On further examination, deep prints
Of footsteps were perceived leading
from the ruins of Gutenberg to
the high road of Boxing, in direction
quite opposite to that of the chapel.
A little further on in, the same track
was found q piece of red cloth F.; and
on comparis ol it was ascertained to
belong to the same shawl a fragment
of which had been used to stanch the
wound of the victim. At the foot of
a tree lay ladies glove, nearly new,
but stained with blood. Nothing
more was discovered, and in the eve
ming the body was inferred in the vii
lage church-yard. after being through
out the day exposed to the pnblic
gaze.
On the following day, an innkeeper
presented himself to the magistrate of
the district. He hau recognized in
the murdered man q traveller who slept
in his house on the night of the 18th
of July, and who left early on the fol-
lowing morning. He knew neither
! the name nor the condition of the
stranger; nor had he heard from
whence he came, or whittier he was
going. The innkeeper observed that
he had a gold watch and chain, u red
morocco pocket book, and a green
silk purse moreover, that he wore
two rings, one of Which he had recog
nized on the dead body.
An active inquiry was sent Oh foot
but no circumstance of Importance
was brought to light, until about six
weeks afterwards. The police then
ascertained that a gentleman named
Won Bergfeldt, who had been residing
for some time at Coblentz, had sud-
denly disappeared He came from
Frankfort, and to all appearance pos
sessed plenty of money. He had
made several excu rsions to various
parts of t! e adjacent country, and his
journeys has extended as far as the
mountains of the Vosges. AN old
soldier, who had been Lis Servent, and
the proprietor of q house which he
had hired, came to Muhlbach both
had O perfect recollection of the watch
and the to rings remarked by the inn
keeper; the servant positively affirm
ed that the boots found on the dead
body belonged to his ma ster.
Several months elapsed, and pub,
lie interest, which had been power
fully excited bu the mysterious event,
was gradually subsiding, when gen.
tleman of rank, travelling to the wa
ters of Podewil, happened to pass
through Muhlbach. Hearing Of the
murder, he was struck by the name of
the victim-Bergfeldt being the name
of one of the most ancient and noble
families in Silesia. He knew their
armorial bearings, and he expressed a
; wish to see the signet-ring which had
been found on the body. The eagra-
we'd coat of-arms was identical with
that of the Silesian Bergfeldts; viz,
quarterly Sable and Azure, OH Chief
Or, Serpant between Two Bees.
The ODER PrOcurot0r of Muhlbach
lost no time in addressing a letter to
the autl critics of Breslau. An ans
wer speedily returned enclosing a let
ter signed Ferdinand Won Bergfeldt,
the writer of which described himself
as being the second son of the old
Baron Franz Won Bergfeldt He sta
ted that his elder brother had, about
two years previously, left home tc
make tour in various parts Of Europe,
and that the family had received no in
telligence of him for very consider
able time.
Every circumstance" pursued the
writer of the letter, leads to the sup
position that the victim of the recent
, murder is no other than my unfortu-
nate brother. Our family has the
greatest interest iii Calculating this
r Il. III.