Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-07-25
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wants holsters with thick, sharp knife.
l was fascinated with the sig ght; so fasci.
mated, that lost all thought of giving the
alarm, though amid the war Of four or tiys
thousand hoarse voices, it is not possible
that any alarm could have given could
have reached him. Suddenly saw the
holsters slide of, aud the Jew stoop down
and crawl under the horses belly, and
winding through. the crowd, disappear
down side alley.
II think" said I to an officer next to
me, THAT Jew has robbed that man
in front Of him. l saw him cut off his
holsters"
"Ma" said the officer addressed ;
"this is no time to look afier thieves
Here, Jews-bread, bread I'm starving;
bread, Jew, or I'll fire my pistol"
Presently from the rsvenous crowd
krautzer emerged, devouring huge lump
of dough, tearing it with bis hands, and
cramming it in huge morsels into his
lis there more to be got, Monsieur,
KrsutzerT' l said.
don't knov or care" said the wretch:
ut is every one for himself now. I'm off
to Wilns.''
At that moment. krautzer's eyes hap
pened to fall upon his saddle; he saw that
bis holsters were gone. He turned pale
as corpse, then suddenly his eyes kin.
died with tie FIRE of incipient madness.
and he drew bis sword and advanced up ~
me.
"Villain theft 10 is you,' be said,
"give me the jewels, or III cut you to
pieces"
:" Put up that sword, fool" I said, cor
III shoot you down as would Cossack.
1t was that Jew who cut off your holsters,
and ran down that lane."
The sword fell from Krautzer's hands.
his eyes rolled in their sockets; he n,ny
up his arms, rose in his strrups, gave a
ghastly scream, and then sank into a half
parai5zed heap on the saddle, and rode
of down the lane had directed.
From that honr, the savant's reason
failed him; that shock had stricken him
to the brain; bis conduct became gradu.
ally more and more wild and ravins. He
rode up and down among the ranks of tn,
vanguard, like madnan, seeking for tn.
jew, calling his name, threatening him
With death, praying him to take half the
jewels, and surrender the rest. At last,
raving, and threatening general With his
sword, krautzer was arrested, and sent to-
tho rear with the sick 1t was then | was
sent to see him, and pronounced him mad.
] need scarcely remind you of the hor-
rors Of the Beresina, when about thirty
thousand Of our soldiers perlshei. /,
however, passed my wounded over early
10 the day, and escaped safe to Wilma
krautzer has been with me ever since, the
Frussian government paying for his sup.
port. He will never recover; his brain is
softening; l give him two years longer
to live.
The rascal Jew was never again heard
Of; but year or 80 after my return, I
happened to see an advertisement in an
Amsterdam paper, announcing the sale Of
some valuable jewels, diamond brooches,
sapphire necklace, and tiaras-" rarest
water greatest lustre,' &c-the pro.
perty of Moses Levi. The next paper
contained paragraph stating that the
jewels previously advertised had been
bought in by one of the leading jewellers
Of Paris for the Rostopchin family, to
WuOuI ~ uhl DcGu @OlSCOVGEeu lOGv De-
longed, having been stolen during tho
time that the French held Moscow These
were the fatal jewels for which Krau,zer
had committed SO many crimes.
Thanking the doctor for his interesting
story, rose to 60, for it was gett,rg late.
AS be opened the front door for me, a
tall, pale, thin woman, clothed in black,
glided into the house, and passed into ,ae
porter's room.
There said the doctor, behold a
proof Of the impcrishability of woman's
love! Talk Of asbetos-talk of granite;
that poor woman, twenty year, ago, was
engaged to be married to Krautzer. She
visits him every day, and has done so for
years. lie does not know her, and he
does not care for her visits still she
comes. Have another cigar to smoke 60
ing home? You won't? Tvey WE'LL
Goodnight