The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-11-26
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1868.

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"Bread bread, accused Jews! bread dear
Jews!" screamed out Krautzer, alternately
wheedling aud threatening.
''Bread, or we'll STAY every Jew =" shouted
the soldiers, tearing the dough to pieces as
the w-balIers threw it in great white Jumps
among them, fierce as sharks fighting for
bait
was about four ranks off from Krautzer,
and was waiting patiently for my turn, when
nv attention was drawn to the Jew at the sa-
wants side He was bending down, and ev-
identity cutting at the savant's holsters with a
thick, sharp knife | was fascinated with the
sight-so fascinated that l lost all thought Of
giving the alarm; though, amid the war Of
Of four or five thousand hoarse voices, it is not
possible that any alarm | could have given
would have reached him.
Suddenly saw the holsters slide off, and
theJew stoop down and crawl under the horse
belly, and, winding through the crowd, disap-
pear down a side-alley.
II think, - said l to an officer next me, chat
Jew has robbed shat man in front of u.s.
saw him cut off his holsters
''Chu !'' said the officer l addressed; ''thia
is no time to look after thieves Here Jews
bread, bread; Pm starving; bread, Jew, OIL
I'll fire my pistol"
Presently from the ravenous crowd Krautzel
emerged, devouring a huge lump Of dough,
tearing it with his hands, and examining it il
huge morsels into his mouth.
lis there more to be got Monsieur Kraut-
ger ?' l said.
Il don't know or care" said the wretch
it is every one for himself now. I'm off tc
Wilma
At that moment Krautzer's eyes happened
to fall upon his saddle; he saw that his hoist
ers were gone
He turned pale as a corpse-then suddenly
his eyes kinded with the fire ofincipient mad
ness, and he quickly drew his sword and ad-
vanced upon me.
''ViIlian! thief! it is you-lt is you!'' he
said; give me the jewels, or I'll cut you to
pieces"
Put up that sword, fool" | said, cor I'll
shoot you down as [ would Cossacll. 1t was
that Jew that cut off your holsters, and ran
down that lane"
The sword fell from Krautzer's hands; his
eyes rolled in their sockets; he flung up his
arms, rose in his stirrups gave a CHASTITY
scream, and then sank into half-paralyzed
heap on the saddle and rode slowly off down
the lane had indicated.
From that hour, the savants reason failed
him-that shock had stricken him to the
brain; his conduct became gradually more and
more wild and raving. He rode up and down
among the ranks of the vanguard like mad
man, seeking for the Jew-calling his naIns,
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 the rear with the sick 1t was then
that | was sent to see him, and pronounced
him to be mad.
need scarcely remind You Of the horrors
of the Beresina, when thirty thousand Of our
soldiers persisted. |, however passed my
wounded over early in the day, and escaped
safe to Wilma. Krautzer has been with me
ever since-the Prussan government paying
for his support lie will never recover; his
brain is softening | give him two years long
er to live.
The rascal Jew was never again heard Of !;
but, year or so after my return, [ happened
to see an advertisement in an Amsterdam pa
per, announcing the sale of some valuable
jewels, diamond breaches, sapphire necklace,
tiaras-' 'rarest water" greatest lustre" etc,
the property of Moses Levi. The next pa
per contained paragraph stating that the
jewels previously advertised had been bought
in by one of the leading jewelers. of Paris for
the Rostopchn family, to whom it had been
discovered they belonged-having been stolen
during the time that the French held Moscow.
These were the fatal jewels for which Kraut-
yer had committed 50 many crimes.
Thanking the doctor for his interesting sto-
ry, | rose to go, for it was getting late. AS
he opened the front-door for me, a tall, pale
thin woman, clothed in black, glided into the
house. and passed into the porter's room.
''There," said the doctor, ''behoId proof
of the imperishability of womans love! Talk
Of asbestos-talk of granite; that poor woman
twenty years ago, was engaged to be married
to Krautzer She visits him every day, and
has done so for years. He does not know her,
and he does not care for her visits still she
comes Have another segar, to smoke going
home? You won't? Very well, then-good
night"
ian Irish Captain in the army, newly ap-
pc nted to drill his regiment, vociterated loud
Iy his first order, to show his authority =
advance three steps backwards; and those
men without arms, hold up your hands?'
A quack doctor on his death-b bed willed his
property to a lunatic asylum giving as rea-
son for his doing so, that he wished his for
tune to go to the liberal class who patronized
him.
Whoever is honorable and candid. honest
and courteous, is q gentleman, whether learn
ed or unIcarned, rich Or poor
There is a town in New Hampshire so heal
thy that the people had to borrow corpse to
start graveyard.