The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-06
Verdict of the Jury /!

Verdict of the Jury
littse after one o'cieck on Sunday al
.ernoon la.s, the good people Of the quiet
and orderly village Of Two Rivers were as
souaded by sae report that girl, named
NARY SHREEvE. had died very suddenly,
aad under circumstances which might
need an investigation, Accordingly, 'iEo
w. BAsxEE. Esq of this village. was call
ed sbr Deputy Sheriff LIssTEDr with his
asuAl promp,nes., to hold An inquest, and
he ven, 10 Two Rivers for that purpose on
Monday morning. On arriving there ii
va found tha, the deceased had met with
aviolent and cruel ds.th ., the hands Of
some fiesd who had sent-as far AS known
An innocent and unofIending being into
The presence Of her Maker without q mo
msn,'s preparation. We have no 'nclina
toL for words in relation to the >rribte
affair. It is SO shocking tba, na1 re il
ssf revolts against the mention oftne most
brutal Of mul ders which ever occurred in
shi, or any other State. and which i. more
aggravated from the fac. that the murder
ou. devil is lot only unknown, but unsus
psc!ed Our Reporter, who was present
81 the Inqnes', gives below a correc, state
men Of TIE uhoie Of the te>timonV given
b.. fore tie jury. and 10 that evidence We
refer the reader 20, full statement Of the
damnng dc ed as far as known. We viii
only add thai the unfortunate victim wa
girl under l6 ,esrs Of sge. Of GOOD char
ac,... ard v,r;uous. The circumstances,
,he csa.e. and .hs author OF The yiIalhou-
&C, xr. rl,rouded in complete m;.ter,.
Mr.. EAID, in whose resdence ehe as
murdered, j. now, and has been for =
year or.wo. Su'ler in the army. W
Low proceed to give our Repor,er's state.
msnt u The tesrmouv taken before the
COKtNER'> INQUEST.
TESTIMONY or HENRY zILLhAN.
vas At home las, Sunday in the after
noon. except when went with my father
50 NJ kslb'. to buy a calf; this WAS from
on. 10 ,vo n'ciuck IL H. AFTERNOON
While on our way to Mr. kAih'>, we pass
ed Mrs Kunz; rhe and the children rsn
TO as when eighteen or twenty rods from
Mr. Kalb'-, and said "Tha, girl, she has
died" "Mr. Kunz." ! said to her.
won, believe IL" We all came to the
house of Mrs kab together; the door
"a. shut; don't know who went into
The house firs,; think NV father did
saw the gil living on the floor about four
or five fee, from the door, with her head
to1ards the sink, and her feet towards TIE
door Of the bed room where .be slept;
took hold Of tho giri's left arm to bee if
the blood circnlared; this was don. be-
fore rhe ~xs moved | felt movement of
the pulse the breas, wa. swollen. and the
head VAS very hot think she had been
lying there ten or twelve minutes the
bedr IN door before referred to as shat
~hsu ~s discovered !he bo!y; noticed
no movement Of the hands, or fee,, or
e,s'; her eyes were open, but did Tot
look rs though she WAS dead thought
she ~as in tit, aud opened Ter clothes ::
she wa lying on The right side. with her
head bent down over hef right shoulder
jus, a. al. did when feIt her pulse; t.
,av mark on her left side abOu; The >iz.
OF \ 'w" dollar piece she was living on
the riglst side. and think this mark wa.
on the left side ; the breast was blue and
ell s~elled up, and | saw ne other mark
there was no blool Oh sny part of her
dress; took towel wiped the blood from
her nose and mouth, and carried Der and
laid her on a bed in The kitchen bedroom i
! carried her alone TO he bed, and Mrs
kunz helped me to lIft her on 20 it the
body was warm. particularly the head. |
when carried Il; the body was not stiff !
nv father directeu me 20 carr, the bod,
into The bed room; Joseph Farrell came
into the hou.s one or Eve minute. after | |
laid the body on The bed; can't tell ex.
rctly how long: | WAS IN the hed.r room !
when be came in; believe Mrs Kunz
vas there; can, swear ,ha, Mrs Kuez
vas there in the bedroom ali the tine af |
ter the body was laid on the bed TIL Jo-
Aeph Farrell arrived when started to la,
'her on the bed nv father started to 90 for
the doctor NV father wss not there when
we lifted her on to the bed &: Joseph Far
Yell and several Others who came in !
before The doctor arrived. felt of the pirI |
And ssld she WAS dead | think It W As be-
tween two ana three o'clock in the after
noon when DR.. Oswald arrived after Far /
rsli and oihers felt OF the body and pro |
nonnced her dead. felt Of her. and doubt
ed II she wa dead. as the feet oniy were
cold and the res, of the BODY warm and
Timber; | looked into the room ybiie The
doctor WAS there; i, was two or three
minutes after nv father directed IN. ,o
pm, her on thu bed lha, | dit 50 he'neJ
Hrnrv isrmell carry tho body up stairs
this wss about four or half pa, four: had
nothing To do with the BODY sfier W. ear
med II up stairs. but wen, up verv often
vas not acquainted with this girl: have
e<ts bu hafr-s ~, 81 Kah'. slrr-s, .v