Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-04
THREE CENTS.
CITY N EW S.

| MURDER AT 4 BALL.-The vicinity of West prott
street and the Frederick road was on Thursday night
the of bloody aray. 1t occurred at the lager
beer saloon of William Miller. No. l,0i3 West Pratt
street. and resulted in the death OF one man and tho
serious, if no, fatal injury of two others From the
facts cciirI by reporter it appears that ball
was being held at Nillcrs house, and that late
hour OF the evening difficulty arose between one
Charles Brown and German named John Seibod,
winch became general in its character. In the
of the disturbance, ScboId received a slight wound
above the left ear, inflicted he alleges with knife,
while others assert that he struck with stone.
The friends of Sebold, or rather those who took
sides against Brown, succeeded in cXpelllnS him,
with some friends. from the house. The doors were
then fastened and the dance proceeded, notwith-
standing parties on the outside were constantly pelt
ing the house with stones, in consequence of adms
sion being refused them
Thus matters stood until about o'clock in the
morning, when knock was heard at the front door,
and upon opening it, John Schmidt a boarder in the
house, tand whose wife was in the room) entered
As soon as the doorwas opened arush was made from
the outside, and several persons gained admission
Quick as thought Seibold, who is brawny stalwart
young man, drew a knife and commenced cutting
right and left ndiscriminaely. The first man he
struck John Schmidt The knife entered the left
side OF the neck severng the carotid artery Schmidt
staggered to 4 rear room, where he fell upon the
The next man who fell beneath the murderous
blows, which were being dealt by Sebold, was John
lieldt, the foreman Of the malt house in Seeger's
brewery, which adjOins Miller's saloon on the vest
He received Il severe wound in the left shoulder n
second one across the forehead. and third upon the
left cheek, and saved himself from being completel
butchered by getting out of the way as rapidly as
possible. The other man injured by Seibold was
Frederick Schaffer II laborer in Seegers brewery
lie also received three wounds one in the spine an
other on the forehead and third in the neck They
are OF much more dangerous character than those
of Ilieldt and will most probably result fatally.
During the time that this bloody work was pro-
crossing resistance offered notwithstanding
that there were considerable number of men pre-
sent. The men, well the women, seemed to
have been terrorstricken, and have since said that
they had not the power to interfere with Seibold
The murderer having sated his passed into
the street. through the portion of the house and
proceeded to his home, no one interfering with him.
Soon after the occurrence DR.. Linthicum was called
in, and, pronouncins Schmidt dead, dressed tho
wounds of IIicldt and Schaffcr.
The affair coming to the knowledge of the nolicc
Sergeant Stahl, with officers England Hays Ramsey
Houck, Gees and Martin repaired to the SPOT for tbe
purpose Of arrcsng the murderer. They went to
Decks Brewery, at the corner of Baltimore street
and the Calycrton road where they found Seibod in
bed. Although instantly identified by the wife of
Hieldt he Stoutly denied having committed the mur
der or in any manner offended against the Law
Upon searching him, the knife he had used-with the
blood still upon twas found in his pocket as also 4
lager beer glass. lie taken to the Western Police
Station, and Justice Dryden committed him to Jail
for the action of the Grand jury upon tho charge of
murder.
About ten o'clock yesterday Coroner Greentrce
held an inquest upon the body of John Schmidt when
the evidence Of the following witnesses was taken
amounting in substance 10 the narration given above:
Mrs. Elizabeth Schmidt. Mrs. Schoenfeld, Mrs.
Anne tlicldt, Joseph Hilbert AdolphuS Gabrio Au-
gustus Movers, DR.. Lnthicum, August keser VIM.
Miller, Sergeant Stahl and Mr.. Reiser. The Jury of
inquest rendered the following verdict That John
schmidt came to his death by wound in the neck
inflicted by knife in the hands of John Seibold"
One of the Witnesses Joseph Hilbert in the course
Of his testimony, stated that he went for the doctor
after the occurrence, and when he entered the street
he was twice fired at with revolver During the
morning witness had Lewis Mcttce arrested upon the
charge of being the party who thus attempted his life
Justice Dryden commit ted Mctco to Jail in default
Of bail, to await the action of the Grand Jury
Charles Brown, the person, elected from the ball
room, was also arrested and held to bail to answer at
court the charge of riotng. 1t is stated however,
that he left the place he put out of the
room, which some time before the stabbing and
cutting occurred.
of Schafer very critical one, Capt. Casse of the
Western police station, yesterday directed Justice
Meredith to take his ante mOrten examination This
was done, notwithstanding his exhausted condition,
and upon SeibOd being taken before him he at once
recognized him as the persnn who stahhaa L:-~ -
del,Useu accordingly
1t is proper to state that while several of the wit
nesses testified to seeing Sebold strike at Schmidt,
none of them saw the knife, except when he cut
Heldt.
The weapon used a pocket knife, with dirk
blade about four inches in length, the point of which
had been broken off. Some persons were of the
oinpion that the point had been broken off in some of
the wounds inflicted. but Seibod himself says that
the point was broken off some days since. The knife
is now in possession of the police.
Sebold has been in this country but five months,
having landed in Baltimore from an emigrant vessel
He is square built unusually stout man, about "a
years of age and unmarried. His parents reside in
Germany.
Scnidt is also German, and came to this city from
New York about six weeks since. He is thirty years
of age, and leaves widow. Hieldt is of fam
lily, and resides on West Pratt street. few doors east
of Seeger's brewery. Schaffer is an unmarried man.
and rooms in the brewery of Mr.. Seeger.
TAX STATIsTIcs.-The State and city taxes COL
lected, as furnished by VIM. II. Cole, Assistant
Cashier in the office Of Augustus NJ Price, ESQ., City
Collector during the month of October, on the va
rious Ievies from 1860 to 1865 inclusive amounts
10 Ilh040SD
Which is i'll Of October 1S6t........ 4043622
The total collections since JAN st are 673 S737
Collected III 1864 to October 3st........ ,442 1852
Increase III ten 30 i5050
There has been collected this years levy since
May 9th siXty-siX per cent of the whole amount,
while the bills for personal property being now in
the hands of the bafS the receipts of the Office will
doubtless be large this month The bills for city
taxes real estate paid during this month will be
entitled to discount of per cent. but for State
taxes discount is allowed since the 1st instant All
tax bills considered due within the year and
those paid subject to interest from the first
of January besides liability to cost.
WREcKED-The brig Orison Adams. Captain Ran
dulph from Matanzas for this port was fallen in with
the 26th ultimO in latitude $50 90 longitude so
~, in wrecked condition. her foremast having been
carried away, also her maintop-sail and jibnoom-
The saved and re-embarked on board the
brig Blue Wave" The same day a vessel was seen
to be on fire, and it is supposed to have been tho
Adams
PRoMoTGoY.-Hon. L. Ii. Webster, Collector of this
port has recently promoted Captain James II. Rig
by, commander ofRigby's Maryland Battery, during
the late war, from his late position in the Custom