Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-20
a NEW PARNMAx EEoRRoR.
Atrocious Murder liza Wayne County. Eowa
The Remains OF 4he Victim burned 7o
Ashes i'm HIS Own Fireplace.

From the COrydon UowaJ Monitor, March ST
LINEyILLE, WAYNE COUNTY, Iowa, March ,
EDITOR MoNT0R;-One Of those cool brutal mur-
derS the bare recital OF which makes the blood run
cold, has Just thrown this community into the great
est excitement brief synopsis of which by your
permission. propose to Law before your renIe~s Il
appears that German by the name Of George X Iidcr
living ABOUT three-tOUrhS Of mile from this place
on larm belonging to MIR. /. II. ?. Duncan, Of o.
tGmwa, has been missing since the ghr g.: February
z. Mr.. kIder was single man, aOGut thirty ycar.
OF age, and lived alone. tha mousse in which ne lived
belng ABOUT half q mile back from the road ana
about ,&a same distance from any other dwelling
From the subsequent conduct and contra l,tGry
mentS OF German neighbor by tho name of William
noGSmat, ihe people here GeTe led 10 suppose that
Kinder had met with fout play and arrested lyogman
as the murderer. Upon being questioned ms To thr
Whereabouts of the missing man. he prisoner faintpJ
but upon recovering said thut KIider bad zone ~
Trenton Mo, and left his prOperty in gc.staayG ~
charge until Ii. return The M @ i"ah a.
proceeded to examine klider's house. Large snntl
OF oioQd were found on the floors and walls OF his
room, the whole premises emitting the most sekcniny
0dor large quantities Of human bones we're found i
!ue Smou;;ueFlne aSnes OF the fireplace. The lower
Jaw was but little disdcUred. large pieces of the
SKULL together with pieces of human flesh were dug
OUT OF the aahe4; q portion vi the former showed an
nci3iun d Ii the body had been chopped in pieces
with an ak, preparatory to burning The most OF tn
bones. however, had been pounded to pigcev ,-nr-
uQns oi me murdered mans saddle were iGund in the
ashes burned probably to subStaAtate the story that
he mad gone away on horseback.
upon examination before Judge Snyder and Fs-
qulre Alley, the following facts in relation 10 the
Prisoner lio gman elected That lie left home
On tho evening OF FEBRUARY -, ahCEt clock and
ud NOT return until alter sunrise the next morning:
and that ne failed to give any satisfactory answer 10
his wites inquiry as to his nights absence that he
was engaged during the entire day of the I'D of Feb
fuary IN removing the missing mans effects to his
own own house telling his wife lat Kder was coming to
i've with them ON e!s return; that on the 9th he
went TO PRINCETON, Mo, and traded off q horse be-
longing 70 hlider which he had concealed since bis
dIsappearance; that he offered 60 sell note of Xii
der's for $3.50, OF Mg J. L. Sullivan of this place
but on account Of some crooked statements be made
IN relatoa 10 the note failed dispose oft and th9
note, together with the pocketbOok, pockei-knffe
ana other trinketS, identified the .EOpery of the
murdered man. were found Gn tho prisoners person
at the time of his arrest. IAe murderer must have
been engaged in ls deyilish work of burning tbs y,
man3 daring the entire night OF February 81 1t was
with the utmost difficulty that the e;.! sons could be
restrained from WreakIng summary vengeance on the
i've years old, With brutal coun ntenance which YOU
can seGT ~ vain for single indication of the finer
ieelings Of humanity He is a rail in Princeton
Mo. awaiting trial. The only motive for the heIsh
act appears to have been that of gain.