Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-20
A NEW PARKMAN HORROR.
Atrocious Murder in Wayne County, Iowa-.The
Remains Of the Victim Burned to Ashes in his
own fif'''Afs' y
From the Corydon Iowa Monitor, march ~

From the Gordon iowa Monitor March 81
LIxEvILLE, wAYxz COUNTY, lows, March 2
Editor Monitor-One Of those cool, brutal muir
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, with your
permission, propose to lay before your readers. II
appears that German by the name Of George Klider,
living about three-fourths Of mile from this place.
on farm belonging to Mr., 7. III. p. Duncan, of Of
tumwa has been missing since the night Of Febru-
airy p. Mr. Klider was a single man, about thirty
years of age, and lived Alone the house in which he
lived being about half mile back from the road
and about the same distance from any other dwelling
From the subsequent conduct and contradictory
statements Of a German neighbor by the name of
William Hoogman, the people here were led to sus-
pect that Klder had met with foul play and arrested
Hoogman as the murderer. Upon being questioned
as to the whereabouts of the missing man, the pri-
soner tainted, but, upon recovering stated that Xii
der had gone To Trenton Missouri and left his pro-
pety in his (Hoogmans) charge until his return.
The arresting party then proceeded TO examine Xii
ders house. Large spots Of blood were found on
the floor and walls Of his room, the whole premises
emitting the most sickening odor; large quantities
of human bones were found in the smOudering
ashes of the fireplace. The lower jaw was but Lit.
tie disgured. Large pieces of the skull, together
with pieces of human flesh, were dug out of the
ashes; portion ofthe former showed an incison,
as if the body had been chopped in pieces with an
axe, preparatory to burning The most of the bones
however, had been pounded to pieces Portions Of
the murdered mans saddle were found in the ashes,
burned probably, TO substantate the story that he
had gone away ON horseback.
Upon examination before Judge Snyder and Es.
qure Alley, the following facts in relation to the
prisoner hoogman was elected: That he left home
on the evening of February %, about five o'clock,
and did not return until after sunrise the next morn
ing and that he failed to give any satisfactory
swer to his wfe's inquiry as to his nights absence;
that he was engaged during the entire day of the
23d of February in removing the missing mans eff
fects to his own house, telling his wife that Klider
was coming to live with them on his return that
the oath he went to Princeton, Missouri and traded
off horse belonging to Klider which he had con-
cealed since his disappearance; that he offered to
sell.a note of Kder's for $3.50, on Mr.. j. L. Suli-
van of this place, but on account OF some crooked
statements he made in relation to the note failed to
dispose of it, and the note together with the pocket
book pocket-knife and other trinkets, identified
the property of the murdered man, were found on
the pi sones person at the time of his arrest The
murderer must have been engaged in his devilsh
work of burning the remains during the entire night
of February %. r
1t was with the utmost difficulty that the citizens
could be restrained from wreakng summary ven
geance on the prisoner. He is large, muscular
man. about thirty.five years old, with brutal coun
tenance, which you can scan in vain for single in
dication of the finer feelings of humanity. He is
now in jail in Princeton, NO., awaiting trial. The
only motive for the hesh act appears to have been
that of gain. .. ...i .....