Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-14
MURDER OF DANIEL HER IL
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from the Sprinef Nd 20 Republic. 1oth.l
On this (Thursday) morning, Nj. Dan
iel- Hertzler, an old and most respectable
citizen of this county, was ioully murder.
edain- his own house, near the valley turn
pike, Just beyond the toll-gate, about five
miles west of the city. The particulars, so
far.as we have been able to procure them,
are as follows: .7f...5 ..i-,.5sga-
In the northwest room of the, house
sick child lay. At two o'clock, Mrs. Hertz
Ter arose aud gave it some medicine. Then
she lay down, and shortly afterward heard
.apeculiar noise. Mr.. Hertzler was snoring
loudly at the time, and she awoke him and
told him of the noise. 7Fhh
q In an instant, Mrs. Hertzler says, a man
who had got into the room seized her by
the throat; and she then called TO little
boy, Daniel Baker, and the ruffian replied,
'Never mind Daniel now" Then shot
was fired in thenorthwest room, where Mr.
Hertzler had gone with his rifle. The ruff
tian then relaxed his hold on Mrs. Hertzler,
q d went into the northwest room, where
Mr. Hertzler was. " ili" o"~ ''teel't
Mrs. Hertzler then went up stairs and
called the German boy, whom she brought
down to the room where Mr.. Hertzler had
boy went back to bed.l s'i ''!.,-liI
~ Mrs. Hertzler then went to Mr.. Stillwell's
house, near the toll-gate, taking the little
Baker boy with her. This lad saw two
men in the northwest room, where hs was
lying on lounge, and saw them struggling
with the deceased, Mr.. Hertzler. -
A few of the neighbors were aroused and
went to the house, but no one entered it
until Mr. Henry Il. Snyder, son-in-law,
arrived. He at once entered, and found
Mr.. Hertzler lying in the center of the
room. with his rifle lying near him, it hav-
ing been discharged.
nj MIR. Hertzler lay on his left side, his face
inclined to the floor. with his clothes badly
torn and saturated with blood, and the
floor, Tor some distance from the body, COW
cred with blood. rFoiE ; ~
The eviden ces are that there was a Sc
we're struggle, and that the robbers left
Immediately after the encounter with Mr..
Herizlerp without attemting to rob the
house. 81 :s A1eia p t1 ~ ifue fr.a -r''7e
"A light-colored soft hat, abont half
worn, and covered with dirty white
handkerchief, was lett in the room, which
strengthens The suspicion that the burg
lars left in haste. There was stitched
cross on the handkerchief, and also traces
of blood. .is jf-H I1s7 ffil -.ali .=rfti
i Mr.. Hertzler's horse and buggy were
taken by the murderers, who were tracked
towards Springfield. glb- "-FtuaiG
The horse was raeking horse, about fif-
teen and a half hands high, dark brown,
with one white hind foot, and the buggy
was an old fashioned phaetpn. =,
1t seems that the robbers first took sash
out of a basement window, but could not
enter Mr.. Hertzler's ro IN from that direc-
tion. Then they pried open the porch
door, leading to the room in which Mr.
Hertzler was killed, with rail, and by that
means entered the room. 81 3.1 ~ -@'i''i'''t
In connection with this matter, it may be
stated that on Wednesday night, at about
nine O'Clock, three fellows went to How
ards gambling house, on the market space.
Two of these men, who were strangers,
called for oysters, and both went off without
paying their bills. A waiter overheard their
conversation. one OF them renarking, "The
last haul we made was a d-n poor one."
At the Broad Guage Station this Thurs
day. morning. after the murder, two pas
sengers got off of the train, and they saw
two persons coming. down the road run
ming. evidently for the purpose of taking
the train, but were about two minutes too
/ late, These two gentlemen, who had got
off of the train, came to Springfield, and
seeing light, went into Howard's saloon,
and the, same two men they had met at
the station came to the door, aud seing
them, left the vicinity. The waiter in the
saloon saw them at the door, and recog-
nized them as thetmen who ate the oysters
ON Wednesday night. Their second ap-
pearance was about daylight. % .,., -.
Persons coming to market this (Thurs-
day. morning, met horse and buggy pro-
ceeding rapidly up the fremont turnpike.
1twas soidark that the color of the horse
orlstyle of the vehicle could not be distin-
guished-4o IN e,1 fa qsra ode a-i
Coroner Miller having arrived at the
house. swore in the following gentlemen as
Snu dor Toh r. outo or,fA L
w. Jarrett, VIM. FL. Davidson. David l..
Snyder. DIR, A. Teegarden, and proceeded
to hold an inquest over the body. They
found a three cornered cash on the left
temple, a large bullet wound through the
heart, and the left leg was apparently bro
ken by bullets. ~ o.
k2Mr. Hertzler was about sixty-seven years
OF age, was quite wealthy-was probably
worth S300.000-and was President of the
old Clarke County Bank. He leaves wife
and four children a;tf 13 org ]" lI
So vigorous was the fight given the ruff
fans by the deceased that they thought
only of their own safety, and did not at
tempt to rob the house. t,l .taa
The safe in Mr.. HeItZler's sleeping room
Contained $30O00 to $40 600 in United
States bonds, which property was, of course,
unmolested. The primary intention of the
villains was undoubtedly to secure these
bonds. rg .sg 81
As we have already indicated, the death
struggleof the deceased was terrible. His
rifle was undoubtedly discharged at the
villains and it was some time before they
could so disable him as to make their
escape.
The two fellows who were at Howard's
saloon on "Wednesday evening and this
(Thurs0ay4 morning, left this city on the
London train, but have been arrested in
London. and will be brought here on the
first train.
All possible vigilance will be employed
to ferret out the scoundrels and bring them
tn swift and adequate retribution. The
; excitement in city and county is high, ant
! quite Overshadows all other interests. -s
am5 rs,E THE VERY LATEST. -i-ss
A gentleman just from Urbana reports
that buggy, with two men in it, drawn BY
a horse answering to the description of Mr.
HertZler's, was seen going north, op the
: turnpike, about seven miles above Urbana
/ to-day.
! The officers are probably pretty close tt
the gentlemen by this time. Allsis being
: done that, can be to follow up suspected
4 parties. s.
fra s,rf Ohio. r. .1g,7. 81.
p Aboutthe most striking political revoiu
tion ever known in this country was wit.
messed in Ohio on Tuesday. That STATE
has been regarded as one of the most firm.
ly attached to the Radical car. Her pub
: lie men, such as Wade, Chase, Schenck
Ashley, Garfield, &C., have been looked
upon as among the most advanced of theil
party. Her Republican newspapers have al.
ways ranked in the lists of the most extreme
organs. To doubt the fidelity of Ohio tG
. the principles of liberty, fraternity anC
equality" was equivalent to questioning the