Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-14
Ffendish Murder of a German by
NegrQeS near 81. LQuia

Ffendfsh Murder of a German by
Negroes near So. Louis.
A Afiendish murder by band of negroes,
near St.Louis, on Sunday last, is telegraph
ed to the Cincinnati Commercial. The widow
ment:
Her husband, she said, had been suffer
ing some time with an aggravated attack
of flux, and about half past six, Sunday
| evening. went outside the house. The
moon was shining brightly, and the wife
saw nothing more of her husband until he
was stretched out on the floor of the cabin,
| corpse. A tall, stoutly built negro man
came in the door of the cabin shortly after
the husband had gone out. The wife was
standing by the stove, with her back to-
| ward the door, but on hearing footsteps
she turned around quickly and saw the
stalwart negro with clnb in his hand.
without saying a word the tiend
dealt her severe blow on the back
of the head just below the ear, telling her
| TO the floor and rendering her unconscious.
she did not recover from this unconscious
state until after her husband had crawled
into the house and died upon the floor
Inc back portion OF his head was fearfully
| mashed. One of the murderers struck him
with some sharp instrument unknown,
but there was no noise on the outside, and
| she was unaware of the affray. In COM
pany with Mrs. Luraka at the time were
her two daughters, the Oldest one, a
sprightly little girl about nine years old.
When she saw her mother so brutally
assaulted she commenced to scream The
negro grasped her by the arm and told her
TO hush up or he would strike her. He
then dealt the girl a blow in the head,
which knocked her sen,eless, but did not
seriously injure her. As soon as she par
1 rpPnUnrnI oh Ii
the table.
After the family had thus been prostra-
ted the two negroes ransacked the house
fol 'plunder. They secured the farmers
pocket-book which contained about three
dollars in money, but took nothing else
| out of the house.
| One of the supposed murderers. negro
by the name of Joseph Marshall, was ar
rested in this city on Monday. Mrs. Luraka
states that she thought that she saw Mar
shall at the door early in the evening.
Himself and the large mulatto visited the
house on Saturday night, sat composedly
down by the stove, and requested some
thing to eat and lodging. tor the night.
The farmer told them he had no place for
them to sleep, but he would give them
some fire and they could sleep in the woods.
They borrowed shovel, placed the Goals
on 1t, and started out. The farmers fears
and curiosity were awakened by the sim
gular demeanor of the men, and he follow
ed them at safe distance until they had
got about one. hundred yards from the
house They threw the fire and shovel by
the side of an old log, and walked away in
another direction.
On Sunday morning they again entered
the house, and sat down by the stove, with
out asking permission. They acted so
brutishlvz that the German and his wife
told them that they had room only for their
fod
which they did. Nothing more was seen
OF them by the family until the villainous
assault was made. sf!l.t4 lts5t
Officer Byrnes took the negro, Marshall,
on yesterday, to various houses in the neigh
borhood where it was known the two ne
groes had been prowling around. He first
cOnversed with black woman on Mr.. Ey-
ans place, who stated that Marshall came
there Saturday night, peeling turnip with
large lance. She knew it to be lance,
because physician had performed sur
gical operation upon her with the same
kind of an instrument. The negro woman
minutely described Marshall's appearance
and dress-even to the stripes on his pants,
and the popularity of his shoes. He was at
the house about six O'clock Saturday night.
The. constable also visited other farm
houses where Marshall had been on Satur-
day and Sunday. The wife of Mr.. Chris.
Freiburg, keeper of boarding house and
beer saloon, said that Marshall visited her
house week ago last Tuesday. in company
with a very large colored man. They
walked into the dining room and demanded
something to eat. But she drove them out
because they were insolent. They returned
again Sunday evening, and went. of in the
direction of Luraka's farm.
Marshall, when first arrested. denied hay:
ing been in the neighborhood of, Venice,
and stated that he knew nothing of the To-
cality, but after all the residents therea-
bouts identified him he confessed that he
had been there on Saturday and Sunday,
but crossed the river before sundown
Marshall is now confined in Venice,
heavily ironed and hand-cuffed. 1t is an
ticipated that he will make confession
during to-day. ..r----.s.-.-