The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-06-20

ed Tor the blood. The father and
mother also seemed of the same
opinion, and chided the boy for
what they considered his mischiev-
business.
Little did we imagine the feaI-
full spectacle that awaited us with
in the house. Soon the door was
reached, little Gustave running on
before and opening it for us. Oh,
horror of horrors ! The door is
opened and right before our eyes,
hanging from one of the low beams
that ran across the room, was the
dead, naked, muulated body Of the
precious little boy, the youngest of
BRthiere's children. The floor was
c6kered with clots and pools of
blood, still warm and steaming,and
horrible to relate, directly under
the hanging corpse were the bow.
els of the little fellow in a heap,
just as they had been torn from the
still warm body! The mother, with
a frantic shrek, swooned on the
threshold, the father stood trans
fixed with horror, while l, with a
sickening feeling, leaned against
the door post, with my hands raised
to shade my eyes from the horrid
sight. Some OF the villagers, who
were passing at the time, attracted
by the shrieks of Mrs. Buthiere,
came to the house. Their excla-
nations aroused all but the poor
mother to consciousness, and we
soon became sensible to the fright.
full nature of the deed that had ia.
ken place. The boy, Gustave, in
the meantime, stood near the CEN
ter of the room, with a wondering
look on his youthful countenance,
and gazing up in the appalled, face
of his agonized father. Let me
draw q veil over the scene which
followed, and merely recount the
following facts which have been
elected by an inspection of the
room, and from the confession of
the young fratricide. 1t would
seem that shortly after Mr.. and
Mrs. Buthlere had left their home
for the purpose of attending the
lecture at the chapel, Gustave pro-
posed to his little brother, Adolph,
that they should play killing little
pig.
In this request, it is supposed,
the unfortunate little fellow acqui-
esced. The youngest was to be the
pig, the eldest the butcher. Gus.
tave eagerly assisted his brother to
undress for the tragedy; and, TAX
ing a small rope, tied him down
securely to rough lounge that
stood in the room, and then pro-
cured the butcher-knife that his
father had used in slaughtering the
pigs the day before, and plunged it
into the throat of his passive and
helpless brother. The wound was
a mortal one, and it is supposed
that death must have Immediately
resulted.
After the child had bled his little
life away, the unnatural brother,
With the most incredible heartless'
ness, took the cord which confined
the body to the lounge, and, tying
one end around The feet of the corp
Sc, threw the other over the beam,
and, leaning his weight and strength
hoisted the body to the position in
which it was found; then, not salts
f fed with the programme thus far
carried out, the little butcher must
needs disembowel his dead brother
almost in the exact manner IN
which his father had the pigs the
, day before. / mention here thai
the boy Gustave has always been
r considered as possessing a weak
intellect but was thought to be
goodhearted and tractable child
. What could have induced him to
3 commit this fearful crime, is beyond
5 our conjecture, except it be from
an unavoidable desire 10 initiate
, his father in the killing ofthe pigs
| Since the tradgedy he has seemed
to realize, in certain degree, the
f fearful nature of the deed, and cries
bitterly when he sees how unhappy
his father and mother are. A
) present he is kept in close custody
7 but what disposition the authorities
will make of him, l can not say.
) The Yankee Peddler.
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