Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-31
IN INDIANA.
A 'Dospcrndo Kills Two Young Men In
Cold nlnoh-HIn ArreAt.

Cold Blood-lIis Arrest.
INDIANAPOLIS, March "a most hor-
rible murder was committed On Satur-
day night in the edge of Madison county,
near Daleville, a.small village on the
B%ellefontaino Railroad, in Delaware
county. On Saturday morning a man
named George Stattler went to the house
of Jacob Eisnagle, u farmer in good cir
cumstances, to borrow II horse to go to
Anderson, in order to attend II Masonic
funeral, Eisnagle, who was crippled
with rheumatism, referred hin. to his
two sons, William and Isaac, aged re-
spectively nineteen and sixteen, who
had the care Of the farm. The boys
refused to lend the horse, havingnse for
him, and Stattler, after talking for "
time, went away, procured a horse
somewhere else, and went to Anderson.
About seven o'clock that evening he
again came to Eisnagle's house, aud,
first meeting the old mans daughter,
commenced to abuse her and the person
whose funeral had been attended that
day. He then went into - room where
the boys were, and began talking about
the horse matter. They attempted to
reason with him, but no grew very an
cry and graspcd hold of William, the
older on, and in n scufllc stabbed him
four times with n common pocket knife,
(which be had opened and held in his
hand when he came into tho room.
The boy did not cry out when the hrst
| three stabs in the breast were made, aud
it was notuntil Stattler stabbed him over
the heart, killing him instantly, that any
one thought the ARRAY was serious.
While he was scullling with the elder
brother, the mother came into the room
and took hold of the younger, prevent
ing him from assisting. AS soon MS
! William fell, Stattlcr ran upon Isaac,
| and pushing the mother aside, took up
| the boy, threw him on n bed and delibe-
rately stabbed him in the heart, causing
instant death. He then went into the
.l.outer room where the old man was ~
ing upon q bed and attempted to kill
him, but Eisnagle succeeded in striking
him on the hand with n stick Of wood,
breaking the knife. They then clcnched,
and rolled over the floor for q few min
utes, when Statsler remarked, "lll
quit, if you will" and the old man re-
leased him after which he left the house,
walked to Eisnagle's mothers where he
boarded, coolly washed his hands and
ate his supper. During the night he
fled to the woods, but the community
being aroused, patrollcd all the roads
and made n vigilant search, which re-
suited in his capture yesterday morning
| about two miles from the scene Of the
murder. Threats Of lynching wer
made, but tho Sheriff Of Madison. county
prevented any. such action, and lodged
him safely in the Jail at Anderson.
The affair created great excitement
throughout the vicinity increased by
the fact that Stattler was q desperate,
while his victims were universally es-
steemcd by the community. Stattlcr is
n man about twenty-five years old, who
has always been n desperate character.
He enlisted in the Thirty-siXth regiment
ut the beginning Of the war, but de-
serted in u few months and went 10 Gin
%cinuati, where he killed n man who at
tempted to arrest him. lie was tried
by q military commission and sentenced
to be shot, but the sentence was reduced
10 Imprisonment tor two years. While
in the army he was the terror OF the
regiment, paying. no regard to authority
and knocking down officers and men
upon tho slightest provocation. lie re-
returned to the vicinity Of Daleyille, his
former home, about n yenr ago, and
since then has loafed about, doing n lit
tie work occasionally. At the time of
the murder, no was not Intoxicated, al
though he had been drinking. When
arrested he was lying behind n log, pre-:
tending to be asleep. He took the mat
ter very coolly, b%etraying no agitation
whatever.