The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-11-26
Perry County Bntchery.

!. Ouo VI Tue WO5t uOrrlDle auu lnnu-
man butcherles mat las occurred in In
diana. since the murder Of an entire fam
lily at Valparaiso, a few years ago, was
committed III Perry county, Saturday,
mention OF which we made Yesterday -
We had hoped that the. full particulars
of the crime would not verify the inhu-
manity Of the first report, but the litest
advices from the scene Of the murder
serve to show that the hope was delu-
siye, and that the tiendjsh nature OF
the crime stands forth without a, parssl-
ell in the history Of southern Indiana. j, ,.
The scene OF the murder, as described
by Il gentleman who was present soon
alter the discovery of the crime, is log
hut containing only one room, Oh the
bank OF Anderson river two and d half
miles from Troy. On Saturday morn
ing the owner Of this hut. Mr.. Geldreich,
left home, going TO Troy, where he re-
NAMED un til afternoon attending to
some business. Upon his return in the
middle of the afternoon he was unable
to open the door. of his cabin. He rap
ped several times, but no one came, and
finally lie burst the door open and was
h0rrified TO witness the scene of blood
that had been enacted there. Behind the
door he found the ghastly corpse Of his
son, aged ten years, whom he had left
bright and happy in the morning, now
cutand mangled by an inbunlan butcher.
Twelve, gashes We're cut on the head,
neck and shoulders, of the poor boy, and
lie lay in q pool OF blood, a sickening
sight to behold. ,,L ....tr't, ..,,l;., N,
Near. q bureau, on the opposite side Of
the room, lay Mrs, Gellreich, stark stiff.
and cold surrounded by, q great pool of
blood. In addition to the pistol shot
wounds, one ball entering the left eye
and lodging in, the brain, another IN the
left check, and third above the ear, on
the same side, there were thirteen gap
ing wounds about the head, neck and
shoulders of; the murdered woman. The
shots were most probably fired in rapid
succession, and for fear life was not ex-
tinct the murderer mutilated her with q
2 Now comes the most singular part Of
the bloody work. The Youngest ebild,
aged four years, was found in one cor
ner Of The room with two serious wounds,
made. by the same Ratchet, one in the
neck and the otlIer IN the shoulder. The
or lnurderers doubtless thot
they had killed the little one, but. they
were mistaken. The child was taken to
the house Of a neighbor, and DIR. Book
er, who has been Gcldrcich's family ply
sicial for ten years, dressed the wounds.
and has hopes OF its recovery. The re-
coycry of this child may lead TO tie iden-
tification Of the murderer.
The spectacle above described met the
gaze o!-Gcldreich upon his arrival home.
lie II was who gave the alarm, and soon
the scene of the murder was crowded
with neighbors and friends Of the unfor-
tuii:tc family. The drawers Of the bp-
ieau were opened and had been ram
sacked by tlle the fiends. who doubtless,
were searchin. for 81 500 in gold, which
Geldreicll recently received from Ger
many. lie placed the money in tile bed
tick. where it was found by himself soon,
after his return home. This money was
the incentive. TO the murder.
The crime. is supposed to have been,
committed about nine .o'cleck that NOR
ming, and the pcrpetrators covered upI
their tracks well but not entirely. 4
part of the cylinder of q revolver was
found on the floor OF the cabin, near the
corpse Of the womhn. IT is thought it,
was broken by striking Il Oyer. the
head. There were also SOME well de-
fined tracks discovered near the hohse.
Upon the investigation Of the COro-
nef's jury, the fact was developed that a
man ilamed Swartz .(first name no Il
known) had been seen in the ffeighbor-
hood the day previous to The murder.
and watch was placed over his move
ments. He was found fn Troy, Sunday,
and had an entire change of clothing,
which fact created suspicion, and he was
arrested OH, suspicion Of being impliea-
led III the tragedy. A measure Of his
foot corresponded exactly with the track
hcar the cabin, and many other circunl-
stances point to Swartz as being one Of
The parties. Swartz will, be will bc tried
for the murder. ''f a''
Our ihforinant says no person about
Troy suspects Gcldrcich of having any
hing 10 do with the murder. - New
Albany Ledger. M ti !. '''.'' Y ,.,. \. 7...i n
/ 61- AZ an enthusiastic religious meet
ng among tho negroes In Bl6ut County,
asst " eek llcn The Itiournei's bench
was crowded with pcnitcnts grooming in
'gony, ono of them, n Sable damscl Of ci-
'pllantine proportions, spfang to her feet
,rying: "ilory hallclujahlnLord brcss,
le lamb. I've got religion! Lord, If
lis niggcr had de winge Of June bug,
he'd fly right to heavClGv Her chtiAi-
'iasm was checked at that janctdie BY a
sister who rsiked het.