The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-30
Horrible E3urder and Sui
eide at st. louis.
The Purchase of Bonds and
Sale Of Gold TO be
Continued.
Late Foreign intelligence.
Conspiracy or Board the
y. 3. Frieat9 Sabine.


ST. LOUIS, August 28.-A most
horrible murder and suicide was com
mitted Ia East st. Louis, this mora
ing. A man named Casper Waltz.
who came from Baltimore about a
year ago, attempted 10 kill his step-
son. Nicholas Lafz, twenty years Of
age, by striking him 0E The head with
hatchet, but the weapon glanced,
and Nicholas escaped and ran Tor a
policeman. When they returned,
they found Mrs Waltz lying on the
floor with her head literally chopped
to pieces. After committing this
decd, Waltz walked to the crossing Of
! several railroad tracks near by, on
one Of which a coal train was ap
preaching. When the locomotive
and one car of the train mad passed
him, he threw back his coat, opened
his shirt collar, and deliberately flung
himself across the rail between two
cars, and the remainder OF the train
passed over his neck, completely cut
ting his head of.
Waltz was hard drinker, and this
morning drank pint of whisky be-
fore breakfast. and procured another,
when his step-son demonstrated with
him, which doubtless led to the
assaults, although il Wes not made
until some hours later.
The Topeka f0aser0atiCe says Gen.
Schofield's headquarters Of the De-
partment of the Missouri Will be re,
moved from Fort LeavenWorth to St.
Louis the latter part Of September.
The weather here changed suddenly,
about fvo o'clock this morning, when
q violent wind and rain set IN, which
continued nearly the entire forenoon.
cooling the atmosphere and refresh
ing humanity most gratefully. The
highest point the mercury reached to
day was So. The heated term is be-
lieved 10 be broken at last, and some
little pleasure IN living may be real
lied during the remainder Of the
summer. Rain set ia again about
1880, which promises TO last some
hours.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-Tho latest re
ports OF the horrible affair in East
st. Louis yesterday, reported last
night, are that Mrs. Waltz is still
alive, but cannot live more than one
or two days. Her face is terribly
chapped and her skull fractured so
that the brains ooze from the gaping
wounds.
Captain Shaw, Chief of the London
Fire Brigade, made a hasty visit here
to-day. He was showa al1 the. I.ota-
BILE place II end 3r and 5 Luis,
ard at . & ciack il evouing an alarm
Was trUc6 s40a !. working Of the
FIRE Department Ia three minutes
from the time Of the alarm three en-
gincs were on the spot with streams
playing. The hook and ladder truck
was also present. Captain Shaw ex-
pressed great surprise at the rapidity
of movement shown, and the general
efficiency Of the Department, and said
he had seen nothing like il before.
He left for Chicago at Z o'clock, very
much please with st. Louis.
The opening Of the new ST. Louis
and Chicago route via the St. Louis,
VeRdalia and TeTre Hautc Road, to
Ehngham, thence By the Illinois
Central, was formally celebrated yes
terday by an excursion Of large
party Of merchants and business men
Of this city to Highland, about thirty
miles from here. Two passenger and
two freight trains, each way daily,
will.rUn on the route hereafter.
The City Marshal of St. Charles,
Missouri, arrived here yesterday with
a man who answered to the deRcrip-
ton of the murderer Of VIM. Lake,
the circus proprietor. He viii be
taken TO CRANKY for Identification
The rain of last evening continued
until midnight. To day it has been
clear and cloudy at intervals,s and
quite comfortable. The mercury at
noon marked 76o and at 3 P. N. 80'.
The heated term is past.