The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-06-17
A Strange, Case.

On Tuesday evening last, Bernard ROlfe
a German farmer, residing about nine
miles from this city, on the Pontiac Road
had business with d hardware firm on
Woodward avenue, He had German
laborer in his employ named Henry Artles
and him Mr. Rolfe left at home, busy with
his team, and procured q passage in with
q neighbor. 1t was about 5 O. clock in
the afternoon when Rolfe left his home
md, as it was understood that the neigh
would not return before the next day, the
family, consisting of wife and three small
boys, knew that they would be alone with
the hired man Cor the night. Artles was
comparative stranger to them all, having
been at work for two weeks only. He
was quiet and peaceablc-appearing man,
| and spent his leisure hours by himself,
never indulging in conversation when not
directly appealed to. Still neither Rolfe
nor wife found fault, or ever had occasion
to suspect that the laborer was other than
what he seemed. ,,sa, AZ se. aa Z 1,
| On his arrival in the city, Dir. Rolfe
partly concluded his business with the
merchants, and engaged lodgings at hotel
| on Learned street About nine o clock
"a the evening, while standing in the
office smoking, Mr.. Rolfc relates that he
began to tremble, and felt nervous shocks
which SO increased that in short time he
could scarcely hold his pipe between his
teeth. He walked several times across
the room, went into the open air, but the
feeling did not in the least pass away.
His thoughts kept recurring to the labor
er at home, and he called to mind the tea-
lures of Artles, and the hitherto unsuspic-
ious fact that he had several times caught
him peering about the sleeping room,
where bereau was stdnding that contain
ed the hard earned dollars that were to 60
toward putting an addition to the house as
soon as a few more could be added to them
At ten O. clock Rolfe decided to go~home
He was laughed at by his neighbor who
told him that the feeling was the first
symptom of chill fever Rolfe would go
homo the next day and find everything
had passed off peacefully. Rolfe hesits-
ted for some time, but at last started home
on foot, promising to return in the morn
ing on horse. back in time to secure the
balance of his things before the neighbor
should be wanting to return home.
He reached home about midnight,
awakened his wife, and to her expressions
of astonishment, could say nothing only
that he felt that he ought to return. In
curing as to Artles, his wife replied that
he had performed the farm chores as
usual, remained about the house while,
and then informed her that, the night be-
ing warm, he would sleep in the barn.
Rolfe passed through to the kitchen, where
he found q window up that looked directly
on the barn yard. His wife. was certain
that she had shut all the windows on re-
firing. As they stood for moment look
ing out, they saw the barn door swing
open, and Artles lead out one Of the hor.
ses. AS they watched, he led the horse
through the gate, and going to the front
they saw that he had tied the animal by
the door-yard gate. Rolfe Immediately
opened the door and walked down to the
gate. He was within ten feet of Artles
when he espied him, and giving utterance
to an oath of angry establishment, imme
diately fed down the road. Rolfe pur
sued him forty or fifty rods, and then gave
up the chase. On returning to the horse
block, the CLEAN of steel caught his eye
and he picked from it an ugly-lookine
naked sheath knife. The open window
the pretense of sleeping in the barn, the
horse and knife, all went to prove to Mr.
Rolfe that Artles was villain, and inten
ded to have robbed the house, even if h'
had not made deadly use of the murder
GUS knife. The facts are given exactly a
narrated by Mr.. Rolfe himself, and thu
reader is free to judge of the truth or alb
surdity of the presentiment. On Fridsy
Artles had not returned to the neighbor
hood, neither had the slightest clue t.
his whereabouts been discovered.
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