The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-16

The soorr County MURDEa-The Dav'
export Gazette of this morning contains Inc
following additional particulars Of the shock
ing murder committed near that city on yes ,
terdsy morning;
Tracks of the assassin were traced IN the
snow tor some distance. He went tnrough I
hog pen, then across the corner oil held,
then over q road, then through meadow,
| across lane, in a south east direction CON
tinualy and struck a north and south ROAD,
| from which the snow had disappeared, ana
! tho track was lost. The tracks Indicated
| broad, short foot, the man wearing about
! eiyhts. He made long strides IN his hight
sometimes stepping Eve feet at time
| The Corouers inquest was held yesterday
afternoon. Coroner Iomson presided, The /
iury we're Messcrs. James Conklin. Leroy |
| Dodge and W. l.. Clark, The witnesses
examined were Mrs. Mary \. Weise, widow
of deceased, Horace Miller, +. {. Bcamer
and John NJ. Friday--the la.ter being the
third man aroused in the morning. The
testimony was Substantially in accordance
with the Statement. made above
The verdict was, that "the said Charles
Z w tlhe came W ulh uehth ~ h'NSS
Of three oc ock this Monday morning, by
pistol or 4 gun shot wound, received
r from the hands Of some one to the Jury nm
G known
. The deceased was native Of Germany,
and came to this country some eight years
J. ago He was an industrious man, anu
g worked "a q laborer or farm hand, wherever
n he could find employmen until he obtained
rental of the farm on which he met his
death He was about i3 years OF age Ills
% family consisted Of his wife and two boys
y the latter aged nine and eleven years re-
At spectlvey. n
h Yesterday afternoon butcher named u
, r. Schonthal was arrested as he was rldlhP
II nm RiDley street, BY Sheriff Schnitger, on
i suspicion Of being concerned in the murder
ii The circumstances which have created the
Ia ,nspicion and led to the arrest have not beer
divulgpd by the authorities. II is said, how
~ ever. that some of Weise's ueighbors say
y him in the vicinity of Weises house at sever
80 o'clock on Saturday evening. Other parties
"a residents Of the city, say that Schonthal wa
in Davenport in their presence at the hou
named. Schopthal has a market on barr
Nv son street.
he Mr.. Schonthal had discrimination to day
lr we understand, and WAS promptly dlschart
or ed. There is but little doubt that the vi
st, known person mentioned in the followln
pa incident related by the Gazette IN come
"a ton with this tragic ahs.s, IS the murderer
We Two weeks since two young farmers VIII
lei live in Buffalo township, near W else D. We
an on their way home, after having ueeh "
~. lodge meeting in the city. Two miles do"i
r. on the Rockingham road, they met ma
~ who was driving a COW before HIM ~ w
est after 10 o'clock at night, and the lal1n'
.r's ] .Lv.. ~ " fUUhed suspicious. Ihey were
= wagon, however and drove on. Soon d
ter another farmer, on horseback, met II
mp same man, asked him where he got the COY
not None Of your business ! was the gruil a
aver Of th4 COW driver The young mi
ock overlook the other farmers, and the thr
... resolved TO go back and capture the co
They proceeded to the home OF ono OF I
'oSt parties armed themselves, mounted h9rs
nee and started back. They ueared the G.
iext driver at the Zig rock on the Rocklnght
,ord bottom. He heard them and fled towa1
the slough One Of the parties nred al hI
"o' and in q moment afterwards there
fac splashiug in the water among the rec
de. Search was made for the man, but ne
, !. not found, and it was thought that he got
-, in safety under cover Of the darkness. |
'Sfui cow was driven back. In the morning
ever was found that the cor belonged to We
hard It was the very animal that the thief was
.ovo. tempting to steal when he was discovered
Weise, whom he murdered The you
l"nu men who made the midnight pursuit a
In the COW tibet. were John Sauer, John
the SafIebsck and young butcher