, 1869-05-14
MURDER.
Killing Of Dissolute German in the
Conley Patch.
The Victim HimsaH a Supposed Mu-
darer.


The Tragedy Shroudod in Myster.
The ominous quiet OF the past month or two VIM
ruthleasfy broken ia1t evening by The report of
smother murder committed A1uuuR the deus that N
closely sud dcnantly environ the ye1y citadel Of
authority, the Arlnory. It cAnnUt be ssid that
respectable society tn this instance Ia much the
loser. for the victim Of thls neczet ASSASSINATION
was one Of The most deprived among population
notorious 5or tta crimes But murder, under any
ctrcumstanceA must be deplored, and u this atair
ID almost completely shfouded In nyste1y It ia to
Ge hoped that light y III soou be ahed up1u l. and
the criminal brought to speedy tusdce.
1he vicsm q thta tssgety Nas German named
solut9 wife In what Is known as Mn ConleI'a
patch. collection OF low. sutnble-down buIIdtnSs,
located on FRANKLIN and Quincy streets, With
WnA but recent addition 10 her lord Realers Of
TIE TE1aCEK w11l remember a remarkable mar
Ttage that WIS consun'Ma.ea by Jastlce Quinn,
about two months ago, and published Al the time.
Mr. and Msa, B1rknaTdt were the principals
In that AnAts. Both were frequent inmates
Of the Bstdewell 1t WAS at thAt Insulation sne5
made each others acquaintance aud formed Ik-
Ing for each other. As s00n as the woman was
released Ahe went ttoui her d!s5osute ways and
Vas asHln arrested When the man was set Al
liberty he found his lnam0tat1 under lock aud keY
again. lie WAS present lu court when the Jod3e
agatn sentenced her 10 B7dewe1l- It smoie his
heart 10 and her IN such dire distress, and, ~
remedy, he made the proposition to the Judge
thai Il he would remit the nne be woaid tafe
her as hts lawful wife. The proposition *as nc
VAS little man, and his vie IS IN extremely ali
WOMAN. end when the Judge required Ihas be
kiss his wife, II derolycd upon him to
soee ,sel . tps 1e
itJ referred TO- and It would appear that Ihey sul
sisted upon the earnings Of the wom4u, who coa-
was the part Of Burttaslt 70 nnd her victims, and
II is reported that STRANGERS were often taken In
by them and numerically nceced-
snpen IL, easea A.
their apartments located On the second pooE; hut
when, Z few moments after, ner husband came In
with another man, who wAs IN Possession Of more
money, the ntsr one Was ncontlnenuJ shutned
lown etAtsB.
The nei8hbors say that the stranger bad been
picked a quarrel with him, during winch be
I ahused his wife, also During the war Of words
khe stranger Eas ssen 10 leave ihe premises. aud
| ~ he did 10, be wAa heAFA TO tnatry. " guess
people peep lone Lone nent ine wa.seseF zen passed Be- e.
sxeen M ne men @ T. not known, save that a parting
tatai wounds In DurkhA1uis body. Had the lattct
| recovered the WORK would never have been the
an yete1d.y @ I'd % noon ehcn "a
| ing near Its end. The news was brought to the
ArmozJ b! Ass- conleJ, the pzopE1etreas Of tbs
| the scene They found Rurthardr IN high STATE
Of fever, and his wandering mind never rtsalnet
| CONSEQUENCES. he died between and o'clock
last evening. During his rAying he would loS
and tneu moan ptteouAly, IN somewhat orpke1
| En9lish, "Oh, n h3i for did murder that woman
| oh, my God oelr MT, :" which Mouid Indicate tha
some heavy crime hung omlnoasly over bis e
pisinE soul lie had been several tines In th'
| FeniteuttATy.
An examination Of the body revealed the fac
| that he had received two deep cuts In tn
abdomen and another stab in the bsek, unIc
| the right shoulder -biade which penetrated tn
! (ungH. The woman 1}urkhardt has been placed Il
1 xfFufY
! over the remains to-day, when !azthe, particular
| NAV t,c elected,