The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
MTRoERIxPGRgH TOWNSHIP.
A Man Terribly Cut With an Axe Dies
from Loss OF Blood While Being
Brought 10 TORn for RELIEF.

About noon yesterday, three men
arrived in The city, having in wagon
the dead body Of a man named Val
entine, whose other name could |
not be ascertained. Valentine was |
living when the men placed him IN
the wagon to bring him to the city for
surgical aid, and, according to the evil
dence OF the Coroner's inquest, appar-
entity able to IN lergo the journey
from a place In Perry Township,
about two miles back from Edmond's
Grove, where he had been severely
cut on the left hand and wrist, BY one
VIM. Lenz, in company with whom be
had been working, and living in q
house belonging to Mr.. Hermann
Dreier, of this city.
From the evidence of Chas. Beard,
and Jno. and Geo. Hufnagel and 9th
ers, it appears that Valentine and
Lsnz had quarreled about a dollar
which Valentine had given Lenz to
buy provisions, but which he bad
misapplied, when LEM struck him
with an axe, cutting him between the
thumb and left fore finger through
the bones, muscles and arteries of the
, hand and wrist for about FIVE inches
and across the same wrist just aboVt
the Joint, from which he bled verI
5 profusely.
When ne was frat seen by MI
B Beard, LeEz was apparently trying 4
help Valentine to rise from log Pill
: where he had fallen, and finding bin
/. unable to stand let him fall and "a
away, taking with him bis axe, but i
i. his haste, leaving his hat behind.
Mr.. Beard procured help and re
moved the Injured man to his house
gave him such attention as he could
and in the morning, as related, starte
i to take him to the city, and Whe
1t about two miles from Mr.. Boards, b
Is was found to be dead.
" A coroner's inquest was held and
It verdict rendered that the decease
T. came to his death at the hands
le VIM. LEM. Sheriff PfsffliD, as 500
/ as be heard Of the affair, telegraphe
10 10 all points accessible By TELEGRAPH
ie where LEM would be likely to fly t
ID and hopes are entertained that !
So may be arrested.
r. Both men had been drinking, ar
appeared to be rather degraded spec
g. mems Of humanity, the corpse Of Va
es entine being clad in q dirty chez
shirt, with a dirtier, once white, a
m dershirt, old, half cotton coat al
lie pants, and coarse hob-nailed shoe
tx LEM is described as a man about for
.s- years old, wearing full black bear
lis heavy set, about FIVE feet six or sew
lie inches, aud was dressed in she
ne blue coat or blouse and blue wool
a pants, Of sailor cut, and a once 81
& wooden shirt. He is q German fro
rs Dantz'g, from which place be fled ]
ne Gently, by his own statement, on q
~, count of having killed a man.
a Mr. Dreier, who keeps a grocery
or High Street near fulton Avenue,
the only person who was present
We the inquest who kneW the names
N, either of the men. their neighbors
lis Perry Township having only sc
Dg them once or twice each during th'
ed stay there, which has been about t
en- weeks. during which time they W.
n, at work cutting slaves and eleari
timber.
Doctor Harvey, County Physioia
no examined the wounds and gave it
II his opinion that had surgical aid be
IL afforded the man In time, be mig
Ter have recovered, although the lar
q wound was a frightful one.