New-York tribune., 1870-09-29
THE WACHTER MURDER.
TRIAL OF JOHN GLASS-HE Is SENTENCED T0
STATE PRISON FOR LIFE.

STATE PRISON FOR LIFE
In the Court Of Oyer and Terminer, yester-
day. before Judge Barnard, John Glass, a weaver by
trade tried for the murder OF Heinrich Wacher Of
No 4l2 West Thirty -ffthst the oath OF July last
The courtroom was crowded The prisoner is about
four feet five inches in hight and wore stupid, sulen
look District Attorney GaTyin appeared for the people,
and Mr.. j. G. Boyd defended the prisoner.
Fanny Wachter, the widow OF the Srdered man, testi-
we both attended the funeral We returned about %
o'clock and went To Aeer-beer saloon, where We met
Glass he began 70 talk roughly and said witnesses sister
had TO him and asked him to give up the key 20 let
out dogs he said he had already let them out, and
got UP and said not day for him to quarrel as he
had been at the funeral Of near relative; Glass
deceased said :" Yes, you have, and viii never
take bread in hand again." we afterward went home,
house. and my husband and he commenced calling each
other names Glass tore my husbands shirt and caught
yOs squeezed 1t hard that deceased called out.
"For Gods sake let go Glass owing us board, but
threshold again. prisoner then said tna deceased dare
not repeat that again; deceased did repeat lt
whereupon the prisoner stabbed HIM he said lie has
stabbed me-" and Glass away and followed
screaming watch" till | reached Tenth-aye, when |
examinei-She did not know Of any previous illeeng
with her husband witness and her husband drank NJ
tie the funeral and her husband drank glass OF
beer in the saloon he was good i nhtgred hn man. not
Charles Wetchstein testified that he saw Glass ana
Wacher in the lagerbeer saloon and heard words oe
tween them; they began strngghg anu MIL t % come
there again, whereupOn Glass SAID le IaIe Ot oPa' ~,
deceased did repeat the WORDS anu ,ne1 is s nv tba
stabbed he did not see "a'h'ei 'eiNo " ~ va"
n iohn Reach testified that wachter died from
The prisoner was placed the stand and testified;
Abont 3 D. m. | met friend, when we drank several
OSas of haer and went home after while went TO
Saloon with friends, and drank consluerdps laser
ar m walked 10 the Ninthaye, where Tie sister OF
Mrs Wacher Icame running after me, and asked for tho
kry. she lett IN anger; don't Know "hele lhen "eu
~ rtrrHpd about 10 To the lager beer saloon opposite
| MaClter
had sent her sister; sic told me she had tod her sister
that II Glass should go away s IN 6e Tnrd 'I9 ddn
know went TO my room, took OIL some oI my colnes
and returned toward the yard where slept sSr ies
became furious and struck me ON the LETT side OF the eaa
with something hard and seized my throat alhough my
knife but whether stabbed him or not don't know
when heard him say ~ am stabbed ran to9na ,a
asleep and fell into the water screamed for help when
some men took ont but instead OF putting me ashore
robbed me my watch and chain, and money, and put
me in the water again the shore got ashore and
told people of the accident policeman came To me ana
said must To the statiOnhOuse 10 give description
OF the watch; there heard 10 ast0nshmen Wacher
was dead; had NO hard feelings toward Wachter when
he had cnched by the throat he said To his WIFE, Ho
must be fnished; he Giugh me with his left hand hI
drank good deal that afternoon and was very drunk
when this occurred; the knife had left the table thai
afternoon II ackknte with blade two and haf
inches long shonld think about half an inch was
broken OF when saw II IN the statlon-house ,,.,A
Counsel for prisoner then summed up the evidence
and said that no jury soad convict the prisoner OF mn
OF the prisoner toward Wa0hter and that both were 70
blame. -
District Attorney Garvin having replied, Judge Bar
nard charged the jury that hep decision IN TINS eso
must not be influenced by knowledge of the enormous
amount crime prevailing. II they thought that inc
prisoner merely struck the deceased while IN an uhdo
State OF excitement, they must tnd verdict OF man an
slaughter In the rst degree but II they believed tno
prisoner intended 10 kill Wachter they must ma MN
guilty of murder .-- -.
The jury. after deiiberatng about fifteen minutes re-
turned verdict Of nanslaugher In the met 1estvf.
Judge Barnard then addressed the prisoner ana ean.
lf IL had been for the mercifu view taken Dy 'no
jury in your case, would have sentenced you Va 10
hung as is will order you To be nearcerated 'Oi '"'
term OF your natural life"