Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-09

=, lie OlrI Saturated with Coal OIL and 81

DENiLIsH DRhD.
"a. lie GlrI s.turstsd with Coal OIL and Sci
' ALn Lare.
ssOisvslsnd Herald, Juy ~
tff8-aA V days past the story OF
For two OF hlS 1elty, the result Of i'm
frishthuf deed " ~ 'galnst quite hnothe
P aSSsi ,ss sSfS d been r. %S gTI ISS
e eS}TsS t1 IN our stTSe9 No. VIM
p iIitle III seven o. sHht yesfs .. "syi h ,ge
AZ a hot,se Ia Brooklyn ~ BrlKtf09 Nyel
had, during the absence Of htf putehtA, =,
brutAlly covered with coal oil ard bufhese
death, Details as to narnGS, dates, ylaees,
and ail other essential facts were almoat
wholly wanting, aud dingent inquiry isiled 70
elicit satgfabtoTy or ,r4st-WorIhy intorlns
lion. Tho deed, wlthaf, Tss one OF such
uetbiless and unfeAsoning saVastfli OF suui
Incredible lendishness. that few belisved INC
shochlng story, and the great majority X
those ~ whose 6ars II came unhosltatiNBT
ptououhced II q strange and unworthy inveu~
lion. We could have reiolced had such been
tile case, and had We been spared the neeos-
slty OF putting before our tssders the Terrible
details of such ar atroclous, itibumau aud
cowardly ctiuo as THAT alleged, which turns
out to have been too true, aud which reailrrns
the substantial accuracy OF the Old proVUrU
that truth Is stranger than fctiOn.p
Confrade SChweitzvr, whose naure SUM-
ciontly indicates bis German origin, hives
about seven mil es from Cleveland, In Parma
township, on tho direct road TO Parma. With
hun and his aged wife dwelt Henry Walter,
hls sou.lrf-law, his daughter, the wife OF said
Walter and Bettey Walter, dggghtcr OF sala
Scl1welIEer. On Saturday morning the mep
Of the household did considerable moving In
field near tho house. aud afturWard came 10
Cleveland with produce for market Do
tween II aud u O'Clock that day Ola Mrs
Schweitzef. vent to the bayfield, for souio
purpose, was absefit hut q short time, aud
iHun heard piercing, hcartfeudiug screams
issuing from the direction Of h6f dwehing;
Retraclng her steps at her utmost llrfih u
speed, she entered the house, where nu al
palllns scene met hOr gane. Her little grand
daughter wds itaBtically cndenyoriDg 70 tesr
all that remained Of R5y barnlBg garments
from her person, most Of lltotH having been
consumed aud was undergoing tfbst sewers
and cruel torture from tue burns upoh hsf
b0dy, inflicted by the destruction Of her wear.
lug apparel. Procuring water, tho aged
GRANDMOTHER dashed II over the little Sufferer,
aud soon extlhguislfed the flames, but not
until her Innocent gfaudchlld had been so
badly burned that death eusrcd few hours
afterwards.
She at the time supposed Nc fllle glrl had
somehow set her own clothes Gu arc, and
asked her what she had been doug. BtAtf
replied that she had been doing nothing, but
that that brutely butcher that struck you
(meauing the graudmother) did IL" She
aiterwafd gave further details Of the affair,
saving two men had teeu there wholnquired
for her grandfather She told them he was
not at home. They then seized her and got
the oil can. Then ono Of them janfmcd q
hole % the side OF the eau by striking Il upon
the corner Of the st6Gei aud poured The eOu-
tents over het body while his companion held
her for that purpose. They then set the oil
on Are, aud hastily Jeff tie premises, and
their Victim met the terrible ordeal OF burr
Ing by IRE. The condition Of the oil can cor.
fo6Ofated the gifls story Of the .baTbaTitY 70
which she had been subjected, and the hOr-
flble truth dawned upon the grandmOther's
mind that her youthful pet was tue victim
Of the enmtty and hendishuess entertained
against her husband by two butchers Of Ryal-
ton, the reason for which eunlty does not
as yet appear, but which was implacabio and
OF long stahdiul.
We understand trdt there arc lu ROyultou
Ave butchers, or at beast q eluB Of i've men
Of whom one OF two are bulehersi who have
recently developed q degree u hNl6ssuess
better suited to the civilization Of Montana
than portion Of the foremost cOunty'ot the
Western Reserve. Thu two men In question
have long entertained unmeItsuTcd hatred
against old inr. Schwsitsor from what reason
we cannot learn, aud have on previous occa-
slons sought to do him injury. Shout year
bluCb tnNl NhulbhD uOupo OhO NNVhlh@ hhh
tried to set II on fire, when Schweltzer fired
upon them aud caused them to beat lively
retreat u was on this occasion that Que Of
the butchers alluded 10 struck old Mrs.
schweitzef d heavy blow, which explains tho
remark VI tue little girl IN reply TO tltc inter-
rogatOTy Of her grandmother US 10 how tlo
came IN the shocking condition In which her
aged rslatlVe found her on Saturday. WedO
nlct damage upon 5EhVeitzef Gy tt6a6 hneH;
but other facts arc given rendering Il pr0bR-
bic such may have been the case. Tire al
legged lRwlessness Of the perpetrators Of thesG
outrages lends additional weight 10 the accu-
sauons against them. .
The funeral Of Betty Walter took place on
Tuesday, from the house where she was 50
wickedly depTifea 1T life. Her murderers
are at large, and We do tTc1 learn that any
well-dlrecled efforts are yet en- iCvt TO effect
their capture. II Is said that the constable
Of Parma has the names and ID cOgniZan Of
the rGsNefice and WIiereabOuts Of the alleged
murdeTeTs, but fesitRtes 10 arrest them be-
cause OF the limited EttiOunt Of testimony
which can be arrayed against thtn1, on thls
fact, however, we have not complete kftOWt
edge. Information Of the whole affair was
OH Tuesday evening lodged at the Central
station 10 this city, but without such details
as IRE necessary to HCttut w our otiicerA the
crime having been committed Otteids Of their
Jurisdiction. II Is earnestly hoped, hoNetsfi
that the perpetrators Of this astounding and
w6ll-nigh inconceiyRble enormity may speed
lily be brought to cOndlgn punishment Tor
their utterly lnexcusable and heRrtlcss crime.