The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-03-16
A MurderOus Maniac.
He Murders His Whole Family.
AND THEN TELLS THE NErGHBoRs
He is Taken BY the officers
and Locked In Jail.

From the Cincinnati Gazette.
DAYTON, o., March 10, 1872.
Never was the city of Dayton Mortified With
more startling news than that Of to-day
whole family, mother and infant and two
other children, sent unbidden TO another
world by tie ha nds of an unnatural and in
sane father. The first scraps OF the neSs
came stealing into the city early this morn
ing, AMI were regarded as the fictions Of some
excited narrator with some dim basis of truth.
They were too horrible to be credited. Each
ditional runner confirmed its fcrerunner,
and still the enormity Of tn. story VS. such
that people refused to believe it. Incredible
as was the story, it was true, and 20 words
could do justice to the horror of the reality
About four miles from Dayton, on the Gov
ington pike, lived German farmer by the
name of Leonard Narquard. He had been
in this country about eighteen years. Itws
his second wife, with whom he wal living up
to last night. About ten years ago he sepa-
rated from his 6rst wife, and eight years ago
lie married the resent one. By her be had
three children, a girl now eight years old,
boy six years old, and an infant six months
old, bat says he is only thirty-six.
This morning, in response to the news Of
the murder, two policemen set out for the
scene. On their way out they met a country
wagon in which were three farmers having
Marquard in charge. He was talking vehe-
mently. The officers took him AMI lodged
him in jail at Dayton.
| At the house where the murder was COM
| mitted, when it was visited this morning. Mrs
| Marquard was found dead in bed, stark max
ed. She appeared to have been strargled to
death. On the banks of little stream about
three hundred yards distant lay the body OF
an infant, naked, the back of its skull crush.
ed in.
On the banks of the same brook, a couple
OF hundred yards from this place. lay the
bog and girl, also naked and dead. as if they
bank.
The story which the man himself tells, is
that few days ago he read chapter to his
family from the Bible, and then rising up
accused his wife of being I witch and using
witchcraft. lie says that last night he told
his W ife that be wanted their chi!di en- t.
leave.
He says that both he ard his wife stripped
stark naked, kne't down, and lprayed for TED
r or fifteen minutes. They then stripped thu
children, took them out, and drowned them
he and his wife did-and laid them side BY
; side on the bank of the stream. They ther
dashed out the brains Of the infant, and lef
; it ly ing in the woods, after which they re-
, turned to the house and went to bed, boil
still naked. After lying there fifteen minute
he told his wife he wanted to send her {,
heaven also, and then he fell upon her an
strangled her to death. After this he got VI
and prayed there alone until three o'cl G.
this morning, when he went to the neares
, neighbor, and told the whole stIry.
The house in which this man lived is
neat, two story frame, coarsely furnished
Everything in the room where the dead wo
man lay was in unuttei able confusion.
: The chiliren and their mother were q
0 clothed and laid side by side in the house
8 To-day the Coroner will hold an inquest.
: The excitement is intense. The neigh5or
i say there was never any unhappiness bt
8 tween Vanguard and this, his last wife.