The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-15
that il would not hurt her, but ala mot hmm. -.

that would not hurt her. but did not brn, bsr a
work again. '"s n~ ~
Marquardt's neighhors all speak OF him a. q ma
easily excited and apt to get mad, even In rre nns4
tucn times he was q. WAYS belIigerent ana 1reatsn3
Ing, having an uncontrollable temper. Person2
wno nave WORKED WIN hun say ina! ne and his wes
HIS Lift. CHILDREN
who are living also say That their father and mother
betn. say that they were rarely ever whipped and
then only with the open rand. Both these cnildre1
are remarkably brighr, pleasant looking creatures
Tue girl especially having Intelligent and pretty
face. Tne nelghoors say that the family lived hk4
hermits, aud that all the children were as wild and
tinid as rabbits. running az the slightest approach
impression from interview with the Iiiiie Hisaa
BETH this morning. She seemed self possessed and
even eye dlSnned Wnen talking 70 stranaers aud = ~
an her evidence, OF how she and her brother Haba1
k lI covered and ma away among rags and straw
only little aPp!e.butter 10 thar long interval. AZ
When we lett the scene the POS. mortem exam4
former at Narquardps house. where the dead
mother and children lay. and the latter q Wae3
nave given eli that i known Of the matter up 20 thu
TIME, the most importans witnesses having BEEN
testimony embraced in our report.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN w1LsH.
whose ssa rS% assds
Pc sssea a nsH Sslag au
house last Friday. about four O'CLOCK IN ne ssis
noon and asked me II had seen much OF inln.4hh4~
winter ana 4 had seen auything wrong VITA n,Ml
were sick; he said .'No;" that they were ~ we'll
aud At home; he said NO never Thought the IKE q
thiss ! asked what; he answered his wife Was q
witch; he took OF his coat and his wife and he
company had tried to Kill him; he took an old kniie4
thar; he then TOOK or mis- vest and showed me wier4
has shirt was cut aud his shoulder KIND Of proked %
scratched like. and deep enough 70 draw bloody ~
SAID they couldn't XIII him. that he was like H0n1
tnat he had seen God, and that God was with nlm{
them home; that mis- wife wanted 10 XIII him, Du1
she should not, for God was with him; went homo
ana alone; Mrs. Marquardt was situng on the bed
reading q Testament; he asked her II she would d9
witches away; N so he would stay with her; she told
him sne was not WITCH ana that ne was tue pn9
sue could; she SAID sne did not want to sil nm.i
but he night kill her; ne said mo, w0n'r" AND
sara san "Yo1 naye tried to kiii me; ana sngwsa
and Kill the witches tnai were on MIN; they taked
IN this way some time; she told him he couldn't XIII
herr that she would Just sleep away aud 20 TOT
heaven; he then asked the children II they did nod
want to 20 along TO heaven; Itried to talk them out
we: me- ooK me- down to no the Wooss said
wouldn't stay; that God had told him not 70, and
old crooks and some rags down AZ the woodsi
he said ne tried to burn witch, but that u
burn the CLOCK anu looKlng glass. but they wouldne
burn elheri ne went Win me as lar u.s. my gate; ne
heard MIN going nome, singing as he went by; next
saw Of MIN was wheh they were taking him 70 jail
have known him for some tiine he always treated
MS wife well, and seemed 10 prosper; had not bee4
10 church but few times IN eighteen years, but Of
late had been reading the Bible great deal
Here tho DOCTORS written autopsy was handed In,
which was read, and the following Is the verdict OF
1--WE. the Jury, ana that the deceased Mary Mar.
quardC, vile OF Leonard MarquardG, and Leah
Marquardt, came 70 their death ny violence from
StranguaJ0n or sm0Lherlng aC the hands OF Leonard
Marquardt; that the deceased, Samuel MarquardtJ
came to his death by violence from strangulaJOu Dr
81 dne ana na1ds % css OF Do
the deceased, Madeline Marguerite, came TO her
death by violence from being struck with blunt
TO produce death, &C tue hands Of either Or both
Mary and Leonard Marquardt. Taxing al the testi-'
into we are o. sns opinion mat
Leonard and Mary Marquardt To destroy taeir wnole
rms morning we made particular inquiry
Of all MsrquardG's nearest nei9npors Jas t0
their opinion regarding his state OF mind. all
man, V Wien an exceedingly high ana uncsn1
troliable temper. and wnen with hts friends In a.
est Woyd throw of MS coat insist on nanS,nS a.,
tarsatsn Violence rney al ccrroSorassd each other
seller. and was generally well posted upon most any
subject aud that the idea or insanity at TINS tune
won't do; and, furthermore, that they boieved that
TINS crime was committed on Friday night and thae
he had until sunday noon TO arrange us plans and
prove his innocence A very remarkable feature Of
the cnildren's remaining in the house and straw
stack near by for two nights and two days u thas
their large brinule bulldog acted as guard to tnem
refusing to leave them, and wnen the father was
brought nome Sunday afternoon BY the nsighDors
the dog stood at his post anu actually refuSed Ia
coaxed out from their hiding place uder the stack
Mr.. Weinland one nf tho ncfghD0rs. will keep thu
the friends OF their parents who have Oeen sent lOIs