The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-10

CRIME on TIE mAIsE CoAsT sTHE DcgBLr
MURDER on THE ISLE OF SHoALs-DErAus or
THE CRIME. Boston. March Lewis Wae.
ner, charged with the murder on Thursday
of two German women, Cornelia Christen.
son and Annette Lawson, on the Isle OF
Shoals, off the Maine coast, about eight miles
south of Portsmouth, N. H., was arrested In
Boston last night and committed to await a
requisition by the authorities of Maine.
within whose jurisdiction the murders were
committed. Heis to be sent through Ports
mouth, where the Mayor has procured a
squad of United States marines to guard
him from the excited popuIace.
The murder, which was most brutal in It's
details, was discovered at IN early hour on
Thursday morning by members of the Hont-
vet family, at whose residence the outrage
was committed. Wagner, who was former
employee of Mr.. Hontvet, arrived in his boat
from Star island ut IN early hour on the eve
ming OF: the murder. His mission. to all ap-
pearauces, was the preparation of the crime
which be subsequently committed, his sneak
ing manner on arriving at the house being
such as to give rise to suspicion on the
part Of Mrs. Hontvet that he was in
tent on some object which bodied no
good. He passed the front Of the house
and went to the rear, and soon after
entered the house. After a short CONVEX
sation. he asked Cornelia Christensen to come
into the entry with him, as he had something
very important to communicate. The woman,
who suspected something wrong, involunta-
rily started to acquiesce in Wagner's request
Trembling with fear; she approached the en-
try, where, on arriving, she discovered Wag-
ner with an axe in his hand. With Shrek
she started to return to the kitchen, where
she had left Mrs. Hontvet and another wo-
man named Annette Lawson, but before she
could Renter the door she received heavy
blow on the head from Wagner with the axe.
The blow was sufficient to kill her instantly.
The murderer, with the axe in his hand, en-
tered the room where the other two women
were, and without word struck Miss Law
son terrible blow upon the side. The wo-
man fell to the floor, her agony being such
as to soon occasion loud cries of distress.
She was asked by Wagner where the money
was that was kept in the house, being at the
same time warned that IL she did not tell him
he would kill her at once. She continued to
groan, seeming to pay no attention to what
the brute was saying. All at once Wagner
seemed to have become possessed of the spirit
ola demon, and heaped blows thick and fast
upon the head and body of the unfortunate
woman. Miss Lawson's head was literally
crushed to jelly. Meanwhile Mrs. Hontvct,
who had received n severe blow from the
murderer with Il chair, was hidden among
the rocks on the island, remaining in her Sc
cure position until between 8 and O'Clock
on Thursday morning. She then vcntured
out, and crossed the SEA wall to Malaga island,
and by her cries succeeded in making herself
heard by man who had house on Apple
dore island. He went to her assistance, and
found her suffering from a blow on the
shoulder and her feet and parts of her body
badly frozen, she having remained in the
severe cold all those hours with nothing on
but her chemise and flannel night dress.