Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-03-19
The Isle or Shoals Murder.

ahu scte the iaullg OF Aapl. john iuht-
vet, consisting OF himself, his brother
Matthew. Ivan Chnsicuscu aud wife An
ethe. aud Miss Karen Christensen. All
the men were in Portsmouth. Wednesday
night. aud Louis Wagner had promised
Hontvet to help him bait travis, but stole
boat belonging to David Burke auG
rowed to the Shoals AT quarter TO sew
Gu, Thursday morning, Hot iret started to
set his travis, aud was sighaled from Ap-
pledore island by some women. He seul
two nicu ashore, who returned aud re-
ported there was some trouble in his
honse. Hontvet then wen, TO Appedore
island and saw his wife. She had frozen
her feet. aud was soaking them in water,
the terrible experiences Of that night had
made her almost distracted.
When the party from Portsmouth ar
rived, they found the bed clothes strewu
about the floor Of the kitchen, and the
furniture also. A chair was broken, aud
bloOd-siained axe. with the handle
broken. and u haichet, were lying outside
of the door. In the centre of the room,
at the west end of the house, was the body
OF Mrs. Ancthe Christensen, face mp, the
head being feariuily mangled. A shawl
was wound tightly around her neck. prob
ably hy the murderer, that he might drag
her into the house more readily. The
rocks outside the house were stained with
blood. In the bedroom, lying Gu the face,
with the head badly cut aud the hair
covering the wounds searly from view,
vas the body Of Miss Karen Christensen.
clothed only with a chcmlse. Her feet
were straightened out. as il she had beet
in great agohy A white handkerchief
was tied tightly around the neck, proba-
bly, to stranse her after she had been put
under the bed. Outside was pool Of
blood aud marks Of struggle in the snow,
aud there we're finger marks Of blood on
the doorway.
/ Anethe had nino wounds in the head
all done with the sharp edge Of au axe.
The brain could he seen through the
Wounds Karen had i've wounds on the
back of the head, one breaking her skull (;
Two on the left temple, two on the fore
heai over the right eye, and one to the
left of the right eye. Her tongnc was
protudwg. The Wounds were not sufficient
TO cause death, which must have ensued
from s,raIeuIs,ion.
Louis Wagner came to Portsmouth
eighteen or twenty months ago from Boston
He was seafaring man, has been fishing
for Mr.. Hontvct, and bearded with the
murdered woman five months last year
He was ugly when in liquor, but was OF
good terms with Hunvel's family. In his
Younger days he was sent to Prussia fol
difficulty IN the French waters, for trial
The elder of the two murdered women
Karen, it is said. had refused Louis Wag
ner, who desired to marry her She VA
handsome, thirty-three years old, aud /
general favoritc Ivan Christensen, hus
hand of Ancthc. is nearly crazed by the
murder of his wife. His friends hav,
kept him away from her mutilated body
Before the corouor's jury Mrs. Hontve
testified that she gone to bdd. Wednes
day night, aud her sister Auelhe slept Will
her, while Karen slep on the ionnge il
the kitchen. lin the night Karen sricC
out, John scared me, thinking the maj
in the room was John Hontvet | heur(
some one pounding her The door Of tn
bedroom was fastened by some Que on tht
kitchen side with stick shouted, th,
stick came out of the door and | openet
it, reachud out and got Karen by the arm
and was struct with a chair. | pulIet
Karen in to the bedroom with Auethean
: me. Told Ancthe te jump out the win
dow, aud she did 20. Told her to run
but she was so frightad that she could OH
ly get to the cornsr of the house. wa
hodlrg the door of the bedroom and tn
person in the kitchen was trying to fore
his way in. When he could not get in h
| went out around the house, and hear
Anclho shout, Louis, Louis He wen
back to tide door and got the axe, an
through the wineow saw him strike he
three times, | could NOT see the fac
, but could see the figure of the man, an
Iewkhim to be Louis Wagnes.
jumped through the window, taking m
skirt, aud ran down by the hen house.
tried tie get Karen TO come too, but sh
: said she was too tired. | ran to the dock
but could ind nobody there. | then wen
cut on the ialand ard hid behind til
rocks. We went 10 bed about 10 p m.
: aud when hid behind the rocks the moo
D WIS just setting. stayed there unit
after sunrise fearing that Louis Wagan
f was still on the island. | went down t
the north side and swung my skirts as
signal for help. | came up on the 2oir
aud shouted, and Mr., lnglebretzen hear
me, and came over from Appledore au
: ook me 10 his honse, where arrived a
: s o'clock II. m. We were all good friends
Wagner never made any advances to M
or the others that know cf, The onl
time ! saw Wagner was when / was look
9 lug cut the window when he struck Ar
: ethe. saw her ling on the groun
when jumped on, of the window. Whe
| was running awas heard Karen shout
. ing. the voice sounding cut of doors.
did not hear Wagner speak at all.
Mr., Hontvet had Sl45 IN trunk, ST
of it baing u pocket-book The 81,
! was taken by Wagner. also So from
: ocket-book belonging to another man
J aud some scrip from another, which show
that robbery was the incentive.
The murderer landed beyonb the house
Had he not done 50 Mrs HnnIvct cnnl