River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-04
MORE BLOODSHED.
Three Men and Woman Cut to Pieces
with sheath kuifc--One OF the
Worst Cases on Record.
From the New York Herald.

At half-past one o'clock Monday af-
ternoon three laborers entered the lager
beer saloon of Jacob Schmitt, at 400
East Seventy-fourth street, and called
for drinks. They were served. A sec
ond round was demanded and received,
and when it had been emptied down
the filthy throats of the lawless trio
their leader announced to Mr.. Schmitt
that they did not propose to pay for it.
Schmitt stepped from behind the bar
and seized one of them by the collar,
whereupon he was instantly felled to
the floor by the ringleader, who dealt
him murderous blow from behind
with beer bottle, laying open his
scalp and rendering him insensible for
a few seconds. While on the floor
THE RUFFLANs
began kicking him about the head and
body, and would doubtless make short
work of him had not his faithful wife
hurried to his assistance. But her
coming was unfortunate for herself, for
no sooner had she attempted to push
the scoundrels away from the PROSTATE
form of her husband than one Of them
whipped out large murderous-loo,-
ing knife and plunged it into her back
Just below the left shoulder blade.
Again and again did the fiend ply his
deadly weapon, stabbing the poor wo-
man in the left breast, and in the right
arm near the elbow. She fell, APP
parently lifeless, to the floor, and then
TIM r1rpus1, pr-rf,rrrpc
Again turned their undivided attention
to her husband, who had by this time
regained consciousness and staggered
to his feet. One of them laid hold of
his left ear with his teeth, nor relin-
guished his hold till portion of that
member was severed from it's owners
head Another bit him an the hand
and nearly tore finger off, while the
third contented himself with pounding
him on the head with beer glasses and
bottles.
At this juncture a neighbor, Mr..
Jacob Young, attracted by the cries of
Schmitt and his wife, ran to their as
sistance, and received for his pains a
deadly stab in the abdomen, the viii
lain handling the knife still reeking
with the blood of the unfortunate wo-
man at his feet, plunging the blade in
clean to the hilt and then turning il
round and round as though he would
make sure of
FINISHING HIS VICTIM
there and then. Young fell heavily to
the floor, and as his life blood ebbed
away and trickled down the floor in a
crimson pool, the unnatural villains
still further amused themselves by
kicking his head and face Doubtless,
deeming their work well done, the muir.
derers fled, but they had still more blood
to shed before their thirst for it would
be satiated. Fleeing up Third avenue
they came to place in the middle OF
the block between Seventy-fourth and
/ Seventy-dfth streets where excavating
was being done. over which a narrow
walk of boards had been temporarily
laid. On this bridge stood Mr.. John
Luby, of Seventy-fifth street and Third
avenue, having no thought of interior.
! ing with the retreating butchers, for he
was as yet ignorant of the fatal work
they had been performing. Neverthe.
less he was in the way and might i'm,
pede their progress somewhat, sc
/ plunging
THE BLOODY KNIFE
i into his back was but the work of q
moment, and on they sped, and are,
doubtless still speeding, for the valiant
and ever watchful police know not
their whereabouts, and probably never
will. The fatal knife and the hat oil
one of the party are now undergoing
contemplation in the nineteenth pre-.
cinct station house, where they are
held as rare trophies. Further than
this our protectors and guardians flor
4 give the words) have no "clew' on
which to work the case The usua
precaution of sending out general
alarm to all the station houses had not
been resorted to up to one o'clock this
morning, SO it will be readily seen thai
/ the fugitives are not allowed the shadow
of an excuse for not escaping if they
by any possibility do not.
Mr.. Young was removed to his resi-.
dence from the
SCENE OF THE BUTCHERY,
and ut nine o'clock last evening Cor,
oner Herman was requested to take his
dntc-mortcm statement, all hopes OF
his recovery being abandoned ~ the
attending physicians. Mrs. Schmitt's
injuries, too, will probably prove fatal,
and thus we shall hive another double
murder Mr.. Schmitts wounds. as
also the one received by Mr.. Luby. are
not necessarily fatal, although Of q
very serious nature.
Staying il the word
It's dtel IN fashion