Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-23
Brutal ASSAULT.
An Inonensive Man stabbed six Times in
His Own Lot.
The would be Assassin Arrested ny Pat
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the County Jail.


the County Jail.
On Sunday morning the sad news
reached our city that on the night previous
Mr.. J. II. Hitler, a German shoemaker,
well known in this community, had been
seriously stabbed at his residence, about
mile from the city, on the Rutledge Pike,
Yesterday evening we proceeded to the
place and gathered the following facts:
Mr.. Hitler had house of two rooms on
one end of his lot, of which one of the
rooms was uneccupied about three months
ago, when a woman came to Mrs. Hitler,
and claiming that she had left her hus-
band, desired to rent this room. Mrs. Hill
Ter, without the knowledge of herhusband
and upon recommendation of some one
with whome she was on intimate terms,
and who claimed that she knew the appli-
cant to be worthy person, let her have
the room.
Everything went on quietly until few
weeks ago, when'he husband returned to
her and again lived with her. by her con-
sent it seems, for about week. After
this he came home one night brutality
drunk and abused her most unmercifully
live with him any more under any cir
cumstances, and begged Mr.. Hitler to
please order him away from the premises
in the event of his returning in an intoxi-
Gated state.
On Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, Mr..
Gentle made his appearance, very drunk,
and found the door locked against him.
He asked for admittance, but without eff
feet, and not being of the gentle kind,
although his name would denote that he
was, he cursed and carried on in most
shameful manner, threatening to break
in the window and doors. Mr.. Hitler,
who had already retired, ran and opening
the window, politely asked him to retire
from his premises. This Gentle not only
refused to do, but cursed and abused him
in manner that showed him to be a man
void of all self respect. Mr.. Hitler, seeing
that his orders would not be obeyed, went
out and loosing his dogs. approached the
place where the man was, But fearing
that the dogs might injure him, which
they would certainly have done had they
been permitted, he ordered them back, and
then approaching the man asked him to
cease his abuse and leave the place. The
only reply was stab with knife on his
right wrist Hitler threw him back, when
he came at him again, and making another
thrust, succeeded in infiicting a long cash
upon the right shoulder. Gentle was again
thIOMh DhCh, Dut uOU SATISFIED WIN wnQt
he had done, and seeming intent upon
murder he made another attempt, this
time striking his victim in the back. Mr..
Hitler again pushed him aside when the
would be murderer made another cut stri-
king him in the left side of the head. Mr..
Hitler then took him by the collar, and
succeeded in throwing him out side of the
gate, but while he was trying to fasten the
gate, Gentle reached over and stabbed him
twice in the left shoulder, close to the neck
and down towards the heart. The blood
gushed forth freely, and Mr.. Hitler was
forced to return quickly to the house,
wherehe fell down, faint from loss of blood.
The neighbers. crowded around him,
while some of them had gone after
DIR. Ludlow, but he would have
perhaps bled to death, but for the fore
thought of two ladies, who filled the
wound with sugar and SCOT, thus stopping
the flow of blood until the arrival of the
physician, DIR. Ludlow, who pronounced
the wounds not necessarily fatal but rather
serious, and stated that if the last stab had
been one-fourth of an inch deeper it would
have undoubtedly proved fatal.
The Germans, on hearing of the sad &C.
currence on Sabbath, Immediately raised
by subscription sum sufficient to keep
him from want, to be paid weekly until
his recovery, which Mr.. Hitler received
yesterday evening from the hands of Mr..
IbltleT, WIN ueep eI1OUlOnS OF ETaLlluue,
and desired us to return his thanks TO his
friends for their kind assistance.
Messrs. Staub and Henderson, as well as
quite number of Germans, visited Mr..
Killer yesterday evening, and the 5ccScst
sympathy is felt in his behalf. We I'M
derstand Mr.. Henderson has agreed to
conduct the prosecution free of cost. Mr..
Hitler is quiet and peaceable man, while
Gentle is the reverse, and We have been
told that he stated, when he purchased the
knife on Saturday, that he intended tokill
some one or be killed that night.
On Sabbath Mr.. Hitler was restless all day
and at times partially out of his mind,
but on yesterday he was resting as well as
could possibly be expected under the cir
cumstances, and unless something should
turn against him more thar can now be
foreseen, the chances are very favorable
for his recovery.
THE WOULD BE MURDERER ARRESTED.
Policeman Pat Gain learning of the oc-
currenee yesterday evening, at once set to
work to effectGentle's arrest. Knowing that
he had some sisters in North Knoxville,
he proceeded there after night. He did
not, however, go to their house at once,
but called at house close by. The women
on seeing him at once set up cry, and ran
out. This alarmed the Gentle women who
called upon their brother to make his
escape which Mr.. Cain heard, and
while all was confusion around he
get to the back door of the house in which
Wash was concealed, who, on running out
of this same dO0F paa fax on in loving am.