, 1873-12-11
CRIME
Tho Murder OF Richard Isoottcher
III st. Louis.
Further Developments In lie Cnsc.--
Statement Of Croncnboll.
Other Criminal Matters.

Special Ltspatch to 3he Chicago Tribune.
sr. Lou1s, Doc. 10.-TAo delihorate killing ot
Richard Doottc!or by Donjanin Franklin Cronon-
hold, sou OF Judge Cronoubola,. formerly OF tic
st. Lons County Court, il probably the most so,,-
ent!onal ml1rtlor over committed in St. Louis Tho
Judge died about yoar ago leaving l,is family
In possession Of tho comfortable aum Of SI50, 400
Doettchcr was ougagod by young CrononbolG
Same months ago, at German emigration
Office, to act in tho capacity of coaehman to the
family. Tho coacliman soon boca,ne influential
III tho family circle, and won tho affco.
ttona Of tho dauChtor-Mias Cora Croncnbold
Tho son favored another B,,itor nn,nod Weber
A private marriage between Bocttol,or and
the young 1a9ly waB quietly arranged fow i ayH
ago, as which the brother and rejected love- un.
cIpcctodly appeared, and tho coyom monies wore
brought to Huldon termination by tho lattor'e
shooting Doattchor In tho leg. From this mo.
ment, Cronenboll aeoms to l,avo fully tlotormil,-
ed to tRle Doettcher'a life, aud llo laid in whit
for him OIL nl occasions. Suspoctiue Yesterday
TINT le would be at tho family residence, lie
waited for him tloro, and When 1lo came lo kill
as follows III n conversation with d reporter:
TIE MuADEnElt's STATEMENT.
neportor-Did you mean to kill him
Crononbold-1 did yos. Boottoher was re-
moved to tho hospital tho night he was shot In
t!lo leg, I think !; anyway, ho went away from
the house. s3ntulday llo camo back wheil Was
AWAY from homo. and naw nsothor and Cora. I
lizard Of 1t when / roturnod, and / determined to
lay liz wait Tor him. 1to didn't coma Sunday nor
Alolnlay, but to-day ho camc and I was homo.
was the. sound Of his voice in mother's
md are on tho east nide Of thc''
houao. L was in my room--ituao1 to 10 fathers
and is on the wost side. heard him and Cora
and mother talking. and thou went down Into
in the 1ail and the dining-room, aud prasontly l
heard mothor'a step On tho Rtairs. aud went
out. Doottcher Was atandiug III tho porch. ]
started for him. but mothur aud Corn caught
followed him acrosa Chippewa streot, around n
foncod incloalre on tho coruor. aud thon into n
florists garden.
Cronenbold here mado ont diagram Of tl,e
locality for tho reporter, and, as ho handed the
paper and pencil bacli, said:
Then he rau north across Chippcwa street.
and around tho lot, turning west. lie crossed
Grand avonue, nna ran south to tho florists
house on tile corner. just MI he WIS jumping
over tho gate fired but don't think i
hit him. He ran around tho west Hido OF tho
house to the, rear, md followed. caught
him thcro, and, standing about fiftocn stops IRON
him, fired. I don't know how many shots /
fired. or how many lit him but kept firing
till he run around mo to the front Of the house.
I run after him and saw him fall.
AZ ho told this story, Cronnnbod pointed ont
tho positions on tho diagram. Altor this he wont
OH as follows:
I left him there, and wont home, I met
mother. s1o and Cora Ind hoard tue shooting,
Mother aakel, did you hit him? nude no
reply, but turned away from lor. Corn felt Nv
the pistol in book-caao in my room,
It was Whitney pistol. and bought 1t Sunday
on tie corner Of Marion Htroot mud Carondelot
avenue. Then hlschea up the horse and buggy
end drove over to Tho Iesidollcc Of my unclc,
Charles Croncnbod on Carondelct aventc. 1Ie
WIS not thore. hut told his servant William,
what had doue, nul 10 went to grocory.gtorc
near By for my uncle. When MY uliclo ca1ae ia,
l told him about it, and then started for out
Btore No. 1515 Carondo}et avenue.
THE INQUEST.
Tho greatest interest waB manifested in the
inqueHI on BuetichorB body, held to-la7. Tile
only point to be decided at tho tlial will be tic
question Of qualification. Crouonbod cIaiula
that Boottcher sedncod Ills sitter, but it il also
said that ho )limself soduced handsome SER
want girl in his family, Which gomewlat yitiatca
}lls plea to consideration on that score. 70 ret
lim out Of the last complication no was se1lt to
Europe soino months ago, aud it ia not long
Hlnco ho returned.
70 the Associat:a Press.
ST. Louis, No.. Dec. 10.-Further dsyolop-
menta regarding tho murder Of Richard Boot
tchcr by Young Cloucubold, yostercuy. aro 10
tho effect that Bocttchcr hnd sctluccd Miss
Eronenbold that their marriage Was favored by
Mrs. Crononbold on this account, and tllat tho
son murdered Doottcher to nvcnge tho wrong
dono to his sistor. Boottchor was 4 rrussian, 81
years old. and has boon employed BY MIS-.
Crononto!d as a coucslnlau, aud mnr-of- all-wolk
abont tho hoa1Ho, and Ia alleged to Aare won the
affections OF Miss Cronenbold mud effected her
ruin last summer during tue abaonco Of young
CrOnDuboll In Euronn hf3sp frnnpnfof1 ,rou