The New York herald., 1873-12-13
A st. LOUIS SOCIAL SENSATION.
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lect. also called I'm the afternoon and had long
Conversation with his mother IN regar1 70 d1 as NJ"
leave leave the the house house. At this time his mother and
sister were standing on each SIDE OF MIN, ana
aos Swss and fooWea BoettcSer to
seem 70 take effect, ana the hunted one leaped
over the Ience Again he fred and Boettcher fell.
n. tsnns three or our probably the latter num-
ber as three took effect. His weapon was six
shooter. He acknowledged that he went to the
INTENDING TO KILL HIS SISTERS sEDucER.
He shot him for interfering with family matters IN
various ways After the tragedy he drove to his
uncle's, ON Second Carondelet avenue, ana stated
what had happened. The prisoner stated that We
ber, who was at first suspected as the murderer,
Bidding the prisoner goodby the reporter
started Tor the CronenbOld mansion, ABOUT three
Miss CronenDod, but meeting friend oil the lam
lily he was induced 10 give up the unaertakn9, as
to talk on the subject, and the young lady is liable
to lose her reason II not her llie
In an interview with the reporter OF the Globe
young Cronenbold stated
In February or March last. forget which we
needed a servant at The house, and applied to the
German Emigration office Tor q man.
ttt BoErTCHER INTR0DUCED.
the room w Mnea an tine sapc
BOettcher stepped up and said he would Ike the
situation. and thought he would give satisfaction.
1ss OF April sailed Tor Europe, and arrived home
ten weeks ago last Thursday. While in Europe
spent s considerable moIeyEso%e, e slsoo and or
part Of which was remitted from home.
When got back ! had 500, and ! ielt badly ys,
at home. This man seemed to have stepped be-
tween me and my interests, and felt he was IN
terfering in my family affairs to an unwarrantable
my SISTER, and that | did not like. He and my
mother combined against me IN an analr OF mlne
Nth luhv nj felt
added to the fact that could obtain nothing in
measure and then determined to get rid OF Boett-
cner as soon as possible. Mother and Cora OPP
than tSsn mysef l suspected something wrong.
doctor came to see Cora rather more often than
thought necessary, and believed then, as be, DC.
TO be married on Thursday evening last, and he
came to the house for that purpose. He wanted TO
marry her before was married, and IN that way
hurt my interests.
The Globes report says:-
THE YOUNG LADY.
The facts about the young lady, between whom
and CrOnenpold Boettcher and the family inter-
1ered are brieny:-Some little time ago Cronenbold
became smitten with the charms of female do
mestic IN the house. His mother and sister disap-
proved his passion, and he, to insure his marriage,
followed the example OF Count Fathom, at Bath,
and bound the girl to himself by such ties that she
fact was discovered at home, and, to sepe-.
rate him from the girl, he was sent TO Europe and
sne was discharged upon ms return ne couid
uted his dlspirited state. Somehow he connected
B0ettcher with the girls disappearance, and be-
came embittered towards him, and when he
learned OF Boettcher's intention to marry Miss
Cora he determined to foil him, as he imagined
himself to have been foiled by him.
The Daily Times closes its report Of the murder
as f0l0ws:-
B0ettcher was about 81 years OF age. He was
born near Berlin, Prussia, and came to America Is
months ago. He had rather aristocratic air. and
some OF his acquaintances suspected that he was
the "pr0dlgal SOM OF some noble family. He was
rettcent about his history, but his habits were
those OF man OF education and refined assoca-
tions. ess.
1t is hardly necessary to say that young Cronen-
bold's suspicious as to the improper relations
between his sister and BOettcher were utterly
unfOunded. No two ladies in st. Louis stand
higher in the estimation of those who knew them
than Mrs. Cronenbold and her daughter