, 1873-05-14
;MAMSLAUGHTER.
Anton Adler, tile Boy Who Killed
:: His Brotller,* Tried for
Z. ~ x a. Murder.
The, Jury Find a Verdict Of Mani
;; slaughter, and Under Ago: - =

T. EH1Eucr case, trteu Ut tuo CEiA4hlnt AoAaS
yost6rday, In uhloh' ono Anton 'At!lor was
chargod with: killing his brother about two
months since, oocasionol no littlc oxcitomens In
tho oourt nudionoo and occupied 20 lttlo ttmo
that, woro it moi. for. tho natural outburats oft
griof on tho part Of tho relations Of tho boy.
murderer aud his own neutrality-suspicious. To-
morse spectator might think tho caao On trial
WAS ono Of petty latcony or mild aaaa,llt< Tho
full particulars of!sho tragedy ofwhioh this trial
waa tho closing acono occnrrodabnu two months
tho timo; Silt tho main points of tho cad affair
Anton Adlcr, Nvcd Will, bis family at Holland
Bettlomontf Calumet. His fathor had married n
second limo, whom Aaton ana Lin brother Wora
but infants, mud tho" htop-1notllor has
cIiIlrcn, showing, rorhnpa, protoronco for tho
prisoner, which may havo boon tho underlying
Gauge Of tho .fratricidal fray to b narrntod.
Ono day, while prlnonor md hls brother were M
rogara to the stop-mothor. Tho doooased char.:
pcterized her na q "hoaHt and cnrrlon," aud
tho quarrel WAS continued at homo. Words ran
high; tho docoasoa struck tho prisoner, who ro~
II twice into his broshcra shoulder, ponotrating
tho lung and causing G homorrhagc, from whioh
he die1. ~. -
Tho oase was set for trial ycateraay, hut It WA
not known that Il would como up. tho Stato's
Attorney having boou informed that piea Of
guilty would 10 entorcd, md tint the. procoed-
tuga would bo moro1y formal. Consequently tho
court VIVA almoat doHortod sWhon tho boy was
o'Hs The rst testimony taken vas that Of pr. EN-.
mona, wlio said: examined the body Of Henry
Adlor. found a wound on tho loft aliouldot
which passed down aud cut m nrtory. / found
second wound on tlle right stdct inst holow tho
nipple, batween tho fourth md fifth ribs. Tho
4 ia$4d QlnrF i'm IL
waa whnt caused doath. think aomo sharp in
Btr,lmont, such as knife, with good-sizea
blade, would hayo causod tho wound. J.. ~.
Mary Adlor, step-mothor Of the defondnnt,
namo is John Adler. H1y cons ia.ne TINT waa
Killed wns Henry At,lor. saw him hurt; Ao
had wound in Ills loft shoulder. On tho oyon-
ing Of the day 1t happened, they wont to tho
youngest was Anton, who Is tho defendant tho
other was Horny, the ono who WAS hurt urtnp-ataira.
! askod Anton what ho had dono, and ho told
me, I asked Horny What Anton Ind dono, and
ho called mo a bad name, and aald it was mono
told him to ahut up his mouth. Henry hit An
ton in tlle face. did not zoo anything in his
out he had lost hla arm: His father then came
H cnIy @ an}s nS SEQ 81 de a bis Is aafons aop ha hs
Ho livod about ten minutes. lily husband did
not 400 tho tight, No ono WAS proBont but tho
two boys aud nnyaolf. He said nothing about it !;
that Ia, tho defendant said nothing. Tho younger
said ho had ruined his brother. He wont up
atalrs and prayed, and asked his fathor and
no!hor to Join. did not 500 tho knife uuttt
the inquest. Anton Was arrested by Knippors, q
constable, ut Calumet.
Tho father OF tue deceased Was oalfod, but lie
waa so Affected that 1t ,va3 concluded not to OK
amino him: After one or two attempts to un-
dorstaud tho intorprotor, Horny Pilgrim, ho
burat into tears, md criod as though hiH heart
would broak. rho old man seemed wolf nigh
crazy. All TINT could be undorhtood was. that
his presont wifo was his eocond TINT ho had
married lor whoa tho defendant was about q
yonr and ha1f old, and that tho latter rms now
under 18 years OF ago.
Mr.. Van Durou addressed tho Court on bohalf
OF tho defendant.
State Attorney nocd snid TINT he Ind not boon
previously nwaro Of tho fact TINT tho boy waH
andor age. Undcr tho civcumatnucoe, ho sup
posed there WAS no mood to carry the caBo any
further. 3:
Tho Court thon directed tho jury to find vor-
dict for manBlaughter and uudor ago, which was
dono, and tho dofoudant was removed, eobbing
Violently.
Tho trial throughout was exceedingly toMcl,-
Ing, tho grlof OF tic partics boing Of tho most
poignant character. As IN official Of tho court
aad the lad aoenis to have brolson hu honrt after
the brother he killed III hot blood.
Sentence WIS lcferrod. =.