The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-11

1 IHk NOUBLE MURDRR ON YHE ISLE OF
SHoAfssLLewis' Wagner. charged with
the murder, on Thursday, of TWO Ger
man women. Cornelia Christen son and
Aonette Laws0n, on the Isle of Shoals.
OH tue Maine coast. about eight miles
South Of Portsmouth, N. H., was arrest
ed IN BOSTON. last night, and committed
70 syals asreIuisition by the authorities
Of .Maine, within whose jurisdiction the
murders we're committed. He is to be
sent through Portsmouth, where the
MAY or has procured squad Of United
6tases aaFlnea to guard him from the
excited popuiace.
The murder, which was most brutal in
it's details, was discovered at an early
hour on Thursday morning, by members
OF the Hontvet family, at whose resi-
dence the outrage was committed. Wao-
ner, who was former employee OF Mr.,
Hontvet, arrived in his boat, from Star
Island, at al early hon. or tho evening
OF the murder. His mission, to all. ap
pearances, was the perpetration Of The
CRIME which he subsequently, committed,
Ills sneaklng manner, on arriviHg at che
house, being such as to give sise;to sns.
plcIon, on the part of Mrs. Hontvet,
that be was intent on some object which
boded no good. He passed the front of
the house and went to the rear, and soon
alter entered the house. After a short
conversation, he asked Cornelia Chris
tsnson TO 90 me into the entry with him.
as he had something very important to
Icommunioste! The woman. who sus.
ipsS55sssa &c csGashiug wrong. invoiuntariiy
started to acquiesce in Wagner's request.
Trembling with fear, shs approac h cd the
entry, where; ,on arriving, she discovered
Wagner with an axe in bis hand. With
Q shriek, she started to return to the
Kitchen, where she had left Mrs. Hont-
yet aud another woman, named Annette
laWsoil;;f but before ahe GOULD re-enter
the door, sha feoAiyed1a heavy blow on
the: bead from Wagner With the axe.
The blow was sufficient to kill her in
atantly.
Th1 murderer, with the axe in his
baud, entered the room where the other
TWO women were, and without word,
strnck Miss Lawson II terrible blow upon
the side. The woman fell to the floor
her agony being such as to soon occa.
sion loud CRIES OF distress. She was
asked by Wagner where tho money was
that was kept III the house. being at the
same timo warned that if she did not tell
him he would kill her at once. She con-
tlnned to groan, seeming to pay no at-
tention to what the brute was saying.
AL at once. Wagner seemed to have be.
come possessed of tho spirit of demon,
and heaped blows thick and fust upon
the head aud body of The unfortunate
woman. Mass Lawson's head was lite
rally crushed to Jelly. Mean while,
Mrs. Hontvet, who had received severe
blow from the murderer with chair.
was hidden among the rocks on the
Island. remaining in her secure position
until between 8 and 8 o'clock, on Thurs.
day morning. She then ventured out,
and crossed the scA wall to Malaga
Island, and by her cries succeeded in
making herself heard by man who had
house on Appledore island. He went
to her assistance. and found her suffer
ing from blow on the shoulder, and
her feet and parts of her body badly
frozen, she having remained in the sc.
we're cold all those hours with nothing
on but her chemiso and flannel night
dress.