Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-14
The Isle OF shoals Murder.

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Ivan Christensen and wife Anethe, an1
Mis- Karen Christensen. All the men were
in Portsmouth. Wednesday night, AZ.
Louis Wagner had promised Hontvet @.
help him bait travis, but stole boat be-
longing 10 David Burke and rowed 70 the
Shoals At quarter 10 seven, lhurSdal
morning. Hontvet started to set his travis
and was sirnaled from AppledOre island By
some women. He sent two men ashore
who returned and reported there was some
trouble in his house. H0ntTet then went {.
Appledore island and saw his vile. She
had frozen her feet. and was soaking then
In water. The terrible experiences Of tha.
Diqht had made her almost distracted.
When the pirty from Portsmouth az
rived thew found the bed clothes >trewa
abopt the floor Of the kitchen, and th.
furniture also. 4 chair was broken. AMI "a
bIood-staiued axe. with the handle broken
and Ratchet. were lying outside O. t-.
door Ia the centre Of the room, az -a-
west end Of the house, was the body 9t
Mr. Anetbe Christensen. face up, the h-ai
beinr fearfullv mancled \ shaw was
| wound tightly around her neck, pr0bal. D..
the murderer. that he might drag her lut,
| the house more readily Inc ROCKS 9li-I-.
the house were stained with blood DO The
bedroom. lying on the face, With the hel
/ badly cut, and the hair covering the wound
nearly from view. was the D0dy VI N.--
Karen Christensen. clothed only with
| cbemi-e. Her feet were Strengthened 3lt.
A. If She had been in great agony. 8
white handkerchief was tied tightly ar1l-I
| the neck. probably TO strangle her after she
Z had been mt under the bed. Outside was
[ a pool of blood and marks OF struggle -l
/ the snow, and there were finger marks l.
I blood on the doorway.
Aneths had nine wounds IN the head.
done with the sharp edge Of an axe The
brain could be seen through the w1lLe-
Karen had FIVE wounds on the back at t.-
head. one breaking her skull Two 9a t.-
left temple. two on the forehead over ru-
right eve. and one 20 the left Of the r--
eve Her tongue was protr-dus TIE
wounds were not sufficient o. cause deaf.
which must have en-ued from -tran-
iatiou-
TIE MURDERER
Louis Wagner came q P1rt~u.--.
eighteen or twenty months ago from b.
ton. He was q Sea-iarlng man. ha- BEEN
fishing for Mr. H0ntvet, and boarded w.-.
the murdered woman five months -a-- year
He was ugly when in liquor, but was
good terms with Houtvet family. la .-
early DAYS be was sent % Prussia t.r a.t
Guilty in the French waters, Tor trial.
elder Of the two murdered women, ka-ea. D.
j. said. had refuse Louis Wagner. VIII. ...
sired % marry her. She was hln--uH
thirtv-three wears old. and general On. Do.
tie. Ivan Jhri-tensl husband 1t Aue--e.
is nearly crazei b. the murder ot is VIE.
His friends have kept hrm away from .--
mgt.arel body
hrs. HJNryEI rEsIM0Si
Before the coroner's jury Mr.. HJuus
testified that she had gone o. bed. W eil-~-
dav night. and her sister Anethc slept with
her, while Karen slept on the lounge iu -t-
kitchen. " In the night Karen erred out.
John scared me thinking the man in t1-
room was John H0ntvet. ] heard slmee1
pounding her. TIE door of the bedroom
was fastened By some one on the kitchen
side with a stick. I shouted. the stick
came out Of the door and 1 opened &c.
reached out and got Karen hv the arm. ami
was struck with q chair. / pulled Karen
into the bedroom with Auetle and me-
Told Anethe % j1mpOu Jfthe window. and
she did So. Told her % r1u, bar she was So
frightened that she could only get O. ta-
corner q the house. j was holding the
door of the bedroom and the person IN the
kitchen was irving % force bis way 10
W hen he could not get DO BE- went cut
around the house. and ! heard Auethe
shout. Louis. Louis. He went back g.
The dlar and got the axe. and through the
window | saw him strike her three times.
,0u-lnet see the face bl- could see the
7 gurs'oiJhe mar, and I knew him % be Louis
" aEue-. jaufrei through the window.
taking ny skirt. and ran down bv the hen
house. / tried 10 get Karen O. come TOO.
but she SAID she was too tired. / ran O. the
lock. but could ind nobody there / theu
vent out on the island and hid behind the
'lcks. We went TO bed about 10 %. H.. and
when hid behind the rocks the moon was
usr setting. | stayed there until after sun
ise, fearing that Louis Wagner was stilI0
be island. | went down o. the north side
nd swung my skirts a- signal for help.
came up On the point and shouted. and
lr. ln--eoretzel heard me. and came over
r III App.elqre and took me o. his house
'lere ] arrived az O'Clock o. m We
we're all good friends Wagner never made
ny advances u me 0r the Others that /
now 0t. The only time I saw Wagner was
hen was looking OUT the window when b.
truck Aus-le- / saw her living au the
round when jumped out Of the window
hen was running away / heard Karen
louunE- the voice sounding 0st Of door.
did not hear Wagner speak atau.
Mr. Hlntvet had Sl45 in q trunk %I0at
being in a p3cket-b00k The SO was
ken ty Wagner. also = from q pocket
box belonging 20 another man. and some
ZIP from another. whIcl.~h1w- that rlh
Pts was the incentive
Tbs murderer landed beyond the house.
al be not done So Mrs H1utve- c.rIf
ave got away and left him on the Island
here the fishermen would have made miuc-
eat W him in the morning He doubtless
l-ed that NE might lose bis bla-. and rsr-
, hunting for her and r0wei # without
p knowing IT,
1 he island where this crime was commit.
Z VIII be remembered the scene ola u-ira
-hI year o- two ago. Thi, island ana
lple10re are ln Maine. all thereS- Of Ola.
.a-- being In New hampshire. H11rre-
d bis family are N5rwegiau-.
wACNEE's ARREST 1v BOSTON.
The only thing which would lead the off
IS o. identify Wagner was photograph.
o. win tats m their possession. Sergeant
cir and officers commenced s7a-,b
lng the drinking shops OF North street
q IT. tributaries In a short time after
wig the station house. officer Gallagher
Me making rlIr 10 inspection Of Fleet
eet. dl~cIv cred man lurking in door
y VINO bore striking re~em h.ance @,
lgne7. ana hi~ suspicious becoming com
ned hy the strange action Of the party.
officer, assisted hy Others. took BIN .,
ton one. where be was nj once identified
W agncr. Wagner had on o new slit OF
thes, and his general appearance was 81,
.n4eI by tie removal ui his whiSker~ and
close CIT % ll. hair. that the frear-
eltl-.1 70 much credit for the speedy
esi. On the person Of Wagner was
nd 81. ]. amount Of money. aud ,1b---
emily hl~ clothes were discovered ina
p where Lt had purchased q new outfit
bore stains OF blood lie denies All
lW-else % the murder and although na-
lined 90 De communicative. saws be- wa
Portsmouth al the time the murder was
united. He is tweutv-uinc wears .f
4, weighs about one hundred and Sereu-.
nls, and measures about five feetnire
a llli inches IN height, and his aupelr.
g j. quite proposing. Wagner made
res!71ance when arrested, and as he lid
OBJECT o. returning % Portsmouth with
! Marshal johnson. that gentleman and
prisoner left Boston In the ten 1'rI,ct
T. i1r the former city, arriving az noon.
u along The route be was met bv crowd
JeereI him. lie replied IN obscene
--r!y lang mage. Thousands Of pe1n'-
lerel az the depot here % see him. Is-
Iall Wa> stopped near the kearSlrr-
s ana the prisoner taken out Not
standing battalion of flrtv-eirlt
mes We're in waiting. tie crowd rushed
ugh al the byway- and met the u-.-.
> escorted by the mayor ami police.
~ % fishermen rushed 90 seize the r,u-.
r amid cries eff thousands ~ lear
70 pieces. The attempt was frustrated
be protecting force drawing rev5lvers.
increasing crowd Joined 10 the hue and
but al last the lookup was reached and
prisoner was put Ia a cell. Former
DIS recognized and denounced him bit-
- lie steadily denied the crime.
,ErHEHN NEw IoEE.-Ge5rge Stanla--
been appointed Postmaster 10 Rouse
t.
than Chi-uore. OF Fort Coring,ou. was
urlE KILLED IN -4-.-I...