Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-06


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tag /" IL very ,trt--.:., aaisi Il ..oIicC
'a:rs ,n :up til o:'lcr duy. This
morning ~ tuGrd ti.a I.,3v 81 y man
~ II lonely st:lntn. ,ut.dcrel and
robbed. Lest evening woman
throat Ms c;s OIL her stairway. as .-hc
wase2ef ee1lttilig to the street The day
before yesterday = merchant VIZ
gac2v,i,;sntl loL bed ia LIS: oyn stcye.
There az good many villains about.
VI. Indeed. ad,cd tiier. cheer
fulIy, ".oak well 10 Eour doors Hnd
windows
Good advice this, and :, small dealer
m arms here III the ely has piacard
III llis window which reads: in view
Of he growing insecurity Of Berlin,
gentlemen ar" advised to buyaud carry
one OF NY rev and improved pocket
pistols I'rioa -" That this was
not Il mere CONNER cial mancauvre on
the ! art uf t!,e small merchant. Is
abUndAnt'r proEtd by the daily police
records. The Boursa Gazette has
Iat-jy published list CT the more no.
table transformations during Novembef
and December, and ] hope and believe
that ro otllcr city in Europe can show
sl.ch reckoning.
Oh the 9Th Of November Il tailor was
Iaortally wo,tn7ei aud robbed in the
chulstrass", ard Il workman danger
ously stabbed iutile Gitschiner-atrasse
on the 7th q lab1rer was robbed III the
Hamburger 18th, 2 gentleman
was sc;zoa before his own house,
dragged into the lall and robbed; 18th,
St. Phillips Church was plI1ndered;
30ti, y goldsmith was stabbed aud
robbed in bis own shop.
The month Of December shows an
Improvement even on this. On the
It'll = man was beaten down and robbed
in leading thoroughfare; 18Th, wild
ow in the NeIe kcnigs- strasse WAS
stabbed and robbed in her own hall;
1Itl, briclllaver was found dead and
robbed on The bank Of the Wiestn ca
nal: 18th, woman narled Springer
was fo1i..l dead and robbed in her
own house: 1lth, laborer was robbed
and left for dead IN the Choriner-
strasse; i2bil, q tinker was chloroform-
Ell and robbed; DIST, Il laborer was
found IN the suburbs murdered and
robbed; 10th, q cigar dealer, Schune-
mann, was attacked and oyerpowered
at midday in his own shop, III the
busy Conmandanten strassc, and
robbed; 2.th, an attempt was made to
break into Z shop, and .he proprietor
was threat sued with Z knife, cite,
Some OF these cases were particular
" atrocious. Take that Of the woman
Sprin q. Her husband returned home
late end found his wife i'll bed, as lie
supposed. asleep, bnt when he threw
back the clothing, he rev, aled q ghast-
" corpse. the head nearly severed
from the body by n knife. The case
OF the cigar merchant, Schunemann,
attracted the most general notice. The
Gav after Christmas, about noon, two
ruiiians entered his shop, attacked him
with knives. emptied the I'll, and locking
tie door behind them, c0olly walked
off. The victim was found some hours
later, and now lies at = hospital, bare
" alive, but speechlcss. There is net
tie slightest clue to the robbers, and
il i not even certain that Schuuemann
could give any Information, even Il he
were conscious.
The prevailing atrocity Of these
crimes reveals a very desperate spirlt
among tie c.iu4inul classes. In ordl-
nary times thieves shrink from murder
except as 4 last resort, aIld they dellb-
eratcIy plan murder only when the
promised reward is very great. But
IN Tie daily murders now, none Of the
victims are rich, and most OF them be-
long to the poorest. The workman on
the Niqsen canal-was murdered fer
twenty tha!ers, and his murdcrers
could hardi y have expected more. HE
widow h&e. only lutte sum Of money