The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-15

Of the wagon and team purchased jointly by
them. In the fight one Of them was killed
outright, two mortally wounded, and the
fourth badly hurt.
Ann Hun WIS hung at Elberton, Ga, on
the I'd Of May, for the poisoning of Eliza
Brawner.
AT Stetson, Me, on the Sd of May, James
his head off with an AK. On the same, day at
Burlington, VT, George Buchanan killed his
brother William by stabbing him seven times
with a knife.
The murderer of the Hamnett family,
near Pittsburgh, Pa, has made a full confess
sion of his crime, the details of which are al
most too horrible for recital. The murderer
is a German, named Ernst Mintzing- He
served in the Franco Prussian war, and has
been in this country eighteen months.
Mintzing worked as a farm hand
for Mr.. Hamnett. He had been
ont to a grocery store on the evening OF the
murder, and had purchased some candy for
Hamnett's children, of whom he professed to
have been very fond. He then continues
Just as I was leaving, it came into my head
that l must have Hamnett's money. I thought
he had a great deal Of money in the house. and
as l felt so queer all at once in my head, l
thought l must get it. l went directly to the
house. but don't know how l got there. /
suppose l must have been ont Of mind.
After getting into the house l found Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamnett had not come home. 1t oc-
Cured to me that to get the money | must
kill the children. / found an ak in the
kitchen, and taking that with me, l went up
into the room over the kitchen, where Robert
Smith and myself slept. The bed WAS in a
corner of the room, and l saw that Robert was
sleeping soundly. with his face toward me. l
took Il position at the front Of the bed, and
with one blow killed the boy. He never
moved. l can't say how it was that the boys
throat WAS cut. / may have struck him twice,
but he never groaned. After the boy was
dead went into an adjoining room where Ida
and little Emmie were sleeping. There were
two beds in the room-one in the corner. and
the other (the one occupied by the children)
near the center. Both Of the little girls were
sleeping. l struck Ida, and she never moved.
/ then raised the ak and struck at
second time. She did not groan again. After
this l went downstairs and took q position
just inside the door OF the room adjoining
the kitchen. and waited for Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamnett to come home. They came be-
tween 10 and II o'clock. Mr.. Hamnett came
into the room first. I was standing SO that he
not see me, and l struck him from be-
hind, using the same ak. He fell to the floor.
Mrs. Hamnett then came rushing into the
room, and as she passed through the door. /
struck her but did not kill her. She shrieked
once or twice, oh, God, John" and the l
struck a second blow, which killed her instant
". Mrs. Hamnett and the baby were the Only
one blew. l used the ak all the time.
II committed the deed to get Mr.. Ham
nett's money. / searched Mr.. Hamnett's
and obtained his pocket-book. 1t
only SIS in paper money. found
Mrs. Hamnett's pocket-book on the sewing
There WAS only fifty cents in it. l
.ooked over the house, but all the money I got
vas SIS"
A mar residing i'll California has written,
% some old citizens Of Mason county, ILL.,,
,onfessing to a murder that he committed i'll
hat county twenty-nine years ago. The muir
Ter WAS committed for money, and the body
The head, which was severed from
he body, was found buried in the place de-
by the murderer. The latter writes
hat he has been informed by physicians that
he cannot live much longer, and hence the
,onfession.
Ben. Hogan, the pugilist, was recently
hot and, 1t is thought, mortally wounded. by
notorious woman, at Petrolia City, Pa.
PyAS CIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.