The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-11-13

On Saturday night last Cincinna-
ii was the theater of one of the foul
est and most fiendish murders it has
ever been our lot to chronicle. The
Enquire Thas nearly five columns in
regard to it from which we condense
as follows:
Herman Schillicg, the murdered
man, was native of Westphalia,
twenty-five years old, five feet eight
inches in hight, muscularly proper
toned. He was employed by H.
Freiberg as a private watchman for
his tannery.
Andreas Egner, one of the sus-
pected murderers is aged about 43
years of spare figure and a forbid
ding aspect. Fred. Egner. son Of
Andreas is young man, and Geo.
Rufer the last of the trio of suspec-
ted murderers, is 81 years old, five
feet seven inches in hight, and pos
sessing a strong and sinewy frame.
CAUSE OF THE MURDER
For sometime Schilling had board
ed with the elder Egner. Egner had
a daughter aged Is years, whose NOR
ais according to reports were not
good, and the father had once sur
prised Schilling in her bed room.
He escaped by jumping through 8
window. He then ceased boarding
with Egner, but father and son were
heard at different times to threaten
his life. Schilling did not deny con-
nection with the girl, but claimed
others were equally favored. Be
that as it may, she became pregnant,
and died in the hospital in August
last, from cancers of the vulva. The
same day the father and son attacked |
Schilling in the tan yard and would |
have killed him but for the interpo-
sition of bystanders. They were ar
rested, and fined $50 each, and held |
in 5000 bonds to keep the peace.
Rufer had worked in the tannery /
but was discharged on Saturday last.
He claimed Schilling was instrumen-
tai in effecting his discharge. But
reports say that Rufer had set fire
to Werks candle factory the night
before, and Schilling was cognizant
of the fact, which would be an aG-
ditional reason for his desiring
Schilling's death.
THE MURDER
About half-past ten o'clock Sat
urdsy night, John HollerbacK, aged
16, and who lived close by went to
his room and disrobed to 90 to bed,
when the noise of a fearful struggle
startled him, and hurrying on his
clothes he ran out doors. Perceiv-
ing that the noise came from the
tannery and knowing Schilling well
he called out:
"Herman is that you?" The reply
came, "Yes John. John, John, come
and help me, some one is killing me-"
uttered as if the speaker was being
choked or stihed. "Who is it." was
the next query. The answer was so
indistincL that nothing could be
made of it and Hollerbach shouted
Murder, murder, let that man alone
Or l will come in and shoot YOU"
No response was made to this threat {
save the
IURGLNG NOISE OF THE sTRAEGLING l
MAN,
and Hollerbach frightened almost to !
leath, started out of the alley and
lown Livingston street in quest of a },
policeman. He saw the light of the q
antern of the private watchman of
Verk,s place, hut not knowing that o
le had the power to arrest, so runs u
he boys strange story, he did not "
all his attention to the matter, and
fter Vainly seeking for policeman
N several streets without calling or e,
making any outcry for them, he re- S
urned to his room, passing by the q
table where the foul deed had been p,
hearing, he thought, b.
raging noise as he went by. Upon re
,gaining his room he was afraid to ul