Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-21
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Til. Marsdet q aiWhSalseI SalsI'aRls FANNY
A cor correspondent dent 'tscd describing Gig mur-
der Z Of SWhole fahhgily 'il1' ih ST. Clair Co.,
Ill!, says: ih7sslia a OF ,rgehnaTa TO
The house nwhicl.rthganufdae took
placeiisl an!ior4linarya eesssdatosyh frame,
containing cent, two rooms snd kitchen, with
porfch in front ont iIhS Ths tgilang back
about ,seventy-five feet from the main
Road and il sGtsRWsfhaaAt G5tsRWsfhaAt flsa filnss5ated there
being NO other house etafefsthassih hassihf hfehalf q
mile-a circumstance eaEhic1pnadeit ex-
ceedingly safe for thaspenstratiapipfs the
hhflllipntS hl " erllnufiff luif e 10 ei9si9sqa sds eaw
The scenes which met the gaze of the
Sheriff and his z assocates aS1t sas 81 af enferin the
house almost f'adees cqfp5Hh Stretch
ed out on the aoof heas qhdffShe tlaor lay
the PROSTATE form nf! !Freidsriqhsir., with
his;skull mashed 10 ajelly ysandlhis throat
cut from ear t99cags Y and Itls bed lay
his young wife with her. head horribly
mangled nd her hnPoaaft na G. cut aiso,,o while
in her arms and closely igRFaspea gRassprea her
bosom was .her,innocent'babeg only eight
months oldswith airugly gasl,iaits head
esrllis.llpy llpys ftfft ut her removed q on tho, same
pallet lay, the otber child, Killed by a
blow on the left temple, cold and lifeless.
In the adofhnihfgs faohmp hp the Body il Fried
erich stelzenfieds,' r, s2sss 2sssyventysffvs years
ofagc, ,swas found with hfsifface steward
the door, his head horriIly,mntilqted and
nearlylsservsdd ft9lmnatbe from the boplaly. ,aasn
Everything in the hers room aml gsssmed, to be
in perfect order, though it. was clearly
apparent that 4 fierce and iftVsfid5lssnt tVsfid5lssnt con.
flict had taken pl;ee} between ttfisA assas.
sin and the victims, asmaflss 5faiolence
were found onltlre arms lando hands of
Mrs. Mrs. Stezeprisede, while her husband had
one of his fingers almost. cut off. The
children and tic old man seemed to have
been butchereai NTH niofe nio}fe case,s Since only
the heads of the Hormefeana TIE iiSaad and
throat of the latterfexhiBited fhe9marks
of the murderoussinstry tryylpIlents W used.
d Itappearedl. j19lm jf1rom II the, evidence of the
unfortunate family that a, bitterfeud has
eqisted for. some TIME past, On On account of
money rnatters, between the sfei5enrieder
family and one FtiederichAB ABeeltza whose
wife is a sisterqS the murdefsdss swoman.
Boeltz, it is said, borrowed money at
different tim times @a,t from the s st Sstezsariedes,
and gave q chattle mortgage on.pis pro-
perty to secure tie aamotnt.. III aa IL futher
stated that for sevtfaf months szbast he
has been exceedingly snlbarraasaa in his
misunderstanding and being pressed by his
relatives for Il the debt, became, quite ofien-
ded, refused to;speak to them and also
forbade his wife to visit OF Of have hasa any
eommunicatiouSwvsitti Her ssiisttcafshs
51lAll theses circumstances al..sssiias.sgg beer.
tdovoloped during the investigation, the.
coroner epnelpdeal to send fpr lR!sqsltz and
let him tell his S9ry IS IS The iaFys Boeltz
on being notified, refused to appear, ur.
ging want Of time as III ah e exeagc btit when
subpoena was served On 1hifaaiby the,
sheriff and he was hf6ughtasby sfdrce to,
the house. he apResgedd auitesisgitatedl
and even refused toolqqk aats shsas dead,
bodies les before @ ia him slpshSe qp being anssstioned
in regard to the murder lie WIS exceedt
ingly guarded and caItidts irf BIS answers,
and vcey 'artfilIyi Notwithstanding,
himself. Qiiini1 iHa aeiaii,sq1q
The evidence would ,aaGnritpysindicats,
that Boeltz had someikneledga afsho,licrr
rble crime, though IT IS REassible tisuss
when the inGg.ePs'igaggtion takes place initifec
court he mag be ablo to clear himself, off
any suspicion. s"4t = s''A'1
AT a meeting dfths Board If commis..
sioners of St. Ulah' cddnty' q reward of
$1,000 was'offered for thadrfesf and con.
|'yictien ofthe mnraerers. al sl,i4