, 1874-03-22
INltHlEs
Further Particulars Of the St.
Clair County, Ill, Butch
cry.
Facts Pointing to a Near Relation as
the Murderer.
A Prominent Merchant Of Cincinnati At
tackled on the Highway.
He Is Badly Wounded and Robbed Of
All His Valuables.
Defective Dixon Has tie Forger Schceppe
under His Thumb.
He Is Badly Wounded and Robbed Of
All His Valuables.
An Arkansas Judge Deliberately Mu=-
dered By Lawyer.

BE1LEy1ILE, Ill.,, March 21--Tessarday even-
ing the citizens Of Ccntrevile, this county, weze
shocked With the news that 3 horrible murder
had been peype:rated few miles south OF that
town, on tho Saxsovn road, upon family by
tho name Of Stcteenreide- Mr. Ben Schneider,
d neighbor Of S:etsenreide, went to their house
to get seed-potatoes, and discovered On entering
the house that the family
HAD BEEN BnurALLY MURDERED.
He Immediately went to Cont!eElle to raka
known his discovery, upon which Conitable
Sargent notified Sheriff Hughes OF the oc:ur1aEoe,
who proceeded to the place Of the horrible doad-
THE sTETsESRE1DE FAMILY
consisted Of five persons; Ar. s5eesenre'oe, 9r:.
Is Years old Stessen1elde, Jr, Is years Old. bis
wife, and two children, respectively years aud
months old. Tho house which tho murdered
family occupied cou6'stcd OF thrco rooms Iho
front room ':as occupied by Young ete.seorsaao s
ried By tho old gentleman The murder waa
evidently committed on Thursday night
THE BODY OF YOUNG srE1sESRE1DE
WAS fou,,i two steps from his sleeping room
with the throat cut and skull spat open *Itn an
axe. He must have made desperate struggle
for lie, az his hands wcro severely cut with .
knife. T1e wife was
KILLED N pEu WHILE ASLEEP.
with her infant in her arma. Her. skull Was
mashed and throat cut. Ibe children'B skulls
we're mashed. The old gentleman, &ooro
stated, elept in the adjoining room It appea1a
that ho was
AROUSED pY TUE sruaGIE or HIS SON,
with the murderer. His body was 1ound 70"
steps from the door leading to his sons sleep
ing room, with his skull mashed and throat cu::
In one Of his hands ho held his j.cket, which, 1t
seems, he was in the Get Of putting On When tha
murderer killed him.
mR- srErsESREDE, sR-,
was one of the old German settlers, having re-
sided IN the vicinity for IS years, and Taa te-
apected by all who knew him.
Tho County Court offers reward OF 81, ,0M
for the discovery, arrest, and conviction OF tnd
fends+
Of this horrible crime now believed to hHva
been caused by family feud- Frederick Eoeltz,
brotber-in-law o. Fritz Stetsenreide, Jr., il
strongly suspected. from tho fact OF h's owing
| the murdered family money, and hard feo.lnFa
existing between them. Ninety doIats. paid to
,Stetsenrcide l,v ono of the mills \. Centrzvi1o
| on Tuesday, WAS found in The honsa; also 81 u
| the murdered =onan'5 pocket. Ihe Cofo1eF6
| jury had not brought in verdict up to 11te
] hour this evening"
| 81. Louis, M.rci1 21.-Additioaal, hut still
t meagre infotmation from the scene Of the Con-
t.eyfie butche:y has been received The name
| Of the murdered family is 3tetzen1e'de, nos
| Stilte1riter, Is previously reported.
At THE INQUEST
| this evening, held by Coroner R=ean, OF Eas:
| St. LOUIS, several Witnesses we're examined, and
facts we're ELECTED which lead to tue beles that
! Fred Roe.b, husband OF 3 sister OF Mrs-
Steizeureide, committed the horrible deed
He was present, but refused to testify uatl
forced to, aud then his answers and general con-
duct were such as to excite the etroDgese sns-
p1cions OF his guilt He acknowledged tnSt no
had been On bad terms with tbs murdered fam
liz Tor some months. He entertained feelings
Of enmltY toward them, and Vas in the o3d u mar
s:etzenrcide'a debt several hundred dollars
Theeo and other facts brought out, together With
,nother fact thst the house WIN not
ranssexed and pilsecd, as previously stated, ard
| that the old manS, stetsenreide's, money Was
found, estab!iHh beyond doubt that the murder
was not committed for plunder, and tend nero
strongly to fasten suspicion upon Boeitz- Nuen
still in progress; md the verdict had MOI yet
: been received. bnt The probabilities ato that
! Boeltz will be committed.