, 1874-11-12
Tho Cincinnati lT0rr0r---Fufl Confess
sion OF Young Egner.
An Erring Wife Murdered by
Her Paramolr.
A Farmer Murdered by Righwaymen
Near Allegheny, Pa.
Minor Criminal Items.

JOntcAa4Un~ffGtty 5uaAA A18Aef tAAAu
Her Mad Eatcs
From tho Cincinnati Rnqufrer, Aop. II.
About half-past0 o'clock Inst evening num-
Der Of poraons visited tho prisoners In tho hopo
Of obta!ninB sosac interviews With tlom which
might result In throwing further light on tho
still myatcriouB occurrence. Htfor, howovcr,
romafned ntolld silent, mud tho older Egncr con-
tnuol to play tho sphinx.
Finding It wnrBo than WaBto Of tfmo to con-
time further par'oy With tho men, Fred Egnor
agaln bccame tho object Of verbal inquisft1on.
Il soon bocamo apparent tint lo was about to
neakon.
With aobB ard tears, and writhings OF anguish,
at last the wholo hldoous talo uamo from hs lirs,
slowly wrung forth, like words wrung by magic
from tho lips Of tho dead It was listened to by
DEcaBrs. SpslngmoicE, Jordan, NoCartY, Mosos,
ind Johuaon, in tho priaonor's coll,
1t frat tho boy would only acknowledge hav-
Ing soen Rufor perpotrato tho murdor fro m tho
gate. loading ont Of Egnos'a. This statoment, III
Wow Of tho iact that the night WAS dark as pitch,
WIS too transparontly falso to 10 for mou,ont
entertained; aud this point was aoon made evi-
don't to tho lad hnaolf. Then lo camo out =
llttio further, acknowledging that ho had holpol
Rufor kill sch'ltng; ,and. finally. being fairly
brought to baY. nlado the terrible statement
Which also inlplicatcH hlB father.
THE CONFESSION.
nnfer, ho anld, entered Egnur'a saloon about
o'clock Oh 6asulday eyoning. lIo said tint ho
lad got out Of work; that schug had had him
discharged; and that ho would somo d9y get
posed to murder him that eyoning. saying:
"Let us kill tho id son Of . b:-hl" The
older Egnor at onco agrood, oxolaiminE: "Frad
and will como aud holp you, by G-dl" It was
was then, agreed to meet again at hulf-past ..
way, aud Egner shut up bis saloon. Thon tho
three started upon their ghastly mission.
They entered tho tannery by the Gamble alloy
eato, to Which nufcr Ind q 10y. It was hoy
tic hay-oft, and could never lind again: 1lufor
oponcd tho door with tba koy, upon which thoy
MI entered together, mud then locked tho door
bolind them. Rufer had In his baud tho heavy
stake Of pine wood which WAS found upon tho
then wont mud lid himself bohind tho taubark
whi!a tho Engers concealed themselves III tlio
shadows of tho great posts. The night was worry
dark but by dogloeB tho eyes Of tho party be-
coming moro accustomed to the gloom, thoy wero
ablo to Hee within fow yards Of them on either
aldo.
They waited half an hour beforo tho victims
footsteps were heard echoil,g along tho alloy.
Rufer saw Linn tlrst. they. all kcpt very quiet
alloy gate aud entered tlo Btablo, where ho lit q
coal-oil lump and began to rub down the hoIse.
patting him gently in the meantime. Wl!llo ho was
thus engaged, tho throo mus dererH stole aoftly
to tho door--Rufer ticat, Fted EGner next, and
door opon, and they could watch him without
bcing aoen, even had his face been turned to-
ward them. !As It was, however, big back was
turned towards them, his hanas being on tho
s Ss nrd aef sti sn ipsa S a0s Se hay s hc
carried, atruek ht,n terrific blow on tho back
Of tho bead. He staggered sideways, when Rufcr
struck him two othor murderons blows, quick as
lightning. bringing down mo ponderotla M sfaao
Schil1lng tell; but. recovering himself quickly,
lcaped up and grapplcd with bis rcd.bourdcd an
tagontst, for whom he waa almost 9 match IN
strength, soizfng him By tho faco with hia right
hsnd: A. that instant, d hoTovor Anateas ti;as
with tho aye-prongod dung-forki then
plunged tho frightiul weapon thrice into his ab-
domon aH fur as u could bo driven, and aftor-
ward forced It into his sde. All this time llufer
again, crying, "Oh, God! you are killing me"
aud tried to shrek out to lufos for mercy. 1le
| had only beon able to ejaculaso, "oh, nuf-l"
! when Rnfer soizod him BY tho throat, wlilo tho
SAVAGE old Egner plunged the hldooas fork again 81
moaned little, and ceased to atrugglo. The
wholo struggle acarco1y occupied two minutes.
Then they all held consultation as TO how
they Should hide tho bleeding, body. Rufer first
place, aud soiziug tho body by tic feet. dr4ggoi
1t III that direction. sudldonly ho stoppoa, md
whispered to Eugor, ''No; NO would got caught
that way; I'll SLIM him into the fnrnaue."
lie carried the body thero BY himself. opened
| the opepiug. Finding It too heayy, he called the
othors to hla aid Frod Egnor seizod the bleed
| ing body by tho 1nlddlo, his fathor holding tho
| feet, and Isufeg tho head aud shoulders. Tho
| body still stuck in the opening, and Fred sotZed
a long iron bar, Hith which Ao attempted to
| force tho body through tho oponing. Ao proved
| too weak, however, to accomplish this where
| upon the SNOWY RuEor snatohca tho implclnent
from him, aad, with one vigorous push, Lha body
questioned as to whethor Shilling was still alive
when thy tpEosd HIN into 'hs a,I furnace; ns
/ didn't $40 him move. We did not SEQ anything
more Of him after te went into tho furnace. !
| thought ho wad dead because he ddn't speak. ]
After this The parties washed thnir hands and
departed homo. George nufer washed ha hands
i'll the beam-houBe, and went of BY Gamble 81
| 10y, locking the gate after theln while tho Eg-
beor, hut could not find any. Then they washed
| their Lauda at the iydrant In tho yard and went
to bed. Tho whole work d.d not occupy moro
than twenty minutes. It was ffteen minutes
after 70 when they entered tho saloon to get
Soon after this horrible confossion had bocu
taken down. tho boy expressed h!s willingness to
make q B,nilar confession to Dr. Mn!ey. Ihe
euorgotic Coroner MAS Booa on tho gtouud, With
his clorls, and tho following was taken down in
lilo boys own words, aud signed by him in The
presence Of aoyoral witnesses. Wo reprint II
| verbatim, AZ 1t differs In aono minor details
I from the previous one:
| THE OFFICIAL REPORT or TIE CONFESSION:
A9 n, N. Saturday. Nuier ca1no to my fathers
saloon, IDS Flnday street aud sa! be aa golng 70 gel
right. 1t haf-l,ast my father, nutor, aud myae'l
won't over IN the lanyard. Aufer bud Iey to The
back-door gate. We went In tut way. Rufcr went be-
hnd the tanuark pils father ana ,nyseis hta behind
antl George said, bafore wo went over .o tho lanyard
| "Wo viii 10 over aud Kill that Low.Dutch son Of q
hcl" no watched for llulf MI hour l,ntl1 IIerman1
svhlng ca,no. Ho came in through the Gamble alo,
CATO about 10 O'Clock. dcorgo had long pieco u
wood. Horu'nnn lit . small lantesn aud went int
tAo ssblo nfter him. and hit Hermann two or three
times oyor tic head with this liecs Of wood. III
| fill but f{ot up Immediately. hn!or struck hin,
asaiu. III got Up tle second Zinc. llormann ha!ooed
,le thrust and 6chilug scratched him in tho faco
My father took tile ycl ronged FORK and stabbed hln
twieo. Tho dogs dl. aet bark. as they know Geo,ke
Thcu Gcorge got hold Of Hermann by tho legs, p'te-
lin out iii tic yard and wanted to throw him IN tn