Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-18
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Horrible Tragedy Enacted iD Cineiu-
uutt.
A Man Murdered and His Iiody Tl,rus,
into Furnace.

a Man Murdered and His Body Ts,rus,
into "a Furnace.
CINCINNATI, November ,.-Oue ut
those sensational horrors that vii
quicken the blood Of any communit-
occurred here last night at 10 o'cioca.
but did not come tolightuntil7 o'ClocA
this morning. 1t happened in the yard
of Il tanncry in the center ofthe north
ernpart Of the city, corner Of Living
sion street and Gamble Alley. II wa,
TIRE MURDER
Of Il single man 20 years of age, named
| Herman Schilling, who was employee
| in the tannery, and slept In one Of tie
/ Out-houses next to the stables, acting
| as private Waterman. lie was attapt-
/ by two men, il Is supposed, who stab
! bed him with n dung-fOrk and hea,
! him with clubs until he was dead or
/ insensible. He struggled with then
| in the small stable until OyerpoWgrel.
/ The bloud-marIs show that they mus.
/ fought around and under the bo-S.
. that was standing there, o. dun Wit
ness OF the horror. Then they drag
/ gej him % distance of 80 or 80 fee. @.
/ the furnace, opened an iron dOOrahCu.
10 inches square, and jammed HIN
/ through iulu a Eo.-atr chamber uuGe
the UolieJ the great heat of wHic
acting like an oven.
CONSUMED UII
beyond all chance of recognition
When tho remains were found this
morning and dragged out they TaI.
i'm fragments. The trunk was -url.-
eled, charred and completely halaC.
There was bur little OF the skull lefT.
. 81 a.H
separately, with but little OF the RES.
left ON them; also, the bones OF biz
fingers, toes, etc. Two men wc5eur-
rested on suspicion, under strong cir
cumstautiul evidence. The first on
arrested is Andrew Egner, a German
= fuTty-three years Of age, who keeps
= saloon and c0oper-sbop Immediate
adjoining this place. SChililng, -.
murdered man, boarded with ErH,r
last spring He was accused OF nav
+ ing
sEDUCED E0NEE's DAUGHTER
. sixteen years of age. While Schuul-
had not denied that be had inter-
course with this girl, he declared that
% he was not the only man, nor the Iirss.
J On the 6th of June last, the girl diel
in the hospital Of the city, in child
birth. On that day Egner and his SOL
, y
d, with elm =, in this same yard, aDl
: bruised him badly. Had not assi,-
lance come to him they would hay-
killed him. Egner was fined s. i'm tn
. Police Court, and held in bonds Of S5DU
Z to keep the peace, but he swCre then.
y and said repeatedly after that, that
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