The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-11-13
go to sleep, and sat up all night in

another employee at the tannery
went to groom the horse, but finding
the gate locked he called Schilling.
Hollerbach heard the calls and look
| ing oct informed him of the fear
ful struggle of the night before.
Together they gained admission to
the stable, found the horse exhibit
ing every symptom of terror, the sta
BILE gave evidence of the fierce strug
gle, being splashed with gore, six
tined fork and broom showed evi-
dence of having been used in the
encounter, and tracks of blood were
discovered leading to the gas room
of the brewery, but no body was
found. Assistance was obtained, and
the search continued until the re-
mains of the murdered man were
found in the fue of the furnace,
nearly consumed. The fire was put
out and the charred remains gather
ed together. A coroner's jury was
empaneled, and an inquest held.
Suspicion was at once centered
upon the Egners and they were ar
rested, and subsequently suspicion
was directed to Rufer who was also
arrested. In the dwelling of the Eg-
ners, bundle of clothes was found
which bore strong testimony against
them, gouts of blood were found up
on the clothing of Rufer. The En-
quirer, after giving a description of
the premises to assist in guarding
which, three great savage mastiffs
we're kept gives the following graphic
sketch of
THE MANNER OF THE MURDER.
Judging by all the evidence the
murderers were familiar with the
premises and it's canine guardians;
for, were they not, they could not
have gained access to them without
encountering the dogs, and being
probably torn into fragments by
them. They in all probability enter
ed through the gate leading from
Egner's to the lanyard, and ensconc-
ed themselves in the harness room,
which they knew their victim must
pass on his way to his lodging. When
he entered, as was his won't, by the
small gate opening on Gamble alley,
they were peering through the open
door OF the harness-room awaiting
their opportunity. A few more
steps in darkness and silence, and
the watchman's throat is suddenly
seized with a grasp of iron. Then
commenced
TIE TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
The night is pitch dark, fit gloom
for the dark deed it wells. The vic
tim is a young and powerful man,
muscled like Hercules; but he has
been wholly taken by surprise, he is
unarmed, and he finds by the
strength ofthe grasp on his throat
that his antagonist is more than q
match for him in mere brute force.
A stunning blow from behind sud
denly shows him that he has two en-
emies to deal with; and then for the
first time, perhaps, the terrible
knowledge of the fact that his life is
sought, first dawns uOon him. Then |
indeed it became a fierce fight for |
dear life. The stable shows that the |
victim, despairing of his ability |
to cope with his savage assailants,
sought refuge behind the horses |
hoofs; hoping at least to thus gain
moments time to shrek for help.
But here the indications are that
the contest was hottest. The side
of the stable is in places deeply in
dented by the prongs of the pitch
fOrk-indented by such thrusts
as only immense force could give
thrusts which were designed to let
out the life of the victim. 1t was
the noise of this struggle that at
tracted the attention Of young Hol-
lerbach, and-who knows?-but that
his version of what he saw and heard
of it has yet to be told in full. Ger
tainly it seems singular that he
should behave himself in the re-
markable manner he states. At the
hour be names as the time of the
murder dozen saloons in the i'm
vicinity were in full blast
and filled with patrons. Aye even
the house in which he slept-nO, did
not sleep, but watched--has a bar
room in it, which kept open until af-
ter midnight, and volunteers to res
cue the victim could have been OBJ
tanned by scores. John Hollerbach
evidently knows much more than he
has told of this fearful crime. 1t is
to think that any man
in his sane mind would act as he
says he did. When the life of the
lying man had 50 far ebbed that he
could no longer resist bis fate his
nurderers thought of the best place
20 dispose of the body.
THE FURNACE.
Within one hundred feet of the {
stable is the boiler-room, and this
,oiler is heated by a furnace of pc
,uliar construction, being built on
he principle of an air furnace for i
netting iron. Its fuel is tanbark, |
.mptied in a CRATE through two cir |
.ular openings in its top, and pro t
.ided with a brick flue through
which its gases pass into q chamber t
Underneath the boiler where they t
re ignited. Into this chamber is a f
quare damper opening of about 7
welve inches across, ,and to this mar {
ow door the victim was carried by
is slayers. The fire in the furnace q
ad been dampened down, but the a
ilIains knew well its mechanism, t
nd, forcing the body through the s
arrow door, they endeavor to push C
! through into the fiue. In this, C
owever, they were baked by its
ize, and their next work was to ar D
ange the furnace so that its fire i
-ould burn the remains to ashes. Q
low well they succeeded our story d
as told. l
LATER-On Monday night Fred. tt
,gner confessed to Coroner Maley Il
nat George Rufer, killed Herman b
He says he saw the u
,ruggle between them from the il
ate. b
LATEST-A FULL CONFESSION e.
Young Egner has made a full con-
.ssion duplicating himself, his faith 5
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