The New York herald., 1874-11-16
Scenes in the Court House at
Wurzburg.
EXAMINATION OF THE WITNESSES.
The Attempt to Prove
Insanity.
THE SENTENCE PASSED.

from FranKfort TO NufelnDurg or MUNICH ne con-
tents himself with glance at the crooked steeple
OF Gelnhausen as the train rusnes by; ne reads
from the guldebooks the descriptions OF King Lud-
wigs Pompean villa at Aschafrenburg; and the
majority OF travellers see little OF Wurzburg ex-
cept the large railroad restaurant where they are
so frequently compelled to make delay OF some
hours. But those who have courage to stay even
o few hours, and wander about the old city, hnd
many an object OF great interest. he win find
that the wines that grow on the hiiisldes OF the
Main, generally known under the name OF
'.Stenwein,n are not to be despised, and that the
German champagne which is here manufactured
and sold under the name OF 'Schaumwein" will
produce an enthusiasm not much less In de-
gree than the related French sparkling and
at about half the price. II he have religious
turn OF mind he will find delight in wandering
through the aisies OF the glorious old gothic
thedral and looking at the unique and beautiful
specimens OF monumental art erected within Is to
the memory OF 80 many prince-bishops who once
welded the secular and ecclesiastical power here.
The interior OF this sacred edice is calculated to
inspire one with awe and veneration more than
any similar structure in Germany.
THE GERMAN ROME.
know no city In Germany where go many In
terestIng memories and comparisons are called
up Now you are reminded OF Prague, now OF
Florence, now OF Rome. When you gaze on the
exterior OF the cathedral you are involuntarily
reminded OF Santa Croce, In Florence, while the
interior, with It's many costly and precious monu-
ments, win lead you TO style 1t the Westminster
Abbey OF Franconia- II you cross the Nam, over
the old bridge, and gaze first on the statues
thereon and then walk up to the fortress OF
the Marienburg, you viii be reminded OF
Prague and its bridge and the towering fort
ress OF the Hradschin. although the Prague
bridge Is OF greater interest The six statues
on the bridge over the Main You Will compare
with the six figures that guard the bridge OF st.
Angelo in Rome. ST. John OF Nepomuk, the guar
dian saint Of rivers Is here too, In Prague, and
with him the canonized Scotch missionaries
Kilian Colonat and Totnan, who. from the years
ese to $685. were the nrst apostles Of Christ IN the
land OF Franconia; likewise Saints Burkhardt
and Brunno and Frledericus and Josephus,
Carl Borromeo and Cnarlemagne, and she,
the Divine Mother. st. AQuilinus was
born here, and Bonafacius lived and
preached here and erected the bishopric OF
Wurzourg. At many street corner your atten-
tion Is riveted by statues OF saints and bishops.
And Rome. beautiful Rome, is called TO mind at
every square by the gushing OF clear waters from
curiousy sculptureo fountains, that splash and
murmur the whole night long and bring up dreams
OF Trevi and Acqua Marcia.
wALTHYR Won DER voGELwEIDE-
ant memories OF that sweetest and greatest OF
the minnesingers OF Germany, walther Won der
vogeweide, VINO lived here and sung in the
cathedral choir some time In the twelfth
tury and died and was buried here leaving
to keep alive his memory that beautiful
bequest to the birds OF which he hau sung
his long life through. Up to ten years
ago many Germanlsts believed that Wurzburg
Walther's birth place but this theory has re-
Gently been exploded by the discovery on the
Tyrot OF q peasants homestead called the ''vogel-
weide Hof." where. only q few weeks ago. marble
tablet was erected, recording the TACT that the
great singer was born there But Walther lived
here. Kaiser Frederic II. presented him with .
small estate in the vicinity as reward for bis
services in song for the Empire against the pa
pacy, and he lived here until his death, and was
buried In the centre OF the Laurence Garden, con-
nected with the cathedral. And the legend says
that he left In his Will sum OF money to be ex-
pended every year for food for the birds. which
we're to be fed on the gravesrone mark
Ing his last resting place. True, some peo-
Pile have denied the authenticity Of the
beautiful oequest; but we know that to this day
the school children OF the city are feasted once a
year with cakes purchased from the very fund
which Walther beqeathed. There Is q beautifu
painting In the National Museum at Munich re-
presenting the sweet singers burial, and among
the mourners are hundreds OF featnered songsters
who hover about the head OF their dead friend as
mobiles and fair maidens. true, the grave exists
no more, the Laurence Garden IS In a Iorlorn con.
dition, and a simple gravestone at the side OF the
cathedral Is the only monument we fnd to him
IN the CITY to-day, and this was erected BY King
II Wurzburg would restore the grave in the Lau. u
renee Garden and erect another tombstone where
the birds could gather 70 eat the crumbs o. Wal.
theirs legacy and sing the praises OF their great
friend and singer OF yore:
B1sMARcK AND KULLxANN. .
Pleasant legends, these to ponder over while we
are watching over the trial OF Edward Ludwig
Francis Kullmann for the attempted assassina tion
OF Prince Bismarck, at Kisstn2en, on the l3th day
EDWARD LUDWIG FRANCIS KuLLxASs
poor drunken nsh dealer OF Neustadt. agde ourg
and mother who died not long ago IN an insane
prenti ce to master % Cooper % named ne WescS, Of his
native CITY, kullmann was q Catholic, his fellow
apprentices and lourneymen en-
timony-iacts which we must bear in mind.
aeyoa a he began ms an
tonrneymen have to pass through; he worked in
various places IN rsngermuende, Berlin. Char
berg. .Magdeburg. At the period Of his apprentice
ship he did not conduct himself In any very praise
his fellow apprentices and workmen and masters
he even threw knives at one, stabbed at another
temper and revengeful disposition. From the
testimony OF Kullmann himself ana the corrob-
OraLCu OF nB Ofu COIHIdueS we learn, however,
tnat these quarrels generally from his being
irrftatcd and prosecuted on account OF his religion
he lived IN place called Salzwedel near Magde-
burg, from the middle OF March to the 9th
or July, 1873, and while there he became
member OF society called the Catholic Maenner
verein, where he was In the habit OF reading the
ultramonta tame papers, sucn az Mr.. Maunke's Ger
manian DR.. SigI's "vateriand," and other papers
OF . similar tendency He listened to hery
speeches by the members about the persecun0n o
the Catholics IN Germany; against the new Prus
sian ecclesastical laws; against Prince blsmarcl
as the great arch-nend OF the Cstnolics IN Ger
many, and there gradually sprung up IN MS hear
deep-seated feeling OF hatred OF nis religious
prosecutors and desire to free his Church from
man whom he considered syrant and oppressor
ARcHBrsHoP LED0cHovsKl WAS ARRESTED,
ana kullmann felt thus TO be almost Q persons
Insult and he declared that II the parish priest o.
Sazwedel should ever be arrested the man who
arrested MIN should iall. The uncultured young
man purchased pistol and having an IDEA that
religious war was inevitable in Germany-that
xhn Hafh M Il.