, 1874-04-16
GRIM
A Fearful Tragedy Comes to Light at
1lilltoWn, IA.
Murder Of a Mother and Child, and
Suicide Of the Supposed
Assassin,
Other Criminal Matters.

Fearful Tragedy in Hni1ftosvn, Pns
S,tcfat Dbpdtch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
YOUNGSTOWN, pa., April 15-Tho popu1aoe
OF tho usually quiet and peaceful littlo ham,
lot Of Hilltown, which noBtles among tho hills
Of tue ncgiboriug county OF Bucks, Is just now
terribly excited over shocking murder tint lluB
boen committed thoro. Tho facts regarding tho
crimo arc substantially ns follows:
Some two yearH ago Mira. Wilholn,ina Roerig
SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND
and bo cmao the housokoepor Of DR.. Henry
Otto. in Philadelphia Antor remaining there
about yoar, B!,o bought farm ut Hilltown md
went there to live, thcro bolng small two-story
houso on the property. DR.. Otto frequently vls-
itod hor, md has boon do1niciled there for
mouths at q time. On Tuesday letters arrived
for him ut Boudors Station Post Office, which
is a few mi1os away from the farm. Ihoy
woro dispatched to him by porson who was
uNADhE TO EFFECT AN ENTRANCE.
Tho noighboraa becoming alarmed, determining
acs, and tho horrible dfucovery WAS made tint
Mrs. Roorjg md her 8-yoar old son Frederick
had boon murdered. Tho body Of tho prattling
littlo innocent was found In ono corner Of tl!o
apartment apparently atrangled to denth, while
tho mother was discovered with
HER rHNoAr aAsliEp FROM EAR TO EAR
in DR.. Otto's apartment, noar tho bed, In half
krco|ing position.
Otto, who occupiod:tho bod, on being interro-
gated, positively denlod all knowledge Of tho
by tho Coroner, mud us tho circumstances indi-
Gated tllat tho woman had murdered her son,
and tton committed suicide, a verdict WAS rom
t1orod to that offat, Immediately subaoquont Dr..
Otto
DIED SUDDENLY AND mrsrEnrousLY.
On hiB pcrson WaB found money and other val
unbleB belonging to Mrp. Noorig, which BtrongtIl-
onod the belief that ho murdered her and tho
child. His peouliar death ia attributed to poi
son takon after the murders.
tonHo e1citoment in the noighborfng townb
aul the Coroner'R 1ury and undertaken
are highly consurod for their haste.
A. tho p'es9ple hevo demanded i,
CATION mado. Your correspondent has ascor-
tainod this afternoon that tho woman
NEVER wA8 MAnRIED.
It Booms that Otto took llor from Allentown
some years ago, mud llas been living with hor In
various places. Tho boy Frederick was tho ro-
suit Of their intimacy. Every hour brings some
new aud dark developments to tho surfaco.
Two Nacn Shot in Endcavorlng to Ar.
rcst II nurglnr.-AtteEnpt to Hob tho
American Express Company.
Speefa, Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
CEDAR RAPIDS In., April ia desperate en-
counter took place hera yesterday i'll MI effort to
nrreBt one Of tho robbers Who committed n theft
Rt Upton last waek. lie fred humorous BhotB Ht
tho officers and finally escaped, though hotly
pursued. 4 box Of the stolen goods. valued ut
$500, wag secured. and returned to tho ownere.
Ho was discovered ut Dortram and Mount Vernon
later In tho day, aud In attempting to arrest
Linn l1o offered homo resntanco. at the lRttor
place ho wounded tho MnrBhR1 IN the heau and q
student Of tho college in the arm.
Tho American ExprcssCompany 8 office here was
broken into }abt night by three nr1ned mon, who
demanded OF tho Watollmnn possession Of tho
Hnfo. The watchman fred upon them Wlion they
exchanged shots with hin, and knocked him
down, leaving without amy booty.
Two Young Girls Hrutnlly Outraged
In Cairo.
OArno, ILL.,, April ia terrible outrage was
committed in this city last night on tho persons
Of two girls, ono II and tho othor Il years old.
Their parontH. who were moving from Western
Missouri to Tonnesaee in wagons, encamped on
tho leyee, aud during tho storm last night tho
women wcro induced TO enter an eRting-
house and saloon, while tho mon romninod
with thoir wagons, The two girls, while
in tho houHe, wcro asked to step in an adjoining
room to get some coffee for tho older women.
From there they wore taken out into tho etorn,
mud their porsons Drutally outraged. Nearly two
houra elapsed before they wero found, md then
they were noarly dead with excitement fenr, cold,
aud abuse. This morning the Mayor closed tho
saloon, and arrested the barkeeper' Tho gully
parties arc missing, but the Sheriff, with hif
doputioB and the Whole police forco OF tho city,
aro OIL the lookout for thesn. Tho travellers will
remain hero ns Witnesses. Great oxcltcmcnl
rrnvuifR.