The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-07
A Murder of Nine Years Ago to be
Unearthed.
A Sleuth-Hound on the Track.

Many of our readers will recall the horror
which ran through this community one
morning when the details We're given of the
| in a small cottage house situated on Maya
zine street, Just above Seventh. This was
in the year 1865, and although every exer-
ton was made to get some clue to the crime,
yet no one was ever tried or publicly accused
The circumstances, so far as we recOllect
them. were these Miss Htinrichs entered
the family of a newly married couple to
serve in the capacity of confidential servant
and enjoyed the respect Of those who
visited the house, and was regarded as
standing socially much higher than that
class of domestics usually attain.
She was handsome, of neat figure, and
engaging in conversation. In the cottage
she occupied a room adjoining, or nearly so,
the bed-o chamber of the lady and gentleman,
with door opening between, and lighted
by window at the side which opened into
the side yard. Her demeanor had always
been extremely modest and retiring, and her
reputation unblemished. Early one morn
ing, the gentleman of the house thinking
that it was time for her to get up, called her
several times but received no answer. Sur
prised that she did not respond, he waited a
while and repeated the call, but still every
thing was silent. He then got up and en-
tered the room, when H. rror of horrors, there
lay the girl in her niSht-dress, on the floor,
bedabbled with her own blood. She was lying
full length on the floor, her arms extended
and her skull beaten in-dead. The bed
showed that she had retired the N ght before,
and from blood on the pillow, it was evident
that the first cruel blow had been dealt
whilst she was wrapped in slumber. The
alarm was given, and an examination of the
premises made. The side window was raised
and the point of small footstep found in
the garden pointing toward the side fence
Some WINS were disarranged on the fence
| but beyond the trail was lost. A tlatirOn
was found in the room, and from the blood
still attached to il, was at once recognized
hy the detectives as the weapon used by the
midnight murderer.
An inquest brought to light but few Other
facts, and after some delay, verdict was
rendered in accordance with the facts, and
here the matter dropped. The public was
filled with a morbid dread that the same
scene might be enacted in their own houses,
and it was long time before this cruel and
foul murder ceased to be a topic of converse
| ton. The matter has been dead ever since
| TO all except the one who dealt the blow and
certain lawyer. Year after year has rolled
asrcMnd, and the legal gentleman has quietly
been persevering in drawing the circle close,
and closer around the person he, from the
circumstantial evidence he had, deemed t.
ne the party who was the murderer or mnr
,leress Of Miss Heinr,chs
The manner and tone of voice, when the
subject of the old crime was brought up
the careful and never neglected attempt, by
! the one of blood, to change the topic, and a
! thousand and one other little things, tolt
| him he was on the right track. The lawyer
| any one His labor has been one in the causs
of humanity only, but the time is fast ap
preaching when this murder will out. This
very article will be read to the suspected
one and its effect carefully noted. 1t tool
time to trace up the murders in the Ru'
Morgne it has taken time here. When the
All orney has hi smine ready to be sprung th
community will be startled.
1t is needless to say that he utterly re
fuses to give us hint of who the suspected
person is, but says that the day for the ac
cusing finger to point out the trembling cnl
prit is not far distant, and the publication
of this will hasten It. We await with anxi
ETY. the result of his labors. There are bet
ter detectives in the world than those en-
gagged in that business, professionally.