The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-18
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x It will, he supposed that commune
cations were made to the supreme gov
,esr ernment Of the land as soon as the
hurdles ., 1,5o in our city were upnderstood IN
to be no casual occurrences, but links
In a systematic series. Perhaps it
might happen from some other busi7
ness. '. Of q higher kind, just then en-
gaging the attention of our governors,
that our representations did not make
the i1mppressionsYeihad s1peeted W
could not, indeed, complain Of abso-
:ute neglect from the government.
Tbey Sent down one 81 s5 'or' i: rtwo Of their
most accomplished police-oAicers, and
they aaaagegeessted e some counsels, espec1'
ially that we should examine more
strictly into the quality Of the til 1miiscel-
laneous population who occupied our
large suburb: But they more than.
hinted that no necessity was seen.
either for quartering troops upon us,
or r. for arming q! J ai our local magistracy.
with ample powers. tttI,I = ], :
This correspondence with the cen.
trail government occupied the month
Of March, and, before that time, the
bloody system had ceased as abruptly
as it began. The new police-o&cer
Aattered himself that the terror Of
his name had wrought this effect; but
judici1ous people thought, otherwise.
ALL, however, was quiet until the
depth Of summer, when, by way of
limiting b to us, perhaps, that the dread
.ful power which clothed itself with
darkness had not expired, but was
only reposing from its labors, all 1t
once tie chief jailor Of tie city : x1a'
missing. He had been in the habit
-of:taking long rides in the forest, his
present, situation being much of
sinecure. 1t was on the first of July
that he was missing. In riding through
the city gates that morning, he had
mentioned the direction which he
meant to pursue; and the last time
he was seen alive was in one of the
forest avenues, about eight miles from
the city, leading towards the point
he had indicated. This jaiIor was
not man to be regretted on his own
account his life had been tissue of
cruelty and brutal abuse of his pow.
ers, in which he had been too much
supported by the magistrates, partly
on the plea that it was their duty to
back their own officers against all
complainers, partly, also, from the
necessities created by the turbulent
times for more summary exercise Of
their magisterial authority. No man;
therefore, on his own separate account,
could more willingly have been spar
ed than this brutal jailor; and it was
a general remark that, had the muir
derous band within our walls swept
away this man only, they would have
merited the public gratitude as puri:
6ers from, a public nuisance: But
was it certain that the jailor, had died
BY the same hands: y 70 as had 90 deeply
afflicted the peace Of our city during
the winter,-7:-.or, indeed, that he had
been, !, !, murdered at anf' The; forsss!
was toy, extensive en- v to be searched j.; ;;aHl
! il was possible that he might have me!
| with some fatal accident. T His horss
had returned to the city gates in tht
night, and was found there in tht
morning. Nobody, however, 70,
months could give information about
his rider; and it seemed probable thai
he would not be discovered until the
autumn and the winter should agair
carry the sportsmen into every thick
ct and dingle Of this sylvan tract
One person only seemed to have more
knowledge on the subject than others
and that was poor. Ferdinand vor
Harrelstein. He was now q mere
ruin Of what he had once been, both
as to intellect and moral feeling and
L observed him frequently smile wher
the jailor was mentioned. "Wait,'
he would say, "till the leaves begi1
to drop; then you will see what fin,
fruit our forest bears" I did not re
peat these expressions to anybody ex
cept one friend, who agreed with nj,
that the jailor had probably beer
hanged in some recess of the Eo5,rse,s,tt fEore,s,tt
which summer veiled with its luxur
liant umbrage; and that Ferdinand
constantly wandering in the forest
had discovered the body; but we boil
acquitted him of having been an &C
complice in the murder:
Meantime the marriage between
Margaret Liebenheim and Maximil
ian was understood to be drawing
near. Yet one thing struck every
body with astonishment. AS far a.
the young people were concerned, no
body could doubt that all was ar