, 1875-09-28
THE NEW,AtBANY HORROR,

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New Albany iR onco tnofe chlod upou to fur
ni.h the sceue IT tragedy hch in its dreadful
"details coues nearer orllpsing tho hutrorh IT al
shb Eomictdal crimes wst1' which thu hietnrs OF
Floyd and t'iss! Counftcs In rendered uneuyta-
biz. Jacob Rantser, n German. yesterday morn
Ing before sunrsse murdered his slsop,nR wlfe,
act l1e to tho f4uuec. aud cot hia own thu oat.
Whinky WAS Al the bottom of It Ill. For several
yearS lInu,ter's domestic life hAs not been Of tho
most pleasant nature on account Of Lls ..lnsil,a-
ton aud sniftlessnoaB. At ono time hc was
reckoned AL industrious workman, beng =
stone-cntter by trade, and wien he marrisd
Kathonno Manzinger, fifteen yeara ago, his
rroupccts in life wero rxther bright thsn other
wise. They Ind no children, and tho commu-
nifty in which they iiyod. nhiio yiswiug tho
bloody spectacle, ID spared tho wAllngs Of
orphans.
1t all occurred In franc cottage Tn Urrcr
Ninth street, hatwoon Oak and Sycamore. About
ha'f.rnst o'clock. 1lrs. EcIlerotce, who lives
next door, upon going Into hor gard, nav smoko
Issuing from Reuters house. She endeasored
TO awaken tho occupants but finding her efforts
Of no asnil she Rsso she alarm aud aroused tho
neighbors. Several persons hastened 10 tho
Fpot rushod into the bou1e. and forced open tho
door Of Mrs. Noutter'e room. fearful Eight
L0Ek LuElI kh10. ou l1H uGu my shTG. ft1Qt1Gl
viii, her skull crushed and cloth tied tightly
nAou. her neck. Her faco was black, and
hor eves protsudod from tho stranRula.
ton. Tho bed and tho floor were hhtnrhtet!
w'th blood. Tho body was hurrledly carried
out OF the burning building. for the t'auoa
were even thcu cnrlng hbou. her feet. Az soon
a. tho Rhnstlv corpse wah taken care OF tho
Whereabouts at tbs porpatrator Of the deed
were made an object Of search. A shost did
tapco from tho house. iu tho chicken yard,
RH fc,tnE 1x7.,r .,,H
his throat cut and blood f1owiug tn stream
frJm The wound. Whan he WA approached ho
became very vicious even in his desperate con-
aition and endeavored to strke ttaohe who came
within reach. 4 barlow knife tho iuatruuout
Of Ms attempted suicide. whs found near his
alie 1Io wks 1t once removed to the jail bv the
officers. and DrA. EAscy and 1.rmuiou xero
summoned, who at ouca proceeded to raw up
tho cash III hiB throat, which aeverod tho wind
rlps. ...... ....
Renter. for snvcral years past, has bacn u hard
dtinkcs. I0 became 40 addicted to liquor that
ha tossook his trade. and, gong from had 70
| worse, had sunk 10 the level Ut common drunk
! ard. H1h vito. unable to lonHoE boas with him
aud to endure Lis pe1aocut,oug. that At tinnes as
sumed the shape Of violent attacks upon her
erBnu, determined that hcpaFat!otl should take
place Reutter proposed that II hls vito would
aiye him 9900 be would leave the city and hor
roof forever Having but little faith biz prom-
laos. she told him that II he would conseu. 10 .
divorce he should havo the money. To this ho
agreed, and wfan the divorce was obtainel ho
rccaiyed the lnouey aud left, oatens1biy for Mis-
ehuri- Fur awhile Mis-, Reuter- euioyet LIS hb.
aenca. Bhe vas al industrious wonan 4 con-
| eiEtont member OF tho German Mothodst
Church, md WINS highly eBsoenol by her neigh
borg.
sne was not destined. however, to enjoy for
| any length of t1iuo hor purchased hAppnsns. 1t
soon trnnhpired tia. Rcutter. insts4<i Of going
to afisAon11 hiId 8ono to Cincinnati, whore ho
sausnderei ia wild debanch tho price Of his
"ifo's recaBs IRON his tyranny. His Purse run
nlng lox, he sot about to renew his Prosecutions
with Wow to tho o1torti1n Of mora mouBy
| fton. hia wife. Hs began writing letters to tho
Mayor u tue city, and to his wife iu which hs
declared tia. nae was witch who Vas CONSTANT
| iy totmonting him, and threatened to return aud
lill her. Tho ravi"6 inoonoronce Of lin c,r-
| rcHpoudence suggested that too much whisky
| hai ,nsds him mad. lie cAmo baeL to Ner Al
| bany last Nlusor, and vIHtted biA divorced wife
| frequently, but always APPEARED in stato OF in-
| noisv. an1 on several occaslons was removed by
! tho police
Fur Tho past eight months tbs poor woman
bad bat little ponce Of mind. Whenever ho WAS
released from Jail ho would return to trouble
her. Friday he luitered about The place en-
doavorlng 10 persuade her to lavo the house
sold. and to diside lhe money with him. 8he
Of course Fefuhed to DO any such thing.
Next door To HRS. Reuter- there lives tho fam
iy Of Oliver Caeset AIrs. CAssol s!Atos that tho
family retired little aftor o'clock. and that st,c
hoard Mrs. Iteuttor working On the sewing
| mnchine At thnt hour.
Mrs, Del'ovolco. = dcrmsu lady, living Just
opponte. rays sho ~as up A. late As II o'elock On
Friday uight. aud hearing aomo uoiae At that
time sho won't into tho yard. but heard no mora
dstus btnco, It IL probable that the murder oo-
Cured It that hour.
Coroner Pennington hold m tnqusss upon the
body OF Mls. nuettor. aud the verdict rendered
vas thst tho deceased came TO her death BY
stranRulatiou. The wounds In the head might
not have p,oyon fatal. a 1t il thought tue skull
raa not fractured. nor ROMANS sro now at tho
ro.idence Of her uIece, Mrs. Henry Coleman, on
Sycamore street, aud Tho funeral will t&ko plAea
to-day.
A Courier Journal reporter ,ialtol tho Nov
Albany jul Ut . lsto hour lAst pieht, aud found
lsoatter somewhat better. He WAS abio to drink
watet, aud nakcd for beer. Bong also hhlo to
| speak 10 4 ~hiapes, he told john Millcr ! Cur
man confined 10 tho jalt, that he tirst Knocked
Mrs. Rautter dnwn and then stranged her with
"trip oi muslin. Tho physic,ans are quito GER
tain that It ID impossible Tor ReutteE to survive
hta lnjuriea.