The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-11

e1 oyer. 5lhe ne; earliest CASE, 4 On the
i jfirest et: Of the Il two, nights, was that Of Ia
cqrrier: He; was fifty years old; not
rich. but well off His; first wife y As,1
dead; and: bis daughters by. her we're,
married away: from their fathers
house. He had married a second
wife, but; having no children by. her,
and and keeping no servants, it is :probac
bleg that, but for an accident, no
third person would have been in the
house atthe time enthe murderefs
got admittance. About T., seven
o'clock, q waYfaring man. journey
man currier, who according to; our
German system, was now in bis.
'oandeuahre, entered the. city, from
the forest. At the gate: he made
d some sal Inquiries about the curriers'. and
tanners t.. p e11, Of our town; aud 4agreeably
Is, to the information he, RECEIVED, made
his way to this Mr.. jHeinberg. M r.;
Heinberg, refused to admit him, uns
ii. he mentioned his ;errauds and
pushed st below the door "a letter efre-
commendahon from . Silesian cornes-
Ipqondent, Iq describipgh him ;as an excel!
lent and steady workman. Wanting
such a man, and: satisfied by the an
swers returned that he was what :oheS
represented himself, Mr.. Heinberg,
unbolted his door, and admitted him. :
Then, after slipping the bolt into its
place, he bade him sit to the fire,
brought him glass of beer, convers-
ed with him for ten minutes, and
said: You had better stay here to-.
night ; III tell you why afterwards;
but now I'll step up stairs, and ask
my wife whether she can make up a
bed for you; and do you mind the
door whilst I'm away" So saying,
he went out Of the room. Not one
minute had be been gone when there e
came gentle knock at the door. II t
was raining heavily; and, being p
stranger in the city, not dreaming B.
that lin any crowded town such b
state of things could .texist:as' really
did in this, the young man, Mithoqt t
hesitation, admitted the person knock :
| ing. j.. He has declared ssinee,-but, {
perhaps, confoundingi the feelings
gained from. better knowledge with
the feelings: Of the moment,-that
from the moment he drew the bolt be-
had a misgiving that he had. done
wrong. A man entered in 4 horse
mans cloak, apdsso mufaed up that
the journeyman could discover. non ,
[.of bis, features. ; In a low tone the
stranger said "a. ".Where's. jHeipbergI'''5
la.tUp stairs. "Call him down, theu.1i:
The journeyman went to the door by,
which, Mr.. Heiuberg, had left hin, m, :
and: called, "Mr. eHeinberg, here's
Que wanting your Mr.. Heinberg
heard him, for the man could distinct
ly catch these words: "God bless mel
has the man opened the door,? O.,
the traitor! I.seeit." Upon this he
felt more and more consterna-
ton, though not knowing why
Just then he heard sound of feet
behind him. On turning round, he
beheld three more men in the room:
one was fastening the outer door !;
one was drawing some arms from !:
cupboard, and two others were whia
pering together. he himself. Nas
disturbed and perplexed, and felt
that all was not right. Such was
his confusion that either all the men'b
| faces must have been muffled
up, or, at! least b he remembered moth
ing distinctly but one 6efce pair Of
eyes glaring upon him! Then, before
! he could look round came 4 s1nali
from Behind and threw = 'sack ;ovsr
his i'head, (which was drawn s;eht
1:abodt his waist, % as TO tohtine hi
arms, as we'll as to impede His hear.
ing in part, and his voice altogether.
He was then pushed into a room; but
previously he had heard a rush up
stairs, and words like those Of q per-
son exulting, and then a door closed.
Once it opened, and he could distin-
guish the words, in one; voice, "And
for Ntatv' to which another voice re-
piled, in tones that make fhis"hsxrt
quake, "Ay;;off for tatdt, ssif!'' 7:And
Ithsn the same voice went oh rapidly