, 1875-12-18
At HERMANN, NO.

tsprctai U.s1dtch to J3.e Eh'tact frt5u1e-
uERHASy. Gasconado County, Mo. Dec. IT,
Henry ualienscl,oit was hung bore to-day for tho
murder Of tho German. Christ Albavd, on tho
17th Of Juno Int. The denth-sontenoo Of his
vito Anna MAS committed by the Governor,
Wednesday, 10 imprisonment for life. The
Ha1enschciss wefo 1ermana-tae man bciaE IS
years OF ago. md the woman 60. They hsve
been confined five months in tho County Jail At
uermann> and received their sentouce 1t the
November term Of tho Gasconado Circuit Court.
Botl, the cu!prts woro
IGNORANT AND rnrTAL.
as their crimo and its history Indicate; and,
nnee their sentonca, have manifested little
concom % to their fato. They werc
Mothodisss, but hAvc refused TO rcceiyo spiritual
consolation from the clergy for the past threo
wceks. FIannigan and lselch. Of jefferson City.
tholr attorneys. mado every etfott to have thoir
sentorce ooumuted to Imprisonment for lifo,
but Gov. uardin refused to iuterfore IN tho Case
Of tlle man, WHO, being informed that there waB
little OF no hope for him, has oeon apparently
roconcilcd or indifferent.
Tho Hermann Jail is Oh considerable e1ni-
nunoe, tllc scadold having boon erocted 1t =
point On tho jul yard bill overlooking tho
southern and largest portion Of the town. Sher-
III Borgnar hsl Ill tho arrangements complete
last night Yesterday TuDrSE reporter, iu
company with Mr.. Houael, OF tho Hermann
Courier, and tho ShsriT,
y1a1rEp THE PRISONERS.
uAl[enschoit Waa Hlttinc bY his coll-Nindow,
readiu8 Dib!s, Wis bis wife was knitting.
THIS haa been her constant occupation suce tho
dAY OF tho sentence. bhs fa rather low in STAT
urc, wis neatly drosseA, with her rather pro-
fuee gray hair smoothly brushed aud tied in
plain roll behind Bhe gAvo lor visitors an In
qu!fing, half-startled LOOK, md. hut Tor
tho solicitation OF Sheriff Uergner, wopld
have rotired to hcr COLI which open
od from the corridor. There wAs nothing
In hor couutenance that suggested her capable
Of the crime she had inBtssatod aud helped COM
nit. 6ho spoke only when questioned. and raB
not disposed to ho communicative. She faid sho
had boon prepared for har death, WAS sorry for
al that uas paat, aud hoped bo forgiven. Hal
lcusohelt sat silent by tha cell-wn'dow while tho
officer spoke in German to his wife. and did not
look At the othesa In tho room. lie Ia i low,
~iry. old man, with lowering brow. and faco
indicating savage brutality. lle nodded to his
visitors, but would hold no conversation. Whom
tho reporter had passol out, hs louked back
through tho grates, and saw that the woman had
resumed Aor knitting aud tho mau his reading.
calm and apparently untroubled, With nothing
hut the strong bats and wallis 10 suEsost thor
fearful doom.
for which IIal1onsclleit wns hung to-day wAs tho
most brutal ever perpetratcd III this Slate. Hal
lunBcbelt, 1ltB vito AnuR. aAa daughter Nii-
hculna. wero Ill three implicated IN the murder.
14e daughter, who WAS the wife OF tho nus-
/ dered man, mAs tried At spsclaa torn OF court
before Judge Seay, last July, and sentenccd to
| ia prisop two months 40 lho testimony In
her csaD revealed tho guilt Of l!er pascuss. aud
| rendered thslr trial IN November the Most tu-
| terestipg aud exciting evor held IN GAsconado
! County.
The nallouschoits were tarners. Tho husband
and wifo came to 0aseonAdo County twenty four
| yeArs ago from Altcnach. Prussia.
| CHRIST ALBAWp, TIM VICTIM,
WAS Alao German. and had bean IN this country
| about ton years. 1lttle ie known Of h!s Prov"
GUS history. except thst. hefore bis advent in
the lIallonscheIt neighborhood. he had boon
| trAnpluX, and, 1t tho time 10 formed tho &C.
quniutauce, he wah strolIinR through the country
without any definite object. lie VAS about -
Ths iIsiieoscheit farm, At which tho murder
WAS committed, ID 20 .n4les south OF Hermann,
tbs eountY-sest OF GAsconado County.
the farm 10 poor that it barely atrorsea The fam
| liz = tripH Drake post- 0hice Is . m,Ies dis
sant. Albawd lived It she farm with old man
IiAsIen1Ghot, and. In about three months after
| taking UP hlH residence With the family,
| AAHR1ED w1lAKLN1HA.
] tho only daughter then living. 1fatlsnbcheit
was extremely miaes1y In 1ls disposition, and tho
young German vas compslled to get what l!tsa
money he could by worl!n9 extra for tho neigh.
boring farmers. Tho old man had frequent aud
violent Qua11clx with AlbAxd. even for Tho sulall
wages hs secured IN this wsy.-t!lo latter claim
| IND that his labor on tho farm It
home more than paid for biz Hife'a
board, and refuslng to give up Ms
earnings, 1t soon bocane kuoan ths& tho oil
! man aud hts son-in.!aw did not xot along well
togethoT.-their auarrels. more or lcs' % slo'ens'
bswd remained u,oat Of bis timo aray from thu
farm. It was generally uudoEstood that tlai!sn-
schott wanted him Ia loaye, but would not let
him take bis wifo. Iu hia uut!en. daRgad *Ay,
the old mau declared that ho you'd get rid OF
Ii4 .nd th. t;, hs "'fs s1saa aSaD ss'st
| hoth tbs t.isls thst AibAsd had been industti.
ous md sober, md had teen liked by those TO,
whom he bad worked in tue ueighbo1hood.
Ou tho afternoon Of tls 10th Of juno he Wa
Seen ip the Village Of Drake for the last time
aliya. TN thas afternoon 10 had msds fs~