, 1875-06-12
A Horrible Murder In Homer
Township, Ncnr Joliet
Tho Body Of Woman Chopped in
Pieces Found Buried In Field.
Developments Point to tho Husband as
tllc Pcrpctrator Of Tho Deed.
4 Beautiful Woman Murdered BY Negro
Noar Nashville, Tom.
The Daily Record.

HORRIBLE MURDER N HOMER TOWNSHIP. IT..
spec.a. hteraseh to The Chicago 7r'buw.
Jo1lxr, ILL.,, Juno 1l.--Tho cttzens OF Honor
Township, adjoining tho Town Of Lockports IN
this county, turned ont in largo n1''nbers to III
atituto aenrch for tho missing "ito Of iiensy
jacobs. Jacobs was srrcatcd aud placed IN 1aal
| iu thia city on "Wednesday last on allapicton o!
laviug murdered his wifo. Tho search resulted
IN tho discovery Of tho body clopped IN several
pieces, placed III boz. and buried III corn1io1a
| on tho promises owned hy Jacobs. Tho Corouor
was immediately notified. and Is at the present
writing holding an inquest on tho body.
i, a correspondent Of TIE TRIBUNE repaired to
! tho Jail, aud had short conversation with tha
tp,Aoner, Jacobs, Who Ia man "a years Of ogo.
lie was born III Haxony, GormsnY. aal las
tdeyi1lsb, brutal caat Of couutonance. lie Inns
Hired IN tho county \ number Of ycaras Was in
thp employ OF Norton l. Co., at Leckpost, ns
cooper soiuo eight years; was married to the do.
sccaseu, Ophelta l1olgnhsssen, bY q Jllatco Of
1.-The reace, in joliet, OF Thanksgiving Day, 1871,
lilo statos that at tho tmo Of encir marriage l1o
lad ivo children by another wife. Slle had Sl9o
in money, with which ho built all addition to h1a
house, as sho would not associate with hid family.
After short season she commenced to abua0
his children, atid suceesdcd J. n driving two Q!
ono away, but this ono returned, IS It was OIL
t,1ely too yonnE 10 cAse for sttelf without his
,uHaiHtaucp. When he brought t4lh child b&ek,
sho commemorate quarrel with and abuse him,
winding TIP with All application for divorce,
which wan Afterwards Sett'ed, anti slio tetaEnea
Ito his roof. lilo ststos that her roasons for ro-
moving hss chiid1uM wase to mako place fustwo
to bring from Germany. lilo alao
sta.es thas about tho 9TH Of MAY
laat aAo became worry good and seemed disposed
to bnry sln past. She brought out wtno-hottlo
filled with come strong dccoetlou, which ale tee
resented to hin aB good whisky, and urged him
to tako drink hut that rs noon rs he Eot a
Hmo! Of tho etuff he Dccano Batisno0 that 1t Tas
not liquor and that there waB something wrong
nbout it. On tho 26.l Of May, the day Of hor
disarpearance, sha gara him cup Of ten which
shu represented Was Sumo that she had n,adc fur
drink and came near boing p0iRoned, ~ he in-
ngines, as it was worry atrong dtcoctio'l
(which fair1y took his breath awny wien 10
tasted. lie rls then satisfied that eho moapt
Ito roinon him. 1lo t1lon took tho stun to Lock-
lpoft md delivered it to Dr.. 1lhricy, druggist,
whom he states analyzed It and pronounced 1t
POISON; that tho woman disappeared suddenly,
lle supposlpg tbat sho had gone to some ffiende
bin Chicago. $685..
Whom told that the body Ilad baon discovered,
'and thu circumstances attending tho discovery,
he Btar very sul}eu, merely hshsing shas ha
icoul1 uot account for 1t IN AuY manner.
When pressed with other questions, no sud
Idenly grow angry. aud requested the Jailer, 31s.
ARNOLD, to A!lo,r no ono to aee lin but hiB attot-
'naya or hia cl1ild,eu.
! Every circumstance In connection with tho
caro- points very definitely to his quit, aud, aa
tho Graud Jury Ia now iu eeasion, hH case will
probably 10 disposed Of during tho prosent term
Of court.