The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-11
A MuRDERnRs CONFESSION
Sequel to an Old Crime in New Jersey-A Man
Arrested for One Crime Admits Another
A Remarkable Story.

Sequel to an Old Crime in New JerSey-A Man
Arrested for One Crime Admits Another
A Remarkable Story.
From the New York Times.I
On Friday morning. November IS, 1864,
Mr.. r. S. Hartshorne, thefowner of a farm
near Freehold, NJ. j., in company with
some four or five of his farm hands, went
I'd one of his corn fields to gather corn.
Upon entering the field pools of blood
were seen near one of the stacks OF corn.
stalks, and the curiosity Of the men being
naturally aroused, they instituted a
search, and discovered the body Of q
murdered man concealed in the stack.
The chin was crushed and blackened.
and altogether the appearance of the
murdered man was most revolving. Mr..
Hartshorne Immediately informed the
authorities and an investigation was in
stituted. 1t was remembered that on
the evening preceding that on which the
body of the murdered man was found,
two Germans entered a clothing store in
Freehold, and each purchased new
suit of clothes, tor which they paid the
full price asked, in gold, which at that
time was two hundred per cent. They
attired themselves in their new clothes
and discarded the old, and then pro-
ceeded TO an adjoining boot store, where
they purchased two pairs of new boots,
returning to the clothing store, and leav-
ing their old boots there. ~
After visiting several restaurants the
men went to the hotel of Sutphire &
Dansir, where they engaged room for
the night. In the morning they left Free
.oom occupied by these men was
searched and a money-belt made Of tick
ing was found. Upon o careful exanlin-
alton it was found that this belt CON-
tanned some fifty or sixty twenty-doIlar
gold pieces. The body Of the murdered
man was, subsequently identified by
William Wilkning, the keeper of Ger.
man emigrant boarding-house at No. q
Green wich street, New York city, as
that of j ohm Minike, one of dis boarders
Wiikning said that Minike had gone tc
Germany after his. discharge from the
army, and purchased a farm with his
savings. In consequencegof domestic
ldiffieulties, however, he had sold his
property and returned to this country,
lie was known TO be =, n i.E.l(i ~
1.-THE PoSsEssOR OF SOME 800 IN GOLD
which helusually Worein q money bell
around his swaist. On being shown ths
belt found in the room at the hotel WiIk.
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dered man; and on seeing the two siiiti
of clothes left behind by the strangers
he instantly recognized In them ths
clothing Of Two others sof his boarders
A Gustaye Cleaver and man namet
lSchwartz. eAs both Of these men had
been missing since about the time Of tn,
fImurder. and as Schwartz was known II
\ have formerly worked on Mr.. Harts
\ horne's farm, the theory was at once ad
! lyanced that, the absent men had entice,
Minike to visit Freehold, and there mur
dered him for his money. Averdict O
murder was rendered against the fugi
tiyes, and as time passed without bring
ing any tidings' of the murderers. th
: tragedy was forgotten in the excitin
.ievents of the war. 1t was generaII
supposed that they went to Philadelphia
and thence escaped to Canada; as it wa
known that while they were sojournin
in Toronto Cleaver robbed his coInpsnio
in crime OF his share OF the illsgotte
gains, and disappeared. Schwartz sui
seouently committed suicide by hangin
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