The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-19
BARTELL'S DEED OF BLOOD.
A DEFTNCTIINS UOMfN CHOPPED
no DE.ITH WTTH 4 HiI'HET'


-as,,ryv,,,,r ami wont to w.ri,s Island to
,t.,, ,a. c...t,, N-, u,,t.u Anout an hour
=, -, &C.. I'm, , ,,,con-
~" ''"' ''' '' -. ~,
panied by Mrs. lAriell. returned nome III
Bar.ou came to sec her husband. Thomas D.
mn .,.t,.,.. 49,, .,...,,t,1 n room In Mrs
n"''" '"''"'''' w. ~, ro,.ted
Ireemaus house Nhenth Two N'lh'" i'"' "."
The hou.e Nrs Freeman attempted to enter ~
49, ,..,',,', &c.. ri,li,, f. locked, she
tne "'S'iD'"' "V -. ..t,.t 49,,
Knocked two or thr'c u'hc'' '"' IeV'''u "o
answer. She tnUn opened q i1ecWent WINDOW
.t,,soi ~ ,,,,.i.,l tne door and admitted
hra. hrieL Ihe Wom'n tHcn "'hV t"ro"-"
lhc hall to the rear lasement or kitchen,
lhr'usn 'ne '''" 400, VI ",.'-i' '''v, %"
object lyins on tho Moor IN rn'r' IL was
''."''"". u"'| ~ ,,, '' - -. wv
'"'''" V'V. Wv ''',""'"' an" =. "s' "'''o
ofthe wa.herwoman. 1hemurdered woman
t,on hor h,rl. with hor orr,s ox,opdcd l,tor-
~, y" "'' ""'"' WI" "rI "i'"' oN.v""v" '.'V'-
ally ana was covered Win blood. Her head lay
rioae TO an omen closet IN, door and walls of
r ho1e fl, n u 1ho Y, sn1 sr'd 49,
nere M nui1' IN IA LEI tt h9li h9li nc invo hn1I ,IlIsSS
VIM @",nu 'Ws o. .ne Y'nse - WCIe n,I smu', r a,u no 40
go ,' Fri,h,cn,d II VII rnt - tha,, viz no
~ ''N N, nnier I,li ,h ~ ,n mnu
ssrc,.iy ipi h," t,rir stmry an1 nsoSt h,1
90 Nan ,hr, M on, M ,nnt
t "i' ~, , ,' '',' MN =, r ",,a,
M nv M w"''n WHn'fu' nne n,'lsr m - "a. nis.
panied them toward the house.
1nE MURDERER.
az nvvpmI , ~ "nI tiv'n sr'rt oisy nv ny
I' S,.'u'.,' ~, tIsen III III oN,,teu'y Vrln ~,
,ns 'tn'er 10 tase mat mn alons' AS sne lelt
key TO the house and no one els "a could nav, vol
In. Birtel seemed to he excited. but readily
went nIonr Win fhe onl,,r with whom he was
r,l araHaintcd Nrs freeman gccompnnied
OnceT Reilly and Butcll to the basement door
- anihsr ci'.rA a -, ,i,,,N ivi -, Ii
nj n,d tscI bs .rv - mn, ir onc., Nt,,',rt
soon lnnenred u1,,n fbc -" ne .ta toak cb1rse
~ 91h c risn,r , neicr Reiy S [oIh I.rse 20
- ~ , m "a''. IN, D ra ,'f @ ,V1H,u go ii "a
t"n,s Tnnd 10 vas er in5o the tIi,por II" -
~ 'euu' ,u ~ ~ vas Aen '"to , , We h.,.Neh
ed NJ Jos're' ~ ',' ot ' ,s siay fr, - o1,
OH er, soon err'ved. took charee OF the house;
Th men yybi,o ic rrlnt- ,nT .Sa M
".u nt,i, "IHt -, ~, s"r ,,'n,. a. 1nu tnv
lsn Nero u'N'n NO 10 ihe E'gntS-e,s @ l ,tn st.ett
iearrhcd by the cliccts They found tho
''cncn " ind9w closed. anH tn,S re9r basement
w snI'' , hc' h%1 ds o,d UoHu n ~ % the
g,,,d 10 p"9 Ground ,H w"t'r PIPE, tnd ran
He.th. The BODY was Or r-ed oit lltle way
~ The IN ,er., who were unable. in the gloom
u me 'nta % Ivy S fnsF Nhess 1t a. :" setermine
fouid the head crushed, evidently ny an axe
orlatcuct. but no trace ii the murderer or his
weHpon could bc discovered In tho Kitchen.
Finally. III a corner Of tho hail, behind the rear
basement door, concealed IN 9 coal box with
an ordinary carpenters Ratchet, with blade
Ablut four inches broad md a handle foot
ana half long. Pulling TINS out into the light
they discovered that the blade wet as N It
had been recently washed, an the hickory han
die near the socket was deeulv soaked with
blood. \ niecc of brown Wrt Iinr papcr found
win the hatcict was als' Nei with blood.
4! heatb iull "t water slrNilY tnccl with
pinod was then fuun standing ~ the sink over
The murdered womans mead. The house was
then searched from top To oo:tnm, hut no other
traces Of the murderer were found.
when Bartell arrived at the station he was
Iearched by the officers. In his coat uocket
was found paif Of narrow SHIRT cuffs .ined
along the frtytd edges with Blood. hey }. ID
evidently been torn or cut from tho stirt
sleeves. Some white stockings, the tors -
which were uocply ciei with Flood. AMI thore
wele blood spots ON otnCr pats OF them. were
llso found IN his pocket. lie had 40 stockings
On MS feet. 4 handkerchief m arkcd with blood
Eas also found lu nm. nd In the na / pur kct
f hi pantalnou, w,s large fpur-hlad ID lie.
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''SS N'4-'NN '-'' "a go. "''N'e'
TIE MuNbiRLts nLMtANoR.
when Can't. l. llins a.krl R1rtoN how he 60.
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