The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-29
HoRRID RUrcHERY!
A Drunken Husband Stabs and Hacks
His Wife in Fifty Places.

Near the hour of 6 O'Clock last even-
ing, in a house at No. 80 Allison street,
a few doors east OF Walnut street,
most shocking human butchery was
perpetrated by a drunken hend
who, armed with two knives, locked him
himself and wife in their room, and then
deliberately hacked and hewed the poor
woman, cutting her In no less than fifty
places, and then supposing that he had
killed her, attempted to end his own
miserable existence by sta bbing himself
a number of times.
The Man.
Jacob Hummel, the would-be MUIR
derer, Is a German, by occupation sad
dler, and in physical proportions almost
a giant. He was married to his present
vile about eighteen months ago, and at
the time was a widower with two chill
dren.
His wife had lost her first husband,
and she too when married to Hummel
had two children, and was the possessor
of little money left by her former hus-
two in question, Hummel became very
dissipated, and used every means to
wrest from the poor woman her savings.
Refusing to earn them livelihood, he
also became very abusive, and at last
Mrs. Hummel was forced to leave him
and take up her residence at 80 Allison
street, where by her industry she made
comfortable living for herself.
In the meantime her own children had
died. After the separation the man
took boarding at Hammers boarding
| house on McMicken avenue. Hummel
has been sent to the Work-house at diff
| ferent times for his brutality to his wife,
and upon one occasion during his wife's
| absence he entered her room and filled
| her bed with cayenne pepper, the effect
| of which was the woman was nearly
suffocsted that night after she retired.
For this little connubial pleasantly,
he was brought before the Police Court
J and required TO keep the peace towards
| his wife for the space of one year, enter
ing into $500 bonds. A few weeks ago
be was again sent to the Work-house
for drunkenness, and emerged from that
| institution but yesterday.
The Woman.
Mrs. Rosa Hummel, the victim 80 fear.
fully maugled last night, is large,
pleasant-featured woman, and bears an
excellent reputation among her neigh.
bers for sobriety and industry. Some
time ago she instituted suit for d.
vorce, alleging as causes extreme
cruelty on the part OF her hus.
| band, but the suit coming to trial was
| dismissed. Not disheartened at the first
failure, and her life being burden while
| tied to this brute, she again few weeks
ago made application for divorce, which
has as yet not been heard.
The ButcherY.
The story of the crime as told to a
STAR reporter by the woman through al
Interpreter is about as follows:
Hummel lett his wife's room yester.
day about O'Clock, after abusing and
cursing her as usual, and she,
fearing that he would return
10 injure her, locked the
door, remaining Inside until after D
O'Clock IN the evening, when on going
into the yard for something, the hus.
band stepped in, being very drunk, and
upon her re-entrance, he closed the
ct aud demanded to be taken back as Il
husband. She refused. He asked fol
money. This, too, she would not grant
He then began destroying the furni
lure, and finally drawing q siX-inoh
butcher-kniie, which he held in his righI
hand, aud in the other comm on clasp
knife with three-inch blade, the attacl
beaap-and the terrified woman in {
locked room and in the second story
was at the mercy Of drunken demon
bent on murder, and then tRe c9rniYa
, of blood commenced, and did not ceas,
,, until Mrs. Hummel had received no les
than fifty cuts on different parts OF he
! body, principally on the legs and arms
t fifteen stabs ON the right arm alone. !
terrible cash was made across he
: throat, u gaping wound on the ppQe
part Of the left thigh, number unde
the chin, ana in fact all over her, th
murderous knife did its work, but non
Of the wounds, fortunately, reached
vital part or severed blood-Vessel.
The Attempted Suicide.
Having, as he thought, glutted hi
murderous revenge sufficiently on hi
wife, the iniuriated madman attempte
} TO kill himself with the small knife b
/, barring his breast and stabbing himsel
10 less than seven times. He still ha
enough strength left to endeavor to seYe
the arteries at the wrist. Failing at las
from exhaustion and loss Of blood, b
walloWed in his own gore until
The Discovery
of the butchery was made, a discover
brought about by Mrs. Finling, livln
mkt door, who, hearing the tumult, dis
. patched boy for a policeman, and VIII
nnally came back accompanied by OF
Ger Walz, of the Bremen-street Station
| house.
The officer, upon reaching the door {
, | that den OF horrors, heard IL groan, an
= at once broke in the door and found th
assassin near the table, on which tn
big knife lay, aud the mangled wife ur
D der the bed. Physicians were at ono
+ summoned, who after examination az
Il vlsed that both husband and wife b
taken to the Hospital, which was done
A call by STAR reporter at 10 o'cloc
T. this morning elected the intormatio
J. that both patients were sleeping. Th
:, woman will certainly survive, but a
y though HummePs wounds are not +
rarded as necessarily latal, ten chance
! to one he Will not live beyond q fe
laws. And no one will she'd tear II |