The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-06-30
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Sympatiiy for n Murderer.


The Baltimore Bee of Friday last under
takes to write upn good character for Chris
tian kloiZ, the murderer of Miss Almira
Street,. 1t says:
"The former and present officers of the
House OF Refuge, who knew Christian klotz,
The German boy who was recently murdered
M ilarioId county, on suspicion of having
Killed Miss STREET., near Clcrm0nt Mills, are
unanimous in the opinion that he was inca
pahle OF committing the crime alleged He
was one of the hest boys in the House of
Refuge, was put in the house of honor rs n
reward for uniform good conduct, and, after
he was bound out, the reports made 10 the
superintendent of the House of Refuge by
Inc persons with whom he lived ALWAYS Ger
tilted to his good behavior. A poor, friend.
less boy, he was accused of the crime and
denied it. lie was then hung TO make him
confess, and when he did so he was ut once
hauled up like a dog"
The former and present officers of the
House of Refuge and the Bee may all be
unanimous in their opinion that KlotZ was
incapable of committing the crime of muir
der; but those who knew and lived with
him for three years know otherwise. He
confessed the crime, giving every detail of
il in manner that none but the murderer
himself could have given, and the position of
The body when found and everything around
it proved the truth of his confession. There
is not shadow of doubt in this county MS to
his guilt.
Klotz was of saturninc disposition. md
In | To
to be a thief and regularly carried pistol
and knife, even when he went to school,
lie was feared by every member of Mr..
Streets family except the murdered young
lady. She had always treated him with
kindness and consideration. Only the Sat
urday before he murdered her she gave him
money out of her own pocket to spend at a
social gathering in the ncighborhood,
The verdict of guilty pronounced upon
him by the sclfconsltuted jury of a hundred
men ON the spot, was as just and true as if
pronounced by twelve men from the Jury
box We do not sanction or approve of
Lynch law, but in confcssing his crime and
hanging himself he only anticipated the
course the law should have taken in his
case
The Bee has sympathy for the murderer,
but not Il word of regret for the innocent
young woman struck down without mo-
mcnt's warning by the assassn's axe. Not
one word, either, for her hcart-broken and
disconsolatc parents, thus cruelty robbed of n
daughter. Their case, it appears to us, calls
for the greatest sympathy.
PRIZE EssAYs.-Wc call the particular at
tention of our lady readers TO the prize of
Twenty Dollars, offered through our columns
for the best essay on blouse Keeping
From the reputation the ladies of Hartford
possess as being the very best of horsekecp.
ers, we confidently expect To receive from
their fair hands some valuable and instruct
i've papers on this very important subject
one upon which depends the comfort and
happiness of the family. -
From the experience of our farmers in
grazing and feeding cattle and in the man
agemcni Of the dairy, we ought TO have from
them essays that will be beneficial to the en-.
tire community, and for which, il will he
noticed, liberal prizes are offered. These
prizes are not offered by any Of the ogricul-
tural organizations of the county, hut by a
gentleman interested himself in farming pur-
suits and devoted TO the advancement of tic
agricultural interests of Hartford.
The Democratic House of Representa-.
tivcs have been fighting strcnuously all the
session for n rttrenchmcnt in Government
expenditures, but their efforts have been
batfled by the Radical Senate. The House
passed bill to reduce the size of the regular
army, but the Senate refused to concur. The
latter threaten that if the House will not
come into their measures on the legislative
and postofiicc appropriation bills, President
Grant will next Saturday promulgatc an Or
der reciting the act of Congress making it q
penal offcnse for any officer of the govern
ment TO incur an expense not provided for
by law, and the entire business of the gov
eminent, postofliccs and all, must be sus-
pended.
APPLEToN's JoURNAL.--The publishers
announce that Appleton's Journal will here