, 1877-11-12
m lioncet md cn'csprising younR farmer by tho
name uf ficnry t}nctx md hi. wife, "a comtlY
young woman OF - Of - years OF agc.

1
:, On Inst Wednesday morning. easly. Herman,
t,ie younger oi the Masehl'ack DsotIcfs' oeisR
..a nns - g, sgass GU, ~ piow"E .n hG i l,I.ine
naac,a nulnng tnS noe.n ,as'n. L. t ,ooken
appsaraace: The chimney, iron, which 'hs hlnG
7noIu haxe ses'' et95a. "as n.h s..,. .,s. amu
@ ca,u. a., " noJ ntshe,l iss Team, aha cunning
H. ] e.s It, saite " , .Hwnn ~, tnS ',ass: as
manE ; ope.. @ aees.ng .. ~, ne saW t,at .ne etn.,s.
N w as T, ues on t @ sc,f 1to9 o. @
IL. .i,in hn ent, tnee r. o9 ac eow een; II ste III
r 81 eetc "as Se e,n esp
the so q 1Ie j., ". ,rpf!.sd : 1t ~ ~ ns,a s5;
rcasat,,x'c oi m iarEs ana saTagc taast1. which
n w., e.aci, IL 81 as,o. H. .t
Her He Of III te ha',sc he - xosierei no oneer ' Tha
n9neEI" I, ~ % pfast 'as On ING Rfoun" oe1oss his'
Will ''' '''"o'
IT.. .,,,, 81 sTifahNEo IT. 49, t.!, IN nS11n; ,. .A
@ 1h me eayy sef 's ~esh 'a LET 10y e,
~, 10 taie uoo1 @ oI lhe nuuse WIN iis nenft ln
his moutn. lhc aoo1 sielaea 70 n,s to1'c. a''a
twteroomcd str,eture: EwrsttinE whs In the
Widest euntusfoli' Ihe oca~e!1tfiue !ay, ior
.hc nloet oi IL, on tho LOOT. !ne eeanty iul-
Ic MIMIc Mnn upset. lne contcne u. : " nHseaa es
usa"cr Tc.a sI,eMn " .me aoo., a". ri. HILL, y.
. sIp9oata oonr M n"nG to'i NJ n ae n'Tgs, r.,
Wm'e tHc fiseh timber iay IN ing aoo!. me
poy icu tnc house, anu safted 20 run
t no1a III s oaoer mnnI .,,,onno H. aa H. sos' ~
"sn,c,, a,,d es,or " Il. s1GG nusnse nc IT,
| eus"co aoa Fehemeu hls examination
HORRIBLE sidHT
;, Hc passed arouln, to the rear Of tl!e house.
lie,e eisht net i1is eyes that terrified MN,
an1. VII. wila yell, 10 Ian ,n bfeaehlesa haste
to lis brothers house hnd told lin "nht nc had
seen. The elder Masclback. accompanied BY
workman, repaired TO the house. Beneath tho
% honsc there was cellar, entered by short
gt 2, stars 'F9 te pn,se ~ fo Tsas et
stalIe ny tho oody 81 ne "ilo Of Henry
0octz. IT vas ALMOST hid from view by pile
Of wash.tnb', few buckets, and q rough
bench which had been hurled upon her.
The men removed the dsbtIs ani
started back. Tue young woman, clad only 10
hcf night garments was a corpse, md the
inaicnttons were that sho had laln there
slekcnine sight: 1t ha1 been fai;iy rlyen By .! an
nx. The lott siac OF the skull "as crushed IN,
as II ny frat blow with tho poll Of the ax, and
tn bloM HSc wt ' fago as 9 int ar III. o
WIS the terrible weapon, covered WITH blood Gnu
| With SOME OF the lalF naF matteC lnto the
gore. .,.....-,...
"wnERs IS TIE npsnANDp .,,,.
terrible scene. acarch waa mauo 1nr MN or hlS
body throlEhout III. premises, but In vast':
Close examination OF tho house sliow'a TINT
nearly everything q Talnc III II i,aa becn G Sakei.
away. Even the rile anti poTder-1iask q uoctx
was missing, and the better portion Of ms tndl-
vfdual wardrobe had been carried OIL
The snsnieton wns nt once formed that Hoct:
Sd ber s WI e IT, himself OF
- Tue men Started OIL to alarm the country.
Every man appsisca o[ TUG decd At onec torsook
his employment nnd 1oincsi inc hi,nt lot the
ers s f ON is Eo os :.
lad seen a' sxsksas .. o,see = ati Mossdas sst
morning by tile SOUND ol Wagon jolt'nR a'ong
tho roaa. ne got up anu looked out, and rec.
| QEI1tzGQ tho wagon Atl4 team NJ mules used by
Gortz-whlch IL naY 10 well IL this
connection 70 state lB tlc property OF Uoetz's
brother, who had loaned tIe Quilt TO
him. Tho tr1Ver Was Eottlhg oyer the
| ground 1T smart Enlt. and COW. litched to
tae rear * fe waeon by tlalter. trottcd nlong
| after. When opposite this iaraefs mouse me
wagon struck some ,a obstEustlon' and samo to
sunacd It's COURSE Tho next morning tho farm.
CT went out on tho road aud picked up o corIe
mon stable lantern, which nc then hal. II was
shown to ing Maschoaeks, VINO at once fecog-
nized 1t as tho property Of doctz.
1tERE WAS cLEW
In earnest, md above al! II established tho ttulc
Of the muttef aud tho Hight 81 " tue criminal to
aavo peen on eunuag n,@nt' lug pursuing par,
Y pushed %: % " yl atnt oi inquiry tnsy traced traced
ass -. .o,thaer nrtn ~ ~ fn,,ts
postu to .an " ~ o.. ,a.9 aua's' @ a..
r1scr at t|i. acc a ni,d huthes M anc Ttorl,
forward and said 3,dm tlat 1o haa ts COW Or
lelleT the party NGao a9ohnf ios " nIs posseS
S, rf ova " az ~" os,,tnto ~ 1'5 5o.ers1 cS5
,, ro ~ nssK .b ts, ~ ~ -. W. ,'o ao tha ,,,p:
e " tn1 .u III, :" ,,t.nn ~ @ 9 'aI IA pus
c1aac, At!u3 ~ tnGn usts1 n.1tnsat' ~. ~ a!o uos
s S III th2y ny n,3 ai oioni. cmts III ~
~ ms av n ~ +" s;,rs recoa01en 0 ~
o @ HufaeF W. snar s 10 hut M sn5e; he, es
Nho tne man "as' !9, nat tnSn na. tresn i,
conap!eat1oa aao' n , tna, ~ III. ,s.., usen
mas1e1eu nteoi wv .,n @ S:J ~ h,ir i1' Ta;,
arra tst ~ an s"v n shny ~ en!c ccx
eaFhcil tnat tns lla. u, Why thuy W o!eG knc| u
ne AT nifa naa Er ., n'I ofes nis'e .a. Is f.a
ILL., utSs ,H sv. ~ ". r. os ,teer
o. n"u rc ~ mauu ,,, ~ fy may U9e' 'ne'esfy
" ool' A'o"'a' ~, .ney " ~. oso ~ ,,o',.m
a.ox., ,,ofs'.s 1T. op -, W.;r.,,nv ,,,A.
nuotN uUosu u ~ n.o,,a ~ naies s. uH' ~.
Sapt. neseules, u ino Sc.ona ~ aosee ulstESt,
ran hcfosa sllort' Asas,y.set .naa " lepuis!ve
IT, uncn.Ix aa a,, ~ asposo &
spanot ~ ~ Itt a.a ann ntou5' VIII
nlaao III 80. 80 hns ss g. uGiE
20 niatca ueuT w .tti'n.t ~ - ~ ~ uusai.
~, t,Hn @ -. 10 y. .I,an rnn sn