The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-27
BURNING 4 MAN TO DEATH.
SPRINkLING KEROSENE OYER MN IND
THEN IGNIIfNG m.
n sleeper iwnling to Find Himself In Flames
His Description of the Person who did
the Decd Inc NIetim'. TerrIbIe smner Inn.

n Sleeper twnlting to Find Himself In Flames
His Description of the Person who did
the Deed The Victims Terrible Suffering.
In the great lager bcorlrowory Of kohlcr
Ramona, that rises eight stories high from
The brink of the Hudson in Gutenberg, Mr..
Joseph stahl, a young German driver of the firm.
wns covered with Kerosene oil and burned to
death by an unknown person early on Saturday
morning. The circumstances that preceded.
and the motives that inspired the decd are en-
velopcd in mystery. 1t is known that Stahl re-
tired to bed at about midnight on Friday that
he aroused the inmates Of the brewery at IA little
past | O'Clock 10y his cries Of "Fircp and
HelpV that be was found envcloped in
the flames of his burning garments, and that he
died few hours later. after suffering intense
torture. Stahs body. scared and blnckcncd aud
stripped OF it, ccthing. lay upon slab in DR..
Cranes lionoken morguc yesterday afternoon,
and was visited 10y many curious sghtsccrs. In
the course OF the day County Physician Con-
verse made an autopsy. which showed that
death had been caused By burning and that all
the organs were in u perfectly healthy condi-
ton. Tho flesh Of the legs was burned TO n
crisp. as was also that Of the back and breast.
The examination showed also that the body had
been covered with kerosene oil before the fro
was lighted, No one has called 10 take charge
Of tho remains
According To the story Of John soharnascl.
who was the first to lis sover the burning man.
ne ScharnrgeD was awakened from u desp sleep
~ shouts and groans from beneath. The two
floors are connected bv open passage ways. and
when NNurnggol reached tue head of tine stairs
l." distinctly heard the voice of Stnh crying,
firr. iir". hcip. for Gods SAKE! IT, ran down
~ IN" mash room. Wi" ia On the same floor
VAN lhs boiler room, and found Stahl groan-
M ana Writhing Wp9u tn" fi9or. He summoned
Valentine. one ot the stnlrmru. Stthl was
upon th" noor. and about his body were wrap
Irt several folds of burning horse blankets.
They tore oil the blankets and stripped him of
his undnrXarmD MS. SHhl WAS almost uncun-
sciou~ and IA cneh hand he held Inn. he- If tIo
burning iohri, That h" had torn from the hlun-
kcts. | thought that the nun had probably boon
burned VIM" trying To- put out fire in tho
was no IRE in the building. Stahl'- cundicsick
which WIS a common brewers light lg loop of
hoop iron holding the candle I'm slit in ono
nhd :, nuiK ~ Tue upprr end from the side OF
We bench. Inc onndle had evidently not been
nhml'u' uiln ln1 W,K was unrhorr.d ana me
gr"iSr unhurned. On thr bottom 81 the hrnch,
ct tue place ahoNe which the shoulders Of Stuhl
had lain. WIZ u circle that was saturated with
kcro~en". Tie nianket. which had been strip
ped of his shoulders hv the men, lay shoulder
INK upon tn" floor. II was thu habit of the men
t. spread them upon the bench when thov lay
around the shoulders Of Stah at the time that
ne discovered he was on fire.
Dr. Rare applied cotton to the burns and all
mlni1tercd a soporlic. The physician asked
MN how ~" trouble occurred. and Stlhl rold
previously given us. He said i'm German: |
was lying on the bench in the boiler room aslcop,
when | was HWokc 10y feeling kerosene oil
poured over me and running down my back
ana HIDING it burning | Jumped w. | saw
man running away toward the rear door. I
tilcu 10 ,ht'h MN. hut could not Meantime the
lianes got such Roadway that could not stop
them. i ran to the musn room and called for
help am sure that the man who poured OH ON
m" and set il on fire ran out the back door. |
could not see his face. have no idea who il
tWthiy-sN years old. and was born IN hwein-
furt, Germany
Aicrwnri he grcwwor-c. His fovcr changed
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