, 1877-11-10
A Deed Evincing Extraordinary
Ignorance and Brutality.
Murder Of Farmer and His Wife by
an Avaricious Nelghbor.
Tile Household Effects, Two Mules, {
Wagon, and Con- Stolen.
Emigration Of the Unthinking Wretoh-A
Drunken Spree in st. Louis.
A HORRIBLE CRIME.

St. Louis. Mo-, Nor. 0.-One Of Of tic most
horrible crimes That has happened in the Vest
ern country for a 1ong Time was perpctentcd
five mics from tho Village Of ColumhIa, in
Monroe County H., ahI eighteen miles
from 81. LouLs, last Wednesday morn.
Ing, q young German named Henry
dets and bis wife being fou1y murdered
and their house p!1laRcd. On tho morning
slated, Charles Nashback a ncighbor, went to
The house Of uctz to see him on business. lie
found everything rcry quiet about tho placc,
and, no ono answering to his rap on the door.
he opened It and went inside. Nathback found
tho front room entirely stripped Of It's furniture,
snd, having suspicion that there had been foul
play, to proceeded to make an examination Of
the other rooms. Just at tho edge Ut tic cellar
door ho discovered tho dead body Ut Mrs.
uctz. Tho body was almost entirely
concealed With p.fo Of tubs, buckets, and
kitchen ''plunder" TINT had been PLACED on IL,
nothing being visible except the head, which
vas terribly inut,lated, bciug almost cleft In
two BY a blow from an AZ. Near
ty was tho II, stained with clottcd
gore, furnishing undoub.cd eyidcnco that
It was the instrument With which tic fearful
work had been done. The aour and parts Of
tho wall were Spotted with blood, and an cx-
animation Of Mrs. Gctz's body showed that It
Was uot only split In two. but had been struck
several times With tho fiat edge Of
the ax. brcaktng and sh!sertng tho skull III many
places. Outside OF tho renr door there were
evidences Of desperate struggle, the ground
oe1ng torn up as tfby trampIng feet. Nashback
won't away In great haste to summon tho neigh.
bors. who matfe moro careful examination, aud
evidences Hcrc f0tin1 that not bbly the wife,
hut t!.o httsbapu himself hnl been murdered
aud his body dragged OIL to tho woo4s in tho
direction Of creek near by and thrown lnto the
creek. Twu mules and wagon belonging to
uetz wcro missing, as well as everything Of
valuo it, hts house. It was suspected that
Churcs strahl, alias Joe Enelcr, had committed
tl.e murder, loaded Tug wagon with tho house.
cabln in tha Columbia Button, and a
Visit to hts place disclosed the fact
that he. was missing. a Constable mud
tho tu9ltlvo murderer, nntl traced him from
place to pnce until they arrived at East Caron-
tielct, n!ne rules tejow 1t. Louis, on the
ss.'..os sas. sids Of tho river The constsblY
tassss saS had opss .ea a tSlour ss1%sa csf.ee t
the west side. driving the two n,ulca, with a
COW tied to the wagon, mud that ta had stepped
L. Carondeiet and sold tho cow for q trlfc.
mafz alszng tFftsa tfe a' toy T. o,, s tho lo 'ts 'u
ycc}op'nents, tbat s.r.t 'GsstD' rcacl;cd nero r
Yesterday aftcruoon, and dlsposeJ ot several
articles taken frun, the house ot hfs victims to
pnwubrokers.. THIS morning l,o got ycry drunk,
and drove tho two mules aud wagon tU
eo1ne sale stables OH Filth street, ut1er-
ting the team for go. Owing to ill.,
condition ho attracted the Intention OF thu
police, and he wis arrested for being drunk,
md nlso as O suspicious character. In tue
tneanttnlc tho pdrs1ling Coustab1a reported ut
polsd l,ead4uartcrs, aud, hearing Of ths arrest t
titled him Us tho murderer OF Gcta
and bis 1wife. Rtrnhl was very drunk
when confronted by Ills accl,aer, md neither
tentel nor Admitted bis guilt. llo Ia nutori.
murders. Lie will bc taken back to Illinois nt
ouce for trial. Uetx, the Murdered man. was d
younv farmer in excellent standlog with his
hciKh1ors. There IL graAt indignation over tile
cscancs the vengeance OF Judge Lynch.