The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-12
THE CLIMAX OF CRUELTY.
A soLDTER's UTDOW'S SOY BEIT TEN IND
sTIRJED UNTIL HE DIED.
A Handsome Young Monster OF Lambert
Vile, y. -, In JAN for starving and Mall
treating his Horse aud Other Animals.

Philadelphia for one ofthe boys in that institu-
ton. saying that he wanted a stout lad who
would assist him in working his little farm and
at the same timc learn his trade. Van Eida
bore the look u one who might be trusted. and
referred 70 very good people in Lambertville.
so no doubt was entertained Of this being an
excellent opportunity TO give some poor boy
start in the world. The chance was given to a
lad named Harvey. about sixteen years Of age.
son Of soldier who was killed in the
war Of the rebellion After his fathers death
his mother remarked. her second husband
being a man named Englemann. When
the disposal Of the hoy was proposed to her
she readily assented. and he was sent away to
his new homo From that time until the llth Of
January. 1877. she neither saw nor heard from
him. On that date. however. he was taken 70
her door. 92l North Fifth street. Philadelphia.
In a carriage. 10y "a man who introduced himself
as Mr Van Eda. and who was accompanied hy
woman whom he spoke Of a. his wife. YOUNG
Harvey WAS cmaeiatcl. haeeari. weak. dirty.
and MS cNtremiiie- iriehttuily frozen. He WIS
too feeble - rise from his scat IN the carriage.
ANA cou is not ttke single step without as St
an %. A. soon IL the COUPLE had put him in his
mgihrr's house they hurriglly drove of.
The lads II ~ was hid"ou- one, and his
body hore the eylirn 80 of it, trutl. H. had been
starved beaten mrr'iirS-.y. AMI eNtos-d 20 the
cold until huin hue hands and feet were fr'2"n.
the latter So badly TINT they had horoIne ean.
rr.nnu. md III r.i. ~ hf- tar--t,v, ON mo ri.,ht
foot ami one ou TIE let-had a tually fallen III.
II hal boon. b" said ~" pr. tire of the inhu.
man pair whose slave he was. to send
him out at an early hour, on Oh" most severe
cl"ntIne mn n t.voni His uhii'fv. ana when
he a ..a in !, hs woiiii not ee .,v.n INV hr ak
s. 90, .,',,,,. &c.. ,'. l. .',,.. ,.. t,'.
WSJ go tbe. ~, W, h.. iaI An a. y ~
out nine meals almost sueros-ivsly. N-
rnieehled frame was unarle io boar ne
h. nad ari th.n WHEN - a,t,l..tg fnr i,s'r
was r,tn"ci fy his wal Lnt~s and n. agony IN
h.. frozen limls H. .rnrl t1sEria.. - u-ai T.,
L.t Ii,, an 49,. nr,, - ii,.v ~" M .i,atii,
f.''erl. r,i~" nt, -5r,s SIli tiav ,r.rt'i ANA
tortured MIN untu /, bs.an,e ayi len, that ia
ANN 60 MN, a, ,ben ,sfir tH.'
~ H.. Tnr'T ;S.ytt S''',' ttr7 b1rve Wf.n r..
. "'s ~ La IA" . vi ..' y w. ,.,l ~ -,
-, ~ -, 80 .,, 49, ,,li 't+.','.'t, . snr..r
'.'', ,v 80 49, ~ H. y ars ~ v, f,at Kim
home au So great was me terror with w6i.h
hee, A.. III es nn ,,, '
,rs,i,'. f 8'vitl,. ,f,9r h rriilv frtii.l r. T.
tta ny, i9y he wa tukan - tha Uu,Srrs.ty
"a go, ~ fv I'',. - a. ii. N''''
Ho,' ~, ~, t ,n,.s, nr J'hn ra,lat testified
,h.ih h,,i ,.,.n 81, IA =, a,f..ni tn. f., ma r
- - y So. t,g s.,,,,t D. .
t.l.t1v fr,,..n ii- i.sly mn D. s,,'a ..a,..l ana
- ~ -.. - a ~ . .'' ~ "a, ~. a.,
"Nr ..H. W. 1H '.",' W. w. ,',,n XIV,
in,- for ivs ant- nni ni..'f- nrl m .l
ti'at time had hAt s.ar.olv anytl. ing t. .ai
br Cnntr.an The CORNERS uhv-i,i1u h re
witness To- Inc horrible condition II th.
49, fee, ' as ai-eady desaribaa The
testimony throushou, was shocsine. and
4, wss mao ,nh tbat extrsorin3ry .nfany
ors we mair II have the perp.tra,ors II these
outra..e- brought To- justicn. Warrants wer,. -
su.i inr III. arrest a., Van Tidn and ms wifi.
but th,.y t,ok alarm IN time and ficd to parts
Unknown. Th"n the Grand Army of the Ke-
pnfiir lntarast.d itself Offering a reward Of
5000 for M. capture ~ the fugitive murderer
From that tine until very recen,y Van Ela
has manage! T. cour.al his Whereabouts Very
adroitiy from H., OILERS Of the Jaw. i.w
weeks az il became known that hr had been
seen in klnwooi township. about ten mlI"s
from Iai,ier;,iie. Constite II. r K.t.h.n
could hear q him. and though often io.lrl at
last - .z-d HIM near LAmlertSIle early On tie
lnh inst. f-w hours later the culprit wjl-
lodged IN the Huntrrdon county Jail Their a
Ink IN the INK door Il the jail 'orrdor, iooe ing
M M the nigh WAL surrounding the yard ~
though calculating his chances for sealing It
In persona appearance Horny T. Van Eiia
does not al al book Tx" the savage villain he
must i. n guilty OF crimes lAil % his shArsn
H. : al.ut five feet and five inches IN height.
well knit tut hy no means sturilly hui.t. and is
only % years 4 ase. HIS COMPLEXION l. DARK.
delicate little mou-iaehe that ar ely nloretAHn
shades his urper lip and his eyes are o' a
pleasant brown. His oval face hcnrs a smile al
ntu-t INSTANTLY. ana is decidedly handsome.
one Of those physlosnOmies that sentimental
girls are prone To- pronounce "swretly pretty. .
and yet a. one looks ut him the consciousness
grow tia, there is something peculiarly feline
about that face chara tor of expression hap
I =,
but don't look good"
He received a good common school education
in Pniladeluhia OF which city he is a nat we,
and has been snartened 10y experience - that
h. FULLY comprrhrni- the inadV Instability OF say
ing ANYTHING which might hereafter IL. pre.u-
dirial H. any line II defence MS lawyers may
select for him H.. would say nothing what
ever about his case, young Harvey, his
arrest or anything else further than
that parhaps he might make his state
ment after ha got lawyers II they deemed
il best for him 10 DO -. A. yet he has no coun-
scl. and has no, made up his mind VINO be Will
employ When asked where he had heor during
the last fve months he simply replied. " Oh.
all over: lots Of places ami t. The query wher.
his wife now Is, v0uchsafcd L. other answer
/ than "A grin somewhat broader than his accuse
toned smile She is believed 70 bc ia PAiladcl-
| phia
Rosidents If Lambertville, who have known
| him Intimately. say that Harry Won E.da W, NJ
/ there s-vrn or rAt years ago from Philadelphia
/ and was empl0vod steadily in tho B-lvidcre
! and Delaware Railroad car shops AZ that place.
/ H. was looked upon a. one Of the stcadlcst
/ young men nthe community.
] AiAaut he married
| woman IN Pnllad"lphia, got some money with
verye0nsiierabe amount and with that sum and
what he had saved hy his own economy he
| bought small farm ~ thr eiE" 81 l-ampeftNlNe
| A'ter ms, lnaIlIhfr Ne ur.IoI"u NV .har
| u trT. III lHlklllFH lhll'fl llS tllfNlN III