The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-27
THE CONDEMNED PRIEST.
CAREER AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
BLAsIus PIsroRIUs AS DESCRIBED By AN
ACQUAINTANCE IN GERMANY.

CAREER AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
BLAsIUs PIsroRIUs AS DESCRIBED By AN
ACQUAINTANCE IN GERMANY.
BALTIMORE May IS, 1878.
The Baltimore Necs Of to- morrow wall contain the
following letter from iss European correspondent In
relation TO the carly history Of Basus Pistorus tho
Pennsylvania priest condemned to DO hanged for the
murder OF Farmer Isaac Jaquettc, noar Norristown.
The letter 10 dated bebech, Germany, and is as fol-
lows:-
Blaslus pistorius was born In 1881. at saarweln.
gen, large village the road from Lebccn SAar-
louss. He belongs TO respectable family but from
hts early youth no displayed q strange unstsadiness
teacher, OF business aud then for three years
= solder In the Prussian army. He about thirty
years Of ago when he began hts learned studies anu
having gene through the eight classes Of q German
village. he entered the clerical seminary ut Trevcs
oSy Tor Tour years The compson :" wS ena IN Ss
year 1871 he receved the holy order Of priesthood
He was mrs. appointed 70 parish In she district Of
Eilci, and thence removed alter months
labors 70 the parish OF Tholsy whore no stationed
until no LEI, Europe Tor America During his stay Il
Trolley became acquainted With him. saw him
several times ut my homo and dincd with him irc-
quently During his visits had long conversations
with and heard great deal OF him through olnsr per-
sons-his pastor his and school rl nds
KsTiMArk or CHARACTER
To givo n just estimate of his character must say
Al rst no was NO hypocrite bot faithful and s,nccr.
IN his vctious. ana always zsaiousperhaps over
reaous-lu performing his sacsrdo,AI dut,ss no 80.
abstcmious 10 drinking and eating remember
very vol no refused even ~ table 10 drink glass OF
vino HIS private lilo and morality were always un-
impeacnablc. such Biasius Pistorlus whom he
took his departure from Europe I do not Know all
tho circumstances under when the murder OF which
no has Deon found guity took place, but say, and
all the persons IN Germany who know tho character
Of this unfortunate agree With deliberate
intention cannot DO thought of. He killed
that man In . moment OF overwhelming PASSION.
MS iRRiTABfLITY.
l never knew a man or woman IN my whole lifo Of
suah irrttability oil character Pstorius. He was
here cnfant terrible" OF the socioiy In which hc
made his appearance. whcrovor he went there was
qunrrelling and disputing single would throw
him into ncrodibic passion and 10 was by this
feature Of his disposition bc made himself and all
who obliged to i've with him wrctched. His
passionate temper caused many troubles IN tno
two families whore he oniciutod, so that ono
Bishop Eberhnrd, now deceased, glad 10 get rid
OF him whom he asked his sxeat IRON the duccse.
Certainly tins would mover have been Ordained
that awful disposition OF his mind had been known
TO his supcrors What have said here is abundanty
proven by that which tho papers reported OF his
behavior toward the priest Of .Norristown, Arch.
bishop Wood and Judge Mitchell l wonder that the
judges havo nos taken into that nobody
but a mailman could writc TO the Archbishop sucn q
message no In said TO havo written, demanding an
ans wer to his communication. He has written in a
Similar strain toward hts suporiors la Germany and
10 was recognized among all VINO knew him horo as
an ack lodged TACT that his state WAS At
times disordcrod. HIS superors know u and treated
him accordingly