The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-19

evening in d Shahty near AtclIibhid' ~ coal
bai,k, on AfeCdllocli street, Between i8d
and nth streets. The jury consisted Of
the IblipS.iilg g,atlIalisn; ad6lplkl Fritz,
.Ghristian u icwis, Frank Fisher, Fred, Dish.
on. Anderson Fulton, Vim. Krltz, Edward
;WestSood, 'Ws,. sondernann, Frederick
iseibright, Adplph llillebricht John Aieri
sclirods Charles Kettler. Prosecuting At
torney Jordan was present on behalf Of the
State, and conducted the Investigation,
which commenced at the residence Of Alr.
Adam Hpbrecht, the father Of tho muir
dered boy, OF, 49d street, between Jacob
and Wood, about II A.M.a.i 1eFy
az, u ~. ljcnlGLEs JONES n .,o.
WINS the first witness called, aud tcstitio!
substantially as follows: Isaw the dead
boy Satunl6ynight Mt the shanty about
o'clock; When / first got there saw Fred.
Elclc, Jas, Dudley, two by the name
OF John Miller, VIM Miller, Aug. Scllrumpf,
Chris, Wolf, licpry Wolf and Chris, llo-
bFcGlH . went ID tie sitatty 10 Keep out
dfthe wct; stw 'Kigcflying on aboard he
lnoyc,ltlic board 10 the other side Of the
shanty and sat down on It; Carl Klosc
threw him fr0uthe board; SAW Kiger turn
round and strike Fred. Edele on the right
'haniwith aKnife, cutting him slightly be:
tween the.slir and second knncklcs Of
lis Right hand iIoDfeclrt told him tkigerJ
he ought not 10 have the knife
ont that way; Kiger got up say.
ING lle did not want any Of
his lin; iTobrecllt said, "You don't?n
YNo, !" he replied, ~ don't.n Kigcr stood
in the corner; Hobrecht struck kigcr
about tlle.llead; Kiger said nothing; was
holding the knife open in his right hand !;
blade about three inches long; could not
see after HobreGllt. struck Riger; leit the
sl,anty after Kiscr WasPutout: saw Ho-
brecht afterwards in the shanty sittingo a
bench; tlidn6t hear him say anything; HI
ger and Observation-Disclosures sizc;not more
than five or ten poupds difference; have
known kiger about sis months; have not
been with lin often ;thcre were abonttwen-
ty boys ut tho shanty;bal beer there; don't
know where Il was bought; saw tiohrt Cit
with poker stirring Rrei did not see him
strike with IT., saw no, one strike with u
poker !.
Witness, upon being asked bya juror il
any Of the phrly were drunk, rcpiiett IN
the negative. II (.
Observation-Disclosures
testified that lie was at tho sllapty on
Saturday night, and saw there Charles
JONES, Wm. Downs, Henry Wolf, Albert
Spiedc, Tllos. Chigg, August Scllrum,
John Miller, WIN. Miller and Louis stront-
man. Did not sec Hobrecht until the
d0ctorcame; was asleep when the cutting
was done and II was all over when woke
up; was awake when, Or. Hazlett came,
about 6 o'clock the doctor sent for needle
and thread to SOW up the hole; witness
was intoxicated. ~, ,s..,f
HENRY WOLF (s
was tho next witness, and testified that
lie went TO the shanty on Saturday night
with Hobrecht. Kiger was there cutting
up in the corner; saw him put board on
FL. Klose'sioot and lay down on it; Klosc
threw him off OF the bOarl; kiger got the
board again and laid down on it; lIobreclit
touched him on the back with the poker;
Kigcf then struck EdCle with his knife;
!Iobrccht told him to keepit,in his pocket;
Kiscr replied that he didn 'twant any OF his
lin; IIObreclt then struck kigor with his
fist; saw Kiger strike with the knife three
or four times; (poker was not hot when
he placed it on his back;) holding the
knife By his side; common pocket knife;
never heard OF them having any difficulty
before; after kigcr went away liobrecht
said he would kill him II he got well; saw
but one cut in his shirt; have not seen
Niger since.
DIR. l.. u. WILSON, i5G
WHO, with DR.. IIazlett, held pOstmor-
tenn upon IlObrecht, testified tint he en-
amincd the body and found an inciscd
penetrating wound two inches in extent,
over the cartilage OF the eighth rib, on the
left side, and five inches in II vertical line
Just below the left nipple; tile instrument
In its passage cut oil u portion Of Tho cartil.
age OF the eighth rib; passed into The
cavityof the chest through tho diaphram,
penetrating the cardia extremity Of the
stomach, making in the latter a wound
one and onc-ha!i inches in length. Dcatl.
was caused by internal hemorrhage from
this wound. iIf5f ~ q n
The examination was here postponed
until Or. NJ, and the jury adjourned "
meet Mt Justice AIix's Office at that hour.
The adjournment was made so rs not to
interfere with the intcrmcnt of young
IIobreclit, which took place ut , y. NJ, at
Calvary Cemetery. -.g.. ...raI
AFTERNOON SESSION. y
Dir. II. W. Hazlett, sworn, testified as
follows: ,.. i....t. ,.s.sf..l ,..,.l az
Was called upon Saturday night to see
Franz Hobrecht. between o and 10 o'clock;
visited linn at n cabin OF house in the lower
end OF this Ward eighth Wardl near tho
property Of Mr.. Schrumpf. There were
ouite Il number in the room when got
there; the room had q small stove in It and
some benches around the walls Of the
room; don't remember whether 1t had q
floor or not. The messenger who came for
me, afterwards learned, was q brother OF
the boy that was injured; he conducted
meto the place. Whenrl- wentin-l-found
the man Or.hOy reclining oil q bench on tho
eastern side Of thcllousc; Ills Head was
supported By some one ! did not know or
recognize. Oh examination of the boy)l
found an incised wound, evidently done
by some sharp instrument, situated on the
LEFT, side and about live, inches below the
left liippln;1 measured II. The wound
measured two inches in extent, located
over the cartilage Of the eighth left rib.
found a gaping wound, not bleeding
much nj the time. ! saw ii, which dressed
in the usual way. He was alive at that
time. then directed his conpan-
ions 10 place him on a board or scttee
or lounge, or anything they could got, and
take him honS not to lct him walk,
and icover him ifnp warmly, telling
them ut the time that lle WIS
dangerously injured. | regarded him ut
that time rs dangerously wounded and so
told some OF his companions. | also told
them to give the entire facts 10 the parents
'0friIe boy as soon as they took liihi'home,
nutstoeonccal anYthinS totell them; tho
truth, which some OF them promised thOy
would do ] next saw him on Sabbath
mrirnipgaitef dlRteihteskfast; he wastbeh
at his fathers honse; found him in bed
with his pantaloons on; had an interview
with hisiather and told him that his boy
was In u very dangerous condition and
rwns likely TO die. / re4lrGssed The