The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-25
MURDE II L d.
A Baker Boss Drained by His EmplOye.
Jacob Jauch Gets Nine Fatal
Hatchet Blows from VIM. Frei.
The Murderer Acknowledges His
Guilt and Talks.

the hatchet figures in the case as the imple,
ment.
Jacob Jauch is a baker, who lived with
his young wife at No. go Buckeye street,
between Oak and Main streets. His rooms
are on the first floor, the bakery being in
the front room of the building. In the eel
lar is the oven and the place for getting the
bread ready for baking.
In his employ is young lad, scarcely
eighteen years old, by the name of William
Frei, who is native OF Germany. Jauch
week or two ago reached his thirtieth
birthday, and short time ago was married
to the woman, who IS now an inconsolate
widow. He was native of Wurtemberg,
Germany.
Now the poor man is lying on bier, a
cold corpse with nine Ratchet wounds on
his head any one of which would have
proved fatal. His murderer is his employe,
| William Frei.
Both of the men had always been good
friends until yesterday evening when dis
pute arose among them.
Frei, it seems, owed bill of So to ].
| Erich, grocery keeper in the neigh
borhood of Jauchs bakery. Erich came
to Jauch few days ago and told him that
he wanted him to take out so much OF
Frey's salary as would pay the debt. Jauch
was to do this in installments, the first one
to be So and the next one 81.
| Jauch promised to do this, and Erich
went away. Last evening Frei came home,
and after taking his supper drinking some
beer and talking pleasantly with Mrs.
Jauch, with whom he had been boarding,
he was told by is boss what Erich had said
to him about the debt and what he prom
ised to do.
Frei got angry and wanted his money
paid to him in full. He then walked away,
and about o'clock the men met again in
the cellar. What was done there, and
what were the particulars of the terrible
tragedy that we have to record, are known
by none except the guilty murderer.
Mrs. Minnie Brueggeman, young mar
ried lady living opposite the bakery, said
to STAR reporter this morning that about
O clock last night she was looking through
the blinds out of the window, when she
heard some loud talking going on in the
cellar of the bakery.
A short time after she saw Frey come
out of the bakery in terribly excited con-
dition. The cellar doors up to that time
had been closed. She asked him what the
matter was and Frei looked at her sourly
but said nothing. He then walked on.
Nothing more was thought of the matter.
Frei, it seems, then went to the saloon of
Frank Moerschel, on Race street, near
Findlay, where he remained until clock
this morning. Here he also displayed a
loaded revolver in reckless way, and when
the saloon-keeper demonstrated with him
| ba 1a;I II down for q ubiln than font II m
again, put it in his pocket and walked away.
Up to this time nothing was known of the
brutal murder.
About 2 o'clock this morning mlkman
named Schwenker whose dairy is in Avon
dale, stopped in front of the bakery to de-
liver some milk. He approached the open
cellar and looking down was thunder
struck on seeing Jauch lying in pool OF
blood.
He at once began to yell for assistance,
and Mrs. Brueggeman, hearing his cries of
murder, watch. etc, ran out of her room
and asked whatwas the matter. Schwenker,
in frightened voice, said Something ter
rible has been going on in the bakery eel.
lar; Jauch has been murdered"
Yrs. Jauch was aroused, as also were some
Of The neighbors, who then went into the
cellar and found the murdered man. Dr.
P. A. keck was also summoned, but he
could not assist the man. He found Jaucl
lying in hollow with his feet towards the
oven, and his head towards the cellar door
He was swimming in blood, and on look,
ing around DR.. Keck found hatchet, c
small, dull-edged one, lying on the shelf
The pummel of the same was covered witt
blood, as was also the edge of the hatchet
Some hair was also sticking to the clottet
blood.
On the table was found blood-stainet
white apron, which belonged to Jauch ant
on which Frei had evidently wiped off hi.
bloody hands after committing the unpro
voked murder. Jauchs shirt was com
petely saturated with his lifes blood.
On examination it was found that there
were nine blows, each one fatal, inhic tee
on Jauchs head. There was one blow
about one inch long and half an inch deeI
over his right eye.
The front of the head was battered in tc
a depth of two inches. This had been don,
; BY the blows delivered with the blunt enc
OF the hatchet.
The rest of the blows caused inoisivt
wounds, each one Of which was over an incl
in depth and from two to three inches il
length.
Four of the wounds we're made with th,
Ipummel, and when Coroner Carrick arrived
this morning he put his finger in one o
them and foundait tosbe over two inche
deep
1t was the most sickening sight he eve
saw. The whole Of the top of the heat
was battered in, the brain having ISSUED
| from the wounds, part of it being sent owe
the floor and wall.
| 10 tho 1iroI rnf,1 CO..
minutes before o'clock, when he died in
stupor. The agony of his wife, who at
o'clock to-day was still lying on her bet
going into Mysteries every few minutes, cal
, not be described.
Renner and Wynne, officers of Bremen
street Station were notified at once and 500
found Frey and had him locked up il
, Bremen-street Station for the murder.
A STAR reporter visited Fre in his cell q
the Central Station about noon. He said:
THE PRISONERS STATEMENT.
II owed So to saloon keeper named
Erich, No. 65 Buckeye street. He wante
the money from me, and to get it went
my boss and complained to him Of ME, an
F. also abused me. l told him that in til
Q course of the next week would pay m
debt, as had several Others to settle W
p Last evening received my wages, Du
my boss held 81 back. l replied that thi
did not suit me-Jauch should pay his mel
| and would pay my own debts | went t.
. Erich and had words with him on accoun
of his action but Jauch, who was present
; said that Erich was correct. This wa
!. about o'clock last evening. At s o'clocl
. | went into the saloon of Charles Hide
brandt, No. 81 Buckeye street, and drank {
, glass of beer.
= Then proceeded to the bakery where
= work and found my boss cleaning tn,
: bread pans, which he had never done be
fore. i did not talk to him any more unit
g., about II o'clock, when the dough was be
= ing prepared. The talk about that debt o
mine was then again resumed, and wa
of words ppsuad