The Virginia star., 1880-03-27

urged him to give him the money. The
latter refused to part with the hard earned
savings which he had laid up for rainy
day Determined to get the little treasure,
John Waibel conceived the murder OF his
brothers family, and In the dead OF night
perpetrated it in cold blood. lie PROVIDED
himself with hammer and an axe, and
stealing upon the slumbering mehbers OF
the family, strewed the floor with their
crushed and mangled corpses. Then he
burst open the bureau drawers and ran
sacked the place till he found the treasure,
and fled. He had not been gone long when
the neighbors discovered the wholesale
murder and notified the police. The sight
that met the gaze of the officers when they
entered Waibel's dwelling, was a CHASTITY
one. Mrs. Waibei had been slain on the
lounge in the sitting-room her head was
beaten and cut into an unrecognizable
pulpy mass. There were thirty eight
wounds on her skull, representing so many
blows from the axe. The innocent babe
had not been spared it was dead In its
cradle--lts skull fractured by blow OF the
hammer On the threshold leading to the
sleeping room lay the bent body OF the
husband, whose skull was split open by
two tremendous blows of the axe. Bloody
marks on the wall indicated the struggle
between the murderer and his victim, and
blood pools were everywhere. The corpse
of child three years of age was found,
with the skull fractured, in the sleeping
room asthffd child, about SIX years old,
was breathing yet, but its injuries were
such that death ensued in the course OF
few hours.
The oldest child, girl of thirteen years,
was left to tell in part the bloody tale.
She had been wounded, but not fatally.
She said that her uncle was the murderer
of the family. Police inspector Kern
learned that at 8 o'clock in the morning q
man answering the description of Walbel
had bought pair of stockings and suspen-
ders in Bender's store, in k9nigstrasse.
An expressman named Zahner told him
that man on leaving the store entered an
eating house in .Weinstrasse, where the
fare did not suit him. He inquired or
.Zahner for better place, where he could
get all he ordered. Zahner recommended
him to Bardili's restaurant in Tuebinger
strasse. Thither repaired Inspector Kern,
accompanied by Zahner, and found man
enjoying good breakfast. He was cleanly
shaved and had slight abrasion OF the
skin ON the right cheek. lie looked just
like the man the Inspector was after. On
being questioned he gave the name OF hurz,
and pretended to be business man from
Hall. The inspector said: "that is not 90;
your name is Waibel, not Kurz, and you
are wanted for five-fold murder. You are
my prisoner" Waibel threatened and bull
| lied; but the inspector put the handcufts
| on him and paid no attention to his protest.
He was dressed in @ suit belonging to his
murdered brother, and his undergarn.e ents
and his naked feet were spotted with blood.
He was taken in coach to the house in
which the butchery occurred, after he had
been dressed in the striped garb OF q
prisoner An excited crowd filled the
street. AS the murderer appeared they be-
came furious, and threats of lynching were
made. They rushed at the vehicle and
tried to drag him out, but strong guard
of police protected him from personal vio-
lence. When he alighted from the coach
he laughed sneeringly at the spectators
Even the coolest among them could no
longer control themselves; the outburst OF
indignation was terrific. The crowd
shouted, "No mercy to the brute !" 'Kill
him - "Tear him to pieces" !" When the
prisoner viewed the dead bodies in the
presence of police and court officials ne ex-
pressed no regret, but looked with repul-
sive smile at the bodies of the three infants
and denied his guilt. Then he turned on
his heel, snapped his fingers and said with
a sneer, "Pshaw, I've seen such sights
often before" When he was placed in the
coach again he grinned once more at the
infuriated crowd. 1t was with the great
est difficulty that the police succeeded In
taking their prisoner safely to Jail, where
he is now awaiting trial.