The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-04
A Lovers Crime..-A Tragic Occurrence
in Vienna.

MANY respects to the crime Committed
Just four years ago by young man who
murdered postman and robbed him Of
the valuable letters which his pouch
contained. 1t appears that on Wednes-
day evening a young man of about
twenty entered small lodging-house
near the great Franz Joseph's barracks
and asked for room. He had no lug-
gage, and when shown small room n
5he second story objected and said he
was used to better accommodations. He
was then shown to nice bedroom in
the fourth story, which he accepted.
and left after having written his name
in bold commercial hand upon the bill
which the police leave at all hotels and
which it is customary to sign. He did
not occupy the room that night, but re-
turned at o'clock in the morning. The
porter asked him when he entered it if
he had spent pleasant night and he an
swered, ga very pleasant night"
laughed and begged the porter to send
the postman up to his room if he came
with letter containing money for him.
Shortly afterward the postman appeared
and delivered several letters at the no.
tel, which he carried to the rooms of
those to whom they were addressed, be-
cause for letters of value the postman
must get a receipt. He went up to the
fourth story, and after not more thantep.
minutes the door of the room was torn
open and the young occupant as
well as the postman rushed down
stairs. The young man went into
the empty porter's stall and then
ran out into the street. The postman
called out for glass of water, adding
that he felt giddy. But before it was
brought he tainted and fell. Of course
no one supposed that murder had
been committed, but the general belief
was that the old postman had had fit
of apoplexy. He was laid on couch
and the doctor was called, but he did
not succeed in reviving him. In the
meantime the hotel keeper searched the
vacant room, and then, of course, the
truth came out. On the table stood a
small bottle and glass, both contain
ing few drops of a sweet, unpleasant
smelling liquor. Nothing else was
derwear, trimmed with lace and spotted
with blood. In the stove, which had
been cleaned the day before, was found
an envelope torn to tiny pieces. Strange
to say, the murderer had not completed
his work, for the postman's pouch was
found intact with about 100000 FORMS
worth of money letters in it. He had
even left the letter which the postman
had brought for himself unopened in
the porter's chair. He must have adj
dressed this letter to himself the night
before, for, although he had taken his
room but an hour before the letter was
posted, the address was minute:
Groom No. 81, on the fourth story, TO
the left" The murdered postman was
sixty-seven years old and was considered
so honest and trustworthy that large
amounts were intrusted to him daily.
He died at the hospital at noon without
having recovered Consciousness.
While all the clever detectives of
Vienna were hunting through the city
for the murderer a doctor came to the
police and announced the sudden death
of young man who had committed
suicide by taking prussic acid. The po-
lice went TO the Hotel Union, where the
suicide had taken place, and found
girl crying over the partially dressed
body of young man. On the table lay
letter which the girl said she found in
the dead mans pocket, which contained
a few words of farewell and the an
nouncement of his resolution to make
an end of his life, since there was no
possibility of their marriage. She told
the police officers that they had gone to
Presbourg together three days previ-
ously to beg money of a relation, but
had failed to obtain it. The young man,
who had been her lover for years, also
told her that he expected to get 1900
forms yesterday, but that he had got
nothing. She showed five half-kreuzers
(about the fifth part of a cent? and said
that was all the property he had left be-
hind. The police officer stood looking
at the dead man and suddenly it dawned
upon him that this might be the old
postman's murderer. He asked to see
the dead mans clothes and found that
they were exactly like those described
as worn by the murderer. The soiled
linen found in the murderer's room was
then shown the girl, and she i'm
mediately recognized it as her own,
and asked in great establishment
where they got it from. When ques-
toned as to the way in which the sui
eide was committed, she gave the fol-
lowing details: The proprietor of the
hotel was showing his rooms to magis-
terial commission, which is looking for
a house of safety in case of inundation
this winter. The hotel keeper knocked
at the young couples door, and said:
You will not mind! A commission
wishes to see this room" The gentle.
men did not enter, but the young man
turned pale, jumped into bed and gasp
ed, "The commission" pulled the
bed-clothes over his head and drank
the poison, which he had no doubt kept
ready for such an emergency. He toss
ed about violently as if in pain, and the
girl ran out to call for help, but when
she returned he could only say what the
poor postman had said before dying
"Water, for Gods sake give me water!,
Before the water touched his lips he
was stone dead.
The people at the hotel where the old
postman was murdered recognized the
dead man as the same who had engaged
the room, so that no doubt remains as
to his identity. The young mans name
is Burghardt and he was born in Hun
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