Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17

SOlOIo anu iuC hS
spiders working without fear, had fin
ished by uniting bronzes, paintings and
crockery.
The door was guarded by two police
men to prevent the invasion of the curl
Gus crowd. The chi IF conducted by the
butcher and grocer, both familiar with
the household, and followed by the sur
geon, assembled the stairs slowly, one at
ter the other, and arrived in front of the
old Jews room. The door, closed only
with latch, offered no resistance. The
policeman advancing few steps found
himself in the most profound obscurity,
and demanded if someone had brought
light. No one had thought of it,
"Walk straight ahead" said the butch
er; "the window is opposite the door,
The chief having followed this advice,
opened the window and threw back the
blinds, which intercepted the light OF
day. The light penetrating quickly in
to the rooms, lit up horrible tableau,
and feeling of terror caused those to re-
coil who stood behind the policeman.
The disordered bed was not only mussed
but trampled; the covers were thrown
about and dragged into the center Of the
room. with two chairs overturned. On
the table, soiled by the grease which
had dripped from the candle, was Ca
rafe half filled with water, and broken
glass. Everything denoted violent
struggle, terrible resistance that Of a
victim against a murderer.
In front of the bed hanging on the
wall, was one OF those clocks called
cuckoo. But what hideous sight One
of the weighted chains which hung from
the cuckoo was wound about the neck of
the unfortunate Samuel Stauffer, suspend
ed four inches from the floor. The face
already purple, the features inflated and
convulsed, showed that all hope was lost.
! Samuel was dead.
The surgeon fastened to ascertain, as
soon as the body was stretched on the
bed, how long since life had become ex-
tinct. The iron chain was deeply in
crusted in the flesh, making a fearfully
bloody collar. horrible to see.
The hands of the clock, arrested GA the
face, pointed to three in the morning.
There were therefore seven hours that
the broker had ceased to live. The mo-
ton must have left the clock at the same
time that the last breath LETT the lips of
the dead man.
Was 1t murder or suicide2 Justice in
her turn should decide. If one judged
simply from the inspection of the place,
the struggle was startling evidence Of
murder. The broker had been surprised
in his bed, sound asleep; he had resisted
as long as his weak body and age would
permit. Two chairs overturned, the bro
ken glass, noises which were lost in the
storm; the murderer Selling the chain of
the cuckoo and strangling the Jew, had
left him hanging, just grazing the floor;
this was the theory of the policeman
theory 50 plausible that the assistants
and even the surgeon listened without
dispute.
"If you imagine suicide recon-
menced the policeman, who was warming
up to the subject and agitating his arms,
'then Samuel Stauffer got upon chair
and kicking it over with his foot, re-
NAMED hanging by the neck. 1t is in
admissible. How can you explain the
broken glass; Why two chairs over
thrown instead of oneg Why the disor-
dered state of the bed, the blankets
dragged to the foot of the wall, nearly
under the clock? Find connection with
the theory Of suicide and explain it if
you CAMP
He stopped out of breath. Every one
was silent, regarding the corpse with
horror.
After minute the surgeon said:
pardon me, master But from whence
came the assassin, and how could he
have opened the door?"
"You think it was suicide" said the
policeman, tartly."
"But said the big butcher, coming for
ward, Samuel Stauffer had servant"
'"The servant, ali! I have forgotten
him. said the policeman, with trium-
plant look toward the surgeon.
"Quick! go and find him''
Herman and the chief entered the
room which was occupied by Jean Mul-
Ter
In one corner the domestic of the Jew
"a Young man of twenty half
dressed, was crouched on the floor like
come wild animal, holding his head in
his hands, without voice, haggard and
appearing to be under terrible 1mpres-
sion.
"What are you doingG" asked the
policeman, who dared not approach.
No reply. Muller did not bulge.
They assisted him to rise and supported
him under the arms. He let them do it
with complete indifference. Herman
handed him his jacket, and, supported
on each side, the young man was con-
Quoted into the presence of his murdered
master.
When he recognized the room of Sam
uel Stauffer, trembling seized his limbs
and by quick motion he attempted to
escape, but the iron hand of the butch
er checked the despairing effort
1 The chief of police turned his head:
his suspicious were beginning to be con-
| frmed more and more.
Brought before the bed, opposite the
corpse already cold. he regarded it stu
pidly, but without fear. 1t was not I'M
til he turned and saw the fatal chain,
that any terror seemed to possess him.
He trembled violently, his teeth chatter
ed, and falling on his knees, ne appear
to ask for mercy. But not sound issued
from his lips; he only made the most in
omprehensible gestures.
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