Daily Republican., 1881-11-02
ITRpsR MOST FOUL
- or ARKANvs FOR
vOELCKER.
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tSn r',,Nn' and a short history OF
~. is al. that will be necessary
~, at,o mind the particulars,
~, sa. Vmrcker, the murdered
Ea"rs E.ars, to Cecil from Pennsylvania,
.vsr,y wears agJ, and bought u
"t"ssrly " one hundred acres, in
'y.g uros which he resided until
,a,t ,' III. wife died not long ago.
,.Son, sixty-hve years Old, and
SIry 10 work the farln himself,
,r,sI % i ,n shares last spring to
u Arrarts, aged thirty years,
~. lived 10 the Neck district for
".,r Arrants, his wife and two
4, nos possession ofthe property.
,rieof III, house, which is built OF
"v,.,ckpr reserved ior himself,
ir,nts and his family lived in
ss,.tyr.. Some rine weeks bt.
a, murder Was committed Noel-
,,d Arrants, who had never got
.,r,ltoseine since the renting Of
I'm kgau to quarrel seriously.
,a1,i uale by Arrants upon Noel-
su. ,Ne result OF the disputes. The
srm arrested and bound over for
| y,tut+r term Of court. He was
N ludrr bail to keep the peace,
.,tbat No-,Cker had accused Ar
ot,or giving him fair share Of
ps received from the sale OF the
a,saistd on the farm. He had
n-pl Afr MS not to take tie
k,skon some choice trees which
kpirldy engaged to customers.
Iill. thai Ariants had taken the
sale a.kAd Of going to Etkrou
Ehrlg A'riut' arrested for steal.
\ ILL.,. III connection with the as.
l'4y, is the theory of the State
EsHvu. ,hl, Arrants committed
\ a1rut NOtlcker had made ar.
kx-at, with 4 Mr.. Harris, IL thrash
|null, hI, machine aud hands tt
kNu On Tuesday, Septer Der i, to
ElA wheat which had been sown be.
} A-aH's rented the property,and In
sahe had no share. During Mon
4 Spember 3, Noelcker went 10
sthts,., a neighborinz town, and
-li,et quantity OF meat and
.d iced the hands psxt day. He
Flid Ohaye the mea; cooked ata
gsbG'., named Crouch, ~ Arrants
lnt,7i ID 10 the cooking, notwith.
IalgS Voelck"r alleged, he had
ralSi y do Hhatever cooking the
ia nQles,ed. Noelrker had been
vigil. cooklhg done in the vicinity,
.A prepared everything for the
TtE, except some potatoes, and
Ia At went to his own house TO
fix he was never seen afterwards,
n&N a Mr., Hickman, until his
flrtouud, On Tuesday morning
FsEEers arrived on the farm, and
|g'4rrants inquired for Noelcker,
fs! told that he was not there
eh'ed until the afternoon, when
'@oS their machine elSew here. The
'i Voelcker's strange disappear
4l!ckly spread, aud the reiKhbors
4 out and began to look for him.
Wednesday regularly organized
was commenced. One of the
iers, Mr.. Absalom Hylaud, while
owe a feli came across a trail
something had evidently been
ed. Ho followed it toward the
and when he reached the waters
vas nailed by two boys, John
ana WIN. Arrants, the latter be.
hilsman Of the prisoner. The
,oId hun that they had seen the
man projecting from the water.
'ners ga here around and great
| 'L Pit'"l'eu' II! land Jumped
podI ana Nent out to where the
Ssfe' anu there, nearly hidden by
ater' was tn body Of Voelcker.
ahcho'td in the river by a chain
! haa been tied around the dead
H1ch' Some Of the searchers
on 70 notify the authorities, VIII lie
" anu several others, after taking
ny " Out Of the water, returned to
a.. a ana followed it in the opposite
Iol' The trail led through a
!. aswamp, a deep ravine, along
~ y VI a corn field, through an
NY. " ana directly to the barnyard
!, r,Nlcker property, where be-
,.n'ace ~ asace and a rack of clover hay
y object had evidently been
! ,aoeayy club, ciotted " ith b.ood
i~ ,l hair clinging to it, was
tsau'hg against the fence inside
~ bsaI'a!ard, showing that the mur-
,d ia H'''e'i MS victim in the yard
in H. t'''ed him over the fence and
'u ~ between the fence and rack tfl
i,i' 10y While undecided upon what
'.On ,.ui, 70 make of the body.
'.alI showed how it was dragged
NV tsef' Securing a boat at the
t.e murderer broke the anchor
pln ~ the bow, and wrap Ding it
~; ;le neck of lhe dead man, and
y, .,Oe 1t, rowed out to what he
W. ,dr was deep water, and dropped
~. n o'erboard. The moon was
!. ~ s.i, I'e time, and as its CHASTITY
,ba Ia''l upon the river it gave the
,Ie Wv appearance of considerable
'tus ,, misleading the murderer;
,inn 'ne .iae was exceedingly low.
s h 70 the shore, the murderer
y voal adrlit The discovery OF
y, y ~ the boys was owing to the
n, ~ vi tie ooai having sent them in
,t 10 property.
l' aoovt Is the States version. |
o, oct to prove that Arrants'
N I'",in II Was toe me to Viii.
II NV h'"'ce week to sell the pro-
,;ae ,t;aaeefarm, had made an engage
N n'u ".,.a a neiShbor to go to viii.
d;a H,'h him Tuesday morning, |
hi" a not go until after sunrise; |
com s Ietnrh, when be was arrest |
ta;na ta;mnl''ed to Jail, q shirt, with
s III Oh 1t, was found in his
.as '' asult of clothes belonging |
wn ~H' found at his father n-law's
lrv lu,rs 70 1t hat just been hung
r,,.. si'er having been removed |
;: t%a q house and thoroughly |
, u"1 m" a piece of rope owned by |
h,, was found tied to the dead |
n I .ba bArrants was stripped naked |
hi. e presence oftwo physicians;
ed ' h shoulder were three blisters,
I'm w marx of discoloration,
line .,D@tiVn produced by q per-
H n. something heavy with a rope
y hs, h iess We're scratches as If
hss,i D,ier'; that Arrants declared
nd n h 9ilten by bugs on the shoul.
h nj. 'a accidental y scratched his
b. Il hnAhd, illustrating how he |
|. diaaoSsc scratching himself again
sr srusrent so. direction from which
ana .a,a'cher catcher ran, and that the
nco, ueciared both Of his state