Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-09
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Mure,cr, Arson and suicide.

| z AuTGcE, Arson ana suicide.
| a teIegrsptlc dispatch r Yesterday Gaz.te
announced Ito iect merely last john Kempel,
saloon keeper al Jamaica. Loug Island, hsd
killed bis wife. Gted bis house anG then hang.
cg himself. The following particulars OF the
horrible affair are taken I,0m tho NcS York
Herald:
! Jamaica, Ling Island, has 1st been the
scano OF terriolo tragedy, whoa 10 eli proba
Eiiy had lis origin 10 or!mo tast was o0mmi;-
| ted there ever Two years ago. Tho town was
subk 10 slumber, and ali was scemiusiy in peaoo
! and At rest Theo suddenly, JUS! before ria2ght
on Tuesday, tho inhasitaurs We're ste.Gied py
tho hre bells ringing ous an alarm. 1t was
quickly responded to by the itv;.eu anc ci;i-
z!ns, who soon ascar aimed that the saioon aud
Residence of join kempel, in South street,
was on fire. At this lime the tuldiDg, two
story frame aud large daEcng ball in the east
cad, were buroiog 6eroCly in the lower floors,
| and DO person was to be seen about the premi.
ses. Believing that the inmates wore sleupiug
IN the stcJnd story. several persons rao
down the alley at tho vest e6d OF tho h1u1e fer
the purpose OF procurlog ladder to resous the
sleeping inmates. As they reached the back
soop they we're horriied to see Ibe body CT
Elr3. kemDel sitting in roek,og chair with her
skull crushed 10 aud her bralus scattered 90 tno
chair aud floor of tho soJp Tbe back Of the
casir vas broken 81 il from tha blow Of a ham,
ner or axe. The flames Of the buraiog build.
Jog lit up the ghastly face of the dead Wouiau,
Tne body vas still Warm, but life Was extinct,
They saw at a glance 1t was useless to waste
time there. aud dresdicg that there we're
precious lives 10 the house waiting TO bo sav.d
t3ey hurried 90. ihe bells Wsrs sill lulus
ou, their r3tea Of warning. aud other people
zero hurrying Q 9 who would remove tho corpse.
The meu ha5ienei 10 the barn, their wy III up
By tho fanes Of lho building, and threw
hurried plauoo around 10 search of ladder, but
hers sight met thcr gsz,, sight as horrible
as that whlcl they had just left bchIbd thaul.
Hsrglng under the wagon shed Was the body OF
komptl. suspended from rattrr ty plecs of
bed line. Tho body Wao sill warm aud it
was cut down as quickly as possible, but oil
efforts at resuscltallcn Wera trCtless Both
kempel ard his wife were fully dressed, with
the exception thrt Kempel w,re no shoes or
coat. When the 6tensn came up the fl .mes
had g.lned considerable heslway. but ty
diut uf hard work and steady peIss.
verarce they were ere long masters of the si!s
ustion. There were few perscos in the mouse.
only the children of the dad parents aud onl-
ored man, and thes, We're rnnsed in time and
saved, As tho limp body Of ksnpel was borne
out 10 the bright glow OF the burning building
the crowd drew back, but they retrcated still
further with horror as the dis6surcd and ghss,Iy
remains of Mrs. KempeI pass, them. From
various sonrco3 it was gathered that Kampel
Was guilty OF murder, arson and suicide. Katie
Fiacbaus, the daughter of Mrs. Kcmpel, ssys
hat she sod her brother retired to bed on
Tuesday evening about nine O'Clock, and that
she was awakened BY tho smoke and cracking
flames. Hastenlng down stairs she found the
back door open. nnd stepping out ou to the
stoop saw her mother sitting in tho rocking
chair dead nod her fac, covered With blood.
The baby ley on the s,oop by the sid, OF the
chair Katie picked up b, baby, rso u o stairs,
awakened her brother, and, carrying the baby,
ran out aud slammed the neiehbors. She states
thst she did not hear her father and mother
quatrellng that evy niog, although she had ofteu
betor, Mrs. Kempel is sptkan of By her
neighbors as sober, industrious womnn, and
often told them that she would net die q uatu-
raj death, but would be killed by her husband.
She vas forty-6vo years of ago and the motber
OF tl'e children, four by former husband
sud the infant (siE months oId) by Ken.
pei. ksmpel was about tho same age as
bis wife. tic was addicted to l;quor and
OF brutal temperament. From all that
Gao be learned Kenpel and bis vito vere
on apparent good terms during Tuesday,
and he seemed more a1ectionate to his wife sud
children than wss common with him. That KEN.
pei and his wife qu.rrelled on Iue2dsy evrning
is certain, ss they heard by the neigh bors.
Their chickering's we're always in references TO The
property (Which i valued q. shout SS C00) left
to Mrs kempel Sy her first husband John
Flschsus. From every indication it would
seem that Remptl atLer numbering his wife as
che set on the back st0op caring for her sick in
| FAINT. saturated the bsr and shelving in the store
| then act fire to il Intending to burn the house
| the fire under good headWsy, ran 70 the
| wagon shed and hanged himself Two years
| ago Mrs. pels first husband, Flachsus, dis.
| appeared from his home and his body was found
| lying in pool of wster nesr the Two Mile Mill.
pond. His SKULL was fractured and large stone
! was tied to his neck. the Co oner's jury fourd
| 8 verdict that he came to his death by drowning.
| It is the general belief now that hs was killed
| and thrown where found by kempsl, who q. the
| time was a frequent visitor at the house. After
| ward he began TO pay attention to the widow,
| and about nine months ago married her. Bo.h
Kempler and his wife ware Germans, bu. have
| been in this country from their chilhood.
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