The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-10
CALENDAR OF CRIME.
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a HoEsTEs's MuRPRs AND SUICIDE
At Jamaica, Long IsIand-Capture OF
the Prairie Pirates In MIsSOuri-AH
Virginia Tragcdy-The era.
mer Murder Trial.

1 mer Murder Trial.
: New YoRK, September 0. - Jamaica
Long Island, has just been the scene Of 1
5 terrible tragedy, which in all probabilit!
I had its origin in a crime that was commit
! ted there over two years ago The towr
was sunk in slumber, and all was seeming
/ ly in peace and at rest, when suddenly
just before midnight on Tuesday, the in
habtants were startled by the fire bell.
ringing out IN alarm 1t was quickly re-
sponded to by the tiremen and citizens
who sOol asceFtained that the saloon and
residence OF John Kempel, in South street,
was on fire: Among the first to arrive at
the burning building was William Car
penter and several Of the neighbOrs At
this time the building, two-story
frame and u large dancing hall in
the east end, were burning fercely in the
lower floor, and no person was to be seen
about the premises. Believing that the in.
mates were sleeping in the second story
Carpenter and several Others run down the
alley ut the west end OF the house for the
purpose Of procuring ladder to rescue the
sleeping inmates. AS Carpenter reached
the back stoop he was Mortified to see the
body OF Mn. Kempel sitting in a rocking
chair with her skull crushed in and her
brains scattered on the chair and floor Of
the stoop The back Of the chair was
broken as il from the blow OF hammer or
axe, The flames Of the burning building
lit up the ghastly face Of tile dead woman.
The body was still warm, but life WIS ex.
tinCt, They saw ut glance it was useless
to waste time there, and dreading that there
wereprecious lives in thehouse waiting to be
saved they hurried on. The bells were
still tOlling on their notes Of warning, and
other people were hurrying up who would
remove the corpse. The men hastened to
the barn, their way lit up by the flames Of
the building, Carpenter and his compan.
ion, John Fitzgerald, threw hurried
glance around in search Of n ladder but
here sight met their startled gnze, a sight
lB horrible as thnt which they had lust left
behind them. Hanging under the, wagon
shed was tie body 81 Kempel, suspended
from raiter bya piece OF bed line. The
body wasstill warm and it WAS out down ~
quickly as possible, but all efforts ut reCus.
citation were fruitless.
TEIRtBLE DISCOVERY BY TIE DAUGHTER.
The inquest was held last evening. From
various sources II was gathered that KEN.
pol was guilty Of murder, arson and
suicide. Katie Flachaus, the langhcr of
Mrs. Kempel, says that she and her brother
retired to he'd on Tuesday evening about o |
o'clock, md that she WIS awakened by The |
smoke and cracking flames IIastening
down stairs she found the back door open,
and stepping out on tho stOop saw her
mother sitting IN tho roOkiRg phaIF dead
and her face covered with blood. Tho |
baby lay on the stOop by the side OF the
chair. Katie picked up the baby run up
stairs, awakened her brother, and carrying |
the baby, ran out and alarmed the neigh. |
bOrs. She states that she did not hear her |
father and mother luarreling that evening,
although she had often before.
Samuel Townsend, c0ored man, who
occupied Il room in the Kempe house, says
that before retiring he heard Kempel and |
his wife guarrellng, hut MS they spoke In |
German he could not understand thelr con.
verSation. He soon fell asleep, and was
only awakened by the smoke. He lost
what little property he had. Townsend
also informed the reporter that the parties
quNrreled often; that only two weeks since
he nt midnight went for Judge Belts TO
draw Mrs Kempel's Till, as she believed
that she then was abopt TO die from inju.
ries INFLICTED uROn her by kempel, but she
refused to make complaint against him,
REsCLT or 4 auARREI-
Prom all that Oan be learned Kennel
and his wife were on apparent good terms
during Tuesday, and he seemed more alTec.
tionate to his wife and children than was
common with him, That Kempel and his
wife q!arreled on Tuesday evening Is GER
tain, rs they were heard not only by Town
send, but also by the neighboB. From ev-
cry indication Il would seem that Kempel,
after numbering his wife as she sat on the
hack sto0p caring for her sick infant, Satu,
rated the har md shelving In the store,
then set fire to II, intending to hurn the
house and Its sleeping inmates, and, after
seeing that the fire was under good head.
way, run to the wagon shed and hanged
himself.
both kempel and his wife we're Germans,
but they have been in this country from
their childhood. The scene Of the tragedy
was visited yesterday by persons from all
parts OF the town, and hut little else vas
talked Of
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
DAxytLLE, .september g.-Near White
Mill, this county, yesterday, Robert vii.
liams and wife had a quarrel. The wife
went to Magistrate, from whom she OBJ I
IaiRed warrant for the arrest Of Williams,
The Magistrate appointed Williams own
son as special constable to execute the
warrant On arriving at Williams house
with the warrant the dead body OF Will
iams was found lying upon the bed, with
Ihe hea' nearly severed from the holF,
md nm axe laying beside II. II was asCGr,
Iaincd that the two daughters Of Williams, ,
who had been left with him by their moth. :
nr when she went for the warrant, had fled
after having perpetFatetl the murder and ]
have not yet Geen artested Williams was
IN etltcated iIlah, Of good fntnily, bit was ,
Indicted 70 drink, and was dangerous when
drunk Z Ell y |,
MoLLtE MAGutREs INDICTED.
PirrsBrmH, September "a dispatch
from uniontown says; The grand jury
found true bills to-day against the Mollie
SIagites ACCUSED ot AIaptice 1tealoy's
murder. Their names are John Kane
Bthk Collins, James MarFarlane, Pat
DOlan, barney Flood, Mike Dolan and