Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-04
Case Of terrible peuravifv.

Case Of Terrible Depravify.
A SHOCKING CRIME DISCOVERED IN THE HOUSE
HOLD OF A GERMAN CITIZEN
The details Of shocking crime which has had
few parallels have just been made public and led
to an arrest in Baltimore last evening of man
supposed to be the criminal Adolf Kendig, a
German, whose family consists of a wife, two
daughters, and an adopted child. keeps cigar
ana confectionery store at No. 1904 ID street.
some months ago he took in out of charity as a
member OF his household, man named Andrew
Hills or Antonio Hiltz. Hills depravity was first
made known some time ago when his unlawful
intimacy with an Irish servant girl was betrayed
py the girls becoming a mother. Last Thurs
DAY the adopted child, Ella Collins. who is only
ten years Old informed Mrs. Kendig that Hills
mad outraged her, compelling her submission
TO him by threats. The mother soon ascertained
that both of her own children. Lena aged Is
years, and Laura, aged II years. had been victims
10 the mans brutal depravity. he having gained
his purpose by force and threats. Mrs. kendig
fearing the consequences of her husbands sud
zen anger guarded the terrible secret from him
for awhile. Meanwhile Hills discovering that
MS crimes had been discovered left the house on
Friday last. His trunk was sent to Mrs Mller's
on pennsylvania avenue where Hills remained
a short time. and then left tor parts unknown.
Inc police were then notified of the facts.
Hills, Or Hiltz, is about five feet four inches in
height, has red face. high cheek bones, dark
uio" IL httI stTcakcu WltH gray. anu Heaty Diack
moustache and imperial. He is of slight build.
and has slight halt in his gait 1t is said that
he speaks English. French and German fluently.
HE was in government employ under Presidents
Grant and Hayes, and, it is said, lost his posi-
ton on account Of dissipation. Two men. repre-
senting themselves to be detectives from Wash
ngtOn, arrested in Baltimore last night a
man VINO gave his name as Andrew Heahi q
baker. employed on Lexington street near Pine
on suspicion OF being the fugitive. Heahl APP
moo w v,;rl,n
he had been about home every day for the past
TWO or three weeks. and had not been I'm WASH
mgton for five years. His employer also dis
credited the story that he had been in Washing
ton.
THE STRANGE STORY OF THE ARREST OF THE
BALTIMORE BAKER.
This morning. the German arrested in Balti-
more came to the Police headquarters. giving
his name as Andrew Heah and asked for trans
portation to Baltimore. He stated to Major
Brock that he had been rudeIy seized by two
Baltimore officers. or men pretending to be
officers, who showed him paper which they
said was warrant. charging him with some
th1ng about some girls in Washington which he
did not understand. They took him at once to
the depot OF the B. & o. railroad. and sent a
dispatch to Washington that they had their man.
Arriving in this city they took him at once to
some restaurant when they commenced playing
some game for drinks and got half drunk and
the crowd ofrOughs insuited him. using the vilest
KIND OF language, threatening TO kill him. He
was very much frightened not knowing what it
ali meant. They afterwards took him to
the house where this thing had occurred. 1t
was then about II o'clock at night and the fam
lly OF Germans who had been outraged had re-
tired to bed. They were all called up. and every
one as they came in said. That is not the man.
What to do he did not know and after being
subjected to the tauntS and jeers of the crowd of
roughs for an hour or more. the two wOuld-be
officers took him to the American house. oppo-
site the market-hOuse. where they stopped last
night. He (the prisOnerl had no money with
him, and they had no supper before going to
oed,- ana ne was very faint. The two officers
slept in one bed and he in another and this
morning the officers got up before him and left
the place without paying for lodgings. leaving
MIN to Shift for himself. Some man whom he
did not know afterwards came there and paid
the proprietors $3.50 for their lodgings He
thinks the men returned to Baltimore. One ofthem
gave him his name this morning as Edw A. Healy
The other man did not give him his name. but he
would know him again. He is a large man and
talks German. They both are from Baltimore
and he thinks the sergeant of the Pine street
station in that city knows them They had
badges under their coat collars. Heahl states
that he is an entire stranger in this city, never
having been here before; that he has wife in
Baltimore, they having been married only two
months since, and he is in great trouble about
her. as ne does not know what she will think of
him being charged with such a crime. He eX-
presses his purpose to sue the scoundrels for
false arrest and for damages. He was working
at batch Of fresh dough (being baker, at the
time of his arrest. There was at least $40 worth
of dough, which he thinks will be spoiled by his
absence
INVESTIGATION BY THE POLICE.
Major Brock stated that he would see that he
got back to Baltimore again: but he would first
ascertain whether the police of this city had any
hand in the arrest. Lieut.. Arnold, of the 5th
police precinct, states that the circumstances of
III
two weeks ago by the German family since
which time his officers have been trying to find
the guilty man, but he knows nothing about
this outrage upon Andrew Heahl in forcing him
to this city: The name of the guilty party is
Antonio Hill. or Hiltz and different man en-
tirely. How these Baltimore officers knew of
the case. or what authority they had for this
strange proceeding remains to be unravelled.
POSSIBLE CLUE.
LII. Arnold, states that a man giving his name
as Luckett a brother Of Constable Luckett, ap-
piled to him last Monday. stating that he
knew this man Hiltz very well; that he had good
cause to think he had left for Baltimore. and
asked if he could arrest him himself if he found
him. Lit. Arnold states that he told him mo"
but to call upon the first policeman he could lind
to do it. 1t. Eckloff is in search of these Bait
timOre officers.
THE DErEcr1vEs'' DETECTED.
In his investigation this morning Lieut. Ecklofr
took Heahl with him. They went to the restau-
forwards to the house of the German, and ascer-
tanned that a constable named Pfel. who does
business at Justice TaylOr's office. was the man
who went TO Baltimore, and not Luckett; that
he told the story Of the outrage and the mans
name who was wanted, and that the men who
played the part OF detectives in Baltimore and
brought Heahl here were Ed. A. Healy and God
frey kOffinberger. both county constables of that
city, and that the latter was formerly mags-
tfate. Lieut.. EcklOf returned to headquarters
and wrote Oat a statement of the facts. and sent
it to Marshal Grey, of Baltimore, by Mr.. Heahl,
who returned there this afternoon
MEETING OF THE FIRE BOARD-The board of
Fire Commissioners met last evening The re-
port Ofthe ChiefEngineer for the month of July
was submitted, stating that there We're six
alarms for fires during the month"; involving an
estimated loss of 81 100, with an insurance on
the same Of o. 600. Newman Wilkinson had
been appointed temporary fireman ON Engine
Company No; g., vice Samuel D. Mackey, re-
signed; J. A, Walsh, temporary private on En-
gine Company No: l, vice James Burroughs, re-
signed; private Kirkpatrick promoted to be fire.
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