The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-31
A MuRDKROUs MISSILE
'" AN Ex'Raitimorsan Tried 10
SLOW ~ His Family.


.,, Inc following remarkable account q, .,
49," ip. W assassination IL contained IN .
rn p,;i 70 inc baltimore american date,
'naoeiphia, October both "'''e'
Spu ioungheim, recently from Rail-;
q; vas arrested to-day upon the charg,
snn ",'VS"p''ng TO murder his wife, Christ
Gu, i9unghem; his son-in-law. Augus
~oS,INeii ms daughter, Emma Goeck .,
,,,,,n ~ ,uiaht, All former residents Of Raj
oh;S' ny means OF novel Internal ma
! ~ nv uoccNel, who is tailor, was seatet
;" i',s mouse, NO. 1885 Ncctarine street ,
.''nu'cs before 10 o'clock last Fr;da,
nn'g"t' when suddenly, and without cvcy
az az pcinohition OF sound, a heavy OH
!ee', apparently hurled with great force
,r;,,a through q pane Of glass in IN,
%,nuow BACK OF him, struck the coal-oI
,alP ana dropped To the floor. The lomr
va Mis sna''ered IN dozen pieces. and M
~ '"Icu Over thc tailor's face and hand,
vas spllkd from the vessel. Nv .
dr .'u" ~. accident the force OF the object
~ uie nmp-top and its burning wicL
',; ION tne oil and the lamp was eytln.
s',n.u, olherwise there would have beer
Hu instantaneous Ignition, and probably \
.Mgc IRE. As it was. the suddcnncss .,
/ .ne occurrence, the sound OF the croshino
sI">~' ana The immediate darkness q, tbe
lOoul' Huued 10 the bath OF oil STAG.
S.Lcu "oeckei, and left him horror.
W tHHe"' wondering. and uncertain
me be was wiping the pcrsniro.
ton from his face his attention wai . 80 .
u"V'Ie 10 the extreme corner Of the room
=! 4 Missing sound and little bit of Gilt.
,eI'ns name which emitted sparks. Coco.
he' was within an ace OF approaching and
ln>pccuhg 1t, when Il terrible explosion
SHOOK the house and the tailor was lifted
from ms feet and Frustrated on the floor
~ Tue same tlme The room was filled with
II! 'i'S glass shot, burning paper, pieces OF
caU, IRON taps, bolts and riyets, and over
| al lhere was smell Of gunpowder.
'oecKels vile was in the passaec-way
| Wh'n tle crash at the window occurred.
>ne had her infant in her arms and had
reached the threshold Of the door leadinn
INTO the tailor->hop at the time the lamn
was daShed to the floor. When she heard
tue noise and saw that the room had
become dark she slammed the door
and rushed down stairs. The explosion
which followed almost Immediately
brought her mother and herself to the
room, and when they opened the door a
bright light flashed up, and it was found
that the floor was on fire. Goeckel. being
only slightly stunned, arose and seized n
piece OF cloth which ne had been shrink
ing, and which was wet, and this ne threw
over the fire and in a very short time ey-
| tlnguiShed il. The explosion was an i'm
proviSed internal machine in the form Of a
bomb. lie picked up the scattered frag-
ment> OF the dangerous missile, which
consisted OF about six inches OF MALE
able lead used for the manufacture
OF pipe, half dozen pieces Of
"chunk" black glass, the crude ma
tcrial employed in bottles, two or three
broken bolts. taps, bars, and riyctS OF iron.
| scraps OF burnt paper, and several dozen
gun-Shot. \ close examination disclosed
that when the bomb had exploded its con-
tents had scattered i'm all directions, striking
the walls. the furniture, and the ceiling,
and dropping harmlcS,ly TO the floor. II
WAS evident that the bomb had been thrown
with murdcr0u~ intent. and being satisfied
that an attempt had been made 10 destroy
himself and family, Gocckcl. aS soon a. he
recovered from the condition in which he
had been left 10y the shock and the
excitement, reported the occurrence
u the police. The subsequent iuYcs-
tieation resulted in the arrest Of
CaSpar Goungheim. Upon searching
Younghcim's trunk q bah Of chunk glass,
powder, shot, and pieces Of iron bolts SINH
lar 20 those in the bomb were found in a
box. YOunghem'S past history show, that
he is thoroughly bad man. Mrs. Young
helm, who was seen at her SOn-in-laW' :
house to-day, expressed the opinion that
her husband had meant TO murder her, her
daughter. and Goeckel, out Of revenge for
having been driven by GOeckel from his
house in Nectarine street several months
ago. Noungheim and his wife went to Bal
timore from Germany in 1860 and they
have three chidren-Mrs. Goeckel and two
bows. aged respectively seventeen and thlr-
teen years. They lived in Baltimore until
July, ISL.
Toward the latter part Of their residence
there, loungheim, pale and industrious
dairyman, had taken TO drink and peTsc-
rutcd his wife and children, brutally beat
inc them and subiecting them to the worst
sort ~ treatment. Goechcl went to Baiu-
more seven wear, ago from Germany, ana
in 1879 married Emma IOmg hcim. lie In
c,,rrcd the Youn.heim,' lll-Will 10y taking
the part oi his mOthcr-in-laW, ana TINS maze
matters worse. In January, 1881, the PIT
.oncr attacked his wife and brulalN Deaf
her over the head with a saucepan. lie was
crested. tried. and sentenced by judge
Pinkncv 10 six months i'm jail. Ills time
expired I'm July, but a few days before ne
WIS liberated Goeckcl moved to tins city
with Mrs. Youngheim and his family, to
oct ont OF his father-in-laW' way. Dung
helm followed in a few months, ana con-
timed his prosecutions q, wen rs MS III
tsmncrancc. He was elected from Ooec-
ters bouse. and be then made threats tntt
he would destroy the whole household
lie had endeayorcd on two previous Ooc'-
sion. to execute these threats. LaSt ues-
doy NIGHT he was seen hanging around
1913 Nectarinc street, ana 1t Is I'iO"5 ~
he had the bomb prepared, ana W0ui.,
have thrown il in the window thal hlSh' |,
the family had not all been out. lie stA!cu
in Jacob Kevlar'S saloon, AZ the hoIthoaS'
"nrncr ~ Eleventh and Nectarlne streets
mil a late hour drinking, playing caruS,
and. il is thought, waiting Tor MS VIE any
Corckcl TO return home. 1heY st.ycu
o,v,v 60 late. however, that his designs
Y,'or: frustrated. 4 short time ago he pro,
duced 4 revolver, and telling lrlGnu '!"
me Intended to shoot his wife ana son-ii
law with il. asked him to accomp'll! mn
~ their house. The man declheu 70 r1h'
nort in the murdcrous mission, ana ouiis
b";m went away. lie will have Il hearing
- the Central station tomorrow
6o9us Lord Arrested