Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-17
BRUTAL HOMICIDE.
n,.LrD I'm A pKUsRrN QUARREL
An lnturisted Kowdy Tramps the I.ife out
OF Hts yictim--Tho Defendant
In the county JAN

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drunken spree, occurred about 10 o'clock
on Saturday night in the town Of Stras
burg, seven miles southeast OF this city.
| IL caused painful sensation throughout
the usually quiet community IN which IL
occurred aud ever since has been tho Occa-
sion Of great excitement. Tho parties to
tho tragedy were well known aud all tho
brutal circumstances attending IL have in
tonsiiod the popular feeling over IL.
| There has boen for years n beer saloon
kept IN tho first floor of tho Massasoit
hall building. Sometimes IL IL well kept
and sometimes not. There has always
| been division of sentiment In tho
| borough aud sometimes a contest In the
courts over tho licensing Of IL. IL Is q place
Of resort for tho young bloods Of tho town
| and surrounding country, especially on
| Saturday night, aud their meeting there
| night before last was tho occasion of tho
tragic occurrence 10y which ono man lost
| hrs life aud another now awaits in jail tho
determination by court and jury of tho
grade OF his ollense.
MIllard Fillmore IIilderbrand, who IL
charged with the death of his associate, IL
"A young man, son Of Jacob lIildobraud,
the well known scivoner, surveyor, justice
of tho peace, aud ex burgess Of tho town.
lio liz not popular young man aud has
|
| disposition aud a tendency to get him
sell and other people into trouble. The
man whom no killed was named Henry
| Eshleman. lilo was about 80 years of ago,
| resided "a mile aud "A half below Strasburg
aud had n vito aud five children. lIe was
| offensive aud imperLinent whom under tho
| iulucuca OF liquor aud that he did not
always conport himself as u man with
| family Of iivU little children should, IL
| shown by tho fact that he was registering
| around the town at q o'clock on Saturday
night
Tho Fight
II seems that lllldobrand aud Eshlemln
had boon drinking pretty freely during
| the evening and, with others, met in Brua's
Massisoit hall beer saloon between nine
and ton o'clock. All were enjoying them
selves in drunken fashion and when the
revelry was at its height, EShemIn, who
was particularly noisy, began in a maudlin
way 10 tease his companions by passing
from ono to another aud pulling their hats
down Ovor their eyes. On coming to
| llildGbrand, the latter, who IL easily aTous
ed and very passionate, threatened Eshle
man with violence If no did not desiSt.
| Tho warning was however wasted on
him aud repeating the offensive act Hide
brand turned upon him. his face aflame
with passion and struck him powerful
| blow that Knocked him hoadlong through
| the open door Of the saloon into the street
without. Tho now infuriatcd man, not
satisfied with the effect of the blow, rushed
out Of tho saloon alter his drunken victim
and there iiorcely trampled the PROSTATE
man in tho regions of his breast and neck,
the latter lying quite still aud offering no
resistance. one hour after the fatal atfray
had begun, Eshleman breathed his last.
| The encounter between the two men had
taken place with such startling Tapidity
that none of the eye witnesses to the scene
intcricred until the unfortunate victim was
beyond human aid.
| The Defendant Arrested.
According to the story of thoso who are
interested in the prosecution no attempt
was made TO arrest llildebrand who start
ed home. Next morning, however, he
was taken into custody by the borough
constable. Take me down to pop,
office" was the young man Is remark wher
ho was informed that he was arrested. lie
was taken before the justice who said
That's all right We've been To town
aud the judge has admitted the boy to i
thousand dollars bail" On this assurance
the officer released lllldebraud.
Mr. IIldcbrand's father, who was in tn,
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representation to the borough officers
His story IL that his sou, being
assaulted, only pushed Eshleman out
of the door of the saloon anc
fell upon him. Knowing the conse
quencGs of tho affair and tho popular feel
ing, "a well as the law in the case, he
brought his son to town yesterday with a
Wow to delivering him up to the proper
officers and having him admitted to bail
Being advised that the county offices wer,
all closed and that the business could moi
bo done he returned to Strashurg ; an,
when Officer SHELTON, of the borough, cam,
to the house, ho did not even serve the
warrant but went away satisfied will
Justice llildebraud's assurance that hi
son would not run away.
Meantime the local excitement ran very
high in Strasburg, and popular sentimen,
was very bittcr against llildebrand ; il
was intensified by the fact that he Wa
not arrested, and the report that shelton
was afraid to arrest him. III. G. Boob
esq deputy coroner, aud tho justice by
: whom the warrant that had not beel
served was issued came to Lancaster
, obtained process from Alderman Barr anC
late last night Officers Dechler aud Burn'
: went TO Strasburg. arrested young Hide
brand and lodged him in jail at n. III
y this moImlg
Ills counsel, NJ. Brosius and u. ID
Gakcr, osqs., appeared before court thl
morning with a Wow to arranging for
. hearing on u habeas corpus and To hav'
" him admitted GU bail, but as Distric
. Attorney Davis was not yet ready Tor thl
= it was fixed for next Saturday at D a. IN.
: liildehrand meanwhile to remain in jail
y 1t is said by parties who proteud I
= know that there had been an i'll icelin
y between lIildcbrand aud the deceased fu
=, some time, as they once had quarre
- about a dog.
rne Inquest ana Autopsy.
q Deputy Coroner, Book yesterday sun
q muucd u jury and held an inquest. DR.
h Kcneagy, Weaver and Black made a
n autopsy and it was learned that Eshl'
II mans injuries consisted mainly of ru
~ ture of blood vessels in the breast al
i death probably cnsued from internal her
i. orrhages, the result of being trampl'
., upon.
II Eshleman was originally from Mart
ID township. this county, where he has
=, brother Benjamin still living. lilo is
small farmer, with a family, as above +
lated. .::and owns the place upon which
lived south of Strasburg. On last Satu
as day ho attended market in this city al
m when he went to Frank Brua's saloon
ne Saturday night he was attended by |
10 hired man. When Hildebrand struck hi
4. | bnr uoa knnoka al ont the door.