Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-17
lcIneinnatf News JouruaLl
A PREMIUM PUT UPON COLD
FLOODED MURDERS.
nc the Last Hour by Freeing the
Murderer of Schiliing.

Scarcely u citizen of Cincinnati will
fail 10 remember the horrible murder
that was committed at Freiberg's Tan
merry in this city in 1874, in which a
young man named Herman Schilling
was foully slaughtered, and afterwartl
partially cremated on the premises. AT
the time the fiendish affair created the
profoundest excitement and agitation
in this city, and to this day the murder
in question is celebrated as the tan
yard horror.
The murderers, Andreas Egner and
George Rufer, were sentenced to serve a
life sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary.
Even that caused storm of indigna-
tion, as it was the opinion of all law
abiding citizens that hanging was only
too good for the perpetrators of such a
terrible crime. If the escape of the vile
murderers from the ignominious death
they deserved created Indignation, what
must a pardon in such a ease provoked
Be that as it may, his royal highness,
Governor Foster, yesterday defied all
justice and made a bid for the contempt
of the respectable people of Cincinnati
by setting at liberty Andreas Egner, ,one
of the murderers Of Herman Schilling.
Governor Fosters imagination must be
exceedingly vivid, to find cause for
such an outrageous proceeding.
The history of the crime above re-
ferred to-i. e., the murder of Schilling
is the most revolving that it has ever
been necessary to write in chrOnicling
events in Cincinnati. Schilling was o
German, twenty-seven years of age, who
had been employed for number of
years previous to his death by Henry
Frciberg, at his tannery, on Livingston
street, between Central avenue and John
street. Rufer and Egner lay in wait in
the stable, Mt the tannery, on the night
of Saturday, Move nber 7, 1874, expect
ing Schilling to come there between 10
and II o'clock, to attend to the horse
that was under his care. Schilling did
come, and the tiends killed him with
a six pronged pitchfork. They dragged
the body to the engine room of the tan
merry and placed it therein, expecting it
to be annihilated by the flames. On
Sunday morning, however, the murder
was discovered, and portions Of the
pulled out of the furnace. Threats
llidut ny lighter dRAtIisb foClillIiliSS Iue
were recalled, and caused him to be sus-
pected. Cobwebs and blood found on
his hat and clothing strengthened that
suspicion. He was arrested So was
Rufer and Fred Egner, a son of An
dreas. In the course of time q reporter
elected from young Egner confession,
and it transpired that the right parties
| had been arrested.
Andreas Egner kept saloon at No.
l53 Findlay street, and some time
before the murder SchiEling had taken
meals at Egner's. He had carnal
knewlctge Of Juiisl4t E,gaer. a daughter
of Andreas. He claimed, however, that
he, had not seduced her. The girl died
June 6, 1874, shortly after giving birth
to child in the hospital. The Egners
on that day beat Schilling nearly te
death, and were placed under bonds to
keep the peace, but threatened to final
ly murder the young man. Rufer was
merely friend of the Egners, and as
sisted in the murder out of pure devil
ment.