Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-27
MURDER MOST FOUL.
Terrible Tragedy Enacted
Near Santa Ana.
A MAN AND HIS WIFE KILLED.
The Assassin Lynched by a
Posse Of Infuriated
Citizens.
Associated Press dispatches to the HERALD

SANTA ANA, January 26.-Mr.
Hitchcock, "a prominent farmer of Gar
den Grove, five miles from Santa
Ana, came to town last Monday even
ing with his wife, and acknowledged
his property to German named
Anschlag, who had bought his ranch,
and after that was not heard of. Sus-
picion was aroused last night, and in
vestigation proves that Hitchcock
and his wife returned home
on Monday afternoon and de-
livered the deed to Anschlag
who claimed that he paid them the
balance in cash, viz: $4,000, and
brought them to Santa Ana before day
light on Tuesday morning to take the
early train. They were not seen here
and no such parties are known to have
taken the train on that date. Search
at the house proves that all their
clothing, including three overcoats of
Mr.. Hitchcock and his wife's clothing,
trunks and jewelry, including her gold
watch, are all unmolested, or not even
packed up and put away.
A CHASTITY DISCOVERY.
At 4:45 this afternoon one of the
numerous parties of searchers, riding
three miles southeast of the Hitch
cock house, discovered fresh straw
on the prairie. They commenced
digging and soon discovered bodies.
They soon unearthed them, and after
taking the names of witnesses, lifted
out the bodies of Chas. B. Hitchcock
and his wife.
HOW THE DEED WAS DONE.
Hitchcock while attending to his
team between and 10 P. NJ. as usual,
was waylaid in the barn by Anschlag
with an axe, who followed this up by
killing Mrs. Hitchcock, loading both
bodies in the wagon, drawing them
to this forsaken spot, burying them
and starting to Santa Ana by daylight.
Out of the horrible hole came
several cans, probably Of blood, gath
cred fromthe ground where the victims
we're killed. Next came two ropes
which had been on the legs of the
bodies to haul them around with. A
party of lynchers quickly organized
and started at once for Anschlag, but
Marshal Insley had foreseen the
trouble and started the prisoner for
Anaheim.
IDENTITY OF THE DECEASED.
Mr.. Hitchcock, was handsome man,
tall, broad, shouldered, and comman-
ding of appearance; Mrs. Hitchcock,
was likewise handsome, refined
lady highly accomplished. Both
were leaders of social societies. He
was one of the main leaders in the
advancements OF the Santa Ana val
ley and first in railroad movements,
hotels, etc. Both were loved
and honored by all who
knew them. Mr.. Hitchcock's
father and mother are now tottering
on the edge of their graves. Mrs.
Hitchcock's father and mother are
living at Compton, Illinois,
with another son, Frank.
Anschlag is a middle sized man,
dark brown eyes, smooth face, we'll
dressed, speaks very little English.
He has been here one year. He has
a brother in Manchester, England.
His mother lives in Germany.
LATEST-ANSCHLAG LYNCIIED.
Information reached here at 8: 80
p. NJ. that the lynching party overlook
the officers a few miles south of
Anaheim, near bunch of trees, and
finished by hanging the murderer.
The courts will be petitioned to set
aside the deed and allow the property
to 90 to the heirs of the murdered in
stead of to those of the murderer.