The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-09
1T BRED MURDER.
Bread War IN La Sale ends IN "A Trac-
edy ON Monday evening.
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La Sale was thrilled with excitement ON
Monday evening over controversy which
ended In the death of prominent and
wealthy citizen, and may lead the twenty.
yearold son Of rich and indulgent parent
TO the penitentiary or perhaps to the trap
of the gallows
bakers of that city, George Orsinger and
Henry Wagner, have waged rate war on
bread, which, as has always been the case
In Ike situations, produced ill.teeling,
hostility and rupture In their business as
well ms social relations. This hostility was
perhaps heightened by the fact that Wag.
ner had Deena resident of La Sale but
few months, having removed there last
iail ana purchased the bakery which he
conducted of It's former owner.
Felix Orsinger, son of George Orsinger,
met Wagner at the Sangerfest at Peru on
Sunday, where they had an alteration,
during which choice language was dis
pensed with. This but deepened the III
feeling between the rival houses, and on
Monday evening, at about G:30 o'clock,
young Orsinger. who il is said was under
the influence of liquor, went into Wag-
ner's place of business and asked to see
the young man that her husband was out,
and he Immediately began to abuse her.
applying vile epithets concerning her
character, which she very warmly resented,
when he struck her very poSerful blow
on the mouth, knocking her front teeth
loose. AT this juncture Wagner came In,
and with assistance put Orsinger out and
locked the door, With perfect volley of
profanity Orsinger threw himself against
the door and kicked 1t eff the hinges. He
then rushed at Wagner, knocked him down
and jumped IN him, and the victim of his
rash act expired inside of three minutes.
After he had committed the deed Orsinger
went across the street as If nothing particu.
lar had happened, says the Peru Meas, and
with rather quick gait walked down the
alley opposite and made his way to the
barn on Canal street, owned by B. f. Wal
rad, but rented by George Orsinger.
Marshal Keys gave chase and 1t was here
that he arrested him.
"How is he?" said Felix.
HE Is dead" replied the officer
Oringer's nerve then failed him; he
recognized the dreadful situation-he was
murderer within the unrelenting grasp
of the law. The marshal at once took him
to the calaboose, placed him therein and
set strong guard to watch the jail. By
this time the news of the awful occurrence
had spread like wild fire throughout La
Sale and Peru, and lynching was feared,
but happily nothing of the kind was at
tempted.
Coroner Clendennin, assisted by other
physicians, caused the remains to be de-
nuded. and examined them very carefully
for some time. The top of the skull was
removed and the cavity above the brain
was found to be filled with black blood,
showing that an artery had been broken by
the strain caused by the excitement of the
fight while there were two bad spots on
the brain of long standing, which denoted
a slightly injured mind, calculated to I'M
settle the mental poise of its possessor.
The stomach showed no serious injury, but
the kidneys were contested and surrounded
by settling of blood showing that he had
been kicked on the side.
The Coroner then impaneled his jury
and when the testimony of witnesses was
In, instructed the marshal to bring Orsinger
to this city, and he now rests with Mr..
Morrissey, without bail. to await the action
of the Grand Jury.
THE VERDICT.
ave, the jury, find the body before us
to be that of Henry Wagner, and that he
came to his death at La Sale, ILL.,, on the
fourth day of June, 1883, from the results
of blows inflicted upon the body of said
Henry Wagner, at the hands of Felix Or
singer. We further recommend tho Coro-
ner of La Sale county to hold said Felix
Orsinger to the Grand Jury of said county,
there to be dealt with according to law.
THEORIES.
One of the Doctors making the postmor-
tenn advanced the theory that Wagner's
death looked like a case of apoplexy
rather than as the result of blow, the
stroke having, of course, resulted from the
intense excitement of the quarrel