Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

treated according to the rule and prece-
| dent. Sub-Inspector Winkel, as your superior
officer, l command you to arrest me upon .
charge of murderously assaulting you; on
| will commit me to prison for the night togeth-
er with Herr Won Schlegel and Herr Wilhelm
| Schlessinger. We shall take our trial at the
coming sitting of the judges. In the mean
pointing to the piece of parchment, land,
| while I am away, devote your time and
energy to utilizing the clew you have obtained
in discovering who it was who slew herr
Schiller, the Bohemian Hebrew"
The one missing link in the chain OF evloence
was soon supplied. On the 2Sth of December
the wife of Reinmaul, the janitor, coming into
husband hanging Hfeless from hook IN the
WALL On the table was a note In which he
confessed to the murder of Sch1ner tne Jew,
adding that the deceased had been his Oldest
friend, and that he had slain him without pre-
meditation, in obedience to uncontroiaDle i'm
pulse. Remorse and grief had driven n1m to
self-destructIon, and he ended his confession
by commencing his soul to the mercy Of
Heaven.
The trial which ensued was one of the
strangest which ever occurred in the whole his
tory of jurisprudence. 1t was in vain that the
prosecuting counsel urged the improbability of
the explanation offered. The chain OF facts
was too strong, and the prisoners were unani-
mously acquitted This silver hatcnet," re-
marked the judge in his summing up, has
hung untouched upon the wall in the mansion
of the Graf Won Schulling for nearly 200 years.
The shocking manner in which he met his
death at the hands of his favorite house stew
ard is still fresh in your recollection. 1t has
come out in evidence that, a few days before
the murder, the steward had overhauled the
old weapons and cleaned them. In doing this
he must have touched the handle of this
hatchet Immediately afterward he slew his
master, whom he had served faithfully for 20
years. invite your most careful consfdera-
tion, gentlemen of the jury, to this chain of
facts, knowing that you will find verdict ac-
cording TO your consciences, without fear or
favor"
Perhaps the most interesting piece of evil
dence was this of DR.. Langemann. the eminent
medico-jurist
Il am not sure, gentlemen, that there is need
to fall back upon necromancy or the black art
for an explanation of what has occurred.
What s ay is merely hypothesis, without
proof of any Sort but in case so extraordinary
every suggestion may be of value. The Rosf-
cruclans to whom allusion is made in this
paper, were the most profound chemists of the
early Middle Ages and included the principal
alchemists, whose names have descended to u.s.
Much as chemistry has advanced, there are
some points in which the ancients were ahead
of US, and in none more SO than in the manu-
1actuPe OF poiTSGns Tpls Oh subtle da, ana dead,
one of the elders of the Rosicru-
clans, possessed, no doubt, the recipe of many
such mixtures, some of which, like the aqua
tofana OF the Medicis, would poison BY pene-
trating through the pores of the skin. 1t is con-
ceivable that the handle of this silver hatchet
has been anointed by some preparation which
is a diffusible poison, having the effect upon
the human body of bringing on sudden and
acute attacks of homicidal mania. In such at
tacks it is well known that the madman's rage
is turned against those whom he loved best
when sane. l have no proof to support me in
my theory, and simply give it for what it is
worth"
With this extract from the speech of the
learned professor, we close the account of this
famous trial.-London Society.