The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

here. a pound or meat Is only
twenty pfenning, a. load of
marks, a fat cow, twenty marks. / like
it and am very much pleased here. Ny
picture you can give to Adam Grebel. /
am we'll and hope you and your family
are In good health. Kind regards to you,
brother, your wife aud childrene sister.
Bette, friends and acquaintance.
Your dear brother,
PHILIP OHEACKER.
P. S.-Dear brother, don't write any
more.
PLANNING a NEW DISCRETION:
While Onnacker was making pre- para
tions to kill himself Mrs. Barth was
secretly making preparations to return
to Germany. Finally when she had
completed these preparations she
hurriedly left tho farm in
the town in which they were located !.
and tried to persuade her to return with
him. She refused and he went along
with her on the train.
AS near as can be learned the couple ar
rived In Hoboken on Friday. Mrs. Barth
bought a ticket for the steerage in the
Elder.
All the time ohnacker was trying to
persuade her not TO go back to Germany,
but she was obstinate.
Finally as the steamer was about to leave
| yesterday, Ohnacker made q last plea for
her to return to him and on her refusal he
shot her and then himself
| Two other letters which had been
sealed and addressed were also found in
Ohnacker's pockets. They read as fol-
lows
AMERICA, April IS.
DEAR FRIEND MAx-Enclosed / send
| you my photographs. Give one of them
| to Valentine Windhuchler. From him
| you will hear why left on that evening
when saw You last. We went to
| Cologne, from there to Antwerp, from
there TO Liverpool and from there to
| America.
/ like it better here, and / nave saved
! 100 marks already. have good food,
more meat and potatoes, morning, noon
and evening, than / require. am with q
| German family on a farm They are
very kind to me-. / get about 10 or 16
marks in day, and prudent man can
| save in one year 500 or Fl 900 marks.
| In Germany one can save only 500
| pfenning.
People don't know anything about tax
paying here except those who own real
estate. For single man it is very good
here if he is saving. II get acquainted
yearly. There is more order here than in
Germany. although did not believe it.
| COMPLIMENT TO THE POLICE.
The police are better than In Mayence.
| They search for murderer or robber for
| years and don't stop until they get him.
| IL is very warm here and they are plant
| ing here now, just as you are doing.
That stab wound you gave me is healed.
1t is a question whether we see each
| other again. If we don't you have my
| photograph. Give Valentine one OF the
photographs. You, Valentine and were
| good friends.
can't give you my address. because
don't know whether I shall stay here or
| 90 elsewhere.
April II. 1881.
Dear Mr.. Muamann-I am in America.
| send you my photograph as token.
| Hearty greeting to your family.
PHILIP OHEACKER,
who served in the Twelfth company and
| helped you dig out potatoes.
| am five hours from New York. Now,
will conclude with greetings to you,
your wife and your children. Your
| friend, PHILIP OHNACKER.
Besides the 42calibre revolver found in
the dead mans pockets there was long
keen-edged dagger.
The relatives OF the deceased couple in
Germay Will be notified as once.