The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-14
SlXFOLD MURDERER
Six of a Family Of Ten
Died BY His Hand.
WILLHANG TOMORROW
A History of the Horrible krel'
der Murders.
BAMBURCER'S AWFUL CRIME
Other Interesting Items From
Various Sections.
A Brute to Hang.
Special to The News:

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Special to The News
CANDo, n. D., Dec. l4.--Al-
bert Hamburger will be hanged
here tomorrow for the murder of
Daniel S. Kroider, his wife, and
their four children. The crime was
committed al daylight on the morn
ing of July last. The murdered
family were at one time residents
of Lebanon county, Pennsy lvania,
where four brothers of the murdered
man still resi- e. hamburger is a SO
native of the same county, and his
father lives on Lehman street in the
city Of Lebanon. Early on the
morning of the day pamed the com
munity was Mortified by the arrival
Of little Annie kreider, VINO, half
dressed and almost frantic. bad
walked in from the farm, about
two miles distant. Between her
shrieks and cries she told the resi-
dents who were astir that her ia
theirs family had been butchered by
The hired man, Citizens vino hur.
ried to the homestead found an aw,
full spectacle of wholesl lie butcheIy
the father lying in his bed, the
mother in the kitchen, where she
mad been preparing breakfast, the
three girls, aged respectively
10, | ard 9, and one seven year Old
boy lying stiff and stark where they
had fallen from wounds inflicted by
a double barreled shotgun in tho
hands of hamburger. fhe latter,
who vas nephew Of Dan Kreider,
had been employed on the farm az
general utility man for about nine
months. The murdered children
were Bernice, aged -, NJ, riy, aged
IL, Mary, aged 8, and D4vid, aged
7; four other children, the eldest
being Annie, aged 10, were spared
by the murderer. From their
stories it was developed that on the
day prior to the tragedy Bsm6urger
had dispute with his uncle over a
fling matter, and during whicl
the two men nearly came to blows.
Mrs. Krelder, however, interfered,
and it was supposed that the trouble
had been amicably adjusted. Jast
aboTt daylight on the following
day, however, hamburger went
into the room where his uncle
vas sleeping aud fairly per.
forated him with bullets from a
Winchester r fls. He then went
down to the kitchen and shot Mrs.
Kreider, who was preparing break
last. Annie, who slept upstairs,
heard the shots, and upon getting
up met the murderer on the stairs.
He drove her back to his own room
and locked her in, and then went
into the childrens' room and began
killing them. Bernice jumped out
of window, but the fiend we"t
after her, brought her Dacs, anu
shot hei through the head. By
piteous appeals and supplications
Annie induced the butcher to spare
her life and also to spare her three
remaining little brothers. AT the
muzzle of his gun he compelled her
to prepare his breakfast with the
corpse of her mother lying at her
feet. He leisurely ate the meal,
then oriminally assaulted her, tied
her hand and foot, locked her in the
barn, saddled her favorite pony and
rode away to the northward. With
the aid of one of her brothers the
girl succeeded in freeing herself and
made her way to town,
leaving the little ones alone
with the dead. As soon as the
alarm had been given a score of
citizens started in pursuit. Sheriff
McCune and posse followed in the
same direction half an hour later
The murderer was making for the
Turtle Mountains. At the same
time mass meeting of citizens in
the market place offered reward of
$500 for the capture of the
murderer. hamburger, however,