Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-11-16
THE VINELAND MURDER.
Coroner sawyer Gives the Jury
Such Testimony as ne has i'm
His Possession, but the MUIR.
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such Testimony as ne has i'm
HIS Possession, but the MUIR.
derer is not Detected.
The body of Christian q siss, the
baker, cold In death, has been laid in
the grave. The Coroner has given
the jury such testimony as he can pro-
duce. The jury has rendered its ver-
dict, but the foul murder is unavenged,
and the assassin is unknown.
| One reaching Vineland Monday
would not have thought that the off,
cials were investigating an awful
crime Nobody seemed to be taking
any special interest In the matter and
there was absolutely no excitement.
And yet the fact remains that there
has been a murder committed so foul
that one may tremble at the awful
wickedness of the assassin, and the
heart bleed when 1t turns helplessly
toward the poor wretched wife, now
widowed, and the unhappy, fatherless
children.
1t all seems SO strange. Only two
weeks ago, there lived in Vine
land happy German family, Chris
tian Zaiss, baker, man who was en-
deared to his employer by his manly,
earnest devotion. Around his fireside
were gathered his little family for
whom he toiled, and whose existence
he made bright and happy.
And then a little more than two
weeks ago he kissed that wife good
bye. He patted the children upon the
head. and happily went off to the
bread board and oven. How strong
he was, a perfe ct specimen of man.
hood. Great broad shouldered, deep
chested fellow, it seemed as If he had
but begun life, and the whole future
was before him.
| And thus he began the work of the
night. 1t was midnight, maybe past
that silent hour, when this man Zaiss,
was out in the yard upon the premises
where he worked. His attention was
attracted to peculiar noise, and in a
moment his keen perception had
learned that the property of his en-
ployer was in danger. Burglars had
! entered the house and one came from
a rear window.
His manhood asserted itself. He
was loyal to his employer, and Chris
tian Zaiss, with all his courageous
strength, sprang upon the perpetrator
of crime. AS he seized the interloper
with his iron grasp, he called for help
in his clear, ringing voice. Then it
was the burglar turned assassin. He
grappled with the baker, and drew a
long knife, sharp and keen, and once,
twice, aye seven times 1t was plunged
into the back of the brave fellow. 1t
was then that Christian q .iss lost his
wonderful strength, and suffering
from the awful pain, weak from the
loss of blood, he sank back upon the
ground, and the burglar escaped, red
handed and with life upon his soul
And thus was Christian Zaiss found
by the officers and those about him.
Tenderly he was cared for. The best
physicians attended him. but the
wounds were mortal, and after six days
of fight against death, the heart ceased
to beat, and the victim of an awful
tragedy was cold in death.
And this was all that Coroner Saw
yer could present to the gentlemen OF
his jury Monday afternoon. The
County Physician and DR.. E. 81. Bid
well, men Of great learning and pro.
nounced skill, very elaborately des.
cribed the wounds as developed by a
post mortem, and with detail explained
the technical cause of death, but after
all it was simply story of the murder
of Christian Zaiss, and the man who
committed the crime has thus far
eluded the searching officers.
A reporter could learn but little Mon.
day, for as depicted above, there is
very little else to learn.
Many clues have been started,
and all have been run out, but appar.
emily the mystery is no nearer solved
now than 1t was before. There is q
determination on the part of some
people to have the matter thoroughly
ferreted out, but days are fieeting by,
and still nothing is being done. 1t Ii
known that small rewards have been
offered, and there are those who have
taken legal steps to ask the Governor
for reward of $500, and 1t ia hoped
that this amount, and from Other
sources, will be raised to $1,000 Do II
quickly. Act now! The murderer
should be caught. Christian Zaiss
must not die this death, and not be
avenged. Let the authorities redoubl'
their efforts. Call In somegreat de
tectives, run the fellow to the eartl
and may the law take its course.
GOOD Sites.