St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-18
KILLED A GERMAN COUNT.
STARTLING TRAGEDY IN THE P9iKcELY
FXMiLY or 6LUcHER.
DRIVEN INSANE BY LOVE.

Count Blucher's Gardener Was
Desperately in Love With
Pretty Maid-After Her Dis
charge He Shoots the Count
and Countess and Then Ends
His Own Existence With the
BERLIN, Oct. IA dispatch from
startling tragedy in the princely family
OF Butcher de Wahstatt, which is con-
eected by marriage with the Loeb FAM
lily, of Brooklyn. n. Y. The news
caused great sensation in Berlin as
the Butcher de WallStatt family is both
wealthy and important, having connec-
tons by marriage with prominent fam
lies in England and in the United
States and being descended from the
famous Marshal Butcher.
Count Bucher's gardener, it appears,
was desperately in love with very
pretty servant girl, who was employed
on the WeitZow estates. The pretty
girl referred to seemed to have incurred
in some manner not explained, the dis
pleasure of Countess Butcher, who dis
missed her.
The love-smitten gardener took the
girls dismissal very much to heart and
went to the Count and Countess
Butcher, begging them to reinstate the
girl in her former position. This they
refused to do, and this refusal appears
to have driven the gardener to mad
ness. Count and Countess Butcher. the
dispatches say, were looking out OF one
of the windows yesterday, entirely I'M
suspicious of danger. when the gardener
jumped out fl b behind bush, clapped
rifle to his Shoulder and fired a shot,
which struck the count in the head,
killing him almost instantly. Before
the countess could recover from the
horror of the situation the gardener
fired second shot. which struck the
countess in the neck. The gardener
then committed suicide with the same
weapon.
1t now appears that there are two YER
sfons of the murder of Count Butcher.
The Post, of this city, says that the
name of the gardener who killed the
count is Borichardt, and the circum-
stances of the crime are different in the
second story. The dismissal of the
pretty servant girl from the counts en-
ploy seems to be the cause of the muir
der in both accounts. But the Post
says that the gardener followed the
count to the courtyard of the castle yes
terday evening armed with shotgun,
and that Borichardt, after threatening
the count with death if he did not
take the young woman back into his
service, fired at the count who fell badly
wounded. Then, according to the
Posts story, BoricharGt then ran to his
room and secured some fresh cartridges
for his gun, at the same time Swapping
on large hunting knife. BOrichardt
then make his way back TO the court
yard. In the meantime Count Butcher
struggled to his feet and was staggering
around when Borichardt reappeared,
and seeing the count on his feet rushed
at him and tiercely plunged the hunting
knife into the wounded mans abdomen.
The count uttered moan of PAIN and
sank lifeleSs at the feet of his murderer.
Countess Butcher, the Post adds, was
attracted to the scene by the counts
cries for help. and ran toward her huS-
band just aSBOrichardt had plunged the
knife into him. The maddened garden
er upon seeing the countess, raised his
gun and fired, the chorge hitting
Countess Butcher in the shoulder, in
t1lctIng most dangerous wound. Bori-
chardt soon after committed suicide.
At late hour tonight what is prob
ably the correct version of the murder
of Count Butcher has reached this city.
1t now appears that the man who murd-
cred the count was gamekeeper named
1hiel, who had been rebuked for mis-
conduct by the count. Thiel walked
away, but soon afterward returned with
gun which he aimed at the count. Inc
latter attempted to seize the game
keeDer and a struggle followed
Thiel managed to shake himself free
and fired both barrels of his gun at
the counts head. ihflIcting injDries
from which Count Butcher died quar-
ter Of all hour later. The countess,
hearing the shots. hurried to the scene
and was fired upon by Thiel, the shot
entering her shoulder and arm. The
countess is still alive. Thiel had fire.
Quently been rebuked for dissipation.