The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-07-13
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some nOu9oaOlQ GRAND INTO the cellar Of
the old building which our p6viit9r 6 q 66ukA-
PEELED dis tOstnhAbit The cit followed
me down the steep; stairs. and nearly
throwing me headlong exasperated me-
to madness Upliftihg "a az. ana for
getting in my wrath tlhsb ildisah dread
which had hitdertDs lstevsn m1sh.nA I
aimed = blow at ltAs animal which, of
course would have proved Instantly fatal;
had it descended AZ wished. But this
blow was ariftessted ~ tho hand of my
wife Goaded byathe infBrferencei into 4
raeemore than dsmeuiacd, Withdrew
my arm from her grasp and buried the
AZ in her brain. She fell dead upon the,
spot without a groan. E
This shileous murder accomplished, +
set myself forthwith and with entire de-
liberation to the task Of concealing tie
body. | knew that could not remove
It from thAs house, either by day or by
night, without the risk Of being observed
BY the neighbors. Many projects entered
my mind. At one period / thought of
cutting the corpse into minute fragments
and destroying them by fire. At another
| resolved to dig a grave for it in the
floor of the cellar Again deliberated
about casting it into the well in the yard;
about packing it in q box. as if mer-
chandise. with the usual arrangements,
and 80 getting q porter to take it from
the house. Finally hit upon what
considered far better expedent than
either e Of 2a these daseteermined to wall i.
middle ages are recorded to have walled
up their victims.
For. purpose such as this the cellar
was well adapted. Its walls were loosely
constructed and had lately been plastered
throughout with rough plaster. which
the dampness OF the atmosphere had pre-
vented from hardening. Moreover. in
one of the walls was projection, caused
by false chimney or fireplace that had
been filed up and made to resemble the
rest of the cellar. made no doubt that
| could readily displace the bricks at this
point, insert the corpse and wall the
whole up as before. so that no eye could
detect anything suspicious.
And in this calculation was not de-
ceived.e BY means of q crowbar easily
dislodged the bricks, and having care
fully deposited the body against the in
ner wall propped it in that position.
while with little trouble | relaid the
whole structure as it originally stood
Having procured mortar. sand and hair,
with every possible precautlon l pre-
pared plaster which could not be dis
tnguished from the old. and with this
very carefully went over the new brick
work. When l had finished, felt salts
fed that all was right. The wall did
not present the slightest appearance of
having been disturbed. The rubbish on
the floor was picked up with the minutest
care. | ! ked around triumphantly
and said 70 myself, Here ut least,
then, mylabor has not been in vain.
My next step was to look for the beast
which had been the cause of SO much
wretchedness, for had at length firmly
resolved to put it to death. Had l been
able to meet with it at the moment there
could have been no doubt of its fate, but
it appeared that the crafty animal had
been alarmed at the violence of my pre-
vious anger and forbore to present itself
in my pres< mood It is impossible to
describe or to imagine the deep, the
blissful sense Of relief which the alb
sence Of the detested creature occasioned
in my boso1A. It did not make its APP
pearance during the night, and thus for
one night at least since its Introduction
into the hoa se soundly and TRANQUILITY
slept-aye, slept even with the burden Of
murder upon my soul!