The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-20
BoMBERGER's CRIME.

He Killed Six Of the Kreider Family,
Near Cando, N. ID.
The crime for which Bomberger was
sexecuted was the murder Of Daniel S.
l Vreider, his wife and four children. The
Crime was committed at daylight on the
morning of July last. The murdered
family were at one time residents of
Lebanon county,, Pennsylvania, where
four brothers of the murdered man still
reside. Bomberger is also native of
the same county, and his father lives on
Lehman street, in the City OF Lebanon.
Early ON the morning of tine day named,
the community was Mortified by the
arrival of little Annie Kreider, who, half
dressed and almost frantic, had walked
I'M from the farm, about two lniles
distant
Between shrieks and Cries
she told the residents who were astir
that her fathers family had been butch
cred by the hired man. Citizens who
hurried to the homestead found an
awful spectacle of wholesale butchery,
the father lying in his bed, the mother
in the kitchen, where she had been pre-
pairing breakfast, the three girls, aged
respectively 13, IL and Q, and one 7-year-
old boy, lying stiff and stark where
they had fallen from wounds inflicted
by double -barreled shotgun in the
hands OF Bomberger. The latter, who
was nephew of Dan Kreider, had been
\ employed ON the farm as a general util-
ity man for about nine months. The
murdered children were Bennice, aged
1Ss Msrly, aged IL; Mary, aged o, and
Daxid aged, aged z; four other children,
the eldest being Annie, aged 10, were
spared by the murderer. From their
stories n was developed that on the day
prior to the tragedy Bomberger had q
dispute with his uncle over q trifing
matter, and during which the two men
nearly came to blows. Mrs. Kreider,
however, interfered, ana it was sup
posed that the trouble was amicably ad-
iusted. Just about daylight on the fol-
lowing day, however, Bomberger went
into the room where his uncle was sleep.
ing. and fairly
Perforated Him with Bullets.
He then went down to the kitchen and
shot Mrs. Kreider, who was preparing
breakfast. Annie, who slept upstairs
heard the shots, and upon getting uT
met the murderer on the stairs. Ht
drove her back to his own room and
locked her In, and then went into Thu
ehildren's room and began killing them
Bernice jumped out of window, bu,
the fiend went after her, brough,
her back and shot her. through
the head. BY piteous appeal
and supplications Annie induced
the butcher to spare her life and also Il
spare her three remaining little brothers
AT the muxxle Of his gun he compellet
] her tc prepare his breakfast with th,
7 sorpse Of her mother lying at her feet
He leisurely ate the meal, then Grimm
ally assaulted her, tied her hand an.
foot, locked her in the barn, saddled he
favorite pony and rode away to th
northward. With the aid of one Of he
brothers, the girl succeeded in freeinI
herself and made her way to town, leay
ing the little ones
Alone with tho Dead.
As soon a. the alarm had been give
score Of citizens started in pursuit
Sheriff McCune and q posse followed i
She same direction half an hour later
The murderer was making for the Tui
lie mountains. At the same time
mass meeting Of citizens in the marke
place offered reward of $500 for th
capture Of the murderer. Bombergel
however, managed to make his way !
Deloraine, Manitoba. 90 miles frou
[ Cando, whore he was captured late Q
Saturday night. He was taken |
charge by Sheriff McCuns just in tim
II avoid his being lynched by party /
% determined men, who wsnt from hsl
fnx thAt purpose. On = tris IT taA mil.