The sun., 1894-12-16
THE MURDER OF FARMER kLos.
Beaten to Death with /. Ciub aad Axe by
His Daughters Paramour.

DoIaEviLLE, N. V, Dec. Lewis Klos y
farmer. So years Of age, was murdered last night
by his daughters paramour, Charles Halllng.
Klos lived with his wife and teen-year-old
daughter. Alice, on a small farm in the town of
Oppenheim. Fulton county. He had been deaf
and nearly dumb since childhood, the result of
an attack of scarlet fever.
Klos and his wife. also a deaf mute occupied
sleeping rooms on the ground floor Of their house,
and Alice slept on the second floor. The nearest
neghbor to Klos is w. II. Youker, q prosperous
farmer, who has had in his employ Charles
Halling. 20 years Of age. Several weeks ago
Halllng began paying attentions to Alice Klos.
1t is alleged that he was in the habit of visiting
the young lady's apartments at night by plac-
ing ladder against the house and entering the
window OF her room.
Neighbors informed Mr.. Klos OF Halling's ac-
tions and then Mr. Klos forbid his daughter
meeting Iialling. Halling, when he heard this.
declared that he would fix that old sucker"
On Friday afternoon, at about o'clock. he
informed w. J. Youker, a son Of his employer,
that he intended going, to .Schenectady.
where ne had secured good position. lie shook
hands with young Youker. and in parting said |:
III some! hins, should happen within the next
few hours don't be too hard on me-"
the road in the direction OF 81. townsville, and
saw him as he jumped over fence and made a
Klos. Here Halling remained for some time
and Souker. in order to better observe his
went the sS second sSTy OF sbnr
distance from the Klos residence.
At this time Mr.. Klos was trimming apple
trees near the woods In which IIalling was
secreting himself After time Klos came to
the woodshed with wheelbarrOw loaded with
apple tree limbs. and then Halling was seen to
leave the woods and make q circuit around the
about the same time as did Kios. HsllinE car
rfaIt tt,h ala and ~ N
'eH Youker III I says % he heard blow struck and Hall
ing say, Take that" Youker was frightened,
CRarles Cha Allen. the nearest neighSor, and told
Allen that he believed Halling was killing old
kl9s Allen obtained sS TsvGlver 81, b spd Jumping pIp
When he arrived there Halling was standing at
the corner Of the barn with an axe In his hand,
in the direction OF the woods. The neighbors
were aroused and started in pursuit OF the muir
ThS ws hans
he ssid; ru,.a him I'm, hs hi, use-.,n
lie was taken to the Johnstown jail last even
Rios was first struck over the head with club
an axe that was near at hand. commenced pun
melting the victim over the head with the
5e nss TSs
through the pockets OF his victim and took out
., ,pocketbook containing Sl9. This he laid on a
the horse barn and left the remains In the rear
OF horse which was tied in the stable. It was
then that Allen made his appearance. and Hall
ing, in his hurry to escape, forgot to take the
pocketbook.
Alice Klos. at the time the murder was COM
mitted was stopping at the home OF her grand
mother in Oppenheim Centre. where she had
been sent By, her parents 70 keep her away from
Halling. Alice says that Halling told her that
he had Job in Schenectady as foreman in a
large mill and was to receive 81 per day. She
also says that he wanted her to go to Schenec-
tady with him, and promised to secure her q
good place in the same mill. The daughter re-
turned to her home to-day.