Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1903-02-27
EXTREMELY BRUTAL.
4 Cozd-Bzooded. Murder COM
nsitted at .ds1sley,. Mcl1s--
tOsh CON1stY.

Kuhn Messenger: Christoph Rott, a
citizen Of Kuhn, a former pros
porous farmer. and a trusted en-
ploye Of Gackle & Co., met fearful |
death on Sunday night In a blind pig |
at Ashley, Mcintosh county, to which |
place he had gone to collect an old |
debt for his employers. Six Russians
carefully planned and deliberately
him, after bloody battle
lasting fer several hours. An old grudge
seems to be the only cause for the aw-
ful deed. On Saturday Mr.. Rott left
Kuhn in the best Of health and spirits,
perfectly sober, and with bill for
$40, given him by Messrs. Gackle &
Co. to collect from Henry Heuter, of
Ashley.
On Sunday night, at 10 o'clock,
Henry Heuter paid Christoph the sl4O,
which the latter paid over to the Ash
ley Bazaar. Heuter then calmly sug-
gested that they have glass of beer
together, to which Rott consented.
Heuter then led his unsuspecting VIC
tim to the trap prepared for him,
which was the blind pig conducted by
a woman named Winter. Within the
place at the time we're the propri-
etress, a printer on an Ashley paper,
and Andrew Schlapsz, Gottlieb Schafrer
John Naglc, Peter Ensminger and
Henry Heuters AS soon as Christ.
entered the place he recognized several
old enemies among the crowd.
Schaffer started the ball rolling by
requesting the printer to leave, which
he refused to do, and be was knocked
on the head with piece Of board.
Schlapsz knocked the lamp from the
table, and then every man in the
place jumped on Rott, using beer bot
ties, clubs. hammers and hatchets.
They pounded the unfortunate man
almost to insensibility, and, when he
started to crawl beneath the table and
begged for mercy, the towards yanked
him out and made him promise to
treat the crowd seven times, which he
agreed to do willingly, and also offered
to give CPS to his assailants to cease
clubbing him. After they had secured
the drinks and the money they start
ed In to finish the poor man, who was
now bleeding from many places on the
head and face. Christ. started for the
door, and at the same time drew his
jack knife to make a last desperate
struggle for life, but his assailants
entpumbered him, and they seized the
knife and hacked one Of his hands to
pieces.
After the poor fellow had been
beaten awhile longer, he was carried
to his hotel and laid>out on the floor.
The hotel clerk, who had gone to bed, /,
heard his groans, but thought it was
some intoxicated man, and paid no
attention to him.. Next morning he
was found to be dead.
States attorney Clyde was sent for,
Monday morning, and Acting Coroner
r. A. Larimer took charge of the case
that afternoon and had the body re-
moved to the courthouse, where the
inquest was held.
A telegram was sent to his family at
Kuhn, Monday morning, andsthis two
sons drove down that day, stopping at
Antelope Valley, where they notified
his relatives living there, and also
Coroner Hellwig, who came to town
with them.
DR.. Brenckle, Of Kuhn, was sentsfor
to assist DR.. rMaercklein in the post
mortem examination, and found DO
less than eleven wounds and bruises,
each of which was about the head
and face. The wound which probably
caused his death was deep, confused
wound two inches long, three and one
half inches above the right ear. When
the skull-cap was removed a large clot
was found, estimated at about four
ounces. The other wounds while not
considered dangerous in themselves,
added to the danger.
The jury brought in a verdict that
the deceased came to his death from
the effects of wounds ON his head, in
flicted by some blunt instrument in
the hands of parties unknown
Immediately after the inquest, Ma
gel, Schaffer und Bensinger were
taken before Justice Larimer and
given until o'clock this morning in
which to procure attorneys for their
defense. =
Attorney Williamson, OF Eureka,
went to Ashley, yesterday, to assist
the state in the prosecution.
"a 81 have used Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for q number Of years,
and have no hesitation in saying that
I,ltis the best remedy for coughs, colds
and Group / have ever used in my fam
lily. / have not words to express my
confidence in this remedy. Mrs. j.
"A. Moore, n osthl Star, Mich. For sale
by w. E. Petrfe, merchant, Linton.
- The public is hereby Informed
that I am running q stage line bc-i
tween Linton and Strasburg. Stage