Star. — 1823-10-09 (London, England)

HORRID MURDERS IN GERMANY. COLOGNE, SEPTEMBER 24. • An individual accused of many murders has been arrettEd at Biel, a village on the right bank of the Rhine, oppOsite to, Bonn. He has already confessed three murders, the recital of which is enough to make the mind shudder: The following is an account of the means by which these atrocious crimes-were discovered. An inhabitant of Beul, named Moll, a shoemaker, and Henry Ochs, of Cologne, a tailor, had served together in the same company of the 28th regiment, and were united in the closest bonds of friendship ; they returned to their homei after some years of 'service, and resumed their former occupations. Moll came frequently to visit his friend Ochs, who was married at Cologne. The young married folk always received and treated him with much affection. The judicial authority took cognizance last year of the double disappearance of Moll's step-mother, twenty-eight years old, and of his own young brother; search vas made after the per sons, but in vain. Mull having given rise to some suspicions, was arrested ; but, from want of sufficient proofs, was discharged from arrest, after a detention of some months, and re:umed his connection with Ochs as before. The latter wishing to make purchases at the fair of Putzyen, not far from Beul, held on the Bth of September, set out on the 7th, having procured sixty Prussian crowns, informing his wife that he.would takelodgings at the house of his friend Mull. After she had waited the return of her. husband fur eight days, she began to feel considerable anxiety, and sent a confidential person to make inquiries for him.— This messenger arrived at Beul on the 18th, and saw 8101 l %%eating the clothes, and using the pipe of his friend Ochs ; struck with these signs he returned to Bonn, and communicated them to the -officers of 'jtistice. The Judge Instructor instantly dispatched the civil power, and having surrounded Moll's residence, proceeded to make a domiciliary visit. They presently discovered. some loose planks on the floor of the workhouse; on raising which they- perceived the extremities of mutilated holies stickifig out from a hole -filled. with earth, like those in which peasants usually preserve their potatoes. They dug out three bodies in succession, the first of which was recognized as that of the unfortunate Ochs. Wilde the officers were busied in the work of exhumation, Moll escaped through the window, and baffled the vigilance of the police,with such caution that they were not able to retakii him until isine o'clock at night, when he' was discovered in the middle of a field, in which he had lain down through excessive fatigue. He was brought back to the Judges' Office, where be found the three bodies exposed to view : at first he wished to deny 'everything, but the impressive and ingenious interrogations of the Judge pressed !links° closely, that he became confused and inconsistent in his answers, and in the end the voice of conscience succeeded In wringing from him the horrible confession of his crimes. He then confessed, with floods of tears, that fifteen months ago he assassinated his step-mother. He afterwards avowed that he assassinated his o A n brother, because he possessed the power of revealing the former deed; he moreover confessed the murder of his friend Ochs, which he committed on the night of the 7th of this month. An inquiry into many Other murders is Oti foot, which also are attributed to this monster, and on' which he still continues to undergo examinations.— M. Schiller, son to the celebrated poet, is employed in con(fucting the investigation. • We understand that the inhabitants of Beul, fired with detestation of the murderer Moll, assembled last Saturday, and destroyed his house, which was situated iii an isolated spot at the extremity of the village. Alter they bad demolished it from roof to foundation, they Collected the combustible materials, set them 'on fire, and scattered the ashes to the winds. This act of simultaneous indignation was performed in a moment, and was followed by no other exces.—Coh.stitutiamici.  DAVID HOME met Madame —, a Dutch Lady-of rank and literary talents, at the house of the Earl of FIFE, at Whitehall. They were exceedingly pleased with c.ch other, and the native of Batavia observed, that where Mr. HUMS was, no one ought to think of eating. • The justice of this remark was, in some respect, venfied ; for, although the dinner was excellent, some chickens, which had been reserved for a bonne bouche, were ordered to be removed, and placed at the fire ; and the dissertation of Mr. Hums was so long, that a cat actually ran away with them !