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Michael Tupper (search for this): article 2
Seeking religion under Difficulties. Michael Tupper was the wickedest man in all Shockley's Bend, by at least a length.--There was no deviltry that he was not up to and into, and no frolic that he did not manage to have a finger in. Whether it was drinking, fighting, gambling, or any other amusement, he was a scholar, and he who went ahead of him at either game had to rise very early in the morning. There was a logrolling at old Squire Templar's, and, after the work was done, the crowd adjourned to the spring for "refreshments"--one of a two-gallon jug. Seating himself on the ground, with the jug between his knees and arm cup in his hand, Mike looked around very solemnly and remarked: "Boys, I cum mighty nigh getting religion once!" The "boys," who well knew Mike's character for ungodliness, shouted at the remark, and the grave manner in which it was delivered. "You needn't larf, drot ye!" he growled, "It's a fact, drot of it ain't! "Tell us about it, Mik
Squire Templar (search for this): article 2
Seeking religion under Difficulties. Michael Tupper was the wickedest man in all Shockley's Bend, by at least a length.--There was no deviltry that he was not up to and into, and no frolic that he did not manage to have a finger in. Whether it was drinking, fighting, gambling, or any other amusement, he was a scholar, and he who went ahead of him at either game had to rise very early in the morning. There was a logrolling at old Squire Templar's, and, after the work was done, the crowd adjourned to the spring for "refreshments"--one of a two-gallon jug. Seating himself on the ground, with the jug between his knees and arm cup in his hand, Mike looked around very solemnly and remarked: "Boys, I cum mighty nigh getting religion once!" The "boys," who well knew Mike's character for ungodliness, shouted at the remark, and the grave manner in which it was delivered. "You needn't larf, drot ye!" he growled, "It's a fact, drot of it ain't! "Tell us about it, Mik
Mike Tupper (search for this): article 2
no doubt of it. Old age, hard times, an' hard drink has nilly made a Christian of me, though, drot of they haint! But when I was young, over in Walton county, Jorgy, thar warn't a man, boy, nor nigger, in the settlement that could smell my track at rascality an' gin' ral wickedness. I was the terror of chil'un, the pest of men, an the bomination of female wimmin. The old men made me the pint of all thar leeturs to thar boys, telling 'em of they didn't mind they'd be as mean as Murrel, Mike Tupper, or the devil. The old wimmin pinted me out to thar gals as an institution of onmixed villainy, an' them as had young chil'un, threatened 'em wi' me of they got anyways rambunctions.--Little chaps would run under the bed when they seed me a cummin', as of I war a grand carryvan, an' even the dogs refused to bark at me! Ah! I war a hard case, an' no mistake in the ticket! "Well, while I war thus making myself a name among the inhabitants of the yearth, thar happened a big, double-ji
Walton (Georgia, United States) (search for this): article 2
relate his experience. His preparations consisted in pouring a cup-full of whiskey, half of which he drank and held the remainder in his hand as a reserve. Then he stowed a huge chunk of "nigger- head" into the most open portion of his countenance, and began: "When I was about twenty-five years old, boys, I was an awful hard case, thar's no doubt of it. Old age, hard times, an' hard drink has nilly made a Christian of me, though, drot of they haint! But when I was young, over in Walton county, Jorgy, thar warn't a man, boy, nor nigger, in the settlement that could smell my track at rascality an' gin' ral wickedness. I was the terror of chil'un, the pest of men, an the bomination of female wimmin. The old men made me the pint of all thar leeturs to thar boys, telling 'em of they didn't mind they'd be as mean as Murrel, Mike Tupper, or the devil. The old wimmin pinted me out to thar gals as an institution of onmixed villainy, an' them as had young chil'un, threatened 'em wi'
May, 1861 AD (search for this): article 3
level of the savage or the brute. Karl Maasch was, it appears, the leader of a band of wretches, consisting of himself, his brother Martin, his mother, an old but active woman, and two laborers named Liebeg and Kohlschmidt; and all these persons were placed at the bar. Their burglaries and murders had for five years kept in almost continual alarm the population around Sodlin, Pyritz, Lansburg and Stargardt. One of the most horrifying atrocities which they committed was on a night in May, 1861, when Karl Maasch and some of his band broke forcibly into the house of a miller named Baumgart, at Carsdorf, murdered the miller and his wife, his daughter, two sons, and a maid, and robbed the house of everything that was portable and valuable, including, it is believed, a considerable sum of money. The murders, too, were committed in a manner so atrocious as to arouse the population into a frenzy, and the most persevering exertions were made to obtain a clue to the guilty parties.
Richard Martin (search for this): article 3
ided in his concealment by the rest of the band, consisting for the most part of his family. His mother and brother (Martin) lived together at Schonon, Pyritz, about six English miles from the retreat in the forest. They and Martin's wifeMartin's wife were speedily seized and thrown into prison on suspicion. In their dwelling were found an axe, on which traces of blood were still discovered, and a quantity of articles belonging to the same robberies as did those found in the hole in the woods so leader, Karl, Maasch. On a microscopic examination of the three axes from the hole and the fourth found at the house of Martin, unmistakable traces of this horrid six fold murder were perceived. On one axe, stuck, a small portion of human brain; o which she wore on the night of the murder. Another axe still retained traces of the children's bedclothes. The wife of Martin sealed her guilt by hanging herself in prison, after having been accused of participating in the Baumgart murders. The p
Liebig (search for this): article 3
e horses galloped on to the village of Hackleburg, drawing behind them the vehicle containing the lifeless body of the merchant.--Maasch, who confessed to this murder, was delivered up at Sodlin to the authorities engaged in investigating the Baumgart murders. In the course of the trial not less than one hundred and forty witnesses were examined, and great numbers of depositions were read. Karl Maasch confessed to having committed the thirteen murders himself, and sought to have his fellow-prisoners acquitted on this ground. If this request seems like the one bright spot in the conduct of the chief criminal, yet it was of no avail against the proofs adduced, that three of his comrades at least had assisted him in one or more of his numerous murders. Karl and Martin Maasch, their mother, and Liebig, were found guilty of murder and robbery, and condemned to death; while the fifth prisoner, Kohlschmidt, who was convicted of robbery only, escaped with several years' imprisonment.
Karl Maasch (search for this): article 3
which may be said to be without a precedent in the annals of Prussian crime. A workman named Karl Maasch has been accused of having been concerned in the commission of thirteen murders and many hundm bodies of his female victims sinks him far below the level of the savage or the brute. Karl Maasch was, it appears, the leader of a band of wretches, consisting of himself, his brother Martin, One of the most horrifying atrocities which they committed was on a night in May, 1861, when Karl Maasch and some of his band broke forcibly into the house of a miller named Baumgart, at Carsdorf, mbrandy, and had himself become intoxicated. He finally confessed that he was the long sought Karl Maasch, and had only just come from committing a fresh murder and robbery, in which he had taken then one hundred and forty witnesses were examined, and great numbers of depositions were read. Karl Maasch confessed to having committed the thirteen murders himself, and sought to have his fellow-pri
Karl Frederick Maasch (search for this): article 3
the neighboring country, in which burglarious robberies and murders have been committed. Axes, firearms, and other weapons, as well as a considerable number of thieves tools, were likewise found. The police now found themselves on the right track. Various circumstances — the description given by the peasants of the occupiers of the cavern, as well as indications found in the cavern itself — led to the suspicion that the person so seen was none other than the notorious workman, Karl Frederick Maasch, who was conjectured to be the leader of the band of robbers who had so long infested the neighborhood. Against him and his crew the search was henceforth specially directed. Maasch had been for some time a laborer on the estate of Deazon, near Pyritz, in which neighborhood he was born. He was never married, and had been published frequently for theft. He was a scoundrel of the lowest modes of life, and sprang from a family hereditarily criminal. He had fled from the place menti
Baumgart (search for this): article 3
he three axes from the hole and the fourth found at the house of Martin, unmistakable traces of this horrid six fold murder were perceived. On one axe, stuck, a small portion of human brain; on all four, human hair mingled with clotted blood. The hair agreed completely with that of the murdered persons, and that of the servant maid was identified with particular clearness. On one of the axes there still clung red woollen threads, precisely similar to those of the material of which Mrs. Baumgart's nightcap was made, and which she wore on the night of the murder. Another axe still retained traces of the children's bedclothes. The wife of Martin sealed her guilt by hanging herself in prison, after having been accused of participating in the Baumgart murders. The principal party, however, still remained at large; he had been driven from the Soldan country by the exertions made to capture him. What, however, the police could not achieve with the utmost endeavors was again left to
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