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t-so-ers'«s9\NIunit*\iKDJ!HllUellt-Sinf\L an amirum*lenttEtt-amlB8~i. HIA»*wl*Cl UKBAMURDERSADDING TON.ItTHE FIRETONE OOOURRED DURINQ THE WAR OF 1812-14W«i THftt of Joespli lioviieek, a 0«rm»n'•An Aominttl Of ItH imUrWnilUn Newspaper—The Otorjr Of TheUrlm«*H«ni«nih«rMl Mr Old VetereueMpocliil tt» the Wiim from Thomas WNo pm mu.ofthat ooourredanyr wtietnbranoHrecord, wmJoseph Lovbeok, a Herman hermit andhunter, who squattedtho roarlotthirty-eight In tho second concessionon townshipor two north-whom tho village of Varkorstand*. It mutt have boon sortie time latoIn tho iuturner ol 1M12 or 1H14 or there*abouts, tho i x*ct date being now difficultto locate. There doe* not apt mar tonow any printed or other defluito rooord oftho crime, though on account of it waasaid to liavo boon publiohodKingstonAil that can bo loarnod nowno wo pa par. in from the romotubraiiooo of tbe detoendanto of tho locality of what their fathersmay have told thorn of thosedavo.iOvbeck appears tobeenOerman soldier in Napoleon's army and watbeenluring itsterrible campaign to Moscow and else*where In northern Europe, if# wasprobably a member of the Herman regiment who wasto Canada withBritish army and took au aotivo part heroin tho war of After being mustered out he puhisbelongon aCtrampedwhere he squattedon the roar end ot the lot owned by 1'etorBails bury. There hebuilt a ehantof cedar logs, the remains of whicand clearedstood until a few years ago away a email parcel of land on which hewas cultivating potatoes and a few othervegetables. It became reported that hehad in his possession a large sum ofin »ilver coin, which he keptmoney, secreted somewhereabout the premises,and this fact appearshave been thecause of his untimely end.Thescattered settlers one summer afternoonthat Lovbeck had been found lyingdoor of his shanty with a ghastlygunshot wound in his forehead or breastJohn Curl, a man living on thefront of an adjoining lot, was founddead near by, with a gunshot wound in hisside or back. It was known that HenryCurl, a brother of John, was in company at the timo. Ho was arrostod and takenirlsonerocknearest place of\heldstatedandbrotherhunting at thotime, that tho “hermit’' became suspicious they had criminal intentions on him andcametotheoff,anddoor, orderingthornalmost immediate!levelledhismusketandffr*dafteratfohn with deadlyJohn, in selfdefence, Bredto say, hoth were killed. Some doubtthe story at the time, but there was noverdict was foundcording to that testimony and HerCurlliberatedTheter- ed at that time, was deemedpopularlymurdererlV0‘ and the neighbors threwbody in onoLIO* cornerasheshad accumulated onthemisesround nearbody was buriedprotragedy wasFor years tho place ofThe hills ofpotatoes then growing were left untouchedyearsgrass growthere showed the surface indicationsbeen planted TheHEmiinside of the shanty was left undisturbedbeing usedfor anyand it was forty years or motr purpose* before theVKlie*tryin-remains of it crumbled away.The story goes that Harry Curl left there soon after and lived a roughanddissipatedLaterhe was accusedbeing implicated in the drowning of aman from a boatnowhere in the StI ,a wrencewas notictodlast he wa« convicted and hanged fortmnrderniexecutionpedlar, and previoushave madetotoaconfession of sovcrimes, andamongrest in regard to that of Livheck* theIthermit.” Iconfession he stated I [\brother went torobbingplace tlman of HiHTmoneyone concealedClhimself in some brush nearwhile thewent to the door and asked Lovbecko(Ireto show him the way to Yarty lake, a I ol mile or two off. Tbe answer was I n\tothe effect that* You know the |iway there as well as I do There I uIchmust be something »rung orwould I MII*come here for thaatoryou|ntr{K»».then shotwontiiwdoor and the place was ransacked I *for hie concealed mdollars in silver wasconeyfoundAbout sixty I tfburiedwt, oan. The brothers began quarreling overthe division of their spoils when the oneshot the other dead and than coorocltsdt
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Kingston Daily British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Thu, Jun 30, 1898
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