Murder in St. Marys. Our readers [of the Elk County Advocate] no doubt have heard of the murder which was committed in the borough of St. Marys [Pennsylvania] on the 24th day of June last [1865], but we failed until now to obtain a correct report. It seems that some parties went to the saloon of Charles Haut in St. Marys on the night of the 24th for the purpose of obtaining some beer, the other saloons being closed, and wakened up Haut who came down, accompanied by Joseph Krieg, the deceased, who was at the time boarding with Haut, and admitted the parties. While they were in the room, John Horack, the party charged with the murder, came in and demanded of Krieg six dollars for some music which he had played there earlier in the evening. Krieg remarked that he thought Hovack had been sufficiently well paid for his music, having drank beer free at the saloon all evening, saying moreover that the music was not worth six cents. Hovack immediately struck Krieg, who exclaimed that he was stabbed and staggered out of the room. He was attended to at once and on examination made, it was found that he had been stabbed in the superior portion of the right breast between the second and third rib. The second rib was also broken. Krieg saying that after Hovack stabbed him he also struck him as he thinks with a piece of iron. He lingered until Tuesday morning until 2 a. m. A post mortem examination held by Drs. Blakely and Fessler showed that the knife had penetrated the cavity of the chest; the right lung had also been completely destroyed, internal and external heumorage [sic] had ensued. (Elk County Advocate, 7 July 1865)