Johann George Carpenter (* 18. June 1680 in Wittenberg; "† 16 August 1734 in Wittenberg), was a German post office commissioner.

Life

Johann George Carpenter was born as a son of the escort office manager Johann Balthasar Carpenter and his Mrs. Magdalene Sybille (geb. border) on 18 June 1680 in Wittenberg. Since its father had deceased, he kept training at the University of Wittenberg free, where he was accepted on 19 October 1685. To a legal study at this university, he went to 1714 as a candidate of both rights 1710 to Dresden and came to Wittenberg, where he took over an official place as an office writer and as agency of the deceased of brother-in-law, the office of the revenue office chief. On 26 April 1715 he took over the office for post office master to Wittenberg and 1717 by royal decree the post office commissioner was appointed. To 15. March 1721 he was appointed the royal ones escort and Acciskommissar and ordered as a road construction master in the cure circle Saxonia. In October 1721 he transferred the fiscal administration of the cure circle. Although its own development holds a sufficient potential ready to the personality, its family imponderables experienced a literarily frequently interpreted view. Already during its lifetimes this affair was discussed supraregional and entered in the long run as "the tragedy in the house Carpenter "history.

The tragedy

On 23 September 1717 Carpenter marries for the first time the rich widow Sophie Elizabeth Wolff (geb. Conradi) from Leipzig, which brought a stepdaughter to Wilhelmine Elizabeth Wolff also into the marriage. Out of this marriage 3 sons went out to Johann August (21 July 1718), Karl Ludwig (16 December 1719) and Johann Balthasar God-dear (30. May 1722). As its first wife to 23. May 1724 died, looked for Carpenter his children a new nut/mother. Thus he marries the widow Christiane raisin Blechschmidt in second marriage on 13 February 1725. Unfortunately also it died timely in the childbed to 4. May 1726, so that Carpenter had to go however times on the search for a new nut/mother for its children. On switching of its mother-in-law he became acquainted with the widow of a ride master from Pegau Susanne Hoyer. This was born and likewise twice verwitwet in forest churches in the ore mountains. They married on 18 February 1727 in Wittenberg.

When Carpenter made eight days after the wedding an official travel, he found its youngest son Balthasar with vomiting and stomach ache lying with its arrival in bed. After two days cramps stepped with the same on and to 4. March was that death. When his Mrs. Susanne Hoyer of an attendance journey grumbling ashes along-brought, she handed a the same to the oldest son over. He ate and gave these however not her to the child girl, who died after its benefit. Next symptoms of intoxication, caused through PUR-completely, stepped with which stepdaughter Carpenter up, who deceased to patient camps at the consequences of the poisoning after 17. The next victim was the oldest son August. On 24 July 1727 it had given a poison ("Mercurium sublimatum ") with dte, that the boy to noon deceased. Now the family doctor became distrustfully. However Susanne Hoyer could prevent any investigations at the body of the boy by its driving. On 12 August then also features arose with the last remaining son. Carpenter consulted now its brother-in-law Abraham father. For some discussions the things of the woman on recommending the family doctor were scanned and an arsenic powder was found. Although it was obvious that the woman poisonous means had, one did not notice the cause clarifying with all consequence. To the latter remain to child of Carpenter went worse and worse so that it on 5 September, after patient bed by its agonies with death was released. With the following selection by Abraham father, was confirmed perfectly death by poisoning. one a judicial investigation introduced, placed one firmly that Carpenters' third Mrs. Susanne Hoyer also their two first married men had killed, as well as the sister-in-law of their brother of the royally Polish yard painter David Hoyer had killed, and meant also Johann George Carpenter from the way to vacate. In the court decision from 5 January 1728 of the Leipziger s, it to be condemned geschleift and On 26 October 1728 the judgement before the Wittenberger city hall was carried out. The hand of the Giftmischerin dropped during the execution, today still is in the urban collections of the Luther city Wittenberg.

Aftereffect

Internally a lonely man become, whose life had brought those by the dishonor its wife over the house seemed incurred the loss, he wrote his will in Belzig on 30 January 1733. Therein it specified that its whole fortune was to be used for the education and supply of orphans without means and assigned the city Wittenberg execution. The city invested the money of the donation in properties and could from the yields the Zimmermann width many years the needs of the welfare service of poor orphans over the legal measure thereby deny. In the former area the Zimmermann width, one put on the carpenter route in Wittenberg. As a broken man Johann George Carpenter died on 16 August 1734 in Wittenberg. The city Wittenberg established a gravestone on the cemetery on the left of the Dresdens road to the memory of it. In the urban collections of the Luther city Wittenberg are today still two of it.

Literature

• "The tragedy in the house Carpenter "into sheets for local history of a supplement of the Wittenberger newspaper from October 1928
• "The of the Suanne Hoyerin "into our homeland of a supplement of the Wittenberger of day sheet from 13 October 1928
• "The tragedy in the house Carpenter "of Dr. Gottfried
• "Legends and stories from the circle Wittenberg part of II "series of publications of the city-historical museum Wittenberg 1980 part of 3
• "Famous personalities and their connection to Wittenberg "of Heinrich bold one and Heinz motel in the publishing house day sheet 1990 ISBN 3-924781-17-6
• "Famous Wittenberger of guests "of the Rotary club Wittenberg 2. Edition

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