The Daily spy., 1849-06-15
aMuRnER WILL QUIZ

catch the perpetrator of the revolving crime
The account is translated from the German
Criminal Gazette, for the Police Gazette at New
York
THE HEADLEss BoDY. A crime OF the deep.
est dye, and worthy of Conroosier OF Green
aire, has lately been committed at Numberg, in
Bavaria; the particulars Of which are as follows:
Towards the latter end of January, a large sized
box, directed Jacob Seifert, TO be left till called
Tor, was received in Furth, at the goods depot OF
the Furth and Numberg Railway 1t remained
there for some time, but ten or twelve days hav.
ing pass without an owner for it appearing, it
was deemed necessary TO remove it to the office
OF the superintendent. 1t was there placed un-
der his desk, and might have remained unnoticed
lor many years, had not the clerk of the superln-
tendent, soon after the removal of the box to the
ONCE, remarked a peculiar and most disagreeabe
odour, apparently rising from it, He at first
thought not much of it, and contented himself
with examining it more closely TO find out what
1t might contain, but it being well finished heavy,
and 'with care marked on the outside OF it, he
concluded that it contained drugs aud herbs and
tried TO think no more about it. Still the stencil
got stronger day by day, and after another fort
night had passed, he would stand it no longer,
and complained 10 the superintendent, W no there.
upon ordered the box to be taken back to the de.
pot. On lifting it up, it was found that some fluid
had netrated through the bottom, and at the
same time the smell, as If now having found vent
became so offensive that the poters refused to
have anything more TO do with it, They then
naturally took to surmising what it contained -
One said there were eggs in it which had became
rotten, another made out the smell to be that pc
cular to wet hides, and at last some one express
sed his belief that the box containeda corpse
This was laughed at, but the man though silenc-
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conviction, when he once more and carefully ex.
amlned the matter which appeared like blood
that had soaked through the bottom of the box
Alter TINS the porter went up TO the superintend-
ent and told him of his discovery. commissa.
ry OF the police was sent for, and the box was
opened In his presence. On the lid being re-
moved, horrible scene presented itself. Be.
ne tn some shavings and quantity of paper laid
the headless trunk of femrle, dressed in merely
nlght-gown and in state of putrefaction. The
stocking on the right leg was found pulled down
10 the heel as II the moment before her death she
mad been preparing for bed The other stocking
remained unremoved and on the lett foot was al.
SO shoe. This, the Commissary of Police had
carefully cleaned and taken care OF, ii being the
only, though slender means of identifying the
BODY, as neither stockings nor night gown had
any Initials on them, and were evidently home
MADE, the same as females belonging to the mid
die classes generally wear. A summary OF the
proceedings was taken down and the witnesses to
this awful discovery were enioned strict secre-
cy. 1he body was removed in the same box it
was found into Numberg, and there placed into
Nault, previous to its Inerment, and the police
look the most active steps to find out the mur
derer.
Inquiries were set ON foot for the party who
had delivered the box al the railway station in
N M hpr huf all fhafo H.
that person, apparently la1oring man. had
brought it on hand cart, together aoith another
6or, had applied for receipt, obtained such, and
had taken the other box back with him. The
appearance OF the man himself had not bee n furth
er noticed Search was then made ior the where
abouts OF the second box, and it was soon found
that on the same day when the man had been at
the Numberg railway station, person had left
box at the Diligence office, aud the entry on
the DOCKS showed 1t to De directed Scare of Cos.
semberg, Schmedau, to be LETT till called for."-
ihls Intelligence led the Commissary of Police to
repair at once to the latter named place. where
at the Diligence office, he found the box still un.
claimed. Ii was common tea chest, fined with
lead, and not calculated to arouse any suspicious.
put on It's being opened, the head OF woman no
DOUBT part oil the body found in the box at Furth
was before the horr or- struck officials 1t was
greatly muhlated and also in state of decompo-
sltion, SO as to preclude every possibility Of re-
cognizlng the features. The box with its con.
tents, was removed to Numberg, as no further
clue OF the man who sent it could be obtained it
was re solved TO go to the different shoestores in
the place, to hnd out if possible the mqke OF the
shoe, Whlch the unhappy wore at the time of her
death. Though but slight hopes OF success were
entertained, yet very little difficulty presented
itself. A shoemaker in the Neiderngasse recog.
nlzed the shoe as coming from his factory and
remembered having sold pair like the one produ
ced TO Mrs. Cote. On being asked what cir.
camstances led him to recoliect the sale he sa;d
Mrs. Gotze had found the shoes too small for her
put took them, as she was setting out for Prague.
next morning on visit TO her parents, and there
was not sufficient time to have another pair made
He also said that her husband, Conrad Gotze had
paid him for the shoes only few DAYS beto e and
told him that his wife was taken alarmingtv m
at Prague, and was not expected to survive.
suspicious were of course fixed on Conrad
Gotze, basketmaker OF Numberg, but he hav.
ing heretofore borne the very best character the
loInmissary OF Police determined merely 10 nut
him under surveillance, and every step and action
oi ms was therefore marked, though unknown to
himself. Meanwhile, an officer was despatched
10 frague, to ascertain if Mrs. Gotze was actual
~ thefe. On MS return, he reported that she had
NOT arrived mere, but that her parents greatly |
a alarmed al tne inquiries made by him had shown
MN several letters OF Mr. Cote, In which he told
them that his wife was dangerously, but request
ed mem not to come TO Numberg, on account of
the heavy expense, and that he would by every
mall give them bulletin OF her health. This
report confirmed the worst suspicious against
Io'ze' ana ne was accordingly taken into custo.
Iotze, who was quite unaware that the BODY
d MS vile mad been found, and did not know the