, 1866-04-12
the WEsT LAKE STREET. TRAGEDY.
Charge Of Areon aud mnvder Against
l.ouis " 7oaeKmau aud CAspAF Ei.ens .
hseR,-Exsn1snatt00 In the Po-
lice Cnura-CoNanait&ed
for 9f14l.

hoEscs- aod. SAodet than a., the burning tn dea,t
of Two wrefcheo hcmal heinss. was ma 3e the sub
rect Of IN Investigation in the Police Court yeter
Gay afternoon BY The arfaignmens before Jnstice4
hnhkeo md Stn1te1ant OF Louis Loltxman End
Caepar EFeObacb on the conhtned chasves OF ,rso1
md murder: Thus rerr,ole aa4.r i. Q. 20 recent Or
surIenss that aeta,led statement o: ii.
msta &c !. IT. unnecessary: The reader siu remen:
sfssr ess ,ast aaa oe;o,t II rs '.Sss ~ soon
tbe "a instant in brick stsb1e a Me Te.r of yo
III West Lake *ssret, which was tnhahiIed IN m.
ptsce oy bosses md cont. and IN the Ion hr an
nr1ned TO death. In the mo.nng certain nc. wrre
Eeported 70 Captain Kennedy, Of The second pre.
snSs r9ee .h Eno patehea oceE k.ndelen of b..
70 alrrs! mnn named Louis HoltxniH on snsni.
ctou OF being the author OF the dre lie wAs fonna
tsspnE tns En- N . he hed wath clean pair OF boots IT,
todJ; htndelel took the ptecauf,nn 10 eesrch nm
ger The bed, md there found auotoer pair Of boot
peAnpE unmtstAia6le trace. Of having hedu m. or
THIS ttt1me discovery conHsmeu Captain Krnne.
q, = tutptc1ons. and be Immediately instituted 4
strtct investigation into the urcum.tances No1h.
who denied that he bsd #osn the so1ied boots. or
bad e>en been ont Of the house that nigh. Two
dsys elapsed. during which Hoffman WIS Kept il
all their vigilance 10 discover somefnIre corrnh-
orat1ve OF the original Suspicion. Al lepefn o. IN
morning Of the 5h instant the prisoner feeling thst
ECNak%J N&S 4S&4eEts ne EHCbt <fa11
eorerH il he made clean breast Of II, sIrn!ed ii.
Intention Of revealing the whole truth shereunon
be dictaied fu1l and ample confession, In the
nt4est the en1ne In this coufe sion he 1mpiEcated
man n1Hcd cstnar Eisenbaeh, the keepzr of
nsss s,e ,a: m sss osg aes south ~ g To-
tession and III The circuns.snccs or X
sa:x &C were Published N tho TRmrxE Of sbe 6tn
out m the examination yesterday. though prteiI
c1fc1 1ntfnn1ial. IL certainly Of very dlmarine
character, aid resulted in both the prtsouers heinz
committed 10 the County Jail 10 avail it1aI Oh TX
charge of murder. 0
Tie s1smtnation was conducted By Charles q.
nsa1. nsed "a s,.'s As,oFy On tee PR Of he
The testimony e!Eutcd Wa a. follows:
TESTIMONY or 4. C. soEnLk
a, d. Io,iors ceols cps s:Gn % ~ ,sstesd substantially
On Monday night Q! list week ny barn wa burued.
1hs r1e becan u near ~ can Feool'ect sooui one
o,e'css' Il originated in wooden shea attached
Of window between the two buildings through
which re shored hay, and the IRE communicatsd
,hronsh ,his nols 10 she brick barn; Tneze weFc
barn. Their room Nae in The north end. Tacy
we're m old msn snd hts daughter; hi. name VA
iG n5p5s ese - me e' W.; xesn tHese and
thtl room with her faiher Tor about two ,Feeks.
They weFr holh butnrd to death. l: VIA eE,deut
frou the portion Of their bodies the nex' moru no
.usns body vas lying On the platform At he heal
Ct Tue Ftatrt, 9bonf te9 feet from the he'd, whtio
dow Nhrn w1f fsrst aroused By the alarm, only
abcut opc-forF1h OF the barn wus IN flames, do
NOT nla1 know sho set u i en m sre. = -,
CFot--er<anited BY 1T. Fan Arnada.-I1 wss about
fse minutes a1a one O'Clock when a-st ulkcoy-
cred the fire. TIE shed was snen burning In the
:onshesst =, so'ncs There Eas quantity Of hay AID
harm there also wzs ZONE hay and nine Aorses
seven ot The hefses were burned TO death The
xind VIE blowing IRON the eoush OF southeast.
occupied Jointly By Deh1inc md Eitenbscbs EI
BULL OF wood and ret. ~ close possible against
mine Aho1t ,h.11y o. my boards1s gos up when
ing Of the harn- Both my barn ana shed weTe
burned the toath wall Of the former lel IT," ~
c,r,,n TnoM1 sT,',,,n 8 eT r.1rsa s1nstts ksxSEp1;
Inesda5 morning folsoarnE ID: hre, Louis Ho.tz-
man WAS a1estco BY officer kinchlen snI thought
70 The Second Precinct Station. The second nlsht
Aftef his Incarceration he made confession Of his
Euilt TO me IN lht presence Of several witne.ses-4
lhe Captain here related the substance Of nolrz-
mans confession as pthashrd IN the TRIBUNE Of
1on With the pftsone1, Holtzman, had Caspar
EAenhach arrested. cunvessed with The latter
aoont he 6Fe md he related 70 me what had b.ea
Deft. excepting fhose portions wherein be was
charged with having pTumited to pay uoltxman
Tor committing the deed, and With fayine he was
tof1y seeh.'s M pl.ee hsd not lbulned up The Other
Inatchea."
cros..e.an.ned By n Ean Atmaa.-"c.sDar
Vas atTettsd On ThuredAF, tt morning Af,er noltz-
nan made thc confession. / had = Conversation
conversation. though ! am not poe1tive. a.ked
said shout hrn. ae replied that he and Holtxmxu
1td hare islk On the night OF the d1c about so.h
Teey oon.e1sed about the previous dre in soenle's
place and he remarked thai Il 1t had been left alone
len minutes loncer the honse would have been con.
tuzoed 10 Ill he conversations had with him be
dsnsa *. mol Posl'i'ely that he hired Hoffman 70
1bs.ats Attorney Rted VI neither Threatened
o. rEomised anything while Converting win tie
1Es1Noxr OF PATRICK kelly.
Patrick Kelly being eR orn. testified a. foI3ox1.
'tAt present reside al No. 157 Falton rirrct, |
vas boarding with Caspar Eieenbach on she nicht
OF the fIe: bad occa-1on 10 RET up about qua.-
saloon. INV Ca.paf ind noitzman taking, cs.n,r
vas behind The bsr and H0ltzMan Raa nttin. nesr
tae stove. shook hands win the latter and ex-
ta;oon, but q Nas leaving, Hoffman asfed ue
o1d not ike the plaza Better tince Csspar b.
cane LANDLORD than when soehle Kept It. Both
houee when II wns conducted by Soehle. I len
sa1s.,1 them .eseshef about len minutes OF twelve
Cross-E1mzfnrd BY Ny. Fan tymae-s.I VI. IN
The 6st7fnom only about dse or len mtnu'es. They
carried On their conversation in German. or fatner
IN low Du1ch. l am an freshman. but I under.
1
eotfczltun II tbe counsel. convened with the c1erk
in Inc German lancuafr.]
sor1l1x RECALLED.
The morning after the nte, about eeveu O'Clock,
IM.r. to Etrenhacn1 saloon and askeo him whr.h-
er 1lolt.man bad becn IN hrs pace The nigh before
and he Anfrtzed that he did no. kuoE any euch
seen Hoffman talking with him Ell q teven timer.
raw Holtxaan in E{senhachs On the SATURDAY be-
fore the IRE. saw him through The window a.
IN. pa<etEc along the sidewalk"
TESTIMONY or oFT1cEH OSTEHNAYy.
ohacH o-fesnann sesttfed that be raw the two
suaster pas' ,Sei7e ocef On tbe night of 1ua ne d
Instant In Iep1y to question, Hoffman 4nd that
be = had come o.ek 10 rec his old boarding house
TESTIMONY or PET1a kscH1r1.
Peter htochlen, of The Second Precinct Police
Force. beinE ewosu. testified: II xieited the scene
ct the 1rc she next morning aiter fis occurrence.
From ce14ain circumsrancee wh,ca came 1omy
know ledge. szrerted the man HoltxmAn. took
him frum biz bed N The Schaumbef2 Honse, ahi
attempted to pull On i pair Of cletn bools. asked
him u they were thc exme pair he had on the night
befoIe, and he anrwe1ed tn the Affirmative. then
stopped donn and drew from under hts bed anoth-
him eneseed would uke them Eong. In con.
ducttnE him 20 The station we passed by the IRE.
would neither loos a. II or tie crowd gathered In
The vicinity. When we GOT to the Sta'lon asked
lin be knew ANYTHING about The tre. and h. sald
went to biz cell and rat do*u beside him, when he
1old me be set 1rc to the eaole, aud gave ne fail
and sucf1ret account OF the vhose Transaction. the
Gapta,n Kennedy about ii, and he seat me to azre.t
Etsenbsch.'t
1Es11xoxr or v. rAecu.
+. ". Farch beng sxosu, testified a. follows:
~ reside the I'm, doc. west Of soehe- waa lying
awake On The night Of / e dre, ard hearing rome
one going INTO the al!ey neu my hon.e-an unusual
ont Of The window. Saw no one. Fi7e OF stx min
ucs eftefHasu heard rome one passing hurz1edly
out OF the alley, stop few minutes on the SIDE
walk, and then walk rapidly down Lake street and
north OF De.pta'nes street A ftu minutes afles-
uard the alarm Of fire was eounded."
eArTAIx KENNEDY RECALLED.
The same cell Etscnhach acknowledged tlc Truth.
1nlness OF nezrly oil fioltzmanfs statement"
THE CASE sCBNTrEu.
stste'k Att3rney Reed, al the conclusion OF Cap-
lain Kenncd, e1eeliony, submitted the case TO tue
Ma:ie',sles without a1{ q, Iem11ks.
i. my ss.e made ont sgainst Hoffman. do youiS
-AF. Rffd-- Certainly; there Is 4 strong ciEcum-
t,sne' cass .nade %, ssat1;t hl1a and ask 1est
counsel t,as any defence 10 make would like 10
.Nr- Ian Asmn-.1 appear only for Hoffman.
lAf. 1ocle to HG@tH'0n-.Yon ere charged with
murder; do Yol understand
buidIug. Tie tpoiuijne TO Esenbachl handed me
over eone matches and sa1d he vou'd pay me- II
made good ire"
Ju.1ioe Ml.1tkcu asked the prisoner Hpltzmau
srvt nj question:, to WHICH he replied ~ follows:
81 have known E-Fnbach ever stnee be bought
Eoeble ont emit remember ex1ctl5 hox long a.o
traee before The night OF The drc- do NOT know
whether hr knew my 1a.t name or not he always
called nc Loui:. cannot mention The names OF
any persops., who ~eze in bis saloon dn1ng my
Justioe .9ie.en--@po yon know what the eonse-
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