The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-01
SIZE SCESNOR GRINDER MUIR
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zee il 'Eaiscn From Jaii TO Point
out the spot where lac Buried
the Body OF the Mnm First Nur-
Gcrcd.

We condensc from the Hudson Rtgiy,3
the following interesting facts;
Acting under or best judgment wc kept
our eyes and ears open for Il flank move
ment to be made,as we supposed, from the
jail in Catskill to the renowned WALTZ
farm. Our wa'chtulncss was ut last re-
paid by Il mysterious movement made about
halt-past three o'clock in the morning. a
livery team and Il large wagon quietly
emerged fro II the stables of Caiuill Il AID
rich and proceeded to the jail. Very soon
after Officer Ernst, handcuffed to the muir
derer Waltz, emerged from the Jail. once
more breathing the pure air of heaven.
The sheriff of Greene county. Plat
Coonley, was warranted by GOV. Dix and
the supreme court justices. as we are in
formed to take Waltz from the Jail to the
farm, and allow him to point ont the places
where he confessed lay the bodies Of his
victims, which he had murdered and buried.
and also the places where he had buried
and concealed stolen property and property
found on the persons Of his victims the
object being the furiherancc of Justice, if
possible.
The first movement upon arriving at the
farm was to take up the line of march for
the ditch on the northerly side. Arriving
at certain point, Waltz pointed ont the
spot where he buried man whom he killed
some three years ago. The ground heing
very wet, the ground was marked and the
party proceeded TO another point in the
woods below the tower and ut given
place pointed ont by Joe, the following
articles We're found in n crcvice in the
rocks:
One oil can one small hammer pieces
of wood painted green one small shaft
three brass journals one brass lock one
round box, containing ryets, screws rings,
etc a number of small pieces of iron a
bundle of leather straps and a tin box.
These articles Waltz says were taken
from the first man he murdered about three
years ago. We next followed the lead of
Joe up to his famous tower and marked
the spot where he said the crank of a ma
chine was concealed, and from thence to
the northerly side of the lot in which the
murdered man Holcher was buried. Stop
ping by Il small fruit tree, "Joe" said,
"Dig up that tree, and under it you will
find something. Digging was commenced
Joe's sister Teckla being present said
"Joscph, this is the spot where an old
apple tree rotted down, you will not find
anything here" Joe sand, ''Nevcr mind,
keep right on digging, you will find some
thing and sure enough, we did. Imme-
diately under the roots of this tree we
found a wooden wheel broken to pieces
1t was about two feet in diameter, and was
painted green, a part of handkerchief and
a small sponge From there he took the
party close to the spot of the grave of
liolcher, and about fifteen feet easterly
He said, dig here We did So and soon
found a pair of black pants with suspend
ers attached, and portion of vest and
quite an amount of feathers, after which
another tree was taken up, but there was
so much water that it was almost an I'M
possibility to prosecute the search further,
and il was abandoned for the present, the
party starting for home The search tor
the body will be made ms soon as circum-
stances will permit
Joe was very calm and collected. He
showed signs of anger towards the old lady
at the toll-gate on the Athens road, on his
return to Jail, and called her an old witch.
saying he would kill her, and made an
effort to get ont of the wagon. Otherwise
he behaved well and seemed to enjoy the
ride.
This is his last visit to the farm, as the
scaffold is to-day being put in order for his
execution on Friday. a singular fact is
that the same person, VIM. Crosby, ESQ.,,
who built it in 1913, ard who has put it in
order for every execution in Greene county,
is now engaged in preparing it for Waltz.
wALTZ's STORY FALSE.
A special TO the Albany Express says;
This afternoon search was made and the
ground dug up at the spot indicated, but
nothing was discovered. 1t is believed that
Waltz's second murder story is n fabrica-
ton.