The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-07-01
From the N. Y. Times of Wednesday.

cry of Mrs. Schultz.
From the N Y Times of Wednesday.
The house of Mr.. Aaron Schultz is one
of row of modern hree-story brown
stone buildings standing In Tompk1ns
avenue All the houses have large gar
dens at the rear and are easily approach
ed from that direction, by reason OF the
fact, that the block is not built up all
around. The block is bounded by
Tomkins avenue, Throop avenue, Ma
comb and McDonough streets. In Tom
kins avenue all the houses are close to-
gether. In McDonough street are three
or four detached residences surrounded
by grounds. Macomb street, between
Tompkins and Throop avenues, >, Tor
the most part, taken up with stables,
belonging to the houses on McDonough
street The Throop avenue boundary
consists of fence and some houses.
From this description it Will be seen,
that the rear of these houses on Toinp-
kins avenue could be easily approached
from at least two sides of the block.
The number of Mr.. Schute's house IS
AGO and it stands the third in the block
from McDonough street. At the time
of the shooting there were in the house
Mr.. Schultz and his wife, who occupied
rs bedroom the back parlor on the
second floor, Miss Wilkins, their nurse,
and Mrs. Toby, relative of The family.
Miss Wilkins and Mrs. Toby occupied
the front room on the third floor.
The bed in the room occupied by MIR.
and Mrs. Schultz was placed crossways
and stood midway between the door and
the windows. Mr. Schultz occupied the
side next the door, which opened direct
~ on the stairs and was left alar for the
purpose of allowing draft of fresh air
to pass through the room.
On Monday night the family retired
to rest early, as was their custom, first
seeing that all the windows and doors
in the lower part On the house were fas-
tened.
THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE BURGLAR.
About 9. 80 o'clock yesterday morning
Mr. Schultz was aroused from his sleep
by hearing noise in the room. One of
the window-b blinds was partially open,
and ray of starlight fell across the
room. Turning his eyes accidentally in
the direction of a large looking glass,
MIR. Sctute saw reflected on the glass,
by the ray of light, the figure of man
in tie act of taxing a gold watch from
the mantel-piece. Without a moments
hesitation Mr.. Schultz, who is large,
strongly-built man, sprang from the bed
toward the thief. The latter had just
time to swing. dark lantern over his
head and bring it down with great force
on Mr.. Schute's forehead. Though
stunned by the blow, Mr.. Schultz was
not disabled, and in moment he had
the thief by the neck. Both men rolled
over together ON the floor, the robber.
who was much the smaller of the two,
under. While down, Mr.. Schultz called
to his wife to strike light. The strug-
gle on the floor was a brief one. A pls-
toll shot was heard then came another
desperate trial of strength, in which both
men strained every nerve to gain supre-
macy. Then another shot, and the lar
ger of the two men rolled over on the
floor in pool of his own blood, while
the robber jumped to his feet.
AT the call of her husband Mrs. Schultz
hurried from the bed to strike q light.
She had just ignited it when the second
shot was fired. In her fright she drop
ped the lighted match, but had Just time
TO get look at the burglar by the brief
flame. He was a short slight man with
brown hair, but his face was SO com
pletely covered with blood that she
could not tell whether he had any beard
Oh his face.
Nerving herself to a great effort, Mrs.
Schultz seized her husbands assassin by
the arms, but on his threatening to
shoot her, let go her hold. The burglar
then rushed toward the door, and there
encountered Mrs. Toby, who, hearing
the shots, rushed down from her room.
She attempted to stop the fugitive, but
herself, Mrs. Toby ran down some steps
of the stairs III pursuit of the burglar,
and then returned to the room in which
the shooting took place.
The gas had been lighted, but turned
down very low, in the bedroom, when
Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz retired to rest, but
the burglar had taken the precaution to
turn the gas off when he entered the
room. Mrs. Toby, on going back to
the bedroom, lit the gas, when horrl-
ble sight met her view. Mr.. Schultz was
In sitting posture on the floor. The
blood was pouring in torrents from two
great holes = one on either side of his
neck. His face and night-clothing were
covered with the blood, and around him
on the carpet it had formed into pools.
The bed-clothing and the furniture
were smeared with the same crimson
fluid.
Finding himself overpowered in the
struggle with Mr.. Schultz, the burglar,
while both lay on the floor, had fred
the first shot through the unfortunate
gentleman's neck. 1t entered at the left
side and passed clear through, coming
out near the jugular vein, and lodged
in the wall near the jamb of the bedroom
door. Mr.. Schute's great strength ena-
bled him even after being shot through
the neck, to hold the burglar down. The
latter, to free himself fired again. The
second bullet entered on the same side,
little above the other, and taking an
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