The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-31
MURDER AT GREENP0iHT R. |.
Eorable Mutiliation Of the Dead Body
Of the Murdered Man.
CONFESSION OF THE cRIExE.
Details Of the EorabIe Affair.
Details Of the EorabIe Affair.

New York. Jan. 30.-Detectives were
working busily to- day on the Greenpoint
murder case, in which the head of VIM.
W Simmons was found in the ship yard of
John English, on Milton street. A man
named Victor Keitz, sometimes called An
dreas Euch an intimate friend OF the
murdered man was arrested on suspicion,
his clothes being spotted with blood which
led to the arrest. Detectives then visited
his house aud found a trunk locked and
nailed together so tightly that it was oren-
ed with great difficulty. In this they
found packed the arms and legs of the
murdered victim, and in a boiler they
found the trunk Of the body, skinned and
cut up. the entrials had been removed and
quick lime put inside SO as to cause
speedy decomposition. There had been a
pool of blood on the floor, but efforts had
been made to obliterate it by scraping I'M
til the boards were almost white. Upon
the dress of Mrs Keitz, which had just
been washed were; stains of blood. She
said she scraped the floor at the request
of her husband that Simmons called at
the house on Thursday night and they all
had drink together, Simmons drink be-
ing made stronger than those Of Others
aud that when be was stupehed with liquor
Keitz took natchet and chopped his
head off. the act being witnessed by his
| little step daughter Mrs. KetZ said that
she herself Was then up stairs. When
| Keitz heard that the body was discovered
he admitted his guilt, and said he had
found the victim in criminal intercourse
with his wife. But this Mrs. Keitz denies.
The murder was no doubt committed for
robbery, as Simmons was always known
| to have money on his person. The pris-
oner was also found iu possession of SIM
mons's watch. The little girl says her
| father took So and some cents from the
pockets of the murdered man. Mrs. Keitz
was taken to the station house and locked
up in a separate cell from the prisoner,
who says his real name is Kir;z, and that
he is an Alsatian by birth, and speaks
both French and German He is about
forty years of age.
| New YoRK. jan. 81. The horrible
murder and mutilation Of W. ". Sim
mons. in Brooklyn, causes great excite.
ment in this neighborhood. Mrs. Euch,
the wife of the murderer, tells this stor,
of the butchery:
/ Simmons came to my house about clock
/ Thursday evening, bringing doll for my
/ little girl. There was some brandy ano
beer in the house, and after drinking the
beer Fuch went out to get three pints
more. All of us drank beer, and Sim
mons said he was ashamed to go hom,
drunk, so said he might stay and sleep witt
Fuch and would sleep with Ellen. w,
had only two rooms. Simmons agreed {.
this My husband says / slept on the
floor and that was unfaithful, bat | wa
so drunk | knew nothing of it. My hus
band aud child put-me to bed, and Will
they were doing go fell on the floor an
cut my face. When | got up in the Torn
ing | saw the body on the floor of tn
: kitchen, and Fucb. taking it by the heels
dragged it into the room to cut it NJ
When | saw it called out, he will b
hung" but Futch said he would make
all right. drank too much on Friday an
did not see the body cut up,
! AS the woman told this story, she weT
bitterly, saying again and again that
she had only been sober the murder woul
!. not have been committed.
Andreas Fuch, or Victor Keitz, as th
]. murderer calls himself, says he had know
!. Summons aud worked with him for thre
: years. but had once had difficulty wit
: him, on account of which he left the nal
} ufactory for six months. He said Sin
: mons wac in the habit OF visiting his wi
while he was at work, aud that about S
!, months ago he had detected them in Grim
3 He said Simmons came to his hou