The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-02-03
opAsTLEY CRIME.
.e GREEN POINT, L. l., TRAGEDY.

.. dpEEN POINT, L. l., TRAGEDY
,.,rr Of the Terrible Deed-The
The osUi uob for the Missing Body-A Hor
SsaL'H 'SIo Discovery-The Murderer in
custody.
x-r YORK, January 30.-Detectives
morking busily to-day on the Green
were dor case, in which the head OF
ro" " Simmons was found in the ship
WIZ 6 Jobn English on Milton street
yard ~ tba proximity of the head to the river
From VI thought that the body had been
it was into the water. Inquiries were
tArT"" - nIaees where Simmons was in the
lnlc' "f visiting, but no person acknow-
haO'' having seen him since Saturday night.
led6ou ua those with whom the murdered
A'nO"5 2os most intimate, and to whom
man Gnnrs looked for the most authentic
tne Un .aat;on was Victor Kretz, who was
Iorn Iu'o. also by the name of Andreas Fuchs
TrOw SID w.s helper in the same shop as Sim
fis wa and worked by his side, and was also
mT",, IT;nrod to be an intimate friend of de-
ps,,a 0od He appeared to be uneasy under
cta'o ga onestioning Of the police, and pretended
.ns ,n spdeak very poor English. He told the
10 5,dact;yes of Simmons being in the habit OF
us;, ;,;ng some female friends in Green Point,
W. l,s' on making inquiries, this was found to
1u', nntre and was told by Kretz to mislead
'T. V' noIiee. Kretz was detained in the
nI;os '"T office two or three hours, and was
Fovions Ei to get away, stating to friend that
a., 49,, ,r,s afraid he was to be locked up as a
j; p;tosSs The detectives did not think that
Tretz ~ knew anything about the murder,
,nd be was allowed to 90 home. Among
" 1.bor. interviewed about the murder were
.La watchmen on the docks. One was
s,nrd who said he saw man answering
.Ia description of Kretz down near the dock
an saturday morning, and was quite posi-
i've about his identity. 1t was then sup
,asoJ that if Kretz was not the guilty man
l. knew something about the murder, and
the detectives went to his house, at 9o
Vortb Third street, and arrested him. On
Ii. wav to the station house he purposely
,.nt his hand. 1t blcd freely, and he kept
rnbbino it on his pants. When this was
obscrycd. an examination of his clothing
,r,s made which revealed large spot Of
,}r;cd blood on the pants. The detectives
then visited his house again and found a
,rrpk locked and nailed together SO tightly
that it was opened with great difficulty.
In this they found packed the arms and
lr,, Of the murdered victim, and in a boiler
tLey found the trunk of the body, skinned
and cut up. The emtraiis had been re-
moved and quickline put inside so as TO
cause its speedy decomposition. There ad
been a pool of blood on the floor, but efforts
had been made to obliterate it by scrapiug
until the boards were almost white. Upon
the dress Of Mrs. Kretz, which had just
been washed, were stains Of blood. She
,sid she scraped the floor at the request of
her husband that Simons called at the
house on Thursday night and they all had
drank together, Simmons drinks being
made stronger than those Of the others, and
hat when he was stupefed with liquor
hretz took .atchet and chopped his head
#, the act being witnessed by his little
.tcp-daughter Mr. Krctz said that she her
elf was then up stairs. When kretz heard
he body was discovered, he admitted his
,uilt and said he had done it because he
lad found the victim in criminal inter
curse with his wife-but this Mrs kretz
cnies The murder was no doubt COIN
littcd for robbery, as Simmons was always
nown to have money on his person. The.
risoner was also found in possession of
lmmons' watch, and the little girl says
er father took three dollars and some cents
rom the pockets of the murdered man.
lrs kretz was taken to the station house
nd confined in 4 separate cell. The pris
ner, who says his real name is Kretz, is
n AIsatian by birth, and speaks both
rench and German. He is about forty
ears Of aye, stoutly built, five feet six in
hes in height, and has rather forbidding
Spect.
Simmons was New Englander, and has
family at Derby, Conn. He was an in
ustrious, steady man, a moderate drinker,
Ut an attentive workman, reticent, and
aking few intimates. He woakcd at
piece work, making good wages, and once
every SIX weeks went home TO spend a
eek with hs family, which consists ofthree
lughters and two sons. He roomed alone
the boarding house of a Mrs. Beck, in
IIlamsburg, and left that house on Thurs
y evening about 9 o'clock.
The Centennial appropriation bill passed