The New York herald., 1876-02-03
WILLIAMsBURG's HORROR

PREPARATIONS FOR THE INQUEST TO-DAY
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED
The little court room OF the Fourth Judicial district
OF Brooklyn the of the inquest in the cases o.
the Fanny Hyde-watson, the Rogers Donohue,
the 0'Brien-whalen the Wallace wife nur.
ders and OF the terrible Dwyer tragedy,
will be thronged again to-day, TO listen
to the testimony in the atrocious and revolving
that has stained the annals Of Brooklyn Coro.
Nolan will at two p. NJ. commence his inquiry into
the death OF William W. Simmons at the hands of Vic.
tor Kretz, alias Andreas Fuchs. and has summoned
some twenty-five twenty-six witnesses The state
OF feeling among the people Of Williamsburg is
very bitter against Kretz, and threats have
been made of taking him from the hands OF
the police and lynching him, either on the way to
from tho court To prevent any such action
the part of the mob which will undoubtedly assemble
in the vicinity Of the Court House, situated the
ncr of South First and Fifth Streets strong force OF
police will assemble around 1t. The road to
and from the Jail will also be protected by
extra patromen. In addition to this covered
vehicle containing well armed policemen, will
follow closely the wake of the carriage containing
the prisoner. 1t thought altogether unsafe 70
convey him In the Maria as that would be TOO con
spicuous an object to pass unnoticed.
At the court one but representatives OF the
press the witnesses subp9naed and those whose duty
requires them to be present VIII be admitted except
by permission OF Coroner Nolan or Captain Woglom,
that crowd inside the Dullding Will De
inquest will probably be concluded before the end OF
the week. that the papers may be placed as speedily
as possible before the Grand Jury
SELLING HIS TALK.
A gentleman visiting Raymond Street Jail yesterday
afternoon attempted TO engage Kretz In conversation,
but was at once met with the question, "Have you
| tobak-smokng tobakY" "No, l have none. "
"Then, y said Kretz Il no talk.
Al this moment Of the jailors came down the
corridor and approaching his cell handed him paper
OF smoking tobacco through the door, The visitor then
said, ''Well you have tobacco, can't you answer
my question ?" Kretz holding the paper up, replied,
''This your tobak; you give tobak talk no tobak
no talk go TO Williamsburg tomorrow; get plenty
tobak, cigar then me talk With this he retired TO
the back Of his cell.
ONE PucHs STATEMENTS coSTRADcrED.
1t will be remembered that during the OF his
examination Fuchs stated that he arrived IN this coun
try, from Hamburg, on the steamer Cimbra May l6,
1872 of course IL he had taken passage upon that
vessel his name would necessarily appear
upon the passenger list A HERALD reporter visited
the Office OF the Hamburg American Packet Company,
located 1t the Of Broad and Beaver Streets
yesterday and inquired for the passenger list Of the
Cimbria, which left Hamburg May and which arrived
here May 16 1872 The reporter found that upon that
particular voyage the Cmbra carried about AS passen
gers, but among the list such name Fuchs, Fox
or Kretz could be found The reporter, assisted
by Of the employees Of the company, went
the list very carefully, but failed to find what they
were searching for. Hence If the murderer did
tualy take passage upon the Cimbra May l6 1872 as
he says, he must have shipped under name different
from those which up to the present he has given tho
police.