The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-31

weddy accused Fucns Of numbering smona.
The trt-uner, tftcr he had been told ~ tho |
finding of the remains In his hou-e. did not |
attempt to deny nis vuilt, and admitting the |
crime, ~ he lad killed the hemmcrsnltn, hc- |
chd.c of the latter's ctiminal inttnicy with !
Fuels is a am II. soiidiy-hullt man. with a
round bu let he Il, r"inu, ted fice, OK, rest- |
less eyes. and ftrtive and rather fubiduing I
cout tcnauce. lie is ~ vears old, about feet u /
Inches tai anu s IA na i've " Alsacr. l. - I'd
ihr lie has necu m,iiied i've ~ ak times. ayd
th he l. Of a j. lous, Crtel md Ttvenr, ful
Wi4ow nith one rhtld-the elr Ellie, ~
he lis ner-aD 1ut two We r. g.
Fac st lkeI readily and With ess'icuauons
y,s'crday. of hi' rimc and e he manner In
whlch hc = We tue de tu ll'w. lie Iout Enf.
l,sh Or rice " nd commune ted hi. story Uy
the ul ot ~ trter tet"r.
lie -tii ia hs mar, ,d lie has been very I'M.
IA II tcb sine no longer dis used h br lldao
month7. o. he discovered her criminal relations
w.t. inuns nj since th,n they save not be II
inif' uucut. o. III usday pNeniif Slu0us
visited them AZ ab lut o'clock aud all di nix
ircch Of bccr. Then fncns went uut and
huuglt twO quarts more, Siuuus furnishing tuc
money. Whtn he rctdruCd ~ frund his VIE nd
Simuts ~ an eqrvor ~ sit'on. wls -
cnrtEed," -di tuc PIT -Oucr, "when siw my
VIE and sinons hln2 drunk tote,h't op "a the
foNr that rabocd ~ hHcaet from behind lie
stuvf anI -trtck list so.'
Here ihu lreh, nn u. wi II flashing eNes,
ised lin-elf ~ on MA tOcs. ana, priudlsWus
hi' AIMS aoove lis head. made I'VE y with
In. h.n Is through the ayr tI show b Nv tue bl W
w.s delN rcd. lie dHod
~ ,de ohly one ,ut aud took his he nd clean
on. III IN pat my VIE 10 ted, ana l. lic went,
to, nd tullowcd. My name is not Fnchs. but
|. Nlclor kreia was never m rrled but nee.
/ h we qnhrr-Ied win simon, befure, .nd once
| lett tie shop cn hts account. Intended t.
come T. G UT M give myself up after Killed
>imous, "a my wife wuuidn't let me-
lio thc pr-onol stamped aud refused to say
nv hing more. lie sire chcd himself at full
length On lt!s Irison bcncn and seemed to &c
entirely indif rent ~ his situation.
A lew y.rds from Fuchs's, IN cell around an
anile 4 the wall, Was the wife Of tn murderer,
% stout. .rsh-leatured lrisnwnnan, VINO -till
~hoMrd ua'es ol rcccut urphuch' She was
terribly ngitHted, Hni. with tears III her eyes,
uc.iioncd every one whom she Wv to tell ner
whether she nnst ne haiscd. she Is not nad
| looking, and spoke In seeming horror aud re-
| more Of tue deen ol her husband She rhJ:
" ] was born Ia Ireland In the county OF
! Wa'effDrd, ana am thiitY-ninO Years old. 1
have been married to Fuchs for two years, and
! ne has tormcnte ne witn his Jealous fears. a
would &c jealous of hls Own i.ther he is OF
such an ugly oispo.it'on VI, IA iden name
aud had one child 10, him, Ellie.
! 'if. Simous came on ihurs .ay evening otriug
! Eln" a dnll. Fdcns went out tu Ct ln.e drink,
! and while he was gone we talked of oil times.
| mi when he cane back We all DIR nix. We were
all drunk. and SImous W - 80 bad tnat he ssid
isramed To 10 home 80 tight.' It,ld him hat
Lc could 90 to bed With L chs aud that Ellie
ald 1 would sleep t,g-ther. lie SAID Al
| nRht, I'm sati,n d.: linen became SO
suTid that didn't Know, anythlng. and
| | f,ll 60 the floor. | don't know how I got
to bed. cut nv face us YOU see here (pointinR
to an uglv wound on her CueekJ was Awoge
| in tho morning ~ my cuild 9 Ling to me, saying
that -he was afraid tnai tny husband would kill
| me, ana ih.t ne would have done 1t last night
but fur h r. I saw the hOdy on the kitchen fnor,
| and then saw hlm dug II INTO the bedroom.
Said he. IN mike It AL right, and told him
| Ga 1 We would all be hung for It.. st down
| aud cri-d and got down sick. We drank all q y
| Friday. and Fuchs began to cut w the booy and
stow II away. He dug up tue bricks Of the Dire
s.e a', ouI,ea pr n,n 40 .9e n ps'hs'ns m there;
that II would be all right, aud that there would
be no trouble. said knew that it would all
all l.a ID To- AZ
On Saturday he took the head. after he had
chopped ~ the rest Of the BODY. aud hid u. and
wrapped an old newsp per, the BROOKLYN Prev,
around II, and put IL In basket. He put IA D.
kin on the top and went out don't know what
- bed with mo on Thursday night, but know
that that story Il ( lse. l have never had any
thine o do with anN man. simons or anybody
else, ana tJch's charge" against me are entirely
untrue"
A. Mrs. Fuchs concluded her nrrratlve she
l. ur-t Into tears. md askcd over and over a.ain
whether che must DO hanged, saying that she
knew th.t At must oc so from tie irst.
| Tue ltttle girl who WAS silently weeplng in the
captains Office Ia tho Police station, told hcI
story q the mui der IN clear. convincing IA II
n.r. She cotrop rated tue version gwen by hi
mother ~ - the time that Fuchs returned
home tte last tlnIO with beer. She said TINT all
. crank ~ the be,r and that then Fuchs went Z,
The cupuo rd AMI got tho brandy bottle. and
tnat Sinons drank good deal OF It. Her rmothei
also DR. ,nk' ma AT list got hrlpIcss aud ,tupii
and helped her mother M, led tier into the bed
room, and got her upon the bed. Then she went
asleep and intoxicated upon chair by the n e.
place. Fuchs stood near him, anj. H. Sinon,
fell back uion his seat. seized him roughly n,
the arm. Fuch. shook the slec. tng man several
TN es. aud then RULED him clear out OF tho
chair. Simons couldn't stand, and dropped
at flll length upon the liolr fdchs loukr Il Al
him an insta I. and then turned and ran int.
the bedroom. lie came out IN moment win
the xe and running up to the nan an the fuol
sirucK hi u across the neck with all Ms nigh {
He kept cutting for some time, and when tn,
man didn't stir he stopped. Then tho little cir
went to bed crying afraid. as she said, tha
Fuchs might XIII her aud her mother. wheI
ehs arose next morning, Fuchs was cuttiDI
away at his victim, nd At length he severed tue
head.
Ths man Brannon was taken TO the police sta
tion hut he failed To recognize Fuchs "a tn,
nsn wnom he saw going OF the timber pile OF
SATURDAY.
family uf Simons IN Derby, Conn., asking tha
the body be at once srn, home The news o
the tragedy, ns u vas communicated to them
mentioned simply the death OF Mr. Simons
without detaill ~ the manner Of his death.
no one was willing to make known TO them thu
Mr. Daniel O'ConnelI. the foreman Of the xls
shop = Jones, Henry Co, and u persona
friend and ncighnor ~ Simons, IA that the S
! scrtions Of Fuchs In accusing ~ mons q drilnx
! enn,as and immora'ties are false. lie adde
thit SImuns was accustomed to make from q,
! to $40 week. aud spent his mpuey freely. H.
was unusually good workman, and was otte
eesonset oy persons - Conn. cioat ana tn o -
ne (OConnel) persuaded Simon9 {" -"fr-'- =
Gre'".'o'-, y v-rn-u Eays thst ~ fli1n
. , -,3.nins nhen Fuchs went to the shop he d
: not build a IRE for the hnmmersmiih whe
; a-ked the cause Of his negligence he said
! "Why, de smith dOn't come to-day. 30 nor
{ "Of course Ge'il come, for he was here LIS
night ana Id that no would " IS the reply.
\ Ire Frenohm nwas sent TO Simons's b1ir0in
. house 20 hnd him, but he soon returned, eXcii
/ edly saying, mo Slnons, no Simonr, ] don
4 KIN w." Again he was desr atched, and thi
, time he ran all over Greenpont, and returne
late, repeating his cry, q" | no hne him. n
SimOns, l done know"
{ slmons occupied position In the shop mex
above thlt OF the Frenchman, aud II IL though
, oy tho police that the desire To succeed To tn
place OF the smith was Ia part tho motive OF th
murder.
> The residents OF Nilllamsburgh and of Green
A., point, after the arrest OF the murderer ana th
discoveries In his house, were excited and IN
| Fourth street police station and the yard an
] street at Fuchs'a house were thrOnged wit
| men, women, and ltllo chiidren. A multltud
stood a out the MOrg ~ and ned tue windo'
. slils and DOORWAY, aud looked agrpe At tho boz
| high on 2 shelf, that cOnreaied the hideous fea
: lures Of the UlOcdy bead.