The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-31
THE SEVERED HEADS BODY
r,p couPLETED HORROR or THE
utIIIIySBURGH MURDLR
..n... ,,utiInted " emnin. Pound In Fell
Ior.worhm,u' Co't,Tc-r rhc Corpse .a'
,a piece. and Carefully Concealed -rhc
- r,,'. Arrest aud Full Confession.


.,.,.o.'. Mufilated " emnins Pound In rel
Ior.worsm tn'- COT &c 'he 'orpse ~
90 pieces ana '"rci"uy -,s Nv
nlurd r"rS N'i''' ""'
The mys'ory that Ia 'hVel'Pou INC "''
...,,v ~ tho mutt head OF the murdered
,.,.hammcrrnitn, WIN. W. mo H. heNhhl
t.,bc,s. ON the wharf of John hn2liss
.,t, .fd lnGr on 'oint on SATURDAY. " - s"Neu
,.-,erdny tNt anding oithe at ''r h'noe -'i
',.t,l, and hy thc rrest ~ sub' quc " mes
.,,,,fthe III urier"f The W'illah7h "eh 20 IT,
,,,,,,v,,. nh.ofnci in trc my &C. rom ry |
ii, the n,orrhnr. AMI b in.frls ""'s " u, t"o
a'J,c, f,,re ,ncA In tive -chicn for and the |
,,.,r, IN King about tine ourdrtcr "nd the rest
,f,,etr derci man. SIm"n, Wa wei known
.n,...r The mr-i .nIc.. H. Na'a Na''n' ana u
f,.,,u, ,nt,rsf tI. .a''lt.t sd ! " chch Is n
.i,b,t ever seem lr n'n hih 'hoT, was hh
,,d,.ucs anda street c'her. I"efe "a' one
.,.,,.d tlinnenr,uf owen H"ll'ghrrs un GER
tLor...hn 100 eG Four sire T. M Which Is the
tru, T,.tern p.-tuu Mole e tht held ihe
b,.,J, hcad. Ihc bead had been vi ced III
box of ice, and d, tach new conner Ga er,u II
va. lftDd nv for inspection. a suge'n eA
srip,i the ounda thuf"uehlN' ana then SAID
tiatttw, It's i,iicf thntt'c dec liiation was
m 10 AZ ct tlc r,dy tad been Tor some Nme
t,fele Tie feet blow, lac said. cut srgN
murderer siuuck mnns subsequent bows with
tea,, iut not sharp axe or ha'c1c, before the
D b,ue and grst were entirely parted Ato"n
tLo wihdpws and doors an upln ths 10 ccs
,bllt the Nur.uc the thr png hung, ami al
length To- camc So dense aud d9mohstr"tiro that
az rre of 80 ic,men was ca ied.
The Om that IL used for tn rcccution of
dead bodies Ia tn T. tern Dltrct - sm II
fr,mo extension Of the staol Of the undert X
GsLuudiurs, ana is ittcred with boxes and the
ca,t I'd trumpery fthe stable. 1t IA unproyided
Wit any appliances for the reception o. care of
,hede a.
viz Wv " go. . .-..
Down on the edge OF the per NJ Nl'uh siee''
nsar West street. whore Ia M hirh rile ~ snip
,,.r. h,li,d which tho head ~ = dl..,y, red
""''o'.' W 80 80. 49,, ,'.'s ,.s,,.-o, a,,d
smother thrung OF men hni ouy7 I"l'cTcu anu
.trnye I, find spots Of blOou or mark ui a strug-
.,s ,ns, might furnish A cine. some with
fo '""' u.s. -
pieces Of tmbers and long boards stirred the
waters 90 the pier and thought ;hnt they
tou'hou "'A AZ '"' o"''o"u. . ''" 'V's ''v'''
the rNcr M tue wharf we're cris--ctos' marks
showing that liGht wagon Il d oeeh tuthcn
M1rl hn"ut lh the mu'' anu 'n'"n1 t'e'e ''"'N'
-. a. tntnr,nf ~ though ul1ce by one end OF a
w '' '"'' '.'' 80 /,
wow -. D.. -, 49,.
been hi0u-ht ther' enca-ed' ara tha' 'i 'hN'hX
II from The wagon one end tad fallen 70 the
,I ,,a tbst II had then be.n thrown q
S'V"'' "'r -. -. 1T
N"N '''@.tf -f'f f't' A-''-'''' ~
var gave color to this suspicion IVY saying that
n. .,,,. .,ert.t, IN su,h track, as were how ,
N' "'' '' w."
In the ir1fen mud had not Teen maue ny any
truck used nbu ut his premises.
w.ue ,h,.e vvno ,ook n nersnnal iuterest In
"""' '"'7o ""' 'Vv~ 'V' "
ferreung out the murderer were following up
.he,e vague clues and max ny thre - TO search
..,,,,s -. - 81 -, ,,.,..,.i ~,
the 7tR' eoi man no hau peeh usue''cu anu
are''rd. the detec ives hhd are.dy Traced the
crloe t. its author IN he following manner:
~ "'"'' eu'NN y, ~
police station, went 10 the lumber pile early ye'-
tartaN morning and b, investigating throu -h
the felghborho d. nsc.r aimed that young
rsu ~ q rern1o,nt. VIM. Brannon, an emp mployee
scG Of lie uile al about noon on saturday.
B-anaon d. ,cribed the niger ~ short. stout,
darh fsnn caring a Hight shirt, dark vest. ana Il
snort lrown sacx oyercp,t. lie paii special
attention 10 hls ~npear nee, - he thousht at
ir-t mat he recognized min ~ a workman In
shirt factory
pr llrady carried his Informal lon to the
uoilcs s,atiop. ard the des, ripuon Of thc
-irine@r tau cd 20 closely with the GENERAL ny
pc .ru,e u the Frenchmsn Andrens Fuchs the
lioN workman of Siuont ~ the axle shop
tast in.u,ctor Naddy ordered detectives :,
Arre.t Fuchs. FucAs was taken to private
DOOM ia the Fourth street police station. 'nt
duik hiuici that looked Ike dried blood on thu
log Of his panta.oons. one Of Fuchs's hand
had hecu recently cur. and was sti bleedli =
more clIs, ~ the dark OF. the Frcn 'nmgn
Min uuirk. nervous gesture. brushed ~
10y M"usu aC' ss ~ ,n, 'tk w a. itbou.
>, ~ n,,,i.,r.a a, IL, -, 1ic, - rof mi
,, .nti ,,S,',,, ~ "a 'r,,mf ms t.trt,tion and N.
,aa,,.i,,., to rsf,,rn hnmr
e ' .i,,,,y.,d hn,.sysr IN waa decided :,
20 r,,i Tnci't ns ali cirrnn,siances- The + er
vnrs ,,d fnve,lsh rnndittrn of Filrhs Will.
ir.r.ctnr W,iJv ui,rstioned him and the s,'
r,,. .t,nna of dr. inkenneas and iulinoralit,
sre.tsf -in,ons thai Flrhs had mads uf
stn,ri,,, uiel,t len tho oolica Ia mink that IN,
Fr.nchm. n hAd snme knowledge ui the crime
pct.,,,i,e u H.. nd Vxns .cnt 10 fuchs's IA, use
aud ne thers fund Fuchs with his wife ant
Ittie giri and hts br,dhel.in. law and brot he n
IN l.u- wife Fuchs was washing hi, hand-
thst we're covered with sputs OF blood In
.,rouR nreD,r,tion OF lime He was much 2 4
eltcd hut went readily with tne oflcer 10 III,
ooiico - ton
peiecttye. Folk and Short were sent to ex
amino ths tous- They returned saving tha
the q were "a lie in Fuchss Kitchen and bed
room cont rt,ininr meat that they thought Nigh
bs n,.c. a ~ uIrklrd pork
me li.p.ctor said al once that the meat wa
undttnfe et A., human ars n ana hc went hiusei
Win ii, Il 'tsc.iyes to Tuchs's house. 1he'
ser I'D ,Vcrv part Of the Kitchen, but foEn,
nothinssnyr the pail- Of meat described by tn
detrcsi, o. AMI " bicu they saw wero only Niece
of lr T.. rr,i beef
lrt, ~, went to tho bedroom and -Ool
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