, 1876-02-03

street. From the proximity of the head
!. to the river, it was thought the body
had been thrown in the water. Among
those with whom the murdered man
/ was most intimately acquainted and
whom the officers looked for the most
authentic information, was Victor Kretz
who was also known by the name of
Andreas Fuchs. He appeared to be
uredsy under the questioning of the
police and pretended to speak very poor
English.
Kre,z was kept in the police Office 2
| or hours and was anxious to get away
saying to his friends that he was afraid
he was Is be locked up as witness.
Kretz knew nothing about the murder,
and he was allowed to go home. Among
others interviewed, were watchmen on
| the docks. One was found who said he
saw man answering the description OF
Kretz near the dock, Saturday morning,
aad was quite positive about his ident-
ity. The detectives then supposed If
Kretz was not guilty he knew something
about the murder. and they went to his
| house at 9S North Third ST., and ar
| rested him. On the way to the Station
House, be purposely cut his head. 1t
bled freely and he kept rubbing il on
his pants; when he was observed an
examination was made, which revealed
large spot Of dried blood ON his pants.
The detectives visited his house again
and found \ trunk locked and railed to-
gether SO tightly, that it was opened
with great difficulty. In this they found
packed the arms and legs of the mur-
dered victim; and in boiler, they found
the trunk of the body, skinned and cut
up. The entrails had been removed
and quicklime put inside SC as to cause
speedy decomposition.
There he'd been pool of blood on
the floor but efforts had been made to
obliterate it. by scraping, until the
boards were almost white, On dress
of Mrs. Kretz, 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 Thursday night. and they
all had drinks together. Simmons
drank beer stronger than that of the
others and that when he was stupetied
with LIQUOR, Kretz took a hatchet and
chopped his head off, the act being wit
messed by his little step daughter. Mrs.
Kretz said that she herself was up
stairs.
When Kretz heard the body was dis
covered, he adlnitted his guilt, and said
that he had done it, because he found
the victim in criminal intercourse with
his wife, but Mrs. Kretz denies this.
The murder was no doubt committed
for the purpose of robbery, as Simmons
was always known to have money on
his person. The prisoner was also found
in possession of Simmons watch. and
the little girl says her father took three
dollars and some cents from the pockets
of the murdered man. Mrs. Kretz was
taken to the station house and locked in
a separate cell. The prisoner, who says
his name is Kretz, is an Alsatian by
birth, and speaks both French and Ger
man. He is about 40 years of age,
stoutly built, 5 feet 6 inches in height,
has rather fo,bidding aspect.
Jan. 81 Gold closed at 1301131s.
The horrible murder and Eutilation
of " " Simmons in Brooklyn causes
great excitement here. Mrs Fuchs, wife
of the murderer tells this story of the
butchery: Simmons came to the house
about O'Clock Thursday evening bring
ing a doll for the little girl. There was
some brandy and beer IN the house.
After drinking all the beer, Fuchs went
out to get three pints more; all OF US
drank; Simmons said he was ashamed
to 60 home drunk, So l said he might
stay and sleep with Fuchs, aud would
sleep with Ellen. We had only two
rooms and Simmons agreed. My hus-
band says slept on the floor and that
l was unfaithful, but 1 was so drunk
1 knew nothing of it. My husband and
child put me to bed and while they were
doing so. fell on the floor and cut my
face. When got up in the morning. l
saw the body on the floor of the kitchen
and Fuchs taking it by the heels.
dragged it into the bedroom to cut it up.
When I saw it called out "We will be
hung" but Fuchs said he would make
it all right. drank too much Friday,
did not see the body cut up.
As the woman told the story, she
wept bitterly. saying again and again,
that if she had been sober, the murder
would not have been committed.
Andras Fuchs, or Victor Kretz, as the
murderer calls himself, said he had
known Simmons; had worked with him
3 years.. but had one difficulty with him
on account of which he left the manu-
factory for months; said Simmons was
in the habit of visiting his wife while
he was at work; that about 6 months
ago he detected them in crime; said
Simmons came to the house on Thurs
day evening about 8 o'clock and as he
had some beer, both drank. Simmons
gave him money to buy more beer.
When he returned, he found his wife
violating the marriage gows. Calling
his step child Ellen, who was asleep in
bed. as a witness of her mothers crime,
he seizeu O hatchet and struck Simmons
dead with one blow on the neck. He
asserted that he struck Simmons head