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speak very poor English. He toll the
detectives Of Simmons being in the habit
of visiting some female friends in Green
Point, but on making inquiry this was
found to be untrue, and was told by krliz
to mislead the police. Krutz was detained
| in the police Office two or three hours and
was anxious to get away. stating to
friend that he was afraid he was to he
locked up as a witness. The detective
did not think that Krutz knew anythin-
about the murder and he was allowed to %
home Among Others interviewed about
| the murder were the watchmen on the docks
One was found who saw 4 man
answering to the description OF Kru;z
down near the dock on Saturday morning.
| and was quite positive about his identity
The detectives then supposed II krutz wa
not the guilty man he knew sOmethin.
about the murder and they went To hl-
house at Us North Third street and arrested
| him. On the way to the station house be
purposely cut his hand. IL bled freely AMI
he kept rubbing it on his pants. Whom
this was observed, an examination OF b.
clothing was made which revealed lar-e
spot of dried blood on his pants. The de-
| tectives then visited his house again an
found trunk locked and nailed together 50
| tightly that it was opened with
great difficulty. In this they found packed
the arms and legs of the murdered victim,
and in the boiler they found the trunk 90
| the body skinned and cut up The en-
trails had been removed and quIckllme pug
! inside so as TO cause a speedy decOmp0-.-
ton. There had been a pool OF blood On
the floor, but efforts had been made 10
obIiterate it by scraping until the boards
were almost white. Upon the DIRE,
of Mrs. krutz, which had Just
been washed were stains OF blood
She said she scraped the floor a; tle
request of her husband that SlmmOu-
called at the house Thursday, and they el
had a drink together that Simmlu-
drinks were made stronger than those oi
the others, and that when he was stupeh-i
with liquor Krutz took 4 Ratchet and
chopped his head off. The act being Wl,-
messed by his little step-daughter Ma
| krutz said that she herself WIS then zap
stairs. When Krutz heard that the BOD.
was discovered, he admitted his guilt ami
said he had done it because he had found
the victim in criminal intercourse with hi.
wife: but this Mrs. Krutz denie-. ils
murder was no doubt committed loe rob
berry. as Simmons was always known O.
have money on his person. The prisoner WI
also found in possession OF simon
watch. and the little girl says her idtlgs
took three dollars and some cents from Ga
pockets of the murdered man. Mrs. kra
was taken to the station house ami cl--
fined in a separate cell. TIE prisoner la
Alsatian by birth, and speaks both FEsl
and German. He is about 40 years Of age
stoutly built and has q rather tOrbidtlug as-
peet.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
NEw YORK. Feb 1.-The list Of clur
called to the advisory council TO b. bel. l
Plymouth church on the 18th Of Februar,
has been completed Ii comprises some me-
the oldest and most prominent churches u
New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania Maine
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
Rhode Island, Connecticut. Ohio, Indiana.
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa Mimi
sofa, Kansas and the District Ut Columt-.
besides many ministers without charge. lu.
GLIDING the following; Rev Leonard Bacon.
New Haven. Conn, Rev. Noah Porter
President of Yale College. Conn. Rev.
B. Hubert, d. D., President of Aill
bury college. Vermont Rev Eu.a
| Pond, d. D., Bangor Theological Seminar
Rev. j. H. Fairchild, d. D.. pr5-.lea.
| Oberlin college, Ohio ; Rev. y. L. Ca4T.e
D. D., BeloIt college. Wisconsin E.s.
Joshua VI. Chamberhn, Iowa college. trl
nell, Iowa; Rev. j. I. Hyde. DID, C4il-
Theological Seminary a; Rev l-Tae.
Andrews, d. E.. president Marietta cl-.l-..
Ohio; Rev. Julian ~ Sturtevant, d D..
president Illinois college, jacksonville. I1.
list does not contain the name of any NeN
York city or BROOKLYN church. l. cl--
ses III churches and twenty specials