Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-02-01

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committed. Andreas Fuchs, or Victor
kretz, as the murderer calls himself,
says he had known Simmons and worked
with him for 8 years. but had once had a
difficulty with him, on account Of which
he left the mandatory for six months.
He said Simmons was in the habit Of
visiting his wife while he was at work
and that about six months ago he had
detected them in crime. He said Sim
mons came to his house Thursday eve
about Q, and as he hid some beer both
drank Of it. Simmons then gave him
money to buy more beer and when he
returned found his wife violating her
marriage vow. Calling his step-child,
Ellen, who was asleep in bed, as witness
of her mothers crime, he seized hat
Chef from behind the stove and struck |
Simmons dead with one blow on the
neck. He asserted he struck Simmons
head off at one blow, but afterwards &C.
counted for cuts about the neck by
saying he had to hack it of next morn.
ing, as it was not entirly severed. He
declared he intended to'give himself up,
but his wife persuaded him not to do so,
and on Friday he dragged the body into
the bed room and cut it up. packing the
pieces AWAY in different places until he
could get rid of them.
The officers who first inspected the
apartments reported there were pals in
the kitchen and bedroom containing
meat they thought might be pieces of
picked pork. A close examination of
the premises was then made and under
the bed was found heavy solid ham
mer that bore bloody stains, and COM
mon handsaw stepped with blood and
fringed with bits of hair. There were
also heavy hatchets and axes and these
were covered with half obliterated blood
marks. In another corner, under a
couch, was small tin pail filled to the
brim with fragments Of human body
cut into pieces not more than two or
three inches in length. At the side of
the bed was largs pine chest dyed in
every part with blood. as though bleed.
ing boody had been hastily jammed into
it. In common thick leather travelling
, trunk was found another portion of the
mutilated body, strips of flesh and piecef
of skin. In another part of the cham
Der was large Tin wash boiler nearl,
0 filled with parts Of a mans limbs-piece
of arms, hands, legs and feet. In tn
: midst of these remains was the trunk O
the body, the ribs stripped clean Of ski
8 and flesh. The officers next searche,
P the bed, and turning up the ticking un
8 covered other fragments Of humal
body. Then they went through tn
kitchen. and digging deep under tn
9 bricks OF the Fireplace, brought on
u many other remains similar to those dis
;. covered in the bedroom. They gathere
;, tho bloody fragments and sent them I
q the morgue. The axes, saw and hamme
: were taken to the police station.
IS CINCINNATI. Jan. 3l.-John Lipps,
D German residing at Sedamsville, sui
urb Of this city, was arrested for rap
at committed upon the person of his ow
to daughter.
to ST.. LOUIS. Jan. 31,-The jurors in Il
It, case of VIM. Mckee, of the Globe Den
a ocrat, charged with completely in Il
:. whisky frauds, received their instru
,e tons from Judge Dillon, Judge Ire
We coinciding. at half past ten this mornir
lg and retired at half past eleven. II
10 10 charge was very long. 1t commend,
,e with review of the operations of Il
d. whisky ring, admitted as fact by DO
30 sides. From 1871 to 1875 there was I
doubt the government had been d
ne frauded of millions in st Louis alon
ng and it seemed astonishing the oonspira
We could exist SO long.
'sl WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-A meeting
ot Of the creditors E. D. Winslow. fugiti,
ia forger aud late proprietor of the Da
DO News, took place to-day. The sta
ment Of the financial condition OF {
he News was discussed and the appoil
ear ment of committee authorized
of put the estate of Winslow into bar
he ruptoy, if in their judgment it v
's1' deemed desirable, otherwise to rep
their recommendations at an adjourn
meeting of creditors.