The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-07
THE MURDER or SIMMONS.
The Great Wrong Done to the Prisoner bv
the Man that he Murdered.

The oyer aud Tcrmincr court room in
Brooklyn was yesterday througe /. and as An
dre.s Fucns. the prisoner on trial Tor the muir
der Of ". ". simmons, entered. there vs. a
craning u necks and stretching OF bodies To- see
him. His BLACK eyes snapped with excitement
a. he saw the commotiOn he created. petec-
tive David y. Corwtn testified that ON Jan. ~,
the day after simmons's severed head was found
behind the Greenpoint lumoer pile, ne found
articles that mad belonged to Simmons in
Fuchs's house.
Inspector wsddy testified that he was ia the
Fourth street police station wheu Fuchs was ar
rested. The latter had two cuts on his hand,
from whcn blood was flowing. here
blood am on Fuchs's pantlioons. When the
Inspector noticed tins Fuchs trieu 10 dauh fresh
blood on It. lie became greatly agit ted, and
his face covered with perspirStion. there were
several spots II blood on his clothing.
George II. Beck of la North First street.
where simmons boarded, testified IN I Fucns
called at tn house ON Ihutsday Uhe cav OF the
murder and asked for summons, and came
again on Friday aud = turdaY. HIS manner was
greatly chsneed on SaturLay. lie looked say
wnen the witness said that he expected To re-
port to the police that Simmgn- was missing.
Mrs. Anna Howell 81 No. 9s Norm Third street,
the house in front Of TIE one IN which Fuchs
h ap rtmcnts, testified that on the SatGrLay
evening after the murder Fuchs raid ms rent.
saying that he got the money 50 from ar.
lines or Nr. Henry. Fuchs had been a auiet
good tenant On the night Of the muruer size
saw large man 60 into tue yald. On ttiIav
up the back yard. She went intuFuchs's mouse,
IN / saw where he bad dug ~ aud replaced the
MIR Kingdom. Of the prisoners counsel
opened Tor tue defence. He sketched Fuchs's
life from his birth OF pe-s.nt pareuts IN Asdce
until he became a helper for W. W. Simmons.
Toe defence exp ed "a snow int criminal
ihtim cy had grown up between Mrs. fu' hs
and Simmons, which han become notorious,
and that Fuchs was oft n tWltted ABOUT
II IL tue snop. His jealousy was used.
The men were thrown together. On the fatal
bee ~
noon. On Thursday evening summons went TO
Fucns's house aboui eight o'clock IN the evening
Hs gave little Ella a dol. and after ne had been
tDerr for some time he gave Fuchs money TO
buy some beer simmons drank one glass, Mrs.
Fuchs drank another, ana Fuchs aud Era drank
had Ia the house. Then the little girl was put
to bed Simm ms gave Fuchs more money for
more beer lie was gone about TWEEN
~ minutes As he returned his mind
through the gate into the yard, and peeped
through the shutters. lie uid MT see his wife
und Simmons In tho chairs where he had left
them. lie softly entered tue room, and sight
met his eyes which ffOze the blood In his veins.
He went to ms childs bed and SAID, I" Ell d,
come and see mamma and de mali" Ella came
to tue threshold aud said " Is mamma Dad
man" The prisoner lost control Of his Will he
acted thencetorwdrd from impulse. he seized
the axe that stood near bv, ana that Is all that
he remembers. the counsel argued 10 snow
how Obvious Fuchs was Of what he was dong
be had no more self oontrol.
James Lalor, nignt Waterman for Jones, Henry
& Co., testihed-Had known Fuchs for three
years and ahalf HIS reputation was good
Alvin b. Durham, OF jamaica mad heard
Fuchs twitted by his fellow-wOIkmen about
simmons relations with Ms wife.
The District Attorney objected TO this testi-
mony. Mr. John A. Taylor, for the prisoner,
cited the Sickles case as one in which the Tu-
we're admtted. The court reserved tue decls
| ion until this morning.