The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11
THE BROOKLYN HORROR.
How Poor simmons was Murdered ana Mu-
tilated-A Detectives Terrible story.


How Poor simmons was Murdered and Mu-
tilated-A Detectives Terrible story.
"About 9 D. m.," said Detective
Folk. "Officers Short, Corwin, Holland
and rnyself went to the residence of An
Dire Fuchs, an Alsatian, at SO North
Third street-a two story frame house on
the rear of the lot. We found Mrs.
Fuchs attending to her domestic duties.
We told her what we wanted, and no.
ticed bloody hammer in a tool box
under the bed in the bedroom. We
then saw pail under the foot of the bed
back by the wall, filed with part of the
breast of a human body. Mrs. Fuchs,
on being asked what it was said it was
fresh beef which her husband had
bought that morning. At the head of
the bed, back near the wall, we found
tin wash-boiler filled with the trunk and
hips of a human beng. In trunk
under the window in the the same room,
we found the two legs from the knees
down, with the flesh peeled off, and arms
complete from the shoulders. We next
found wooden chest covered on the in
side with blood. 1t is supposed the
body was first put into this chest for the
purpose of removal. There were new
nails in the sides of the box, showing
that it had been burst open. In the
oven of the stove we found the liver and
lungs baking with quicklime. The
stencil from this was horrible. We let
down the fire, and OH raking the ashes
found the remains of the thigh bones,
which had been burned up. We also
found several metallic buttons in the
ashes, showing that Simmons clothing
had been burned there. At the time of
the arrest, and before this search, tn
prisoner was found deliberately mixing a
pail of quicklime in his room. In the
bureau drawer we found Simmons silver
watch and chain, foot-rule, his watch
key, pocket-knife and his spectacles
also, set of tools-hatchet, saw, ham
mer and an axe. We found pair of
suspenders at the foot of the bed under
the boiler saturated with blood, and they
were identified as Simmons. These
were the only portions of his clothing
found. The bed clothes had been
washed and were still damp" The Off
GERS then arrested Mrs. Fuchs and took
her and her little girl, Ella Kehoe, to the
station house.
Detective Holland found yesterday,
and took to the Fifth Precinct Station,
the block upon which the body of Sim
mons is supposed to have been chopped
up, and also large piece of bloody car
pet which was hidden i'll the house of
Fuchs. In his efforts to conceal the body
of his victim the murderer not only took
off the skin, but burned portion of the
trunk and roasted another portion in the
oven OF his stove. All the clothing was
burned. It was evidently the intention
of Fuchs to change the appearance OF
the murdered mans remains by burning,
roasting, and in other ways, so that if
portions of them should be discovered,
they could not be recognized as belong
ing to n human body. The murderer
admits that he intended to reduce them
to the smallest possible size, so as to
take them from the house without dis
covery and throw them into the river.
He was on the way to the East River
with the head on Saturday, but noticing
that he was seen by night Waterman
and could not reach the dock without
his burden being discovered, he decided
to drop it between the piles of lumber
where ii was found.
Yesterday afternoon Detective Short
went to the Raymond Street Jail where
Fuchs was confined, and the detective,
the prisoner, and Coroner Nolan entered
carriage and drove to Bushwick ave-
nue., near which Fuchs said he had
buried part of the remains of the MUIR
dered man. After the carriage had pro-
ceeded a short distance he declared that
he had deceived the detective, and that
he had buried the remains in another
place. He then directed the carriage to
Il spot about 100 feet southwest of Met
ropolitan avenue, in an open meadow
near Gardner avenue. A search was
made, and the thighs Of the murdered
man were discovered buried in the earth.
The prisoner was taken back to Ray
mond Street Jail and placed in close
confinement NeW York Tribune.