The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29
An AGED MISER MURDERED.
rHE ROBDERs LEIVING OYER $4,000
ON ms BODY after dLL.

Il. - Lonely swamp There Attacked and /
EilIrd while Itis SERVANT Walked Little /
IA Frcnt-storie. ofthe Mans Singular LITE. !
In February. 1877. II German, John Henry |
Schultz. accompanied by a young man who !
a,<ed a. his interpreter wentto South Norwalk. |
and after little looking around. purchased OF |
Major George Hoyt eight acres Of land. on |
which stood II good frame house. It was sit
unfel two miles west Of South Norwalk. on
what Is known ns Roton Hill. Mr.. Schultz paid |
for the property $1,000 cash. which. It was |
then noticed. he took from leathern |
belt which he wore around his body. bes !
meath his clothing. There was Mt tho
fine living on the farm the family Of Stephen |
D. Warlng. and leaving thom in charge. the new
owner went away to Germany, 1t Ia said. II
did not return to America until August last. and
WAS October before he went 10 his farm near
south Norwnlk. He brought with him plans
for fine building which he talked Of erecting
on the property. but instead Of making any
move In that direction he settled down In his
house. occupying one room. in which he took
ME meals. which were prepared by the WarnR
family. while his servant William Bncholtz, at
tended TO him and accompanied him most Of
ihe lime
Soon Schultz got the reputation Of being an
eccentric miser. Ho was very quiet spoke little
or nc English. went out very little. and was said
said that he Was from Cologne. where he had
much real estate. and where n wealthy brother
resided. lie occasionally visited New York
city. always alone and It was rumored that his
obe,f WAS to receive rcmittances OF money from
Germany. SO his uuevcntlul life wont on until
Friday last. Early that morning he start
od from his home. telling his SER
want that he was going 10 New York on the
1o'clock train, and directing him to meet him
Mthe o'clock train in the afternoon. William
obeyed. hut his master did not come. He wait
sd until the GIL train. and then Schultz ar
rived. carrying with him a package OF hams
md vaiise. The nearest way TO his house
from tho depot was straight down the railroad
track about n mile and II half and then up
through cedar swamp. and across some
fields bv a narrow iootpath. Directing William
Bucnoltz 10 60 on In advance with the hams
and the yase. tho old man started down the
track What followed is described by william.
who told his story through m interpreter. for
he can speak but litle English.
Il was about seventy -nyo feet In advance Of
Mr. schultz" he said. and had just reached
the stone wall that separates the swamp from
the farm. when | heard him call out loudly
twice. put the hams on the stone wall and
turned to go back. As 1 did this two men
sprang out at me from each side Of the path.
One Of them struck me with something on the
cheek aud cut me. J. then turned aud ran t9-
wArd the house Mnnleh was hpout 12o Shru1
the sound of voices back by Mr.. Schultz, but
could sec no one. One of the mon followed mo
about lfiy ynrds bnt oniran him and reached
the house. | stumbled into the back door. out
Of breath. crying out sammy. Sammy. think
tramps have killed schultz
II heard some one calling out" said Samuel
Warine, Mrs, Warnings son, young man OF 20.
slone In the house. and the next moment
William came rushing In. his face pale and
.....l HaFrHN Inc g. ia alsa.aN
H said on, sammy oh. sammy "
aud seemed badly =. frightened. eaid
dead. answered William. and th.n he said tho
lramps had cut him and chnsed him. and TINT
they might come to the house, ANA 30 held the
1oor. William went and got his pistol. and ~
went to the nearest neghbors. Mr.. Aliens and
Mr.. Dingcy's and alarmed them. Then We
Nspt 70 se SWAMP & psS shS Sa oUaha W. fs @ n1, rSS
him but hurried TO the village and told the au-
Great bodies move slowly. and country ofll-
r.as are no exception 10 the rule. Constable
Dayton was the first authority informed. TAX
ing It for granted that the old German was dead.
be- informed Justice ". T. Craw who acts
Coroner Justice Craw then proceeded % i'm
panel Jury. and hy 9s o'clock the authori-
ties were ready 10 20 to view the body IL was
10 o'clock before they reached the lonely
swamp. and let the light Of their lanterns shine
on the body Of the Old German. There WAS no
doubt about II being n case for an inquest, Tor
there was terrible cash in the hack OF hiS head
over four inches long. and penetrated L. the
brain. 1t was enough TO have caused instant
death. yet buck Of his left ear was another
wound. II looked as though some muscular
arm had driyen the head Of hatchet through
the skull No man with such a wound could
live. Near tho body lay the dead mans hat.
an Old green iei hat with gnsh IN
Scattered around were severa newspapers.
some violin strings. memorandum books, an
empty money bag and bloody ehamcis,skin SKI.
Schnltn's pockets. His watch was gone. as was
a big pocketoook which the ncigh6ors say he
usually crammed full OF money. Robbery had
undoubtedly been the motive Tor the murder,
The limp body was carried To the house, and
then the clothing was removed. In the inner
pocket OF the vest WAS package OF papers uod
with a string. the whole looking worn aud di-
lapidated. Atfrst 1t was thought best not 10 eN-
anime IL; but one Juror, more bold than tho
others, suggested that II could 90 % no hnrmii hhrmii
twenty 5OO-mark bills. three lOO-mark bills
1--WE packages each containing ten ,OOO-mark
1.OO0-mark bis-in all $4,000 marks. German
money. or sl9.5s74O ia our money. besldes
and others OF small denomnations-in all S9l9.
That old package contained s20.526.4O. and the
Oney swamp with II in his pocket
The dazed jurors left two OF their number,
taTrd BargeF one q he special =, dsi1es S J2 Of
There was some talk oil arrestng the servant,
BucnOltz but il WAS thought that he could not
escape. marked as he was with a long gash on
his loft eheek. Al dawn yesterday Burger and
Tolls visited the swamp. They found there an
Old pair Of red flannel drawers and a new
pair Of canvas oyorhauls. Thirty feet from
the pool Of blood that marked where the
old man had fallen they found a pistol.
one Of the old bull dogs" 1t was lying in
the brush. though thrown there. After
ward piece OF an old shirt, evidently used
10 wDe blood from something, and hickory
sllek spotted with blood We're found. This was
all. There Was absolutely no clue to the mur-
derer or murderers. The only man on whom
suspicion could be thrown was tho servant. He
mad made no attempt TO gei away and seemed
duz'd by tie murder Of his master.
State Attorney James A. OimsteAd hurried
down from Stamford, and Sheriff Stanford from
Bridgeport. The former suggested that BG-
cholU be put in charge OF an officer. This WAS
done. At II o'clock the inquest was begun in
The Council chamber. BuchOitz being the lrst
witness. He is a stolid-oOking young Ger
man. with light hair and blue eyes. He WAS
neatiy irassed. A long strip OF courtplaster GOV,
eI"u "" scratch On his face. He looked and
acted ike ui Innocent man. and told a straight
forward STORY. He said that he was born in
hermany twthy-iour years ago, and Jour
neyed 20 ths country in August 1878 lie
stopped ut the Some Hotel in Pearl street and
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