The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-31
SOUTH N0RwALK'S MYSTERY
PROOF THAT THE MURDERERS cor
I8 MUCn As $500
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feaas h the Search On ssnday-What T.
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The place II the murder Of the old Ger
mau. John u. Sshnhe. who. on Friday evening
was killed near his home in South Norwnlk
robbed Of some Of his money and left in a
lonely swamp with over $4,000 on bic body for
over three houre. was visited by hundreds Of
curious pertons ON sunday. They tramped
over the adjacent swamp and fields searching
carefully for some clue TO the murderers. for few
OF them seemed TO think. as did Btate Attorney
Olmstead, that the old mans servant William
BucholD. WIS the guilty man. II he Ia guilty his
actions bette the fnct thoroughly. The active
searching Of the multitude resulted In the end
tna OF a ptetol. bunch Of kcys. and box OF
hob-nails, such as are used In tho soles Of heavy
shoes. They were all found in the field between
tho place OF the murder and the dead mans
house. and woro blood-stain-d. The pistol wins
OF modern make. and had evidently been
dropped by the murderers. II ia the second ps-
tolthat has been found The other was nm ancient
pepper boz. william Bucholl's pistol was
found in the house. He did not carry II tho
night OF the murder rho finding Of the two
pistols intensiiles rather than dlspels the mys-
tory: for tho Old man was killed by blows from
other with tho hesd. The keys that T wers found
proved 10 have belonged TO Schultz for they
eySoh,x bssn 5 S Nv him me rso2 % nSS
a. are much ueed by Germans.
Mr.. Henry Bischoif Is German banker doing
business IN the Soots Ztit,i'a0 uilding. Ho yes.
tordpy said TO huN reporter:
Ihrst saw Mr.. schultz about litcen or six.
marks for TAXED siates money to the value OF
$4,000. Tint was probably the money with
After that ha sometimes came here TO exch ango
marks. but never in large amounts. All his
mohSy scanned to B. ma ,b notes YOU
was murdered he WIS horo about II O'Clock and
EXCHANGED $50 marks. receiving t95250 in
notes. len IS notes and 81 50 in siivsr. We also
gave him the memorandum which was found
one walk into the Office whom thought n
oeggar MIR. Hcbulte walked peculiarly. with
waist. He looked like q bcsgar. He went to
rho correepondcnee window and was directed
around to tho front desk. am near sighted
and thinking hs was n begRar. nut n few cop
Pers on the desk. He paid no attention to them
but spoke to me-; Then recognized him aud
that he WISHED that i would give him large se
notes for $500. and he took from an old. long,
notes. gave him four 500 sreenbacks. lie
had nsSD the $3.50 which We ~, had iS paid MIN in
money oaua n hs ns G sorEs e OF Rs
him. SO he must have Ind $3.50 at cast in the
y" Then. eontinued Mr.. Bischofr. "ko began
70 talk with me about his property in south
NoIwalk: lie said that be WIS disa pPginted in
II. that tha climate was bleak and cold, and he
expressed a wish 10 sell out and go South,
gathered from what hs said that he had lived In
Kentucky. Ha asked mo about virginia. and
my advice AbOut buying farm near Norfolk.
told him that farms were low there. but that
there WINS some danger from the disorganized
condition of society. He said that lac WAS a
single man; and TINT he did no, mind that con.
81 Virginia was about 10 60 into bankruptcy.
He compIehended perfectly what the effect OF
educated man. lie WAS remarkably Intelligent
and talked well ON any, subject; He gave me
heard Of a farm OF 400 OF 800 acres for sale In
Virginia tclegraphed to the Mayor u South
Norwalk te hing him what knew. This morn
ing he was here and We photographed to Schultc's
brother. Prod. W. Schultz. Grossen. Halthausen.
Mestphalia Germany. asking him what dispo-
q, Al the Some Hotel. IN Pearl street. where
charge said: Mr.. schnits reached here on
the 2Itn of September hast in the steamer State
OF Virginia. He had with him boy, SiegInund
Gr0nwald. who acted MS servant. But tho boy
would not stay with him for the old man
called ss boy sn on 'S o boy W wn aS raG q"
him. and refused TO 20 10 south Norwalk. He
- now some mere IN the city learning tho bar
at the time and Schultz got him to 20 with him.
I'd have gone myself II had not been obliged
20 keen my position here. schultz paid Will
could work for that sum. anl he said that when
no had spoken about II 10 Schultz. the old man
Rad sId; d NcSeT ro mini Eog stay wh me-
nice fellow. He has friends in the old coun-
try who are well on. There is a money letter
here for him Low. He wrote me last week
that lie would hnve been hero after his mail
before but Tint Schultz WIS getting ready 20 20
TO Germany, and wouldn't let him leave him"
The papers III hchulte's trunks In his room
chow thai he owned considerable property in
Wcstphalin.