The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
mt the pocket-book back. fearing to

put the pocket-book back, fearing to
have very large sum of money on his
person so soon after the murder. He
acknowledged that he was foolish to
spend any whatever at that time, but
explained that he did not know that it
was marked. He again asserted that
the money given Hercher was paid by
Schultz to him after leaving the rail-
road station on the way home on the
fatal night. As the detective was going
away Bucholtz said: "While you are
there, and then checked himself and
said: "No, it's too high up; it's too
near the roof" He would not explain
what he meant. The detective under
stood that he was expected, after get
ting the money, to go to New York at
once and have the ink marks removed,
and then was to safely deposit it.
Accompanied by another detective
the witness went to South Norwalk and
the Schultz farm. The stall had been
so carefully described that it was the
work of only minute to find the aper-
ture in the floor. It was about ten
inches long, and wide enough to admit
of the passage of hand. The pocket
book was taken out, sealed up in a
large envelope, carried to New York,
and opened in the presence of the Ger
man Consul General. 1t contained
81. 737 in several packages.
When the detective next saw Bucholtz
he told him that he had been unable to
remove all the ink spots. He also said
that he had borrowed $3.50 from a
friend, which he paid to Mr.. Bollman.
The latter asked: "There's none of
this money on the list, is thereP' Buc-
holtz promised if Somers acted square,
ly in this matter to tell more. Then it
was again urged that the farm would
surely be sold. With the preliminary
statement that he had always found the
witness a "square man." Bucholtz re-
vealed where more money could be
found. He drew another diagram of
the barn and said that near one corner,
which he designated, would be found q
large stone, and under that the money
was concealed. The witness showed
both diagrams to the court. They were
made on leaves torn by Bucholtz from
a notebook. Before the second visit
was made, Bucholtz agreed to a sug-
gestion that it would be well to throw
the two pocket-books where they would
be seen in order to divert suspicion to
others. Tramps having been seen
where the path touches the railroad
track, that locality was thought by Buc-
holtz to be the best place for them to
be found. Bucholtz also thought it
would be good idea to throw an AK
a ong-handled one-in the same place,
and asked the detective to purchase
one; the grand jury had mentioned an
AK as the fatal instrument, and, there
fore, it would be better than a hatchet.
Bucholtz also wanted an old shirt pro-
cured for the same purpose, and said
that he would stain it with his own
blood, and would treat the ak in the
same way. He was particular that hu-
man blood should be used, but said he
had used chicken blood to stain the ar
ticles found in the woods. The War
ings had seen him kill the chicken just
before the murder. The detective sug-
gested that blood could be procured
from some medical college. Mr.. Boil
man finally grew suspicious of the de-
tective, but Bucholtz would not listen
to his suggestions, and said that at any
rate nothing more than the robbery
could be proved. When the second
pocket-book was found it was also taken
to New York and found to contain 2O4, :
600 marks, or little over $50, 900. The
bills were damp and had to be handled
with great care. Three gold pieces
came to light, one of which had been
pierced. 1t was one Schultz received the
day of the murder, and the broker had
told him it would make a good watch
charm. In the pocket-book were some
papers belonging to Schultz.