Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-22
GAVE HIMSELF AWAY.

HOsc a Murderer COnfded Ia u Detective
and Thus Convictcd Himself Of Crime.
| New York Special, Sept. Ill.,
A remarkable detective story was told on
the witness. stand to-day, in the trial of
| William Bucholtz for the murder of the
miser Schultz, at Bridgeport, Conn. Schultz
was worth $25O,00O, and was known to carry
large sums of money on his person. One
evening, somo months ago, his servant, tho
| prisoner Buctoltz, ran into house near
Bridgeport bleeding from wounds and said
that he and his master had been get upon by
| some men and Schultz had been killed.
The old mans body was found, and some
days later it was deemed bes. to arrest Bu-
choltz, although, 30 far as the public knew,
| up to this day no positive evidence against
| him had been found. To-day, however,
| says a World dispatch from Bridgeport,
! great sensation was created by the ap-
pearance on the stand of Ernest Stark, q
German detective, who while ago went
through the form of being arrested for q
supposititious crime, and was locked up in q
cell with Bucholtz. They became very in
innate, and ono night Bucholtz placed his
arm around the detective and said if he were
! out of Jail six hours he could get all the
| money both might want. He then told q
singular story about Schulte's method Of
concealing his wealth. Surprising the miser
| one day, Bucholtz said he noticed that there
was hole in the floor of his room. Schultz
admitted that in this hole be kept his money.
Bucholtz learned that in the hole was a box
containing $4,000 Bucholtz promised
that should he get life sentence he would
state where all of Schultz's money vas,
| for it would then be Of no use to the
possessor of the secret. On May 18th
the detective was released on bail. Bucholtz,
| being then told that the Schultz property
| would be sold and that a new owner would
take Immediate possession, proceeded to en-
tighten Somers concerning the hiding place
of the money. Accompanied by another de-
tective the witness went to the Schultz farm
and found the aperture In the floor. It was
ten inches long and wide enough to admit
the passage of hand. The pocket-book
was taken cut, carried to New York and
opened in the presence Of the German con-
sui general. IL contained 81 1877. Bucholtz
next revealed where more money could be
found. He drew another diagram of the
barn and said that near one corner would be
found large stone and under that
the money was concealed. BuchoItz
wished the two pocket-books thrown
where they would be seen, in order to divert
suspicion to others. Tramps having been
seen in certain place near the scene of the
murder, 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 axe in the same place.
He also wanted an old shirt procured for the
same purpose, and said that he would stain
it with his own blood, and would treat the
axe in the same way. He was particular
that human blood should be used, but said
he had used chicken blood to stain the arti
cles found in the woods-when the second
pocketbook was found it was also taken to
New York and found to contain 204 600
marks, or little over $50, COO. All this
n MUney was on the person of Schultz when
, nleo. More developments are coming to-