The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-01
WHO KILLED Mr.. SCHULTZ?
WHAT FACTS UERE ELECTED At THE
SOUTH NORW8LK INQUEST
Buchois, the Murdered Mans servant, Com
pletinR his story-rhe warIng Famiiy's
TestImony-some TeIegrnms-The Palate.

Ocnulte, WHO WIS kllleu on fTluHy evening lhSt,
was resumed. and VIM. Bucholz. the servant Of
the dead man. took the stand again. He is awell-
educated young German. who served four years
in n regiment Of hussars. and then came to
America He bears the suspicion that rests
upon him with equanimity. and II guilty OF the
horrible crime is MS mild n hammered man MS
ever cut n throat The wound on his left cheek
has nearly healed. and is composed principally
OF court plaster. l have not been able to find
man who thinks him guilty.
ResuminR his testimony. Bucholz said that
Schultz paid him % marks n week or two before
his death. There was one ten-mark gold piece
This he had exchanged for United States money
for his own use.
Here It may be we'll TO say that Mr.. Henry
BschofY. the banker. in the Stats Zeituno
building. who. on the day OF the murder bought
1900 marks OF Schults. says that in making the
exchange he gave Schultz 100 marks in seven
gold pieces. Three Of them were twenty mark
pieces. and four were ten-mark pieces. One Of
the latter had hole through IL. right over
the Emperor Williams head. Ono Of Mr..
BschOns sons remembers this. from the fact
that he joked with Mr.. Schultz about IT, telling
him that he could wear II on his watch chain as
a charm.
Bucholz gave detailed account OF the muir
der After he and his master Quilted the depot.
they walked down the railroad track. the former
in advance. carrying the package ~ hams
Schultz carried satchel. Arrived at the path
that leads from the railroad to the house across
the cedar swamp and the farm. BucholZ took
the valise also. and walked on some distance in
advance OF the old man. He had just reached
the stone wall which separates the swamp from
the farm ms he heard Schultz cry out as though
"Bncholzl Bucholzl'
Bpcho2 dropped the hams and turned to go
back. and man appeared on his right. few
feet away. Then he heard noise on his right
and as he turned. n largo man with a bushy
beard struck him in the face with something
The blow made the Gre flash from his eyes"
the stone wall ran up the path leading 10 the
house. The man chHscd him. but did
Gresn6orn' and iii i" catch H'I you am another HS
time" He thought the man spoke through his
nose. Getting TO the house he tell and talnted
was holding the door. Tho witness then got his
pistol and, asked Sammy to go back TO the
they were about 10 go. hut were prevailed upon
by Mrs. Warng, and her daughters to go with
Bucholz was asked about his pistol. He said
| ne bought II because man named Deysenrnth
ma S t2'd him thai he h would be attacked The
| sunday in the field near the stone wall were
shown him, He knew nothing about them.
! and that the nails were such rs Schultz used.
Augustus Deysenroth WAS the next witness.
with the two Warng girls. walking down the
railroad track. A few. minutes later he saw
tnreT young sq sanGlnE % g py ne ih Track one oi
| tonight" The witness therefore went back
| aud told Bucholz what he had heard. and ad-
| Here the waring family was brought into the
room. II consisted OF stephen F. Waring who
works in Newark AT the hat trade and who
| was there until Saturday. when he came home
| in response 20 a telegram from his family; Mrs.
Amelia warpg. good-looking. self possessed
nfs 1uflrhfNTa m IN x IA
! and her son sammy vOluble youth. Just come
10 mans estate. The whole family was sworn
| wholesale by Coroner CrHw all standing and
| holding up their right hands. while he repeated
| the oath. Then Mrs. .Waring testified that Mr..
| MY cents a week for cooking the food which he
| provided. Describing BuchOlzs appearance In
me house after The murder. she said that she
opened aud he staggered into the room
and fell Then he rolled ever got up
Come. sammy. 90 70 Mr.. schultz"
What's the marerf" asked sammy.
Bucholz answered. He's murdered in the
woods" Witness saw blood on Buchoiz's face
hurt He put his hand to his head. Then he
started 10 90 out tottrred and fell NJ full Length
the pistol falling ont OF his hand. Witness
spoke 70 him. and gave him water after which
they ali went over TO the neighbors. Mr Aliens.
The most important part Of Mrs. Warnings
testimony was that MIR. Schultz always went TO
bed early. usually not later than 6 o'clock in the
evening lie never went out ~ the evening.
and was never in the habit OF walking from the
railroad 10 the mouse 10y the swamp path alter
dark. This disspates the theory that the muir
derer or murderers knew his habits aud lay in
wait for him. and suggests that he WAS either
followed from New York or was killed by some
one who knew that he had not returned on
the AIS train, as he expected. but had come
Instead on the GIL train. And vet there is the
fact that "A little cedar tree standing 10y the path
and between the spot Of the murder and the
railroad was found next day to have evidently
been prepared AS sort OF ambuscade.
Branches from adjacent trees had been cut and
broken on! and thrust into the cedar in such
way hs a. form thick screen. behind which Il
man could stand and not be seen by any one
coming up the path.
sammy Maring was the last witness. He
told rambling story OF his part in the affair.
and ended by saving that he usually slept la the
same room with his mother, there being two
beds in the room, and that on the night Of the
murder Buchol2 sleIt with him. aud seemed 10
sleep well. Attorney Olmstead then asked that
The telegram thatwas sent to the dead mans
brother, Frederick W. Schultz. Grossen. Halt
hausen. near Dostmund. Westphalia. Germany,
read:
Johann. HenreIeh Schultz has been murdered. What
Signed The Mayor Of South Norwalk
- An answer in German came yesterday from
F. w. Schultz saying:
beg Of YOU 10 sec to 4 hat the body Of my brother be
10 10 an % S % al A 6acs srS M e. ss [Rer her s S ySS
been secured, how much the large amount spe.
e which he took from mere has been found and who is
A telegram was also received from f. W.
Schultz by the German Consul in New York
asking that the body be emhamed ana sent 10
Germany at once and repeating in substance
the despatch sent here. Mr.. Gustav Wolfram.
the Secretary OF the Consul. came here this
afternoon 10 inquire into the case. The, body Of
the murdered man will be sent to New York on
Friday and shipped by steamer Tor Germany
on Saturday.
Mr.. W. G. Quitard. the Mayor elect OF this
place. and Charles W. Smith have been appoint
ed administrators OF the estate Of Schultz
They do not have 10 administer upon n worth
less estate. Tor in addition 20 the s20,DO0 found
on the dead Germans person, other valuable |
property has been discovered. In little steel |
box which he left with Jacob NJ Layton a real |
estate agent here. who acted as Schuirs agent
Tor his farm, We're found 100 DO |
franc gold pieces-i $500. Among his pa
pers was found mortgage against his |
brother for 10000 marks on property |
near Dortmund. dated Jan. 20. 1869. 9.iThere was !
also receipt for l9S 5i4 marks deposited on
July 10. 1877. with what Secretary Wolfram calls !
" The Royal District Court" Dortmund Also |
q memorandum Of 10000 marks, worth Of
Rhenish Railway shares n receipt for 95 acres |
OF land sold to the lhenish Railway in August, |
1877 % list OF various sums OF interest due him |
in 1878, amounting IN MI TO nearly 1000 marks. |
Other papers and letters from his brother |
showed that he owned much land near DOrt-
mund. The farm which he owned here and
for which he paid $4,000, is probably worth half |
that amount. So II appears that the old lur-