The New York herald., 1879-09-12

w1tcW M 6k1d know nOfhfnR 4bOUt " tuHt Nc
took different route to South Norwalk that night
from me place whore thewatch was foundi ONE
dsy said ! would give $500 II ] could get bail; he
and that he would instruct his counsel TO furnish
POW Tor bail II could give sufficient securitv
traiia with him; he said he bought pistol day
IN New York to protect himself in going home with
msnv tS.t ae SPOKE Of expecting money from Ger
iof i oai TOT himself he wished me to work In his
woud try ytoi to buy Ia out hs offered me $500 m
against him he thought Hercher was in the interest
OF the States Attorney; he wished me to engage his
man, BaOholtz told me- that At Slst he tSousSt
was detective but that we could get not . word
many as overseer of Schultes sssse sUne nd ~ 1ss
legacy OF 100000 $4,000; q coouesa
sprsng up between us because one day he saw the
States Attorney visit me, and he stayed away from
me: after few days he wrote me letter about III
translation Of the letter read. 1t was merely
plea for a renewal Of their friendship. He CANT
to my cell and said he would give 5000 to be out
one night; asked. laughing. ITO get at schulte's
he became afIsotionste, and said he wouid Iiss Il
tell me secret II he could trust me; he said IL he
could get out only for six hours he could
day he came to my cell snd ssked II he was in
about that secre he said it was true and he
which was nearly ali in va German 'sS notos as' q
msrks.viz. mark. in hole in the aoor coneesled BY
on opening the hole he ssid thsr. would be- fouSd
. tin box with $4,000
A GENEROUS OFFER.
Bucholtx proposed that II could not get out I
should let friend Of mine into the secret 70 est the
money: he promised / should know where the
money was S n ca case ne got = life sentence g the
trouble was that Schulte's money was sil
marked. he thought. as all that he had taken from
on slip Of paper and remarked that II the states
Attorney saw those figures he would know what
they meant; he & said the money he gave to Hercher
vest pocket on the way from South Norwalk; was
released on bail the 18th Of May week afterwsrd;
and that they were gong to move sws{: he looked
frightened and said. "You mustn't let them movs;'l
aspoas to him Of acids in conneotion with the
said was devil Of . fellow for handling money;
he said the money must be got and that
he made me . sketch by which to and the place.
Bucholtx was in his cell while he made the sketch;
said it was at the point OF the crib in front Of the
first stall coming In from the house under stone
or board; he indicated the thickness OF the book
ana said It had probably six or seven hundred dol.
lars; he wished his lawyers paid. particularly Mr.
Smith. whose withdrawal he feared would badly
had first secrsted the book under the straw and
Mr.. waring went in and disturbed the straw aud I
feared 1t was gomez but looked around aud there i
like ray OF white sunlight" he told me he had
taken out some $50 and 500 bills and put back
some of the fifty dollar bills. as he was afraid to
been foolish to spend any Of the money 10 soon
after the murder; he gave some Of the money 70
IL me-
there you might then he checked himself, but
continued:-"Never mind. that is too high up, you
Il to NV use s aS
ward went to the Schultz place with John Curtin.
g 3 the
stall. and between the BOARD floor and the founda-
tion, In hole. touched the pocketbook, 1 drewit
he put It In large white enveope. sealed the en-
velopc and put an indiarubber strap around it; we
until the German Consul General came aud opened
the envelope and examined tho contents; he counted
the money; there was 737 consisting of several
packages. some labelled; the money was put in sew.
eral parcels, and we put our initials on It.
THE REST OF THE MONEY.
! went back to Buchotz concerning the rest OF
the money; he had promised, IL I acted 'squsre'
with him. that he would let know about the rest.
which would have to be got too; finally he said the
never believed the story about the secret trap; he
told me the other money was in corner of the barn
east corners there was bench there right in front
OF which was stone and under the Etone
was the pocketbook; be. drew me . sketch;
we had discussed how to dispose Of the
pocketbooks; he said finally they should be thrown
ON the osher side Of the railroad. where the path
Joined the railroad and where some tamps had been
seen changing their clothes; he added It would be
well to throw rusty axe hatchet there with tho
he described the wounds a. made with
q hstchet axe; said sorry didn't take tho
axe that was in the barn; he said must be to
get . long handled one; proposed burying some
would supply the blood from his by cutting
an artery was not to chicken blood; II had been
lucky for him, he said that the coroner's inquest
decided that IL was chicken blood on the st the
barn; he threatened to commit suicide II betrayed
him; he said he put the money under the straw on
the night OF the murder, the 28th Of May; ! went
after the second pocketbook In company with Mr..
Pinkerton and the German Assistant Consul General;
about eleven O'Clock ct night entered the barn. and
singled out the spot described by Bucholtx;
moved some bark, found the stone. dug up the
ground under 1t and had to remove . lot of heavy
stones digging with spade struck gold and
q mouldy newspaper, which handed up; little to
one side the gold found the pocketbook; the gold
was German mark pieces; one had hole in it; we
did the whole up in q large envelope and went to
New York to the Windsor Hotel, to the German
Consul Generals room. and delivered the packet; he
opened and examined 1t and counted themoney;
made list of the money; there was 2O<.000 marks
(about $50,O0O); there was no American money!. 10
consisted Of 1000 mark notes; 1t was moist the
Consul General had to lift the notes up by one
with his knife; the money was labelled and
We put on our initials; the pocketbook
also contained some cards. letters and papers and
Mr.. Schulte's passport; returned to Bucholtz and
informed him OF finding the money; told him ]
had put Il In q safe deposit company in New York;
he proposed that should 20 to Germany to nsQo-
tiate some Of Il; asked him to give my brother.
broker in Philadelphia chance to do something
with It; he said must throw away the gold piece
with hole In it, as it given to Mr.. Schultz the
The case was at this point adjourned till tomorrow