Daily globe., 1879-04-23
SIBLEY COUNTY MURDER,
DEPOSITYON TAKEN OF THE DYING
WO1fAN YESTERDAY,
MoreE Details OF tho Brutal Crime-Tho
Woman Made Blind by a. Bullet-Ssarch
for tho Murderer-Hei is Seen Near st.
Psul-sherin Bray On His Track.


for tho Murderer-He is Seen Near st.
Paul-sherin Bray On His Track.
THE SHELLY COUNTY TRAGEDY.
(Spcial Telegram to the Globe.
HENDERSON. Minn,, April 22.-Ths county
attorney and Justice Kirby went out yesterday
and took the deposition of Matilda Schauer.
who was shot by Frederick Goltz. in the town
of Green Isle, this county, last Friday. The
deposition is A. follows:
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Sibley-ss:
Matilda Schauer appearing personally before
me, the undersigned. justice of the peace Of
the county of sibley aforesaid, at the dwelling
house of John Schauer, her husband, in the
town of Green Isle. in said Sibley county, and
being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says,
through Ferdinand Tobbert, who was first duly
sworn as interpreter, as follows: 'My name
is Matilda Schauer; am 20 years of age; am the
wife of John Schauer; feel and believe that
shall
DIE FROM THE WOUNDS
from which am now suffering; know Fred
erick Goltz; he came here to this house last
Friday morning, the 18th day of April, 1879.
about s o'clock in the forenoon; the door was
open and ne &c came in the door; stood in tho
his hand and he raised it up and
SHOT ME
in the right leg about half way between the
knee and the hip; then ran up to him aud
pushed him out of the door and tried to shut
open and then shot me in the head near the left
eye. and then shot me again above the left
breast near the nipple; the bullet passed
through and came out of my back just
under the shoulder blade; then ran past him
ont of the door, and fell down at the end Of
the house and laid there until my husband
came and picked me up and carried me into
the house; Daniel Lucht was with him; had
my senses but could not get up myself; think
I shall not live long.
(Signed) MATILDA ScHAuER.''
Subscribed and sworn to before this 21st
day of April, A. d. 1879. j. P. KIRBY,
Justice of the Peace.
THPARTHs.
The parties are both Germans and were form.
erly husband and wife, and lived together a.
such in Germany and later in Wisconsin, where
obtained q divorce, came to Sibley county
about three years ago and married John
Schauelt Goltz followed after and has been
working in this county most of the time for
the last two years. and has repeatedly
THREATENED HER LIFE.
He went to the house last Friday, the door
was open and he stepped in and stood near the
door and asked Mrs. Schauer if she was we'll,
and being answered in the affirmative inquired
for her husband, anu was informed that he
was out in the field blowing, some
distance from the house. He then enquired
for her husbands younger brother, who resided
with them, and was told that he was not at
home. He then said he could not see her liv-
ing here in the woods
WITH ANOTHER NAN
any longer. and at once drew the revolver and
commenced firing. The wound in the leg is .
mere scratch, and the bullet hole through her
left lung and out at her back is not supposed
to be dangerous. The bullet passed between
the ribs. But the bullet that STRUCK her in the
head entered at the outside corner of the left
eye passed slanting back of tho nose and
! lodged back of her right eye, thus de-
stroying the sight of both eyes. Although
MADE ENTIRELY BLIND
by the second shot, she had her senses even af-
ter she fell, and asked her little boy where
Goltz was, and upon being told that he was
running away across the field told the boy to
call her husband. She has two children by
Goltz and one by her present husband. Tho
statement in Bill Kings paper this morning
that Goltz kicked her, is incorrect. She is
HANDSOME WOMAN
in form and feature, and possesses an iron
consultation. That she has survived her
| wounds this long is rendered miracle. She
is not expected to survive. Goltz has not vet
been arrested, but the officers are on his track,
and he can hardly escape. Sheriff Bray was
never known to let up until he gets his man.
Sheriff Bray's Hunt for Golt<.
Sheriff Bray, of sibley county, reached this
city yesterday in pursuit of Goltz, the wife
murderer of Green Isle. The GLOBE gave tho
flst account of any newspaper in st. Paul Of
the horrible tragedy, and adds thereto the
dying deposition of the unfortunate woman
and further details of the diabolical crime.
From Sheriff Bray it is learned that
! Goltz, after accomplishing his murderous
revenge, because his wife, whom he had thrice
discarded, would not return to him, he took to
flight.
THE FLIGHT AND PURSUIT.
Within short time, as soon as tho murder
could be reported at Henderson, fifteen miles
| away. Sheriff Bray took up the pursuit of tho
murderer. He has followed the man step bv
step in his winding course until he, the sheriff,
| reached this city yesterday, on the trail of tho
fugitive.
Goltz has made his way across country.
| through the woods, by the highway and short
cuts ON foot. Sheriff Bray first got word of
| him near Norwood; he was lost at Norwood,
having avoided the town. Tho trail was
picked up again and followed to Wadeua,
| the murderer came to view, and at
Victoria he sunk from sight to
| reappear near Chaska. Thence the course was
| followed to Excelsior and from there to Mime
apolis, and though word had been forwarded
to the authorities there, the country constables
let the murderer pass through their bailiwick
unmolested.
Sunday afternoon Sheriff Bray got tho track
| and kept it to this point. Here, when he made
inquiry of the officials he was vexed by
hearing nothing; the trail was apparently
totally obliterated. Sheriff Bray came here
yesterday and instituted inquiry. He was not
long in ascertaining that . man answering to
| Goltz's description had been seen on the st.
Paul road to Minneapolis, by two persons be-
longing to st. Paul-George Stahlman and q
GLOBE reporter. Each were asked separately
to describe the man whom they thought
was the murderer, and each gave description
| similar in all respects, fully identifying the
party ~ the murderer fugitive.
Goltz is supposed to have turned away from
st. Paul, making direct fer Hudson, with the
intent Of reaching Chicago.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MURDERER,
All along the route he has been given away
by his good clothes. He wears respectable
suit of black coarse diagonal cloth, black hat
and carries 3 cane. He il about five feet eight
| to nine inches tall. weighs about 18O pounds.
Has forld complexion, not from drink, high
cheek bones. small blue eyes, prominent nose.
light hair, and small yellow ,noustache. The
telegraph has been called into requsition to aid
| in the capture and besides Sheriff Bray has bv
| no manner of means abandoned his sleuth hound
pursuit.
n~nv H,f \
HAVANA, April 22.-Rains have relieved the