The New York herald., 1879-09-08
THE SCHULTZ MURDER.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES-A LETfbh FdOm
SAN FRANCISCO ATrEsrING HIS INNOCENCE.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,. Sept. 6. 1879.
The trial Of William Bucholtz. charged with the
murder OF John Henry Schultz. awealthy German at
South Norwalk on the night Of December 81 last will
begin in this city before the Superior Court week
1t will be remembered that Schultz was an eccentric
sort of q fellow and lived alone. cooked. eat and
slept in one room, which he occupied. He was In
many respects aremarkable and was reported to
be very wealthy. He came to Norwalk in February.
1877 ana purchased small farm. for which he paid
600, which was said to be . high figure at the
time. He paid for his farm in cash. and. after pro-
curing a tenant for 1t. returned to Germany.
where he remained until October. when he again re-
turned to Norwalk and took up his abode in small
and filthy room at his farmhouse the family who
occupied the house his occasionally doing
some of his cooking Buoholtz was the old
mans servant and companion. and the two
lived together in this The old man
could speak no English and lived q very
quiet life. spending the most of his time in
playing violin and reading German. He had. in
the summer time great propensity for bathing,
which he seemed to enjoy to great extent. Buchotz
was q well appearing young man. OF about twenty
two years age with light hair and rather pleasant
face He seemed to be tolerably well educated.
although able to speak English but little.
The story OF the murder. told by Buchotz. is as
follows He said that he to this country in
the month of August preceding the murder Of
Schultz and was after engaged by the deceased
to accompany him wherever he went. preceding
him few PAGES. He was to receive $40 per month
and his board. Schultz never carried firearms
asked him to do until q short timo previous
to the night OF the murder. Schultz had
been warned by German friend that he
would be attacked. He then bought q revolver
| Hc went to New York the morning Of the murder
| and told Bucholtx to meet him ut the depot at
Norwalk on the arrival of the train from New York,
at ton minutes past six p. M. Schultz his arrival
| had q satchel and bundle. He gave the bundle to
Bucholtz and carried the satchel himself. They
| then started for home, which about two miles
| from the depot The path usually taken to 1t led
| down the railroad track about q mile and half,
then o cedar swamp and field to tho house.
| When they reached the edge of the woods Schultz
| gave the satchel to Bucholtz stopped
| minute Bucholtz getting short dis
tance ahead OF him. Soon he heard Schultz cry out
| ..Bucholtz! Bucholtz!" He threw down the
| satchel and bundle and started back. On his way
| back two men sprang upon him and struck him in
the face, and he then ran toward Schulte's house
crying for help. the house being three hundred
and fifty yards away. He said that one OF the mon
| chased him, but he got out of the way.
PLUNDKn LEFT BEHIND.
The family named Warning. who lived in Schulte's.
house. say that about o'clock Bucholtz burst
into the house. crying Sammy. Sammy. the tramps
have killed Schultz" Sammy being Mrs. Warnings
son. Bucholtz seemed very much frightened, aud
bore long scratch his right cheek. from which
the blood trickling. Bucholtz and young War
| ring then went to some neighbors and with them
| proceeded to the spot where Bucholtz had left
Schultz Thcre tnoy found that tho old German had
| been murdered Bucholtz then went to the village
| and notified Coroner W. I. Craw. who empanelled
| jury and went to the Of the murder. The
| body found lying in the footpath. which led
| through the swamp the face downward. There
was an ugly cash in the head splitting the skull and
| penetrating the brain, and another wound behind
| the left ear. Tho skull was badly crushed. Tho
| wounds hnG the appearance OF having been done
| either with q hatchct a hammer both. Either
wound sufficient to instant death. On the
body was found an old-fsshioncd revolver. n bunch
of keys and paper of tacks All of these articles
| were stained with blood. also the newspa-
| per. violin strings and an empty money bag which
he carried His pocketbook and watch were gone.
but in inner pocket found package OF
papers tied up with string. In this package were
sl9.5s7 40 in our money; also. in American bills.
| $y39. There also found receipt given by
j. II. schultz had oxchaneed 1Soo marks for United
States currency Bucholtx. on being questioned
about the murder professod to know but little. but
| said that IL was done by two who con-
| cealed in the woods. and sprang upon Schultz
they passed; that ne was some little distance III
advance OF SCHULTZ he did not zee the attack, but
| immediately ran tor assistance. and when he
turned he found that Schultz had been murdered
Buchoz's story as told at the outset was believed
by populace and 1t was thought that he really
| did not know anything about the matter. It
| was not until the second day Of the investigation
| that shadow OF suspicion was cast upon Buchotz
py the sr tb %rsre so was fonnd TSs
was identified az belonging to- Buchoitx In connec-
tion with this schulte's hair brush and comb were
1 f.,nvd tvn davQ fter tbe mi
although the ground in the vicinity had been care
fully scrutinized for some ciew that would throw
seems to be some queer features in the case one Of
which is the singular fact of the murdered mans
some three months after the murder. 1t was as
bright and clean IL 1t had just been dropped thore
| This seemed rather strange, hundreds of people
| had trampcd and hunted every inch of the ground
over at the time OF the murder This led people to
Schultz was not alone in the matter. The cutting
down Of the cedar clump, a short tmo after the
men came who attacked Schultz is another strange
incident. No one can be found who knows who did
| this or why II was done.
| An ANONYMOUS LETTER.
| Then, again, anonymous letter was recently
received by State Attorney omstead insisting that
! The letter came in plain yellow envelope. post
marked 'san Francisco. August g. " and was addressed
60 ''The State Attorney. Fairfield county. Conn.,"
and read as follows:--
am now out of the reach Of Justic will not suffer
that an nocent hei for Of schultz aud
will stsde where the clothes and bockebcoks wer
may fnd by searcen th grou nd about two
hundred yards from where schultz killed. There
n fence running N. aud g. and running
these fences join there Is tree cut down and
find the the ground something that
will surprise U hope this will the life Of an inocent
NAMELESS
The ictter was written on one side of plain sheet
of note papor, each word being printed In large
itals, with the evident intention of Disgusting the
handwriting. II vas either written by German or