The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-13
Harry Ba|dwin's Death.
Interest in the Mysterious
Killing Again Revived.
Did William Schaller's Random
Shot Do the Work?
Interviews With All the Parties
Concerned.

The Enquirer of this morning revives
the Harry Baldwin murder mystery by
publishing lengthy interview with Mr..
Ammi Baldwin, the father of the young
victim of the tragedy of last spring. in
which Mr.. Baldwin, ST., is made to say
that he is fully convinced that the fatal
shot was fired by Mr.. Schaller, as he be-
lieves, through accident, and that the par
ties who were knowing to the facts have
been paid with money to suppress the evil
dente.
MIR. Baldwin declares that Mr.. Schaller
has expended not less than twenty-five to
thirty thousand dollars IN this way. He
says that Mr.. ]. L. Hahn. of Newport, KY,
was BY him sent to Europe to be gotten out
of the way and to silence his talk
on the subject, and that although he
had no money when the thing oc-
Cured he has lately been negotiating for
property worth $1,000 somewhere in Ken.
lucky.
Mr.. Baldwin's interview further charges
that the authorities showed themselves
jealous at the time of the murder in prov
ing anything except what 6challer
first admitted as to the accidental shooting
and his right for it. He says that the Chief
Of Police never came near him, nor has any
member Of the detective force done so since
to obtain any facts towards calculating the
mystery. 3
A representative of the STAR called this
morning on Mr.. Baldwin and. after direct
ing attention to the publication in the
Enquirer, asked him whether he had
looked over the statements there made, and
If so, whether they were true. MI. Bald
win said he had given the facts of which
this was written, and that it embrace dhis
| ideas on the subject in the main.
He added that he was 80 convinced that
Mr.. Schaller had fired the shot, and was
now suppressing the evidence, in conjunc-
tion with the police authorities, that he had
made public the charges that ne now
makes In the hope that other facts may be
brought to the surface before they are alto.
gether worked out of sight or brought up,
ami that the police might know that they
were suspected of completely in shielding
the murderer Of his son.
| Mr.. Baldwin saws that while convinced
that Schaller shot young Baldwin accident
ally, hSbelieves that other parties r0bbet
him afterwards. He said his son had ovel
500 on his person when he came home thai
fatal night, and that this disappeared a,
the time. He had also diamond pin in
his shirt when taken to the Station-house
which had never been recovered by his fam
lily, although his watch and few trinket.
were. ..-. ,.
wAPPENsrE1Ns wAILINGs.
Colonel Wappenstein was called upon by
STAR reporter. He found the Chief re
clining backward in an easy arm chair Will
his feet resting on his desk. When the re
porter entered the Colonel was busily en-
gagged reading the statement of Mr.. Bald
win in regard to the mysterious affair.
| He laid down the paper, when the re
porter asked him what he thought Of tht
Baldwin murder now.
"It's all wind" he replied. "It's nothing
but a rehash of what has been published
over and over again. always was undel
the impression that either Schaller or tn,
private watchman did the shooting. As t
money being used to hush tile thing up al
regarded Mr.. Scilaller, don't know any
thing about it, and, tell You, III max,
the people sweat that have made this state
ment.p
HAS Mr.. Schaller been to see you thi
morning. asked the inquisitor.
mo. sir, l haven't seen him at ALL" re
piled the Chief.
The reason the reporter asked this ques
tion was that when he entered the City
Buildings few moments before he saw
Col. Wappenstein he noticed Schaler cOm'
out Of the side entrance from the direction
Of the Chiefs Office.
| HE KNEW IT WAS COMING.
The same reporter that talked to Wappen
stein, ssneaked up behind judge Wilson
while the latter was seated in the judicia
chair administering justice to numerous
vagrants, and whispered in the Judges ear
"What do you think of the Schaller-Bald
win business now, Judgeg'
"Why, knew several days ago that thi
was coming. and" but jnst then he wa
called upon to pass sentence on IN ageG
| drunkard, and the answer he wished t..
make was interrupted, ard the judicia
ear was no longer at tle service OF the re
porter
PAT. HoGAN's HOWL.
| Perhaps little talk STAR reporter hat
on Vine street with Ex-Police Commission
er Pat. Hogan about three weeks ago woulC
not be amiss in connection with the Bald
win affair. This was just after the election
when it was thought Colonel Wappensteir
would be removed to make room for Alex
Sands
The reporter found Mr.. Hogan standing
in front Of No. 206 Vine street, and accosteC
him with: "Mr. Hogan, do you think ther.
will be any change made at present in thu
office of Chief of PoliceT "Well, l dom
know" he replied, ''if there isn't, why
there ought t. be. Do you know that thost
fellows up there are a set OF scoundrels?"
| Our reporter replied that lie was moi
aware of the fact.
| "Well, they are" said Hogan. why,
look what they've been doing with Schal
Ter every since Henry Baldwin was killed
| Why, they've been bleeding him at ever.
turn until the poor fellow has been com
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