Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
Detection that Detects.

The Bucholz trial now proceeding at Bridge port is an instance of signal success of the detective. The testimony had been going on much the same as on the original hearing, when, on Thursday afternoon last, States At torney Olmsted called to the stand good looking German who gave his name as Ernest Stark. He is one of Pinkertons detectives.
 Stark came to Bridgeport last spring, and got in jail on an attempt to pass forged order to the express company. While in jail he managed to get into Bucholz' favor, and they formed plan for the latter's lawyer to give bonds for Stark, and that, when out'of jail
 Stark was to lift Schulte's treasure" In ac- cordance with this arrangement Stark was bailed out, and went down to South Norwalk
 He soon came back to Bucholz and informed him that the people who lived in the place for merly occupied by Schulte(the murdered man) were intending to sell it, and that it would go into the hands of some speculator who would search for Schulte's money. Bucholz there- upon told Stark where he could find Schulte's pocket-book containing a large amount of money hidden under the barn floor Stark went to the place indicated, and there found the pocket book with $4, 737 in it. Some of this money he brought to Buchoz who sent his counsel to Europe with it, to look up evi- dence. Afterwards Bucholz told Stark where der stone in the same barn. Determination at the place indicated, this pocket-book was found also, containing 204 bills of thousand marks each and seven 100 mark gold pieces (about $54, 900 in alp. Bucholz then engaged Stark to place bloody shirt and an axe at a place where they would be found, in order to divert suspicion from him. The States Alt torney was to be informed of the place where there articles could be found by letter from | California. Plans were also laid for bribiug witnesses to leave the country, and for tam- pering with the jury It seems that Bucholz counsel had all along suspected Stark of being spy, and that Bucholz had insisted to them he had not disclosed anything to him. We judge that Bucholz was afraid to tell his coun- sel about the mohey. and, being worried for fear it was not sufficiently hid, was finally in- duced to make confidant of Stark rather than disclose the matter to his lawyers. Robert testified to going with Stark to find the mon- ey. The whole disclosure has been we'll planned and entirely successful. Little depends on the testimony of the spy, whose discovery of the l money is sufficient to prove the confidence this man, which was strong before, is now I overwhelming, and we look for his conviction | of murder in the first degree.
 MT. White writes recently to the Tribune regarding the Mormon Question, and gives | much valuable information. In the first place 1 it seems that only tenth of the adult Mormon males practice polygamy. There is also se
 rious misunderstanding regarding the law pun. ishing this crime The federal statute making | plural marriages felony was not passed til 1862. Consequently all marriages before tha, time are not affected by it. Further, prosecu. ton for this offence can only be presented within five years of its commission. In point
 of fact, therefore, only those who have taken
 plural wives within the past five years are lia
 ble to punishment even were the law enforced
 to the utmost. What Mir. White considers
 necessary to put any real check on this aborrni
 nable practice, is the passage of law punish
 ing the Mormons who continue it, for adultery
 Such a law would reach the leaders, who es-
 cape the present statute; and it would also give those desirous of conforming to the gen
 eral practice of Christendom, the opportunity of beginning decent life. The present off
 cers of the Territory, says Mir. White, are ex
 cellent men, and the law as it stands gives op, portunity to reject Mormons from juries iu cases affecting their peculiar practices.