The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28
THE MURDERED MISER.
Schulte's Skull Produced
in the Court.
BLOOD STAINS ON BuCHHOLTZ'S CLOTHING.
Letters from the Murdered
Mans Brother.
A LADY CLAIMS THE ESTATE.

SOUTH NORwALK, Conn., JAN ~, 1878.
The ninth day Of the Schultz investigation only
deepened the interest felt in unraveng the mysteries
of this extraordinary murder and each day adds
to the volume of testimony already in possession of
the State several links remain yet be established
between the supposed enemies of the miser on the
other side OF the Atlantic and the suspected pris-
oner. in the County JAIL Another sitting.
however. it is stated, will complete the chain
of evidence. This morning the States Attorney
first recalled Paul Harcher. owner Of tho Davis
House. to prove that while in the yard of the hotel
on the 5th inst, the officer having Buchholtz in
charge being temporarily absent, the prisoner Of
fered HIM onetenth Of the money IL he would swear
he desired him to testify, adding that he
would give him more, if necessary, as he
had just received over 500 from Germany.
Officer David Dayton on being sworn. testified that
while his prisoner was in the urnal. the door being
partially opened he noticed that he was taking
letter from inside pocket; he was tearing open an
envelope, and saw him take out two bills; when in
the afternoon he entering the officers house lie
told him he had received $3.50 from Ger
many. and him place the bills in
pocketbook; they were one one hun
dred dollar bill and three fifty dollar bills.
Several Of the jurymen described the scene on the
night of the murder when the body carried to
the farm house, but no could tell positively
whether Buchholtz among them. Frank II.
Baxter, drug clerk. testified that about nine O'Clock
on the night of tho murder Buchholtz came in
the store and asked to have his face pastered. He
took sponge. washed the blood off and noticed
that there were three or four gashes-in fact they
looked more like scratches slight outs there
not much blood ON Buchhotzs face. but more on his
shirt two three days after he asked for particu
lar hairbrush without handle
A COUNSEL CONTEST.
Mr.. Bollman, counsel for Buchholtz. here desired
to ask the witness the day when this conversation
was held.
The States Attorney objected to counsel coming be-
fore inquest and crossexamining witnesses. The
prisoner not yet on trial; they were only finding
evidence The whole object of this investigation
would be destroyed if counsel could in here aud
ask questions.
Mr.. Bollman-It strikes me my learned friend is
acting as judge. jury and coroner.
Mr.. Olmstead-I scorn with disdain the gentle
man s remarks 1t i'll becomes a member of the Bar
to tell that desire witnesses to say what they do
not mean The gentleman forgets himself when he
makes such remark. There are matters not re-
vealed here yet and propose to get at them in my
own way. The gentleman is present here by mere
courtesy do propose to be nterfered with. Only
before remember prisoners counsel attempted
to- ask questions before coroners jury, and he
soon squeched. That wasin the great Burell murder
case in New York. when Mr. Henry L. Clinton, coun-
sci for Mrs. Cunningham, attempted it. but the Cor
oner would not listen to him, and he was only per-
United sit quietly in the pending the nves-
tigation.
Mr. Olmstead-I object. object!
Mr. Bollnan-Mr. Olmstead has no business to OBJ
ect here repeat tha he is acting States Attorney,
coroner and jury
Mr. Omstead-I claim that this jury has no right
to be nsulted; for one. prefer not TO be insuted
always TO ,s gen ama ne has
Coroner Craw-Gentlemen, these personal matters
must stop. AS the STATE has sad Buchholtz is not yet
trial. This is an ex rarte investigation, and
hope matters will proceed smoothly.
Mr.. BollInan-I ask the privilege to submit ques-
tions now and then 1 anxious to know who
killed schultz the State the jury.
Mr.. Olmstead-He has undertaken to get thevest
belonging to the prisoner from the officer
Mr.. Bolman-That is not true, sir.
rat this juncture the witness said that his store
locked up and people might want medicines. He
to examine him.
Mr.. Olmstead-Am to be forced to produce an
al as the am nn
suing others just as important, and desire to say
here now, for and all the time. that not
ntruder but if the jury think so will not continue
the
The States Attorney here informed that the
jury anxious for him to go The Coroner
also thanked the State for having taken such deep
interest in the long pause. enabling the legal
contestants to cool off. here followed. when the tes-
tmony was resumed.
DIR. Moses b. Pardee was here sworn:-Has been
medical practitioner in Norwak during twenty -four
the home of the Warning family; first the body
in the woods; found it lying the back:
another wound the left ear the skull wound on
back part Of the head six inches in circunfer-
ence; the blow must have evidently been struck
backward: the man who struck him must have been
at Schultes left side the depth Of the wound was
about two and half inches; witness removed part
OF the skull; 1t was loose.
RxHBIrING THE pIssEcrEp SKULL.
The Doctor here produced two jars containing
parts of the murdered mans skull. feeling of hor
rnrsp real A
holding towel III one hand took the piece OF skull
from one of the jars wiped 1t of and showed 1t
not much lacerated; this wound alone would
not have killed him he might have
lived some time after; the body a-gc pool
of blood: it could not have come from this wound;
inches in diameter and nearly three inches in depth
that wound penetrated the skull struck the base of
the brain and spinal nerves. from this wound large
amount of blood naturally spurted somewhere.
The doctor here showed bones taken from this
wound all in fragments One of the temple arteries,
lac continued, was broken through at least half
dozen tsblespoonfuls of blood would have spurted
and this wound caused instant death tins wound
must have been struck by some one who stood
directly over him; If Schultz had stood up at tho
time tile wound would not have been deep.
The next morning witness examined the wounds
Buchholtz's face; they were mere scratches about
inches long; took the plaster off, none of these
wounds penetrated beyond the skin; no more than
ten twenty drops of blood might have oozed out
them; these scratches appeared to have been ar
ranged very nicely; brar might have done 1t;
when the body was carried from the woods to the
house there could have been no squirting of blood.
only oozing.
otto Barthol was closely examined as to his where
abouts on the day of the murder. He denied having
been in the woods during that or any other time.
BLooD-srAiNED CLOTHING.
The States Attorney here exhibited Buchholtzs
pantaloons, worn by him on tho night of the muir
der. There half dozen spots of blood on
them.
charles Hing testified to finding part of AN old
shirt the place OF the murder there several
spots OF blood on tho shirt. but glass was required
detect them some parts of IL looked AS IL knife
had been wiped with it; the shirt was claimed to be
OF the make as the one worn by Buchholtz.
samuel warng rccaed--He helped to carry
the body of Schultz the hill. but had blood
his clothes; could not say Tor certain whether
Buchhot1 helped to carry the body.
William Berger Zone OF the juryIncn) related how
they obtained possession OF Buchholtz's clothes;
when addressing Mrs. waring, who kept the house;
she said she had bcoh told by tho prisoner that these
blood spots on his pantaloons had been there ever
since he had been i'm the German army; Mrs.
Waring did not produce the pantaoons now in
court these the trousers worn by the prisoner
t1p MI Ia tho mn wurtu mid bp