The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-25

fnrtiyely glsneing under his arm at him
while he stopped over in chopping out the
spoke.
As soon as the Judge reached Schultz he
thought he recognized him, and began 10
talk to him about purchasing a carriage,
saying that he wanted to got one to suit the
soil and climate of Texas. Schultz told
him they had the very kind in the sales
room. The judge then asked him if he
knew anything about the soil and climate
Of Texas. He replied that he did, having
been in Texas, and in answer 10 the in
curry OF what part of the state
said all over it, and that he had lived
awhile in Gonzales county. The judge then
asked him If he ever knew two men in that
county named Jett and Bateman, and he
replied in the affirmative, stating that when
he left Texas he travelled in their company
part of the way to Galveston. The Judge
asked him where he saw them last, and his
reply was, on the Btazos river, where, hay
ing a little misunderstanding With them,
he left them
THAT is false, - replied the Judge. 'You
murdered and robbed them both at Nir.
gina Point. Mr.. Mayor, ask that this
man be arrested on charge of murder"
The mayor arrested Schultz, and on
Judge Ballinger's affidavit and evidence he
was imprisoned and held until Il requisition
could be obtained from Governor Peter
Hansborough Bell the then chief magis-
trate of Texas. Under this renuiSition
Schultz was taken back to Galveston for
trial, and fate, still relentless, had
spared all the witnesses, all OF whom
were present, and detailed with minute
ness all the facts, establishing a chain of
circumstantial evidence so complete that
he was convicted and sentenced to be hung.
fEhis ua IN 1SAA IN atTpr tho
der, and the night before his execution he
made full confession of his crime, giving
a sketch of his lite, to an enterprlsing news
paper man who spent the night WiIA hun
in his cell.
When he was taken out to be hung he
was dressed in q pair of flowing
white pantaloons, white shirt and
red flannel drawers. He resisted the ofli-
GERS when they entered his cell to take him
out to- the scatlold, and fought them to the
very last. In his sculle and efforts of re-.
sistance he kicked the sheriff severely in
the stomach, kicking so hard that he split
one leg OF his pantaloons, exposing his red
flannel drawers.
In his sketch of his life he stated
that he was born and raised in
Indiana, and that all his family
as far back rs he knew anything
VI tAlNih WIZ lluIutltlS anu lIltNtS.
! When he went to Gonzales county, he had
just killed cousin in Western Texas, and
stolen from him two fine American horses.
Whenhe stopped in Gonzales county, he
went to work for old man Bateman, and
had been in his employ for several months
previous to the murder lie confessed to
having killed his wife, and also to
the murder of two men near Holly
| Springs, Mississippi, on which
occasion he was so holly pursued that he
had to take to the cane brakes of the Mis-
sissippi river, where he had to abandon his
horse and swim the river for safety The
most important statement he made was the
confession of the murder of Captain T.
Teal, who was in the command of General
Albert Sydney Johnston in 1896.
Teal was with Captain Henry
w. Karnes in imprisonment in
Matamoras, and by. his bravery and intre
pidity had earned quite n reputation
throughout the then republic of Texas.
Teal was murdered in his tent one night
during fearful storm, and it was never be-
fore known by whom or for what. Schultz
said Teal, while on a scout before that, had
spoken GROSSLY and harshly to him and for
that he killed him. He said that he stood
near his tent, and ascert ,ining his where
abouts as he lay in bed, by the glare of the
| lightning, shot him.