The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-02
THE MAN GRAY.
1t is he Who is Suspected of the Murder OF
PawnbrOker SchwarZ.

1t is he Who is Suspected of the Murder Of
PawnbrOker Schwarz.
The Mysterious Assassination on the Mill
tary Piazza Last Night.
B. Schwarz, a pawnbroker aged 81, was
murdered bv an unknown ASSASSIN. while
standing in the door of his establishment at
the southwest corner Of the military plaza about
10 clock last night The man suspected Of
the crime is about feet e inches in height and
slender, has light complexion, sandy hair,
clean shaver chin, and last evening wore
gray suit of clothes the coat of which was cut
in the style known as frock and was too
small. He gave his name as w. S.
Lee. About eight o'clock last evening
Schwarz himself was al supper and the store
was being tended by Felipe James, small,
nervous young man Of swarthy complexion,
who had been in Mr. Schwa.z's employ ten
years
''He asked me to show him bracelet for a
fob chain" said Mr.. James this morning.
showed him one and he asked me the price.
l told him $40. This he declared too much.
put the bracelet back in the show case. AT
this juncture Mr. Schwarz came in from supper,
and went to the desk. The man then asked
me how much would give him for his clothes
He said that they were too tight and besides
that he wanted to 90 west and did not want to
ride on a horse with his coat tails dangling
behind. told him could not tell him what
his suit was worth unless he took it off, He
pulled off his coat and examined it. Then
said could give no more than from So to S..
"Is that all you can give for an Sis suit?' he
exclaimed. Irepliedthat it was and advised him
if he we're going west to buy rough suit and
then bring to me the one he wore, when
could look at it carefully and decide exactly
what it was WORTH" Ifyou will give me S."
said he, 81 will 60 buy rough suit I said
l would not promise him more than SIS. Then
he asked what time we closed up. answered
"Halfpast nine" Don't you recollect me?"
he asked. "No," replied. Then he said
he was mere year ago and bought hat for
few months afterwards. "That's business"
said l, to which he replied, "You want to
make all for YOURSELF" lie paused for
moment, and then exclaimed, .'You close up
at h ,lf-past nine?' l said, eyes" Finally
he said he would come around at half-pasr
nine, and went out.
The time was about $40 o'clock. He came
and went alone, and did not notice any per-
son lurking suspiciously In the neighborhood.
Soon after the man left Mr.. Schwarz asked if
everything was entered. When had answered
in the affirmative he told me could 20, Then
put on my coat and quilted the house.
Shortly afterwards l was told, on the plaza,
that Mr.. Schwarz had been stabbed. AS soon
as heard this started hastily for the store.
There found him dead. locked the doors.
and then looked in the books, from which !
learned that Mr. Schwarz had advanced So on
suit of gray clothes. The name entered
was w. S. Lee. would recognize him.
1t is supposed that the man was seen also
by Niiss Dina Schwarz, daughter of the
victim. About 10 o'clock last night in con-
formity with habit she was reading in
room adjoining the rear Of the shop. Through
the door she had view of the entire interior
of the shop and of the street beyond. Her
story is here given in her own words. ~ was
sitting reading while my father and another
man we, e talking at the front door. As the
store was dark l could not we'll distinguish
the mans features, nor note his appearance
sufficiently for giving an accurate description
think he was white man and the same one
who called during the afternoon to pawn
suit of gray clothes. did not pay
usual noise. Then arose and
IL
others arms. My father cried as if he were
hurt. Then ran to the door, l found him
lying unconscious on the sidewalk. The
murderer was gone. AT first | thought that
father had fallen from stroke Of apoplexy, to
which he was subject though the sudden dis
appearance OF the man was something did
not understand. ran to DIR. kalteyer's drug
store and summoned DR.. Amos Graves"
Before the doctor arrived great
crowd had collected about the store
and Schwarz, breathing with difficulty,
had been placed on lounge inside. He did
not recover consciousness. When DR.. Graves
arrived he was dead. As shown by a post
norton examination this morning, made by
DR.. F. and DIR. Adolph Herff assisted by Geo
H. Kalteyer. death was caused by knife
wound four inches deep and about an inch and
half wide, between the seventh and the
eighth rib, below the heart. The blow must
have been very strong, for the doctors think
the knife was plunged up to the hilt.
It severed the main artery of the
heart, rent the sac and caused internal hemorr
hage. The knife must have been retained by
the assassin, for when search was made iop
it to-day it could not be found. The absence
of this knife and of any reasonable motive pre-
cludes all possibility that Schwarz committed
suicide, and that the man in gray is simply
the victim Of unfortunate circumstances. AT
present this man is the object of a search by
the police. A significant fact is that he or
some one like hin, was seen running rapidly
toward the San Pedro creek a few minutes
after Tic deed was committed. Resides him the
only peFs6Hs ,Rnn whom suspicion rests are
two MoKloags who Eefp snna lHrlilnH nbGiit thu
premises a short tins prui,iDllsiy, Tlu ttJtCt