New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-14
DEATH OF F17zLER, The BURGLAR.
HIS HISTORY AS TOLD BY A scHooLMATE.

HIS HISTORY AS TOLD BY A sCHooLMATE.
RuINING HIS sTEP-FATnER BY HIS sTEALlSes-A
LONG CAREER OF CRIME.
rit,er the burglar who was shot last Monday
morning in an alteration with Policemen Donovan
aud REYNOLDS at Fourteenth and Grove sts:, jersey
City. died in the Charity Hospital at H'I brennh
Thursday night and up to short time Deiore MS
death. Officer Caleb G. June. who has been watcn,
ing him. noticed an cnaned Warden
Claiborne aud the house surgeon. Thoy spoke 70
the diving man but lie was almost TOO weak 10
answer Shortly before he died the burglar IN
formed Warden Osborne that his right name was
Fritz Uch, and that he belonged to a respectaOle
family Ia Germany. County Physician Conversso
Gray and Means and then gave n permit for burial,
deciding that an inquest was not necessary. , an
undertaken sent over by Mr.. COM, the DoaralhR-
honse keeper at No. 937 Secondave., took the pody
TO New-York.
Yesterday afternoon Inspector Lango and Detec
tive Doyle obtained considerable information ABOUT
the burglars early life from Andreas Woipspuck, u
barber ut Fourth and Garden sts, HoDokcn
Weinspuc6 had known Fitzler IRON ms Doyho9u
and mad attended the same scoo. w son n OF man
named Braun and that he was horn N the city Oh
Bruchsal, Baden. HIS mother was handsome
woman belonging to good or ds hri Of ber child
man named fitzlsr the owner OF linen mn IN
Bruchsa married her. tItzler adopted the BOY ana
him fathers 9as as 's lie a was sent to
school but be would not stay there ana tnen
Fitzler took HIM into his own Office. Inc boy began
to steal money, taking small amounts az nrst 9ui
steadily increasing them. and when fltZieI us
covered the thefrs he was ruined man. Inc poy,
who was then sixteen years Old was set4 10 tns
country and almost Immediately he began INC
career of crime which has Terminated IN MS
wretcbed DEATH His first large blrglaIy was IN
Newark n J.. where he robbed hotel and escaped.
Weinspuok saws that Fitzler always carried one
revolver and often two. and was reckless 10 des-
peration He Was lavish in spending money when
he Lad It. and he engaged IN burglary or roo-
berry except when be needcd money:
The burglar was inclined to mako u conndaht Oh
On old Frpnchnan who was patient III TUG nos
pltal lie told the Frenchman great many things
and promised to tell him moro until he saw the oid
man talking With Officer June. When the Frencn,,
man spoke TO him again Fitzler exclaimed: L III
have nothing more to say to you saw you talking
10 .Old Sport over there and won't tell you any
moreD After Fitzlers death the Frenchman IN.
formed Warden Osborne that FitZet had soceret
hIm - 30 to get him q razor. He did not speak OF
A. at the time he said because he thought that the
burglar might recover and kill him.
On Thursday night FitZler asked W arden OsDorne
TO send for a minister, and when the W arden sug-
gestcd that Inc was q Catholic and had already been
visited by priest, the burglar said that all iad
beeu done that could be done for bim by priess
and he wanted a minister. The Rev. DE-. Putnam,
of ST. Pauls Episcopal Church, and the Key.
Cornelius Brett, of the Dutch Reformed church,
were sent for and visited him.
Officers REYNOLDS and Donovan were much I'M.
proved yesterday and they are now considered ou'
of danger.