Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-16

| WcdknecS OF lno DTalu. l1e cOulu
neither read nor write. Have had
no German money changed to Ameri-
can since | came to this county. The
night of the tragedy | went to bed
about 10 o'clock was the last to re-
tire; | slept on the front side of the
bed left a lamp burning on the
table; was awakened about / o'clock
by SEINE one breaking the door open |;
was accosted before arising by a
large masked man, who was accom-
panied by two more smaller men, all
wearing masks the foremost struck
me with something in his fist; on re-
ceiving the third blow, l sprung from
the bed and grabbed my assailant by
the shoulder, when / was thrown to
the floor by one of the other men.
My daughter then sprang at the larg-
err one and tore his mask off and was
knocked to the floor. then made
my escape and started to my brothers
to awaken him my wife and daugh-
ter arrived soon after did not know
my son was dead until we returned to
the house in the morning. Two shots
were fired before | left, first one at
my daughter and the second at my
son. Did not see the mans face after
my daughter pulled the mask off
have had no trouble with any one
since coming to America. Went to
Saginaw about two weeks ago to get
the German money changed, but the
banker asked so much discount that
| would not change. While in a
grocery store a stranger introduc-
ed himself to me; / requested him
to accompany me to the bank, which
he did told him how much money |
had ; did not tell him my name nor
learn his ; told him l lived at Tawas.
Melena Schoultz, wife of Carl
Schoultz testified that the person lying
dead was her son, was born in Prussia,
July 20, 1855. Her testimony was
substantially the same as her hus-
bands in regard to the amount Of the
money. She testified that no one ex-
cept relatives were in the habit of Wis
iting the house; had intended to buy
q farm when we could find one to
suit About two weeks ago on Thurs
day, went to the station with my
husband for the purpose of buying
ticket to Saginaw for my husband
who was going there to get the money
exchanged; August Hartman accom-
panied us. Ny husband returned the
next day without changing the money.
My son never wanted money to go
into business with he was contented
and happy at home, On the morn
ing of the 9th of April, / was awak-
ened by the breaking in of the door,
and heard my daughter scream, ooh,
Jesus they are comingw And the
next thing a man jumped on me while
| was in bed attempted to defend
myself, but they tore me off from the
bed and threw me into q box. / tried
to escape, and they threw me down
again; they knocked me down three
times. The lamp was burning yet
/ saw a person lying beside the stove
thought it was my husband. 1t got
dark and | made my escape to Mr..
where | found my hus-
band and daughter. Do not remem-
Der if the persons were in the house
when | left saw them break open the
chest. When l got to Hartman's my
husband and daughter were in bed
| thought my son was killed as he did
not stir. Mr.. Hartman was just
blowing his horn TO arouse the neigh
bors when l reached the house he
to 90 and see if his son had
heard the horn his son lives about
800 hundred yards distant, but my
husband objected. We went back to
the house in the morning and found
the chest broken open and the con-
tents scattered; Mr.. Hartman and l
placed my son on the bed. My hus-
band told me of the circumstances of
his meeting stranger at Saginaw
who accompanied him to the bank.
Austin Schoultz, testified that she
was the daughter of Carl and Helen
Did not know how much
her parents had. No young
men were in the habit of calling to
see her. Knew that money was lock-
ed in the chest. Knew that my father
went to Saginaw to change the money.
was awakened on Saturday morning,
April 9TH, by the breaking in Of the
door. Just as the door gave way
three masked men entered. The
largest one commenced pounding my
father, the other two jumped on the
bed occupied by my mother and 1.
One shot was fired at me and / sprang
to my feet and assisted my father and
tore part of the mask off the larger
man, they threw me on the floor and
another shot was fired and l sprang
up and was knocked down again and
fell over some corpse and another shot
was fired at me; at this time the lamp
began to explode and / made my es-
cape. As / was leaving the house
the largest man caught me and
drew me over the railing. then
went to Mr.. Hartman's house where /
found my father, ! Immediately went
to bed rs / was cold and sore. My
mother soon came. We thought that
my brother was dead rs he did not
come. Mr. Hartman wanted to go
and see if his son had heard the horn,
but my father persuaded him not to
do so. The largest of the men was a
tall, muscular man; he had on a black
mask, made out Of some kind of black
cloth. tore it off from his upper
lip down. He had short sandy |
mustache. / looked him square in
the face, could see no eyes, or holes
for eyes in the mask. cannot give a
description of the other two except
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