The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-31
TEXAS MISDERDS.
A SECRET KILLING NEAR ENNIS,
AID Big Safe burglary at saa Antonio.
a hacy discussion at Police Head
quarters Between the Man
Who Lost the Money
and Suspect.

SAN ANTONIO, o,t. So.-ISpecial. j..
This moratng tho frons doors OF
George Sehraeder's store, ON East
Commerces street, wsrs found open.
the locks having boon removed by Dor.
ing with an augur. Shortly after z
O'Clock Mr.. Sehrsedcr, who lives across
the street, came over to tho store, and
the oftice and safes were examined.
Mr.. Schraeder was called on by A
HRRALp reporter, 10 whom he made
the following statement:
81 found my two safes had been
opened by the combination Of Their
front doors, bus the iron eoxes inside
had been broken. There was money in
but one safe, and that was taken, The
amount taken was 81 3S0. 90, of which
sum $500 to 500 was In silver and the
balance was In currency and gold, All
or this money was my own, except
four deposits; one OF ys6, ono OF slO0.
one OF Sll and one OF $3.50, which |
have refunded in full tothe depositors.
whoever got into tho safe evidently
knew tho combination aud was wsi
acquainted with opening a safe. Thres
OF my employees knuw the combination
rs we'll IS myself, but do not suspect
shem. l susp CT man named Jack.
son, who used to DO detective, and a
man who csme TO my store TO fix a
scale, and was TO return to-day, but
did not showup.
Mr.. Schraeaor was very uneb rur-
prised 10 learn that jackson was In
Memphls, Tennessee, aud had not been
III San Antonio for over a north. Mr..
Schrssder stated, slso, that q little boy
named Jackson, employed es Horner's
saloon, had ReAn four msskad man in
his store at o'clock this morainr. and
had been frightened by thom 40 badly
that he wrs afraid to 10 over to Schras.
der's homo and give The alarm.
| The burglary was reported to
police headquarters, and Assistant
n arshai Hughes visited tho scene with
Oihoer Martha, examined the orenlses
and the sniee, and subsequently, inter
roested the boy Jackson, VINO said i'm
substance what had haiore been re
ported by Mr.. Schrnasr. Tho boy
| described one OF the men to be a alan,
der man with blue O,
grayish spots on his hat; another 70 bC
q small man; tho third TO bs very
atout man, with long mouatsche and
whlssors coming to his chest below
inc mshk, ana wearing gray auit
and light hat. This fourth man he ~ ,
unsble % describe. lie saw them n
WORK IN the store, and took q gooC
look at them.
This afternoon man named McIn-
tosh, boiler-maker by profession, but
VINO 10 engaged In repairiug scales
ana telloW-workman OF HIS named
Jim Kelly, wentto Schrseder's to re-
pair the scEles, when MIR. Schraedel
got them TO accompany him TO polio,
headquarters. On their arrival there
the boy jackson was sent for to ascar
tain IL he could identity either Of then
.s the burglars. The boy came ant
Mr. Schraeder began to toll him some
thing in German, when McIntOsh ex.
claimed:
81 wsnt yon to talk United States I,
that boy, for want TO know what Jou
are saying to him."
The conversation was then carrie,
on in English. Tho boy stated chat h
could not identify either Kelley q
McIntoah. The latter was s30ut th
aizo Of one OF them, vh0 ha
long whlskors and mustacho, but th
burglars whiskers and mHstachs wer
slacs, while Mcintosh had verl
short, light-c0lored mustache, and hi
whiskers were OF not more than thro
or four dsys' growth. Mr.. Schraede
then exclaimed 81 McIntoth:
~ believe you are the very man VIII,
opened my safe and csrrisd or 10y
mOnoy.U
Mcintosh replied: "Bocarss l hap
poned to 30 to your store yesterday u
hx yOnr scales, you ara trying to pu
something on me that | know noihinI
shout. But think you know about il
yourGelf, and l expect some of you
mon DO. l am not afraid Of you O
your big talk.n
Mr.. Scbrreder replied: "If wa
certain IL was you, | would settle |
with you now and brain you with thi
chair. believe anyhow you are on,
oftheprtles, snd | will put up $500 /,
catch tho men who did do it,n
Mcintosh responded: "perhRpg yol
had better pitch into mo, out IL you 10
] think ] can clean you up 10 abou
two seconds. have told you here ant
st your store that you are trying 4
put up Job on me, bee ause happan
ed 10 be 10 your store yesterday. Yol
oven put drummer up TO pumping
mo this morning. | want yol
to understand that havo worked II
bigger stores than yours, have han
died and been trusted with NOR
money than you have ever had II
yours, and to day have better repu
tstlon with the people who know m
than you havo got"
When interroyatod closely by Cap
tain Hughes NcInsosh spoke polltaly
but omphatlcally. He uais ho was por
fectly innocent, aud ha.od 10 DO 40
cusod OF sn ofionse In stown whero h,
was earning au honest livelIh,o bj
! repairing scales and machinery. GAP
tain Hughes asked Mcintosh what h
did with his mask, whom McIntosh re
pllod:
my face is tho only kind / wear
aud mover have been so ashamed OF 4
that l have had to hido II or put oI
any disguise.r
Mr.. Schraedef was asked II hs woul,
make an siliiavlt against other No
lntosh or Kelley, but ho doclinod to d.
10 aud botn woro rolossod.
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