Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-28


Ne douht now remained in
the minds Of the populace but that
Anschlag wss the murderer, and the
eprsged citizens started out to lynch
him. Constable Finley had removed
him and the German who was arrested
with him to Anaheim, whence he
was followed by the infuriated mob,
who broke into the Jail, but did not
find Anschlag to vent their rage upon,
as he had been removed from the ! Ill
shortly before, and, it is stated, was
hidden in a corn-bin. Yesterday both
men were brought to the county Jail
in this city, where they will be safe
for time.
Drs. Kelly and Ball made thor
ough post-mortem examination of the
bodies, but had not sent in their re-
port when our reporter left.
THE INQUEST.
Mr.. o. Witham testified at the in
quest as follows: / am farmer and
blacksmith residing at Garden Grove.
On Thursday morning l went to DIR.
John Chaffee, brother-in-law of the
deceased, and had conversation with
him concerning the disappearance of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock, and from
the facts I had learned l thought that
perhaps a murder had been commit
ted. 1 told him my. suspicious and
he stated that he thought that prob
ably the two Germans had done
the deed. Mrs. Chaffee told me
that she had gone down to Mrs.
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it. All the clothes we're there except
the dress that Mrs. Hitchcock had on.
She asked Anschlag what sort Of
clothes Mrs. Hitchcock had on when
he drove her and her husband up
town. His statement did not COM
pare with any clothes that the two
deceased had. Anschlag also told
Mrs. Chaffee that he drove them to
Santa Ana, but he did not know
whether they were going to Los An
geles or not when he left them.
then suggested that we commence
the search for the bodies at once. l
went to the barn of Mr.. Hitchcock
and took measurements Of the horses
feet, also the width of the wheels
apart and the breadth of the tiers.
examined the wagon and found blood
on the floor of the wagon and on the
cross-bar this showed us that there
had been foul play, and we started
out for the store near Garden Grove
and went westwards, examining the
tracks of horses feet and the wagon
tracks. When We got near DR.. Heads
residence we saw three men digging.
We drove down and they told us that
they had found Mr.. and Mrs. Hitch
cock. They had dug as far as the
corpses when we got there. Mr.. Rob-
inson was with me. They had thrown
out the dirt and also canvass frock,
pair of overalls and a hat Both
bodies were severely bruised and
cut about the head and neck.
We took the bodies out, put them
into wagon and brought them to the
undertaker's rooms at Santa Ana.
The search for the bodies commenced
on Thursday, after l o'clock P. NJ.
We found no instruments, that had
been used to commit the deed, in the
barn. The hired German that was
arrested with Anschlag came to his
place on Tuesday, and TIE murder
probably occurred on Monday night
between and 10 O'Clock p. NJ. A
social had been arranged on Sunday
to take place on Wednesday evening
at the house of Mr.. and Mrs. Hitch
cock"
Several papers, bank bill, pow
der or two, two pair of bloody over
alls, and a half-burned letter were
found in clump Of cane trees short
distance from where the murderer had
buried his victims. The letter was in
Mrs. Hitchcock's handwriting, and
had evidently been written on Sunday
or Monday. The inquest was still in
progress when the reporter left for
this city.
THE PRISONER.
Upon learning that Fred Anschlag
had been brought to this city, rep
resentative of The HERALD. visited
the County Jail, aud through. the
kindness of Jailer Russell was per-
mitted to see and talk to the pris-
oner. He is a tall, slender, black
haired, smooth-faced, youngish-
looking man, with high cheek bones,
and was rather fashionably than
otherwise attired. He could speak
very little English, but said that he
was not guilty of the murder of Mr..
and Mrs. Hitchcock, and that the
last he had seen of them was on
Tuesday morning last, when he had
left them in front of Mr.. Taylor's
house in Santa Aua. The first time
he met Mr.. Hitchcock was when he
went to the office of w. A. Beckett in
Santa Ana for the purpose OF buying
ranch. Mr.. Beckett had shown him
property in several places, and
among others that of Mr.. Hitch
cock, for which he was to pay
$4,000. In making preliminary ar
rangements for the purchase,
the prisoner had engaged Mr..
Taylor, lawyer, who could
speak German. On Wednesday, last
week he agreed to buy the place and
paid Mr.. Hitchcock $95 on account,
at the same time signing an agree
ment to purchase the same. After
the agreement had been made he
had gone to Anaheim and engaged
Antoine Decker to work for him and
then went back to Santa Ana and
stopped at the Taylor House until
Saturday, when he went to the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock and
stayed until Tuesday. Mr.. Hitchcock
had obtained deed and had taken
it home with him. On Monday, Mr..
and Mrs Hitchcock said they were
coming to Los Angeles on the morn
ing train. So OH Tuesday morning
he and the murdered people rose at
5 o'clock. Shortly afterward he paid
Mr.. Hitchcock the remainder
of the $4,000 and received the deed in
return. He then hitched the team
to the wagon and all three started for
Santa Ana, where Mr.. Hitchcock ex-
pected to take the train for this city.
They had reached Santa Ana about
quarter to seven o'clock on Tuesday
morning and abouta quarter Of mile
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