Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-30
ANOTHER CONFESSION.
How Anschlag Killed Mr..
and Mrs. Hitchcock
AND THEN BURIED THEM.
Evidence Unearthed and Jewelry
Found by Detectives HaI-
ris and Metzler.
Nd THEN BURIED THEM.

Liz apparently preiHeultdteu Hui
der of Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock a!
Garden Grove by Fritz Anschlag, was
yesterday the theme OF general con-
versation. The two alleged confessions
of Anschlag had been revd with inter-
est, but there were many who doubted
that Anschlag bad told the correct
story Of his coime, and held the opin-
ion that he was still keeping back the
real facts in the ease. Yesterday he
made another statement, which is
thought to be more nearly correct than
the others.
Detective Emil Harris accompanied
by Detective Thos. G. Metzler, of San
Francisco, had been at Garden Grove
investigating, and had gone over the
same ground ON which private de-
tective of this city had
been at work. They had come
to the conclusion that Anschlag
had not told the correct story as to
the manner in which he killed Mr..
quence, went to wo'k searching for
evidence which would tend to bring
the real story to light. When they
arrived at Garden Grove they found
that matters We're in a muddle. The
trunks of Anschlag had been searched
and the contents scattered, and the
deed had been taken away by the
private detective, who. it was an
nounced, had discovered in one of the
trunks an
INTERNAL MACHINE.
Messrs. Harris and Metzler, how
ever, were not afraid of an internal
machine and determined to investi-
gate it. They opened the trunk and
found that the dreaded instrument
consisted of an oid-fashioned German
alarm clock in its case. The fuse
which it was said was attached, and
which had 50 alarmed the private
detective, was found to be nothing
but yellow tallow dip candle colled
in q roll. As soon as the residents of
that vicinity heard what the internal
machine consisted Of they breathed
much more freely. 1t had been sug-
gested that Anschlag was a socialist,
but no evidence tending to confirm
this theory was found, although a
number OF cold Sleuth" stories were
found in the trunk and indicated the
style OF literature Anschlag enjoyed
Former searchers had failed to find
any traces of the jewelry and watches
of the dead, and Messrs. Harris de-
voted a portion of their time to a
search for these articles. They were
sagacious enough to find the hiding
place in very few moments,
under u board, the second one
they lifted, between the flooring
and the ceiling below, in the
passageway leading to the attic from
the second story they found the
watches and jewelry in large purse,
and these articles they brought back
to town with them, together with
other evidence which they managed
to obtain. During their Sc arch in the
vicinity OF the premises, they discov-
cred signs which led them to believe
that the murder had been committed
at the house and not in the wagon as
stated by Anschlag. These traces of
the horrible deed had been carefully
covered up by Anschlag, but he had
not been able to destroy all the evi-
dences, which led the detective to be-
lieve that their theory of the manner
in which the crime had been COM
mitted was correct. Having satisfied
themselves they came back to Los
Angeles and yesterday visited the
confessed murderer. The principal
part of the statement which they OBJ.
tanned from Anschlag was reduced to
writing, of which the following is a
copy: