Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-24
ANSCHLAG.
Sentence of Death to be
Passed To-day.
HIS STATEMENT ABOUT FUEGH.
What a Thorough Inspection of
His Letters and Note Book
Revealed.

This morning at 10 O'Clock Frederick
Anschlag, the murderer OF Mr.. and Mrs
Hitchcock, at Garden Grove, will appear foI
sentence before Judge Cheney. At that
time his attorney, Mr.. Frederick McGregor,
will move for a new trial upon an affidavit
similar to that heretofore published in the
HERALD, and setting forth the opinion that
there should have been continuance
granted, in order to allow testimon as to
Anschlag's s sanity to be procured from Ger
many and other European countries. The
affidavit will also allege that the jury was
influenced i'll rendering its verdict by the
popular feeling expressed in the street and
in the Courtroom, when the argument of the
District Attorney was applauded. There
relies for rev trial, but these are simply
upon legal points. 1t is considered unlikely
that the motion for a new trial will be
granted, in which case an appeal will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
1t will be remem bered that shortly after it
was announced that man named julius
Fuegh OF the Cronstadt Colony near Bangor,
Butte county, aeighbor of Anschlag, had
disappeared, .Auschlag admitted that he
knew something in relation to the 800 for
which Fuegh wrote to the German Savings
and Loan Society in San Francisco, Just
prior to his disappearance. Yesterday An
schlag denied that he ever saw the 800 or
that he ever knew anything about it. In
denying this and in answering questions
which were put to him he showed consider
able excitement aud was very anxious to
know whether Fuegh had ever called at
Moore's Station for the money. He admit
ted that he knew where Fuegh carried his
money and said he always took 1t from an
ordinary buckskin pu rse. AT another time
he said he had never been on Fuegh's place
before or after his disappearance and that
w ha loft hp ctiI
there.
In reply to a question as to how he en-
ployed his time at Bangor, Anschlag said
81 worked very hard on my place to make
1t productive, and was as much inte ested
in my land rs any of the settlers there
AT snother time he said that Fuegh was
very particular in his habits, and always
kept everything clean about the house. He
had seen Fuegh go hunting once and when
he returned he had eleven or twelve rabbits,
which he cleaned and skinned very defrly.
He was OF the opinion that the story about
him in relation to Fuegh had been started
not like him, but for what reason he did not
know. He thought he was well liked by
everybody in that neighborhoOd, and he
based this opinion on the fact that he was
well received wherever he went. During
the whole interview he was at times very
much excited, and contradicted several Of
his former statements.
An examination of his note book and
pertinent facts have been CLEANED
therefrom. To Will be remembered
that it is alleged that he received a fall
several years since from ladder and struck
on his head, causing him to become insane,
and to have exhibited such extraordinary
traits OF character as to induce his parents
to send him away from home. The papers
found in his possession seem to disp:ove
this statement. Commencing with the year
1880 and covering the period ending with
1886. the wear in which he left for A m prj "a
are recommendations and letters certifying
that he was employed as an overseer of a
farm by his uncle, and that his abilities
were extraordinary, his conduct excellent
and his nature energetic. 1t was during
this period that he was said to have received
an injury which drove him insane. These
recommendations do not show that he was
even peculiar, much less insane. The note
book served as means for tracing his
movements from the time of his arrival in
at Bangor in August last and there his
notes end, with one exception. the entry of
an order upon firm in San Francisco for a
publication. 1t is considered strange that the
notes should stop just before the disappear
ance of Fuegh in Septem Der and that the only
means by which his movements can be
traced until the murder at Garden Grove
are the letters and bills found in his trunks.
These establish nothing but his presence in
certain places, but the discontinuance of his
notes during the months in which Fuegh
disappeared and Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock
were murdered is considered by the
detectives and officers to be significant and
to indicate that he knows more than he is
willing to tell of the disappearance of Fuegh
1t is expected that the Courtroom will be
as crowded as before when he receives his
sentence this morning. This according to
the verdict OF the jury will be death, but
should an appeal be tax en-, the Sheriff's rope
will not be called into request for several