Telegram-herald., 1889-06-17
MURDER MOST FOUL
Dead Body OF Matthias Lang Found
Near the Junction.
No DOUBT THAT HE MAS MURDERED
Nicholas SchaIers Gis .siy flnd-L Lars
Has bsea Missing >eavly week
tlss Bullet holes in his Head
The SOroaes's JuFy.

4 bartender, Was found lying ln the
bushes half il mile west Of the Alpine
road, near the D., q. Ii q NJ. railroad
The police were notified, and they re-
I ported 10 the sheriff and coroner, and
these two officials Immediately started
for the scene OF the tragedy.
Arriving there, they found a large
crowd OF excited people standing on
the railroad track, and near 10y IN the
bushes the body OF the man lay IN an
advanced stage OF decomposition. lie
had been apparently lying where he
Was found four or fiye days. Between
ms legs on the ground lay tiye-shot
revolver OF 32 callber with two empty
chambers, and at his side was a TN cup.
Inquiry IN the crowd elected the fact
that the body had been found by
Nicholas Schuler, whose house Is 10
Gated about forty rods from where the
| body was found. Schuler said that he
was out hunting birds nests, as Il his
! custom on Sundays, when he came upon
the body III the condition described.
! The coroner examined the body a.
well as hecould and found what looked
10 be five bullet wounds IN the head
two IN front and three behind the ear.
He also pronounced the corpse 10 be
that OF "A Wlllte man instead OF a negro
as was reported. The decomposed state
OF the body madei Il difficult ut glance
| 10 tell whether IL had been "A white
| man or not.
| After examining the body Undertaken
| i. III. O'Brlcn was called and took
charge OF the body, and removed II 10
| his undertaking rooms on Crcscent-ave.
| There was nothing about the man 10y
which to identity hlm and his pocket
| book was empty.
The police remembered that George
| Fishenfeld, a salOOn.kecper on West
Bridge-st., had been cnquiring at head
quarters last Friday for his bartender,
who had been missing since last Tues
day, and they sent for him. He identi-
fled the body as that of the missing
man. His name is Matthias Lang and
he has been working for Feshenfeld
since May as a bartender, but was a
butcher 10y trade, and has worked for
| many OF the meat market men IN this
| city.
Fcshenfcld told the police THAI Lang
was 4 man about 40 years of age, and
| that he has been very despondent at
times since he worked for him. His
wife and two children died about eight
years ago and are buried in the Oak Hill
cemetery, and Lang has been visiting
| their graves frequently within the past
| month and has acted very much de-
| pressed each time on his return
| F.shenfeld said that he had no doubt
that II was Il case of suicide.
Lang was at work in the saloon
Tuesday morning." sad Feshenfeld,
''and cut up the lunch as usual at $50.
He then took his hat and went into the
back room where he sleeps, and | sup
| posed he was asleep there until late in
| the day when found he was not there.
! thought that ne had gone on spree.
~ he was hard drnkcr, but When he
did not show up Friday went TO police
headquarters to see If he was arrested.
| | left Il description of him with the
| police, but had heard nothing of him
| until | was called to identify him."
The coroner, who was the first person
to touch the body, says that there was
no doubt that the man was murdered,
| asnOman could shoot five bullets INTO his
| head any oneO of which would have been
| instantly fatal. The bullets all passed
completely through the head. One came
! out nearly over the right eve, and the
other four at different places on the
| right side of the head. Another fact
! that points strongly 20 murder ls that
| Lang hat was on his head and covered
| some OF the wounds, but there were no
| bullet holes in the hat.
Detective Cast went To Lang's room
| last night and opened his trunk winch
| he found full of clean clothing. The
| trunk also contained a German hvmn
| book and some trnkcts. In a box IN
the trunk was found braid of hair.
| probably a lock from the head of ms
wife, a there WAS picture of his wife
and children IN the same box.
Two letters were found directed to
HIM. one from hls brother Martin.
dated April 10, 1889. at Milwaukee. the
other from has sister, Catherine Beauer,
of Racine, Wis, dated Feb. -, lsS9.
They were short, friendly letters. and
were written IN German. The police
Immediately telegraphed TO them tho
awful fate OF their brother.
Lang was member IN good standing
IN the ArbeIteT Society, and had his
dues paid up to July. Ills friends vii
receive the society insurance of $500,
winch he carried on his life.
The police and the sheriff are dis
posed tO look upon the matter a. a sui
cIde. and VIII await the result of post
mortem examination this morning. 1t
WiI be remembered that Nicholas
>chulor, near whose house he was
found, was convicted of carving con-
coaled weapons, in the police court, 3
few weeks ago. IN the trial it was
proven that Schuler bad made muir
derous threats against man living on
toe west side of the river, for whom be
bad hecn working
Coroner IocheT cupanelcd the fol-
lowing jury: J.. + Nils, John Iuther,
Cornelius We.rsma. Thomas ~ Brcn. i.
I MoiOuey and George Cafln. They
vlll view tie body this morning, when
pOst-mortem examination WII 10
hrl3. The ArlTifer ~Criotv VIII prob
ahly take charge II the funeral services.
Bold Robbery ~ Kansas City.
KAvsts CRY. No, june ia bold
robbery VAS porDetratet yesterday and
resulted p Use loss e ss.sl5 worth of
bonds 4. y. Waters, an investment
broker. was negotiating the sale # toe
securities AID during the conveTsat.on
rtn Us customer iaad tfe