The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08

and Alfred Kraft. an ice-wagon driver. Twin!
in oliver street. Willinmsburgh.
twas horn Mt O3 Moore street. in the npart
ments OF the girls mother. Rosa Wertheimcr
n laundress, who wept last night as she sale
that her daughter had been vicious and be-
yond her control since she was ID years old.
When tho little one was few weeks old til
mother met Peter Schultz OF 100 Bushwici
avenue. and fell in love with him. Schultz is
| known to tho police rs petty thief. ana ne mas
been In prison for burglary. His most inti'
mate companion. Adam Haas. only recently
completed u five years sentence for the same
| crime.
Mrs. Wertheimor refused to let Schultz visit
her daughter at the Moore street house. and
Schultz asked Haas to persuade his mother to
| let them have room that was vacant in her
! APARTMENTS at SO Morrell street. Schultz and
| tho girl lived there together from April L.
until May .. Tho baby was sickly. and its
| III health made it necessary for tho mother to
ioreco many Of her accustomed pleasures lr,
while che ngrsed IT. Sh eans ad IN sey n nsvn
The neiehbors say that unable to get rio OF 1t
nv fair means. sho tried to starye 1T. but the
little one, despite its general Ill health' re-
At midnight, on May 2 the Haases m m9 I'VE
s Mr. and G'S Hrs. Haas with their
daughter Annie. had two OF the rooms. Mamie
and Adm slept on blankets on the floor OF the
a man who had known the family in Morrel
street noticed and commented on the absence
companion. who said: ,
away AVA sbSut II o'clock i Monday Wong night. 1
th6ess hsy sSSSa
heard the remark und took the speaker to the
Stage street police station. There the man
brown sent Detective Lyons and Special Duty
Man Hall with Campbell. and BY midnig hit
they had collected sufficient evidence to JUS
They found Schultz. Hans. and the woman
at Il Bremen street. and arraiggned them
cnred her innocence Of any wrong. and said
she believed her bShy was Ha hsm me- Monday
nshf and theS took t away they tod her
sho need not trouble herself about it any
Both Schultz and, Haas were eager to con
TESS, Each accused the other OF being the
what he said would be used against him. made
q statement and swore toit. Schultz says in
his f' at en- ,nsd with Manic wortbe,msr IA
So Morrell street with her about 70 o'clock at
9 Hs 1t tSs %s e Adam S' xns
ana th9 best tIi a to % was to take it out
'"%Ss tooS the the child Intending to kill it when
We got out to tho railroad track nenr the new
s ssass GhHP to BY s
the same thing. and this Killed the child in q
AFTER this Haas placed n, stone. tied with
one Of my suspenders. around the child,s nee; neck
water, Tho stone, slipped out OF the suspend
or nnd the body floated. 1t would not sink
and wo waded in and got it and buried it in the
:: Haas said It would be necessary to come
out agnin and put more dirt oyer the body;
Mr. Hans. Mrs Haas 1.-THE father and mother OF
Adam Haas. and their daughter. and Mary
WGrthcmSr Were present ,d.n.o,,
exeept cert that where scGaItz had blamed Haas.
Haas blamed Schultz, In Schultz's pocket the
police found found an envelope on which was writ
ae ca sGS
'' April r y. 1852. ' wv" M4a'zx swTnrHr'nHa.
z Ths Wn aeps d hnn ef ss uh Go
knew nothIng about the ehild's having been
sfs s.s sss a ts ssx gps 5 t9sy bad
SssI .i There sT bs NO WORK Ss ey d BarU h5
lation and no dwelling house stands
water in which they tried to drown tho p baby.
isTa cr5st { asas ovsifE little si ss S SS
made made and half natural; is OF soft
clay and ashes; and Is seldom crossed re . by
staGnant water some two or three ieet deop
owe bottoms OF many feet Of soft mud. A pool
nk q tnt st ra e ct feet sert n The
new drawbridge OF the South Side tracks, was
the place they pointed out as the burial place
" hole I' in which they had laid him while with
edge the nS dS Showed VIA I
tn &c cried Alter they thought S"H him dead. "'
An apron was found near the spot. and tho
idsntifled II az Hnd said that he and HAAS hid
body. but it was not long enorch aud So they
& Of The exact
canal and scSats" the Ss 'is's wss "s
Poiiceman HAL iT scarehsd the pool Iu ,Nob"aayy
0 fsr Tibet Tsn III s
iii success. The men attributed their " failure
to !. thG darkness. and the work was stopped
At ocl"ck in tho afternoon Haas said that
pointed ont lie heNeVcd mat schultz hat
returned on Tuesday or Wednesday night
and removed 1t. Schultz told him when they
buried 1t that they would have to come hack
n iIt 6Hry Il deeper or the rains would wash it
bslSyss Haas htedlns
ssembled to watch the digging. and Sergeant
Brown thought 1t advisable to give up the
search for tho day ard get his prisoners back
TO the shelter OF the police station.
Schultz told q reporter that he had taken the
aby to several PLACES In New York. and had
asked Superintendent Of the Poor Blake to |
with 1t because 1t was SO sickly.
,.nII yss iull." he said: "on Monday night
much trouble that Mamie, could not go toa |
lance or a picnic or anywhere. She told mo |
I'd have to get rid Of 1t somehow md that she |
did not care what became OF it. She promised
e ask no Guesti9ns and to keep her mouth
Schultz Is only ! years old. He has sal
STRAIGHT at YOU. Haas is q years old. iair.
g Jewess. almost q dwarf In stature, and
With big brown Dyes and black curly hair. All |
these are prisoners In tn Stagg street station. |
. The police viii ask the assistance 81 the Fire |
Department to-day to pump out tho pools OF |
he waste lands. They have nc doubt that the |
body Ia somewhere within the boundaries OF |