New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-02
LEUTZ Cd UGHT IN NEWAhh'
Suspected OF KILLING MRS, SENIOR
HE ATTEMPTS TO SET Up An AL4Bl WIN" -
SHOWN TO 81. FALSE,

,,y ,r1rvprs tn SET Up An AIIBI WHICH 10
SHOWN TO BIZ FALSE,
Gn.tovo Leutz suspected OF the brutal ilu'u'' ~
the aged Mrs. Elizabeth senior III "i'u"'1 ,.noon in
saturday night WAS arrested yesterday ol'o
, ecrsbsp In springfeldlvc., opposite tie car s''
In Newark, lie offered no resistance ana oi'p"y
uorf,ct cooness. Leutz dressed the Sii''o " h,s
| cil,d in the alarm sent out by the Po!i'o tutz
copturc but his clothing was in neat COM u Il. A.
was taken to the Fourth Precinct Ponce '''uO In
there wa, charge against him OF stealing
| orange he WIS held on that charge. In ms Po,n1'
uos the pawn ticket for the watch, issued " ''"-
Marian pawnbrokcr in Academyst.. Ne"aih' .
| Leutz made a statement to Police Capt''n o'oi :,
| He said that he was in NIlburn saturday h''"o "
| rode OH an express wagon to Newark III 'o"'p ~, -
| william Marshall. Of Town committeeman re
! Marshall. OF Mlburn Reaching Newark ho
the stolen watch at NOrons and treated Malsha'i ana
! ,h oxnress man. Then according to Leutzs state
nent he went to a resort kept by a Mrs. Louuon' ~
M 100 IIalsey-st. and remained until y. H. Le''
| ing there he kafed around different beer-shoPs UNI"
| midnight and at II o'clock appeared at ''ic pye'
shop I'm Sprngieldave. Of Chris Schlosser' III "'ncn
Ee was arrested yesterday. lie remained there until
| 3 a. ni and then went back to Mrs Lor1ois fihui"s
te place closed he spent the rest Of the night idhns
| in l1m-shoDs sunday at M, he went 10
s.hlcsscrs and remained around until III O'CLOCK anu
sunday night lie slept in the place. Yesterday LeuD
SAYS he saw the account Of the murder IN the morn
ing papcr, and went 10 the cOart house - see Nh-
stable Whalen Of Milburn, intending to 90 back WIN
| him II. aid not SEQ the constable and returned tc
SchloS,er's where he remained until the afternoon
when Constable Whaen and another officer came to the
| bcerahop to take him.
Conrad Schosscr bartender in the place, said yeser'
| day that lie knew Leun Only by Sght ana u'u 'o
know his 1t was O'Clock on sunday moriiiiis'
and not II rn he asserted, when Lcutz came 10 ms
place and he remained until > O'Clock. when he wen
AWAY schlos,er invited him to stay all night and be
! declined There was nothing in Leutzs appearance
| to show that nc had had any struggle. While he was
in tho place he did not show any money higher than
dollar bill.
The distance from Mlburn to Newark IS about eight
miles and it can readily walked in two hours Inc
road lead, straight to Newark. person walk
inc from Milburn to Newark would pass Sclilo'ser
| beer SHOP II the murder committed, n, II evl-
IDENTIFY vas some time before IL O'Clock. there would
he ulcntv OF time for tho murderer TO walk TO Newark
and appear at ~chlOsser's place before O'CLOCK al
Older b. test the truti OF LcutZ's statements dDon'
having ldled in Newark becr-shops between p H.
the hour he left Mrs. LoudOn, and a. H. on oilday
when he oppclrcd at schlosser Police Captain Goi tool
Ieutz last evening 10 the different beer shops in whct
he said he had spent his time. At none Of the places
was he recognized At one place he told the police
capaiu and proprietor that he had been there at p III
on saturday. II proved by the proprietor tat th'
| man, statements were false. Captain Glon was con
WINGED Ly hi, investigation that the abb set up Dy
| LeuH worthless
| An autopsy was held on the body Of the murdered
woman mt tie morgIe in Orange Yesterday by County
Physician Wrshson and two other doctors. Five stab
wounds. were found behind the elbow and wrist OF the
right arm aud the wrist gashed There were three
stab-wound, below the right collar bone, one on the
right shoulder, In the neck and eleven in the chest
one Of which penetrated the heart and lung. Five IDS
were fractured and there confused wounds about
| the mouth. The County Physician ordered Coroner
phelan to hold inquest, the date for which was not
| liked. a., ,
the murder or came up behind his victim and. throwing
"A shawl her head tried To stab her TO death she
| threw up her Hands 70 ward OF the deadly blows
grasping the keen blade in her vain struggles. All this
| time the murderer held the shawl firmly on her head
and mouth NJ last he succeeded In plungins the knife
| into a vital spot.