The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-03-17

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and secured the preceding interview
This threw some light on the case, anc
the attempted murder theory was ex
ploded.
MRS. SNYDER INTERVIEWED.
II was 1 o'clock q. m. when the NEWS
DEMOCRAT man first saw Mrs. Snyder
She was inclined to talk. In fact she ever
| gave her age, 30 years, with only an excu
SADLY short hesitation. The history of th,
case was given by her under the pressure
of a close crossflre of questions. She de
Connected, the history Of young .Shuiz''
infatuation for the widow is in substance
given in the following interview:
my husband died about four year,
ago." said Mrs. Snyder, "leaving me the
care of iye children. The eldest is nov
| Ia years OF age and the younger years oi
age. We lived at Bolivar, just across the
street from j. j. Shutz. Selan often came
| to our house to see my oldest boy. They
often played together. He was Mt my
house a great deal. He was engaged Al
herding cattle at that time"
| WASN'T there some other attraction n
your house other than your boyP" wa;
asked.
INC, he came to see the boy" said Mrs
Snyder.
"Isn't 1t a fact that he came to youl
house and frequently remained all night?'
Il
"He never stayed all night' she an
| swered.
"Well, away into the night.n
mo, he sometimes stayed little while
and talked to me. Sometimes he stayed
after all the children had gone to bed.
| frequently stayed all night at the house
and that l had packed his dinner bucket
the next day, but have proof that this ID
| not true. / don't know anything about
the current report that he had trouble
| with his family on my account and kept
his father at bay with revolver when he
| wanted to demonstrate with him for oom-
ing TO see me. know they said we were
intimate, but we we're not"
| There were many reports current in
Bolivar concerning Mrs. Snyder and
young Shutz, and there Is evidence sufii-
cient TO substantiate them. 1t appears
that Shutz gave up his job and stayed
| months. He was with her constantly and
his parents could do nothing with him.
| On the subject of Mrs. Snyder he was
| practically insane. Mrs. Snyder stated
that she left Bolivar on his account and
moved to farm near Navarro station.
"You would hardly leave Bolivar in order
| to get your boy away from Shutz" sug.
| gested the News. DEMOCRAT reporter.
She hardly thought she would. This
was evidence that she and Shutz were very
thick at one time, but she wanted to break
off the intimacy, not 80 much on his ac'
count, but on account of the interferenc ce
Of his parents and the many compromis-
ing stories afloat. She lived on the farm
at Navarro until few days ago.
A NAVARRO EPISODE.
1.-Two months ago." continued Mrs,
Snyder, "Shutz came to my house at 10
o'clock in the evening, heard him out
side on the porch but did not open the
door. l was frightened and did not know
who he was. There was no one in the
house but the children and myself.
Soon Il heard some one
coming down stairs. He had
climbed up post to the roof of the porch
opened an upstairs window and came into
| the house in that way. My boy was in the
hall and stepped behind the door. /
heard him speak to the boy and ask for
me. l then knew who he was and l es-
| capped out of a side door. He had a revol.
yer in his hand and when he could not
| find me he went to mirror, stood before
| it and
SHATTERED 1T WITH BULLETS.
stayed at a neighbours house all night
| and he left about IL o'clock. l came to
| Canton last Wednesday and on Thursday
| afternoon my brother passed Shutz' house
| in East Tuscarawas street. Sbu'z saw my
| boy who was with my brother, and by thai
| he knew / was in the city. He came Out
| the same afternoon to see me. He was al
| right then but knew he was downheaIt-
| ed. On Sunday afternoon he came again
| During his visit to my house at Navarro,
the time he broke the mirror with bullets
he took my watch from my dressing case
| The watch belonged to my husband when
| he was living and is valued at about $40
He said he would get it for me. Monday
| evening he came to the house about six
o'clock and said if would go with him he
would get me my watch and some Other
| jewelry which belongs to me. While
| was dressing he showed my brother the
| bottle OF poison and said he would Kill
himself.n
| This part OF Mrs. Snyder's story was
| corroborated by Mr.. Marks.
| "My brother did not inform me of this, ,
| continued the woman, "or | would moi
| have gone out with him. We walked to-
| cured"
| HOW IT WAS DONE.
"When we went into the room we sa
down for q few moments. He did moi
| seem inclined to talk much. After shor
time he said he was going down stairs.
| sup posed he was going after my jewelr,
which he had said he had at home. Thii
was about half past seven o'clock. In 9
few moments he came back with bottle
ed me to drink but l refused. He theI
commenced d to drink az rapidly as he could
l tried to dissuade him but he would no
| listen to me. .,..
III brought you up here to kill you and
am then going to kill myself he said.
still tried to persuade him to keep quiet
He finally gave up the idea OF killing mt
but still insisted that he would kill him
self. He soon became drunk. Then h,
said he was going to kill himself. He tool
a pen knife from his pocket but persuad
ed him to put II away. Then he threaten
ed to take the poison but did not. He theI
took razor out of his pocket. l knew h,
was determined to end his life but l coult
do nothing as was afraid he would, xii
me.s H
"Go over in that corner" said he. N
l obeyed him and went over.
'Now axe my hat In your right hand an
stand there OF will kill you, 1907
| did as he requested and took his hat II
my right hand and stood facinI
him. He opened the razor and stoo'
near the bed. Then he said, "Good-bye
Belle; good bye, everybody" and dreN
the rn aor across his throat. He then threN
the razor back under or towards the be-
and fell over. / don't know what haT
pened next. 1t seemed long time befor
Z got out of the room. A woman taIke
to me as went out. l sat down on th
bed in the other room and she talked wit
me there"
Mrs. Snyder denied that Shutz had eve
made any improper advances to her, o
room before he attempted to kill himself
Shutz showed his brother Will memo
randa in the afternoon, showing that sh
| owed him between $500 and $500. She sal
she didn't owe him cent, nor had sh
ever given him any or he given her an