New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-15
FOUND DEAD IN A CELLAR.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF LITTLE BROOK
LlN GIRL.
IT LOOKS AS IF THE CHILD WAS MURDERED IN
HER FATHERS HoUSE-STRANGE C1RCUM.
STANCES SURROUNDING THE CASE.

STANCES SURROUNDING THE CASE.
Kate Schilt the thirteen -ycar-oll daughter of
1scob Sclt, glass manufacturer living at No.
=, Grattan-st Brooklyn, f.. D., founN
swing in the cellar of her home late on Tuesday
nioht under peculiar circumstances. An hour
&C., she had been discovered the girl died.
while the parents of the girl believe that she was
,urdered the police of the sixth precinct are in
.ined 10 scout such theory, after accepting one
- accidental death. When the girl died the case
vas reportcd to the police. At the time the girl
uas breathing her last in the cellar the parents
we're awaiting her return with can OF beer which
they had sent her for
Il was nearly o'clock when Kate left her
narents apartments, and met her brother Benny,
eleyen years old, playing in front of tile door
and raye him the 10 cents and can TO purchase
the beer The boy went 10 a barroom two blocks
away. while Kate awaited his return in the hall
way. The building is a three-story nat house,
and is surrounded on all sides by vacant lots.
There is only one street lamp near Inc BOY
returned safely and handed the can containing
the beer to his sister in the hallway. The boy
then returned TO the street to play. 1hat WAS
the last time he saw his sister alive
What followed leading up to the girls death
ia wrappcd in mystery The father of the girl
a search was begun by the family. The girls
mother went to the cellar as a last resort As
she glanced down the cellar steps the mother saw
her daughter lying motionless at the foot Mrs.
Schilt screamed, and she was Joined by her hus-
hand and some of the neighbors. When they
reached the cellar the girl was lying partly on
her aldo on the concrete floor, about three feet
away from the bottom step. Mrs. Schlt tainted
at the sight of her laughter, who was bleeding
from the nose, mouth and several ugly cuts in
the face As the neighbors were gathered about
her she opened her eyes. hut was unable TO
speek BY the girls side lay the beer can, empty.
Ihe can was dented in at the side, while the
handle was wrenChed off,
Dr. Murthine, of No. 46 Stagg-st., was quickly
summoned, and when he arrived he pronounced
the child dead A hasty examination of the body
disclosed deep cut across the forehead and both
eyes. There was another ugly cash across the
nose, which the physician said was the cause Of
death. When the body was taken in charge
by John g. Lutz, an undertaken, he
ut once telephoned to Coroner Creamer.
that he thought the case suspicious, and yester-
day morning Coroner Creamer went to the house
and begun a rigid investigation There are two
entrances TO the cellar-one from the street and
the other from the hallway. Two heavy iron
the girl could not have opened In order 10
have reached the cellar by the hall she would
have had to pass tie open door of the room
where her parents We're sitting The Sch"it'
lived on the ground floor of the house. In"
she fallen down the steps the noise would hav"
been heard There would also have been some
traces of the beer on the steps, as the can
would have been overturned. The contents of
the can were found poured over the cellar 1oor
nepr where the girl was found. The wooden
railing of the stairs was found near the lower
steps, 10 contain deep dent, as if made cy
a Slunt instrument. There were indications
of struggle near where the girl was found
II is not known yet whether or not the girl
was outraged.
The brother of the dead girl says he saw two
strange men about the houss. at the time n" r"-
turned with the beer. One of the many theories
is that the girl was seized BY the men and force1
into the cellar IN her effort 10 escapt by the
stairs she was struck down. ~
Coroner Creamer said last night that he dd
not believe the cuts and bruises on the face and
head were made by a fall. They had every APP
pearancc Of having Ben made by blunt lnS'ru-