The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-12-19

TIE parties who broke into Schoch's
o1dce on Wednesday night last havebeen
captured. The identity of the parties
was discovered by accident. The two
are George kunZ and William Bauch-
knecht. After the burglary was CON-
mltted, which was about half past nine
on Wednesday night. the two youn
fellows went to kupz Il Bleser's brewery
and INDUCED quite freely in beer. Bau-
knecht then went to Schutte's livery
stable which was open quite late that
night on account OF the hacks being out
conveying wedding guests. He was
smoking cigar which be had taken from
Schools office. When asked where he
| ba got the cigar he inadvertently said
sat Schoch's" The burglary was not
public at that time. The next day he
appeared n the same place with pair
Of gloves which also had been taken from
the Office. When asked where he got
them be SAID young SchOch gave them to
him. When told that the possession u
the gloves might direct suspicion toward
! him, he took them off and threw them IN
manure heap. Constable Weiinger
| heard OF these things and reported To the
district attorney. They proceeded to
ManItuWoc Rapids and found Bauch
| knecht there II resort. He was in
| duced TO confess and implicated George
kunz.
The latter heard of Bauohknechts
arrest and kept IN hiding. Trains were
watched. On Friday night some one
was seen to jump on the train gs it WIGS
moving. The Appleton chief OF police
was reached by telephone and some one
| answering the description was arrested
by him and held until officer Dueno
| arrived and found that the wrong person
was held. Officers were securing the
surrounding country and it VAS learned
| that kunz was seen going IN the direction
OF tho Rapids. He vas found ii the
same resort IL which BauchknSeht was
captured.
When brought before the district at.
tOrney he was snllen and defiant. He
finally SAID he would tell all st 2 O'Clock.
Friends pleaded with him but AL TO no
purpose. just when the fingers OF the
clock indicated P. II. he announced bis
willingness TO confess. He told substan-
tally the same story that BRuchknecht
did. Between and 10 o'clock on Wee
nesGay night they battered in the door
OF Schools Office with piece of ecan-
tEng. They forced open drawer bat
found nothing. Then they smashed the
hinges OF tho safe, broke of the knob
and the outer door fell off. But they
were unable to effect an entrance through
the Inner door. They took q pair OF
gloves an overcoat and cigars. The over
coat they concealed in Johnson's wood
yard and it was recovered.
kunz pleaded gnlIty before Judge
Crate and was sentenced to three years
IN the reform SCHOOL. He is just about
Is years old His parents who are people
| OF eminent responsibility are hesrt brok-
en- and their grief Is pItitul to behold
They have done everything pO]slb!e 10
| reform the boy but without avail, Young
kuuz refused to gee his mother after
having confessed, but he finally yielded
ana burst INTO tears, the FIRST time, it Is
said, he vas ever known 10 show emotion.
He was brought to the reform school dy
officer Pierce on Saturday night.
4 talse mOustache vas found Oh Bauch-
kuecht. The officers think he was not
implicated IN the robbery of Gottlieb
Michael. but are satisfied he knows who
were. His age is variously stated at 20,
9 and IS. He is not a strong minded
youth and is easily influenced. He Gays
they had planned to hold up M6nnhelmer
on Saturday night. Maunheimer had
been out selling cigars and WIS expected
home on the night train, and it was sur
missed he would have considerable money
on his person.
Young Kunz has been a great reader
OF dime novels OF the jesse James stripe.
lie Is a strong young fellow and has
abundance OF nerve.
BAUKNECHT was sentenced to three
years IN the reform school He was taken
10 Waukesha yesterday by Constable
Wlllinger. There are two young men at
large who are suspected OF having been
implicated in the robbery Of the old man
Michael Neither IS IN the city and it is
not known that there is any direct evi-
dence against either 1t is qnite proba-
bic that for some time at least, burglaries
will not be OF such frequent occurrence
IN this city.