The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.
SUICIDE FOLLOWS THE KILLING OF
A WOMAN AND 4 CHILD.

Ahe iefpetrnAoF OF the BioouE trlme
Said He Had Been Master Mechanic
Of RaiIrOad-The Bodies of the
WOmHn and Child Found I'm a
Thicket-Their Murderer shoots
Himself Through the Heart at a
Hotel on Learning That His Crime
Had Been Discovered.
Laredo, Tex, Nov. Blast Monday
evening tall. hne-looking man, accompa-
MED by woman. registered at the Hotel
Hamilton, as C.. Schuler and family. With
them was a pretty girl years old. Yes
terday at 3 o'clock the man hired buggy
and took the woman and girl to the depot
despite the inclement weather. At
O'Clock he returned the buggy and ate
supper At Hotel Hamilton. retiring after
ward. Last night a shepard discovered
two bodies lying in the brush in Chacon
bottom, just beyond a small reservoir,
two and half miles from Central City.
tie noticed trails where the bodies had
be "a dragged through the thorns and the
paints Of the buggy wheels on the ground.
Being afraid to touch the bodies, he
came In and notified Recorder Pierce
what he had seen. officers proceeded at
once TO the place and secured the bodies
of the woman and child. They were
identified as the persons who had gone
riding with Schuler yesterday evening.
WI nile the news OF the nnd was dying
over the city, another chapter IN this hor-
rlble affair was enacted at the Hotel
Hamilton. At . o'clock this morning the
proprietor OF the hotel Knocked az Schu-
lers room and asked him where his FAM
ily were. He replied that he had taken
them last evening TO Azete, where they
had taken the limited train for Mexico.
- think you are mistaken" said the
proprietor. Your family is not in Mex
Schuler shut the door. and drawing a
revolver shot himself through the heart.
On his person was found a cigar case
with over $500 in greenbacks. The cigar
case contained the name Of Sam Kuntz.
IL Is believed his brother is in Fort Worth,
and he was at once notified Of the trag-
edy. Schuler stated during his stay here
that he had been master mechanic for a
railroads Schuler spent most OF his time
In saloons and his actions indicated that
he was either unbalanced or meditating
the horrible murders which he committed
yesterday.
In the murdered womans trunk was
found marriage license bearing the
names Of Catherine Menn and Theodore
Menn.
A letter was found in the woman's ef-
Iects, dated Oct. q from @. b. Brown,
dressed to Mrs. Caroline Menn, Dali
las, Tex, the merchant nequesting
her to send a check for SIS. From this It
Is inferred the woman had bank ac-
count. She stated that Mr.. Chrlsten, her
son, kept a hotel at Fort Worth and II
Is believed that kuntz stopped at this
hotel, found out the woman had money,
enticed her here to murder her and get
her money. telegram was received here
to-day from Fort Worth stating that Mrs.
Mems son had left that city 70 come
here
The wounds in the childs body and
the position I'm which it was found, indi-
Gated that she died a lingering death. She
was cut slightly, on the left knee as
though she had fallen on a sharp stone,
ana The left side of her head was cut
as tough by glancing blow Of club.
There was another wound on the top Of
her head, but death had come from a
Knife wound in the neck, severing the
jugular vein and carotoid artery. The
body was found on It's back, the little
arms raised as though to ward off the
Mrs. Menn, who was rather stout and
ABOUT ~ years or age was shot IN the
breast and probably struck a crushing
blow on the head, breaking the skull
The hend, in Jack-the-Ripper style, then
used his knife, stabbing his victim once
on the front side OF the shoulder. the
blow ranging downward, once in center
Of the left breast, twice I'M the stomach,
once IN the abdomen and once in the
ribs.
The blood stained murderer then prob
ably killed the child with his dripping
knife to make sure there would be no
living witness to his deed.
The bodies of the suicide and his vic
Tins were taken TO FoWser's mOrgue,
which was surrounded by a large crowd
Of enraged citizens, who would have made
a lynching party If the murderer had
not cheated them.
When the news Of the finding Of the
bodies in the gulch was made known to
City Marshal Barthelow, he and the night
policemen soon discovered the clue which
led TO the third tragedy As soon as
they learned that the stranger at the
hotel had hired the buggy, they went 70
the hotel and ordered him awakened. In
the meantime, mounted officers were
searching the scene OF the murders for
evidence, finding womans bloody hand
kerchief, a derby hat, which was identi-
fed as one kuntz wore yesterday, the
murderer buying a new hat on his re-
turn from the gulch. On his return to his
room Kuntz washed his bloody cuffs but
the marks are still on them
An insurance policy for s. 900 in his own
favor, deed of trust executed by Cathe-
rine Menn on property in East ST. Louis,
photograph of KuntZ and pictures OF
handsome young woman and a child
Of six, were found in Kuntz's trunk, be-
sides letters addressed to William kuntz.
Kansas City. Kuntz was once chief en-
gineer Of the Helms brewery in Kansas
City. His name Is believed to be either
William or Samuel Kuntz. The cigar case
bore the name SAM" but the letters
were addressed to William Kuntz
Kansas City. No, Nov. 13.-william
kuntz, connected with to-day's tragedy
~ Laredo, Tex, was employed at the
Helms brewery in this cfty as chief en-
looking man, dark eyed and had dark
hair. He was smooth faced. He had a
wife and little girl who answer the de-
scriptiOn Of the woman and child mur-
dered in Laredo. He was about 80 years
old and well liked. He came to Kansas
City from st. Louis, where he was chief
engineer Of the Green tree brewery of that
place He left here last July for Fort
Worth, where ne had accepted the posi-
tion of chief engineer Of the Fort Worth
brewery