Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-09
MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER o 1896
HERMAN PAUL SCHULZ.


Warrant Issued for His Arrest ON a
Charge Of S1urder.-A Requisition win
BE Asked For.
Another chapter in the history of
the mysterious death of the woman
at Shohola was begun last Monday
when Charles Edmund Schulz, son
of the accused man and the dead
woman, made complaint of muir
der against his father. Upon this
William Angle, Esq, issued war
rant which was duly returned de-
fendant not found This action is
merely preliminary in order TO
found a request to the Governor
for a requisition for the accused
man. When the matter was pre-
sented to the County Commissioners
on Monday, although the law
clearly defines their duties and pre-
scribes what bills shall be paid out
of county funds, yet to demonstrate
that the county is not so parsimoni-
Gus as she has been pictured and to
express the views of those in con-
troll of her funds and in order that
there might be no cavilling as to
where the responsibility for ferret
ing out crime rests, they with COM
mendable alacrity passed the follow
ing resolution:
1--WE, the Commissioners of the
County of Pike are in favor of the
full and vigorous enforcement of all
the criminal laws, in this county,
to the end that all crimes perpetrated
within the county shall be detected
and the guilty punished, and we
further call upon and demand that
the proper officers having in charge
the enforcement of such laws shall
perform their full duty.
"That all proper costs and charges
in such prosecution will be fully and
promptly paid for by said County of
Pike as soon as can be legally done.
WALLACE NEWMAN,
Signed, JAMES H. HELLER,
A. S. DINGMAN.
Oct. s, 1896"
An autopsy has been held to as
certain whether the bullet which in
flicted the fatal injury was of the
same calibre as the pistol found in
her hand, which it is claimed, be-
longed to her husband. No doubt
the investigation will be carefully
and thoroughly made with a view
to ascertain whether it is a case of
murder or suicide. While the facts
so far as ascertained look dark for
Schulz it is only fair that Judgment
be withheld and that the public
mind should not be influenced or
poisoned by stories which may or
may not be true The Common
wealth seeks only to convict the
guilty of crime, and over-zealous-
ness and attempts to prejudice popu-
lar opinion is as much to be deplored
as want of zeal to properly ferret
out the true state of the case. The
action of the Coroner's jury was ap-
parently travesty on the face OF
it, and had the persons composing
it been guided by a deliberate de-
sire to ascertain the real facts and
render verdict accordingly the pre-.
sent situation might have been very
different, and our county preserved
from much odium.
Our people are, as rule, law.
abiding, and the resolution passed
by the Commissioners, which will
receive the hearty commendation oi
all our citizens, demonstrates that
there is no unwillingness or grudg
ing of what is proper, on the par
of those officials, in order that a fail
investigation may be made where
there appears to be a probability o.
a crime have been committed. Let
all those whose duty it is to parti
cipate in the administration of oui
criminal law be equally prompt t.
act, and in so intelligent manner
and we viii hear less, and perhaps
deserve less of criticism which tend
to place onr county in an unenviabl'
position regarding crime and crimi
nails.
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