Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-18

Case-Arguments of Counsel, Charg
of the Court and Seen at Rendering
of the verdict.
In last weeks PRESS the story Of
the events occurring in the terrible
affair in Sholnla township last
September whore Lizzie Schultz
lost her life was broken off with the
evidence of the cOroners jury. This
was the same story repeated with
slight variation MS TO her position
when viewed by them on the oven
ing of the 21, and was not contra
dicted.
She was lying On the bed slightly
on her left side with her face turned
toward the left the pistol in her
right hand lying across her breast
the fingers clasped around the guard
and the muzzle pointing toward her
left shoulder. Charles G.. Carson a
New York lawyer who was at Wohl-
farths at the time testified as to
conversations with Schultz subse-
quently to finding the dead body,
and also as to the position of the
woman.
He examined the wound closely
in the morning and saw no traces of
powder or burning around the
wound. There was a small clot of
blood around the bullet hole and a
streak of blood toward the eye and
one down over the cheek. In con.
versation with Schultz that day he
stated that they remained up until
3 or 4 o'clock when he went to sleep.
j. f. Terwilliger stated that the
prisoner told him that he parted
with his wife in June 1895 after lv-
ing with her 10 years, that they
were hugging and kissing until o.
clock when he retired. He said he
took the revolver out of the satchel
at the request of his wife and put il
in his pants pocket They hung on
a nail by the window opposite the
bed. Schultz said lie would pro-
duce the letters and papers before
the jury to show that his wife had
been unfaithful and to show her
motive for committing suicide.
Wohlfarth also testified that
Schultz said the same to him and in
presence of the jury. Said she said
as they had considerable money il
would be better to have the revol
yer convenient.
Geo. j. Haas one of the jurymer
fired the pistol in the dining room
in presence of the jury. 1t made
quite loud report. Do not know
how many chambers were empty
when l fired it. 1t was subsequent
ly fired by Terwilliger in the was l
house.
l.. j. Swayze testified that Schultz
said his wife cried and said she wal
not good enough for him. He dit
not want to produce the affidavii
made by her because it might re
feet on the dead womans character
The pistol had two empty cham
bers after it was fired down stairs
Lorenzo Geiger the coroner rela
ted as to position of the body, tn,
firing of the pistol in the dining
room and wash house, and loudnesl
of report, his search for the alleged
$3.50, and that there were but foul
chambers to the pistol, this state
ment however be subsequently cor
rected, but did not correct the dec
laration perhaps inadvertently mad
that he held the inquest the 1s o
10 of Sept.
Julia Dannenfelser a sister of the
dead woman testified that in 1S9
Schultz came to her home in Brook
lyh looking for his wife. That Mrs
Schultz had left only few hour
before, that she told Schultz she di
not know where his wife was anl
that Schultz said if 1 see Lizzie an
she won't go with me I'll kill her i
sight, but did not show any pistol
The time of this conversation tn
witness could not definitely fix, bu
said it was between the spring an
fall. There was at the same time
conversation regarding some none
which we supposed might be coming
to us from Russia.
Jacob Dannefelser, a son of thi
witness, said he was present at I'll
time, but paid little attention
what was said and did not kno'
about whom they had been talkin
when Schultz said, III kill her. Wi
ness also testified that Schulz
slid to him in March, Oh, III fin
her yet, and that he was presei
when Schultz came to his son
home three days after the crime Va
committed Schultz said he Ia