The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-19
DUTCH LOUIS CONFESSES.
TELLS OF HIS RELATIONS WITH
sTEIGER AVID DUTCH PETE.
says Dutch Fete Toid Hin ne was with stei-
ger when the Latter Killed the Williams
burg BeiirinHer. and That NE was Outside
the Church when steiEer pkiiiea Smith.

ger when the Latter KILLED tho Wiihhmn-
burg Benrinuer. and That NE was Outside
the Church when steiEer Killed Smith.
Peter Gerstel, alias Dutch Pote;'' Louis
Smith, alias Dutch Louis" and "Cock-eyed
LOUIS" Mary Muller. and the two other pris-
oners arrested on Wednesday night by Central
ONCE Detectives Reap, Holland, and Price, on
suspicion Of being implicated with Fritz Meyer
or Constantine Steiger, in the murder OF Bell
ringer Stelz of Williamsburg, were arraigned
In Centre Street Court yesterday before Magis-
trate Brann.
Gerstel and tho Muller woman were given
into the custody Of the Brooklyn police, and
were taken across the bridge, handcuffed to
Brooklyn detectives. The others wero re-
manded by the Magistrate to Police Headquar-
tors until to-day. Dutch Louis" at first pro-
tested, and declared that no was unwilling to
go-back t~osHeadquarters, saying he preferred to
BIO sent to the Tombs instead. He changed his
mind. however. as the Magistrate was about to
sign tho papers, and agreed to 20 to Head
quarters for tho night.
Capt. McClusky was oloseted most of the
afternoon with Dutch Louis. In the evening
he gave out tho following confession. which
he said had been made by tho prisoners:
NJ right name is Paul Teedy. I was ar
rested by the police of the Leonard street sta
ton over q year ago. charged with burglary,
pleaded guilty to petit larceny, and got ono
year In the penitentiary. While up on the ISL
and l met Pete. He was there under the namo
Of Peter Gerstel; Ho was doing a year in the
was released two or three weeks after, on
May Z, 1897. Shortly afterward I met Pete on
street. While living there i met Fritz Meyer,
Nov %Oysr ea anaE wit with ,,I the : v murder q ps, smith and
fn @o9, s0S ap { to 'f East t lssth ! s HaesIed' wh hisoi living ans
there Peter was arrested in the Fifteenth pro-
cinct, having been found In a hallway of a pri-
house keys on his person, and was charged with
burglary. He was discharged on a writ Of
Orchard street. He and Meyer took q room in
that house; This vas n the early part Of
Meyer. They had just committed sam a bur burglary
name e Michael Rseiiy on it. I did not SEQ
Meyer vent 70 Ike church nS s'i IN B sS &IT and
Meyer had tho watch and gave it to Kate Ian.
ders, and that she pawned IT,, and Meyer gave
Kate afterward gave tho ticket to Meyer, and
that he took it out. He told me that Meyer
Watch had brought roan Gne i did not Uo see e Meyer eTn' ssa tno
rs was keeping under cover on account of the
"Tho next time he Pete, came down to All
Sixth street with a young fellow whom / had
never seen before, INTRODUCED us and located a
all three of us beat a cigar store at 1858 Second
avenue. After the robbery wo came out and
sSep%pat at that tn nam 9,ssF % %ss onsersd on on 8 su S%ss.
Nov. 8, and 5000 cigars. some clothing and a
S SiSyc, 10. were ere sto lien ,SsI, . Msff Me- Pete
ranged to meet Pete next morning. When /
met Pete he said he had dropped the cigars be.
were pawned in Nelson's. Pete was such a
liar that 1 quit, him. I was Joined by Joe Glea-
Gleason s,1n and sr myself sR Sssi jake s.ia Ss MsS at Fss Ff9si
avenue and put everything In a trunk. car
slsc Cents e. g s snf ssssf ssssp %Ss { e 's to ng sooS ss''t 41%
POLICE have the trunk.l
church when the policeman was killed and that
Meyer was inside. He told me he saw Meyer
come out of the window, and that he could have
stopped to pick 1t up"
1t was then Meyer was set upon by the men
who from the opposite corner had heard and
seen tho commotion.
Ex.Assistant District Attorney Frank Oliver
bilfty, OF fastening upon Fritz Meyer. alias Con:
sStantine steiger, the convicted murder OF
tho professor Of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
who was killed, on Feb. 10. 1895. Mr.. Oliver
had In charge the Eelou case and collected evi.
Witnesses testified that about tho. time the
murder must have been committed a lame
hood Of the school at Lexington avenue and
stKty.sixth street. The description given OF
This man tallies with that of Meyer. The po'
Dutch Pete, on arriving in Brooklyn, told
superintendent Mackellar that he had nc
knowledge of the murder of Bellringer Stelz
and that he did not k"ow Steiger prior to seven
to do with the killing Of Policeman Smith
Capt. Reynolds of the Detective Bureau says
however. that he will be able to prove that he
was concerned with Meyer in tho murder
of StelZ, and several witnesses. who
saw tho men on tho outside of the
church on the day OF tho murder. will be at
Headauarters to-day to SEQ II they can identify
Gerstel. His description, Capt. Reynolds says
fits that givon by several persons who were in
the vicinity Of the church on tho day of the
murder. His picture was taken for the Rogue's
gallery and he was then conveyed to the Adams
street station. where he was locked up for the
night He will be arraigned before Justice
dav.
Mary Muller is detained in the Amity street
station as a witness against Dutch Pete. Sht
WAS taken before the District Attorney and viii
go before the Grand Jury this morning. 1t II
said that an indictment will DO found against
Gerstel.