The San Francisco call., 1897-08-20
FOR THE MURDER
OF SCH0FIELD
The Grand Jury lndictS
butcher and Mrs.
SChOfield.
Irving Mann Is Released, but
Will Be Needed in the
Prosecution.
Apparltion Of the Murdered Mar
Nightly tnvades the Cell Of
butcher.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 19.-District
Attorney Harrington brought the Scho-
field case before the Grand Jury to-day
and a number of witnesses were exam
ined, mainly in relation to the conflicting
statements made by Mrs. Schotield,
butcher and Irving Mann, the nature of
the wound which produced death and the
position of the body upon the arrival OF
Dr.. Higgins Sheriff Lyndon, the Coroner
and others.
The District Attorney in taking this
course was actuated by the laudable de-
sire not only to systematic the proceed
ings but to save the county the unneces-
sary expense of preliminary e1amina-
ton at a point eighteen miles distant
from the county seat.
The Grand Jury, after hearing the tes-
timony presented to-day, found true bills
of indictment against Mrs. Schotield and
Dan butcher, leaving Irving Mann out OF
the prosecution, This action was taken
after the adjournment of court. The in
dictment will be presented tomorrow
morning.
The ghost of George w. Schofield ap-
peared to Dan butcher on Wednesday
night in the Madrone Jail and caused sleep
to depart and come no more. At least
that is the story which Butcher told to
Constable Fay when that officer opened
the cell-door this morning. The prison
er's eyes were red with weeping and his
face was gray and haggard.
BILL" said he in a husky, tremulous
voice. "he's been with me all night"
who has been with your asked the
constable.
why, Schofeld, of course. He walked
up and down the room until daylight and
l never slept wink"
Fay advised him to correct his con-
fesslon and tell the whole truth about the
shooting, then the ghost might cease to
walk. But butcher shook his head. He
was not yet ready, he said, to make any
further statement. Perhaps he would do
so in time.
In the forenoon he was brought to the
county jail and placed in his old quarters
His old air of smiling brayado has left
him and he is pale and serious-eyed.
George Schoteld, the 10-year-old son OF
Mrs. Schoheld. has been located. He is in
Sequel at the house of G. w. Hines, his
grandfather. After leaving Madrone the
boy went to Morgan Hill, where he re-
mained until Tuesday morning, when he
took the train for Santa Cruz.
Mrs Schofield says she is a native of
Tennessee, and that Stonewall Jackson,
the great Confederate general, was her
fathar's grand-uncle. She is chating under
the restraint, though she believes that the
delay in bringing the case against her to
legal issue is for the best.
A point that is at present engaging the
attention OF the prosecution is whether
butcher was back of the shed when he
killed Schofield or was behind the wire
fence which extends nearly on a line with
the shed in westerly direction. Irving
Mann in his first confession stated that
butcher was by the fence when he fred
the rife on Saturday morning. There the
ground is several feet higher than at the
woodshed door. To take aim at the fence
at person standing at the shed door, a
person must point a rifle or gun at
downward decline, whereas a shot from
behind the eastern window OF the shed
must come from a rife or gun pointed in
q straight, or nearly straight line. AS the
bullet entered Sch ofield's left eye and
ranged downward, it is reasonable to sup
pose tha Irving Mann's story is correct,
and that Schofeld was shot by butcher
from behind the fence and not behind the
shed.
At the next court proceedings Irving
Mann will be placed on the stand as
witness for the prosecution.
There is a growing conviction in the
minds of the officers that the reason
which induced the fabrication of the story
told by the three prisoners at the Coroner s
inquest was fear of the consequences
which might result if the truth were
known. the District Attorney and the
Sheriff believe that the truth has not yet
come to light, and they are systematically
digging for it every day.