The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-03


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George stelz. assistant sexton Of Ho-
~ Trinity church. Mon,rCdc and Gra-
ham avenues. WILLIAMSBURG. New York
city. was murdered sunday night b.
persons who knew the church. who
knew the people In the neighborhood
u the church. and who knew the
murdered man and his habits In fact.
AZ the investigation continues. u Is
shown that he was not murdered for
the money In the poor box. bu, ior the
purpose Of concealing the tracks VI the
men who were caught robbing these
boxes. That they were desperate In
conceallng their tracks Is borne out by
the fact that after beating Stelz into
insensibIlity they fell upon him and
choked him $40 that the bones o. his
neck we're broken and hts windp.pc
was punctured.
That they knew The church Is evident
| by their finding their way % the poor
boxes In the vault under the yestbule.
/ To get 10 these boxes without passing
through the big iron gates. which are
kept constantly locked. one has 10 pass
through winding passages that are
known TO only a few Of the plrIshion-
crs.
Blood spots on the sia.rways. 100 lhc
yestihule and on the walls of the ycsti-
bule show plainly how and where the
murder was committed 10 was stolz's
custom TO sound The AusanB 90 Z
o'clock In the evening llr went 10 the
belfry as usual on sunday evening.
leaving the center doors of the church
unlocked ana carrying the bunch of
keys. which were aitgrward found lying
by the side of the dead body. In his
hand. The bells were heard tolling fos
five minutes OF mose. then tle sexton
descended into the yes..bg.o
No more OF his movements can De
traced. except for the blood spots Il
Is supposed that ho had Ge-rcndod 90
the yestibulo and was preparing 10
lock up the church Tor the night. when
he heard a noise 90 the cellar aud went
to investigate. Then be- saw the two
thieves breaking open the lower end OF
the poor box. which ran through from
the church door.
The nrst spot ~ blood was found on
the cellar noOr. showing that he had
been struck there Then there we're
blood spots leading an the way up the
stairs 10 the yes'ibuic. Here there
were signs Of o struggle. 40 he heigh,
81 a mans head blood was uolred ON
the walls. There we're blood prints ~
a mans hand on the floor as 1.-THE
murdered mans head h81 struck
there
On the stairway leading To- TIE second
floor there was pool OF c,otted
blood. extending Co the third step. and
on the fourth step there were prints NJ
two bloody hands o. was here tina,
Stelz fell uuc0gFc.ous u was here
that he was chohei TO death.
Undoubtedly there were two men
concerned In the murder of the sexton.
The appearance Of the dead mans head
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the blows which iel.od him into lnsen-
sibillty Both o sharp and blunt In
strument were nscd In the assault.
There was one wound between the eyes
and one at the back ~ the head Just M
the base OF the skull Tho wound In
front of the head was made by q sharp
instrument. while that IN the back was
made by blunt instrument II Il be
that the murder was done by n single
person then the weapon was both blunt
and sharp
Then there were four other wounds
In the back and top 81 the head which
were not made with the same lnstru-
ment The finger marks on the mans
throat would indicate that dit
ferent sized fingers had crushed the
bones.
OF the ak money boxes In the church
only one had been tempered with. This
stood In the cellar directly between
two big iron doors. and over the sta.
tue Of an angel which guards the tomb
Of Father John May and Father John