The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-24

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George stelz assistant sexton Of Hoo
~ Trinity church. Montrode and era
ham avenues. Williamsburg. New YORK
city. was murdered Sunday night by
persons who knew the church. who
knew the people In the neighborhood
OF the church. and who knew the
murdered man and his habits. In fact
as the investigation continues, II IL
shown that he was not murdered for
the money In the poor box. but for the
purpose Of concealing the tracks OF 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
/ ohoked him 50 that the bones OF his
neck were broken aud his windplpe
was punctured
That they knew the church Is evident
by their fnding their way TO the poor
boxes In the vault under the yestlbule.
To get TO these boxes without passing
through the big iron gates. which are
kept constantly locked. one has TO pass
through winding passages that are
known to only few Of the parlshlon-
ers.
Blood spots on the stalrways. In the
yestibule and on the walls Of the vesti-
bule show plainly how and where the
murder was committed. II was stelz's
custom 10 round the Angelus At 7
O'Clock "A. tho evening lie went 10 the
belfry as usual on Sunday evening.
leaving the center doors Of the church
unlocked and carrying the bunch Of
keys. which we're afterward found lying
by the side OF the dead body. In his
hand The bells we're heard tolllng for
Ave minutes or more. then the sexton
descended into the yestlbule.
No moro Of his movements can be
traced. except for the blood spots II
2 IL supposed that be had descended "a
. tho vestlbule and was preparing IA
2 lock up the church for the night. when
he heard a noise In the cellar and went
: 10 investigate. Then he saw the two
e thieves breaking open the lower end o.
c the poor box. which ran through from
Il the church door
u The FIRST spot OF blood was found OF
+ the cellar floor. showing that he ha'
j. been struck there. Then there wer
a blood spots leading all the way mp tn
a stairs TO the vestlhule. Here Their
n were signs OF n struggle. AZ the helgh
u Of mans head blood was smeared o.
N the walls. There we're blood prints q
h a mans hand on the floor. as II IN
le murdered mans head had struc
~ there.
81 On the stairway leading TO the secon
Do floor there was pool Of clotte
10 blood. extending to the third step. an
on the fourth step there were prints I
two bloody hands II was here thl
mr. Stelz fell unconscious II was hel
nv that he was chokeh to death,
4 Undoubtedly there vert two me-
40 concerned IN tho murder Of the sexto
va The appearance Of the dead mans hes
:. shows that more than two hands dea
=, the blows which felled him into Insel
- siblllty. Both a sharp and q blunt Il
:. strument were used In the assam
;" There was one wound between the ey
~ and one at the back Of the head just
- the base OF the skull. The wound
front OF tho head was made by a sha
instrument. while that In the back vi
'e made by a blunt instrument II II
that the murder was done by n sins
" person then the weapon was both blu
III and sharp.
y Then there were four other woun
es IN the back and top Of the head viii
10 were not made with the same instr
er ment. The finger marks on the mar
nd throat would indicate that d
or ferent sized fingers had crushed I
r. bones
ne OF the six money boxes In the chur
~ only one had been tempered With. IN
'rt stood In the cellar directly betwe
ng two big iron doors. and over the II
Ily tue Of an angel which guards the tor
sk Of Father John May and Father Jo
~ n 4 q