The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-29
GREEK CANDY MAKER GUILTY.
Convicted of killing His Partner
and Hiding His Body.


HUNTINGTON. ". Va. Nov. %
George PoIitz was yesterday found guilty
of murder in the second degree He was
charged with killing Peter Stanton. his
partner in the business of candy making
Mercy was recommended by the Jury His
sentence will not exceed ten years in the
penitentiary
Stanton and Politz, who were Greeks,
came here from Cincinnati and fitted up
! handsome living rooms in the rear of
their establishment and seemed to get
along nicely together One night during
the latter part of May. this year. Mrs.
Smith. who. with her husband. had apart
ments over the rooms occupied by the
Greeks. heard fearful screams as OF some
one in distress, and then came heavy
groans from the apartments below Mrs
Smith awot1e her husband and wanted him
to investigate the peculiar noises, but he
was sleepy and quoted his wife by telling
her that he supposed one CT the Greeks
had an epileptie st, as he understood they
were subject to men,
The next morning Stanton MAS not to
be seen about the establishment and Po-
IitZ when gueried by the Smiths as to
where he was. remarked the h. had gone
to Cincinnati on business trip. AS he
did not return in a reasonable time Mr.
Smith became suspicious that something
was wrong, and notified the owners of the
building in which the candy factory was
located quiet investigation was begun.
but with no developments. a few weeks
later PoIitz announced that he had pur-
chased Stanton's interest in the estab-
lishment, and that Stanton. who was then
in indianapolis. as Politz said would not
return to Huntington This story was
generally believed.
Early in August a bad odOT became no
ticeable about the basement and lower
rooms OF the building. About this time
George A. POLITE made an assignment and
Immediately left town for Charleston
this state, where lived 4 young woman
whom he intended TO marry. 4 few
days after his establishment was closed
a force of men was set to work cleaning
up. with the hope of finding the cause
of the odor. which had become almost
bearakIe. Going into the basement they
discovered where Il brick floor had been
torn up. Digging down foot or more,
they were amazed TO find d bun1a body
so badly decomposed that identity was
impossible. Pieces of burned wood were
about the body, and all indications
pointed to the fact that an effort had
been made to burn the body before it
was buried.
officials Immediately went 70 Charles
ton and placed Politz under arrest. He
was quiet at first and refused to be in
teTyieWed. Finally he confessed. He said
that he and Stanton shortly after mid
night in May became engaged in a quar-
re! over division of their profits, and
that they came to blows He says Stan
ten .iu-.ed large bottle that had con-
tanned fiayoring extracts at him. and that
be In YafN . nj
crushed Stanton's skull After the deed
had been dene Polite claimed he dragged
he body to the basement and covered it
over for 8 few days. Finally he decided
To bury it IN the basement, and he did so
at the spot where it vas found Politz
confessed to having appropriated all OF
Stanten's goods aud money.