The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-28
5CHERF CHARGED
= WITH MURDER
Witnesses Swear That the
Shooting of Schultze Was
a Cold BlOoded Crime
FATAL PISTOL CHANGED
Attempt to Cloud the Case
Defeated by Murphy's Pro-
duction Of Revolver Used

It ala not require more than long
enough to DO the necessary writing
for the COroner's jury yesterday to
bring IN a verdict accusing Gustaze
Scherf OF the willful murder OF Ru-
eolph Schultzs At 118s Fifth avenue.
South San Francisco on August 81
The testimony showed that 6cherf
steed up In the pound wagon and de-
nberstely shot Schultze, whose head At
the tine wss entangled IN q dog net.
he handle Of which was In the hands
OF Deputy Poundmaster Arthur Muir
ply.
4 new element was introduced into
The case with reference TO the weapon
used By Scherf Autopsy Surgeon
Baog1lupi extracted from the body
OF the dead man what he believed to
be q sS-calfber bullet Several wit
nesses ysstsroay-none OF them ex-
perts. however-eTamined the missile
and expressed the opinion that It was
Of sS-canber. But the revolver found
under the seat Of the wagon was OF
t4-canber, containing six cartridges,
one Of which apparently had been re-
Gently discharged. Soherf and the
two deputies had driven OF rapidly
Immediately after the shooting and
there Yves ample time for the murder
er % have disposed Of his own weapon
and 70 have substituted another.
Policeman J. D. Bates. who had
been sent 70 intercept the fleeing men,
testified that when he stopped the
wagon several blocks away from the
Ecens Scherf was not in sight He
placed Deputies Murphy and Vein
traut under arrest and found between
two blankets under the seat a revolver
Of - CALDER. One Of the six cart
ridges apparently had been freshly
discharged.
Deputy Poundmaster Weintraut
was not present when his name was
called as a witness and a policeman
was sent after him The officer found
the deputy shaking with fear and hid
a. ing under the counter Of a candy
store on Fourth street.
Weintraut swore that there was no
provocauOn whatever for the shoot
ing.s At the time the shot was fired
his back was turned to Scherf and he
did not see what was going on.
W +. Schultze. brother of the dead
man, testified that when his brother
jumped over lumber pile to seize his
DOG before Murphy and Weintraut
could capture ii Murphy's net caught
Schultz's head, Murphy having hold
~ the net pole. While Schultz was
struggling TO get the net off his head
HE witness saw Scherf stand up IN
the wagon and fire a shot out Of q. re-
Tolver- AS the witness started to go
toward Scherf the shooter said. If
you come nearer you'll get il. too"
Then the two deputies jumped on the
wagon and drove rapidly away.
Deputy Poundmaster Murphy testi-
fed that while the decedent Schultze
was struggling In the meshes of the
dog net he struck the witness lightly
with e hammer that he held in his
hand He did not think the blow was
Intentionally delivered. They were
two feet apart when the shot was
fired Schultz threw up his hands and
exclaimed, My God. I'm shot,"
The last I saw Of him." continued
Murphy, he was on his stomach on
the steps OF his house and his little
girl was crying. Papa Papa~"
The revolver found by Policeman
Bates had been under the wagon seat
for eight days. II had been given to
Murphy, said the witness, by Albert I.
johnson OF 1872 Fifteenth street to
be cleaned Murphy cleaned Il and
placed Il under the seat, but there
we're never any cartridges in Il so far
es he knew.
Scherf attended the inquest in
charge OF Detective Cody. He was not
represented by counsel and did not
testify.
REVOLVER is FOUND,
The mystery produced by the finding
Of q S8-caliber bullet in the body Of the
murdered man was cleared last night.
Arthur Murphy and Charles Weintraut.
deputy poundkeepers, who were with
sScherf at the time Of the murder, were
- arrested last night and their names
placed on the detinue book Murphy
explained that there had been two pis-
tolls on the wagon at the time Of the
murder one q 38-caliber and the other
z z4-caliber revolver.
Directly after the killing, when the
three men were madly driving away
from the scene Of the crime. they con-
cesled the 38-caliber weapon in a sack
Of dog meat which was in the
bottom OF the wagon When the police
caught Weintraut and Murphy driving
IN the wagon with Ford, who was sub
stituted as driver after the flight OF
Scherf, only one revolver was found. II
was the 44-caliber gun. Sergeant Lew
is. finding that one Of the chambers
was empty, naturally concluded that he
had found the weapon that caused
Schultze's death.
In explanation Of the absence Of one