The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

saw Gottschalk, whom he knew, and a
stranger standing near the corner. This
clew was taken up with the other and
detectives were set to trace Gott-
schalk's movements and to ascertain
who was with him when seen by Ger
enZ.
Police Work in the Dark
At first the trail that led to Gott-
schalk was dim. His movements We're
above suspicion, except that he sud-
denly appeared to have become pos
sessed of some money and went about
paying his bills. He was known to
have been in poor circumstances i'm
mediately preceding the murder, and
as Schindeldecker's till was robbed
there was suspicion that the money
| might have come from this source.
On the Friday following the murder
detectives arrested Gottschalk and in
his room found bloody overalls that
had the appearance of having been re-
Gently washed. This was the best piece
of evidence that the police had, and
Gottschalk was locked in the central
police station. He took his arrest calm
ly and apparently was able to make
satisfactory explanation for everything
the police had against him. Chief
O'Connor determined to hold him for
developments.
Hartmann's Hammer Found
Then the tinsmith's hammer began
to play its part. Charles Hartmann, a
brother of Joseph Hartmann, is a
timer. and he and his father identified
the hammer. 1t then developed that
Joseph Hartmann had left home Mon
day following the murder and all trace
of him was lost. The fact that he had
destroyed all his photographs pointed
to his intention to hide himself About
this time the Waterman at the tannery
told Chief O'Connor of seeing Hart
mann and Gottschalk together fire.
quently, and the description he gave
of Gottschalk established the identity
or the stranger seen with Gottschalk
by Walter GerenZ on the day of the
murder.
The elder Hartmann was taken be-
fore GottschaIk in his cell. Since the
identification of the hammer the father
had insisted that his son had been
killed and when he came before Gott-
schalk he demanded of him what he
had done with his boy. The father
came upon GottSchalk suddenly, and
for the first and only time the prisoner
gave signs OF nervousness. On this
occasion Gottschalk talked and made
MS one mistake. he told of having
gone fishing with Joe Hartman Sum
day and Monday, of not having seen
him Tuesday and then Of having gone
fishing Wednesday.
Did Not Fish Wednesday
The tannery Waterman will deny
that Gottschaik and Hartmann were
fishing wednesday. He is positive they
could not have been at their usual
place, as told by GottschaIk, without
his seeing them.
Gottschalk told Of his having left
Hartmann fishing and starting for home.
He said that be looked back and saw
man whom he supposed was Hart
mann following him. He insisted that
he knew nothing OF Hartmann's where
abouts and supposed he had left the
city as he had intimated that such was
his intention.
Chief O'Connor was satisfied that
Hartmann wes dead and stationed
men near where Hartmann's body was
found to drag the river with hooks.
Apparently the police had gone as far
as they could so unless they could pro-
duce Hartmann Gottschalk had his
hearing and all the evidence intro
duced did not make a startling case
against him. Bis landlord DESTROYED
the testimony concerning the blood
stained money by swearing positively