The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-20
had had no conversation whatever with
any strange man regarding the muir

had had no conversation whatever with
any strange man regarding the muir
der.
Denies Story of Quarrel
Mrs. Flynn, living across the street
from the scene of the tragedy, also
exploded the story in which she was
accredited with having told of a quar-
rel between Schindeldecker and an
other man. She was accredited with
saying that Schindeldecker. had told
her that he had made an enemy
through loaning money. She saws that
she never had any conversation with
the murdered man relative to his per
sonal affairs.
AS far as the blood stained hands
of the murderer are concerned in the
affair, there is a fair. possibility that not
single drop of his victims life blood
touched the assassin's flesh or cloth
ing.
As the probabilities of the tragedy
simmer down, in the deductions made
by the police 1t was enacted something
after the following fashion.
Walter GerenZ, the clerk in the shop,
left for dinner at about 1905 O'Clock.
Within three or four minutes the muir
derer entered through the front door.
He may have had a wordy dispute
with Schindeldecker, who was then be-
hind the meat counter, but it is prob
able that he did not. He ordered a
dozen eggs, knowing that 1t would be
necessary for the butcher to come out
from behind his counter to get them.
as they stood in a basket well to The
front of the shop. And the butcher
did come out, bringing with him two
paper sacks One of these he opened
and held in his left hand, while with
the other he reached into the basket.
a fc he
drew forth three eggs
Meanwhile the assassin was-stand-
ing by the elbow of the doomed man.
Just as Schindeldecker drew his hand
forth with thee eggs, there was the
quick blow from the hammer upon the
temple, which felled him. One egg had
fallen in the sack another struck the
box upon which the basket stood and
the third fell to the floor.
Draes Body Over Floor
A second time the hammer was
swung upon the meat dealers forehead
and then, sure that his victim was
rendered defenseless, the robber-mur-
cerer secured the door with his clumsy
nall arrangement, and seizing his vic
tim by the head and shoulders. dragged
MIN across the floor, freshly sprinkled
with sawdust, TO the rear room. At
that time the force of the blows had
started blood to running from Schin-
deldeckers nose.
Then, leaving his victim for a mo-
ment,- the murderer ran back to the
main room and hastily rified the cash
drawer. Returning to the PROSTATE
form of Schindeldecker the murderer
rified the pockets of his victim, taking
wallet, containing about sS4 in cash.
AS he worked he detected signs of
returning consciousness in his victim
and again he struck him upon the head
with the hammer, which he~had car
ried back in his pocket.
NO sooner was this done than he
realized that his work was not easy of
completion with the frail tool and
quickly throwing 1t to one side he
again re-entered the shop and secured
the cleaver with which he did his
deadly work of execution. Schindel-
decker was Unconscious before the
nrst biow with the cieaver was struck.
This is shown by the fact that the
heart action was very weak. the blood
merely flowing gently from the wounds
lnfilcted with the cleaver, whereas had
the butcher been conscious and strug-
about. '''
And so. with no gushing blood to con-
tend against, the assassin completed his
terrible butchery, his hands and clothing
unstained and made his escape
Finds Door Fastened
AT about 1890 o'clock Saturday after
noon Aid o. w. Rohland, who conducts
a meat market at 459 West Seventh
street. discovered that he was short a
pair OF sweetbreads to fill an order. He
dispatched his son, William Rohland to
buy them: Young Rohland went at once
TO Schindeldeckes as the most conve-
nient shop. He tried the door and found
1t fastened. He thought this strange and
walked around the corner onto Banfil
street, which the rear entrance to the
shop opens upon. and met Gerenz as the
latter ran out of the rear of the shop ex-
claiming. 1.-The old mans committed sui
cide''
Rohland accompanied Gerenz back into
the shop and they quickly called up po-
lice headquarters and informed them of
what they supposed in their hasty exam
ination to be the suicide of Schindel-
decker. AS they ran out again to spread
the alarm they met DIR. Goodrich, whom
they hurried in to see if he might help the
PROSTATE man, hoping against hope that
there was still a breath of life in the
bleeding form.
When Rohland reached the Schindel-
decker shop il was about 1895 o'clock.
Thirty minutes of time had elapsed since
GerenZ had departed to secure his dinner
and had returned, and in that thirty min
utes the murderer had entered the shop,
accomplished his purpose and fed, leav-
ing only the discriminating hammer, hand
kerchief and knives behind him.
Had Money In Bank
1t develops that Schindeldecker was in
much better financial shape when he died
that was at first supposed. Certificates of
deposit for a considerable sum of money
in the Second National bank were found
upon his person. He had purchased the
shop two and a half years ago from II. T.
McNally had paid for it and had always
done a fairly good business. s-s-,t.
Mrs. Schindeldecker is still prostrated
with grief over the sudden, bereavement
that has come to her in such awful FORM
and she spent Saturday night and last
night at the home of relatives. The fu-
neral services for Schindeldecker will be
held at the late residence, All Superior