The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-27


to cell in the county jail, in murder
er's row, where he will be more iso-
lated than would be possible at the po-
lice station, and where he will have
ample time to reflect upon the deed
which has placed the shadow of the
gallows about his head, for the police
are now confident that a second man, a
man probably "a professional crook,
aided and abetted Gottschalk in the
Schindeldecker murder and they wish
to locate and arrest this man.
Murderer Had Pal
They are now fairly confident that in
Gottschalk they have the murderer, but
with that they are as desirous of COM
ing up with the mysterious confederate.
whom no one seems to know and whose
name Gottschalk. absolutely refuses TO
disclose. 1t is believed that he had left
st. Paul and his description has been
sent to the. police of all the principal
surrounding cities with instructions to
arrest and hold if apprehended.
With all of the discussion which has
arisen concerning the arrest there has
come to the front some little talk as to
what disposition will be made by of the
$1,000 reward offered by the city for
the arrest and conviction of the muir
derer or murderers of Schindeldecker.
The reward was offered on Friday aft
ernoon. Five hours later the arrest of
Edward Gottschalk was effected. The
question arose and some grumbled at
the possible solution, Would the police
get the reward?"
No Reward for the Police
The police have worked night and
day upon the case since the hacked
remains of Christian II. Schindeldecker
were found lying in the back shed of
his meat market, 423 West Seventh
street, that Saturday afternoon, a week
ago. And it is through the tireless
searchings of Chief O'Connor's men that
the capture of Gottschalk was finally
effected.
But no member or members of the
department will get the reward, or any
portion of ii. No claim will be made
by any member of the department for
the reward. There is a state law which
forbids the taking by any police officer
OF a reward earned while in the dis
charge Of his duty
o. H. O'Neil. assistant county at
torney, said last evening:
The reward will go. If 1t goes at all. to
some person outside OF the department.
The courts of Minnesota I'm several deci-
slons have upheld the law against the
giving or rewards to police officers in the
discharge of their regular duties. and even
II police officer We're to claim the re-
ward. which is an improbable condition,
II could not be paid to him.
The arrest of Edward Gottschalk at
a time following so closely after the
FORMAL offer of a reward was a mere
coincidence OF circumstances. 1t might
nave so happened that the man would
nave been taken into custody days bo-
Tore he was arrested. 1t might have so
happened that he could not been ar
rested for days after, or for weeks. The
moment he was apprehended the po-
lice were fairly sure that In him they
had the man for whom they were look
ing.
That fatal Saturday, in the after
noon, when Walter Gerenz, the butch
er's clerk, was being questioned, he
told Chief O'Connor of the circum-
stance of meeting Gottschalk and an
other man, whom he did not know,
while passing by the church at the
corner Of Western and Goodhue that
noon, while he was going home to din
ner.
Gottschalk as Tinsmith
He told the chief that he knew Gott-
schalk only by the name of Ed" and
that he thought that the man in ques-
ton was a tinsmith or a repairer of
gasoline stoves. This fact OF occupa-
ton, together with the finding of a
tinsmith's hammer by the side of the
murdered mans body, at once aroused
the suspicious of the chief and a search
was begun for the Ed" of whom Ger
enz had told. The search resulted in
the examination by the detectives of
several tinsmiths living in the neigh
borhood. The finger of suspicion
was wholly of an innocent nature.
Finally Gottschalk was located. A
quiet investigation into his habits of
life and his demeanor- since the time
pointed itself towards everybody, al
most, who had even seen tinshop, un-
til that person proved to the satisfac-
ton of the police that his knowledge
OF the murder was begun. He was
living in three rooms of the house at
4SO Goodhue street, which is owned
by Adam Aydt, an aged German.
Pick Out GottschaIk
A first suspicious circumstance came
to light when ii was discovered that
Gottschalk was known in the neighbor-
hood by three separate names-Gotts-
chalk, Edward Moeller and George
Moeller. He was getting his mail at
Schumacher's drug store, Seventh and
Dousman streets.
1t was learned, too, that while he
fished some for the market in the sum-
mer time, he did little in the winter
sisting principally in repairing gaso-
line stoves.
AS an evidence that he was not al
ways man given to leading the
straight and narrow path Of fghteous-
ness, the neighbors told of how, since
Gottschalk had come to St. Paul from
Omaha two years ago, he had driven
his wife away through his constant Ill
use of her. In the course of this re-
cital thew said that the man was noS-
sessed of an ungovernable temper, and
that he had, in fits of mad rage, bru-
tally beat his wife, at one time break
ing a chair over her head and shoul-
ders. They heard her, when she quar-
relied with her husband, taunt him with
having once been a convict in a peni-
tentiary.
Gottschalk Is Arrested
Finally, when it seemed that Gott-
schalk must be the man, a watch was
set over him with the result that Fri