The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-28
Father of Youth Identifies
the Bloody Tool
LAD SUDDENLY QUITS CITY
Detective Is Following Close
on His Tracks !
ARREST. is EXPECTED SOON
Joseph Hartmann Said TO Have Been
Friend and Companion Of
6oitSchaIk
ARREST. is EXPECTED SOON

The police yesterday reached tba
conclusion that Joseph A. Hartmann.
twenty-five years old, was the accom-
plice of Edward Gottschalk in the muir
der OF Christian H Schindeldecker.
Iheir conclusion was reached through
the story of many witnesses, who know
both Hartmann and Gottschalk. to the
enect that the men were often togeth-
er; through the Identification of the
tinsmith's hammer found by the side of
the murdered man as the property of
dartmann's brother; and through the
Identification of the finishing nail with
which the door of the meat market was
secured as one similar in kind to those
which Hartmann was in the habit of
carrying
Yesterday brought forth a second
startling police development in the pur-
suit OF the slayers of Christian II.
Schindeldecker, the West Seventh
street butcher. Coming close upon the
heels of the arrest of Edward Gott-
schalk, charged with the murder of
Schindeldecker, was the announcement
that 1t had been ascertained that Jo-
seph A. Hartmann, of SOC James street,
was Gottschalk's accomplice in the
bloody deed of Feb. IS.
Early In the day Charles Hartmann.
father of Joseph Hartmann, was sum-
moned to police headquarters. He was
shown the telltale tinsmith's hammer
found in the butcher shop by the side
of the murdered man, and in tones
trembling with emotion, identified it as
the property of his son Charles Hart
mann Jr., cornicemaker.
Two Seen Together
People who knew both Gottschalk
and young Hartmann came to the po-
lice headquarters to tell the chief that
IT was, with Joe Hartmann that they
had seen Gottschalk on the day of the
murder, on numerous days before the
murder and on the Sunday following
the tragedy. The people in the house
where Gottschalk lived were positive
that it was with Hartmann, or a man
tallying closely with the description OF
Hartmann, that Gottschalk had return
ed to his rooms early Saturday after
noon and with whom he had been con-
stantly for some time previous to the
tragedy.
A net of evidence as strong as that
which has been woven about Edward
GOttScnalk encrcleS Joseph ftarti1ldLIla
and Chief O'Connor is positive that
with the capture of the missing man the
mystery surrounding the murder of
Christian H. Schindeldecker will have
been cleared away.
But Hartmann disappeared myste-
riously on the Sunday night following
the murder of Schindeldecker. He
spent Sunday with Gottschalk, the two
men remaining in Gottschalks rooms,
4S0 Goodhue street, until o'clock in
the evening, when Hartmann went
away.
The police are convinced that he left
the city and they have already enough
of Zine" upon the whereabouts Of
the suspect so that Chief O'Connor
was able to say last night that he was
not in the least fearful concerning the
ultimate capture of the man, knowing
that it was only matter of short
time until Hartmann should be drawn
within the meshes of the law.
Father Identifies Hammer
According to the story which Charles
Hartmann Sr. told Chief O'Connor, the
hammer found by the side of Schindel-
decker's body after the murder was
discovered-the hammer with which
Schindeldecker was first struck and