The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17


conciliatory of the later Mrs. Schwartz.
At just the right moment, and by
adrOit management, he got her under
his direction, and by taking a train
with her to Morris, and then on the
next morning taking another train
back to Chicago, he succeeded in pre-
venting her from getting the advice OF
her husbands lawyer, who was mean
time making the same double journey
on pursuing trains with the design of
cautioning her against speaking to Mr..
PInkerton. She had come to regard
Mr.. PinkertOn more as G. protector than
as an enemy, and he, during the hours
they were together, used every device
to draw from her some damaging adj
mission. He told her that the evidence
against her husband, although serious
In its chara cter, was not, in his 0pin-
ION, sufficient to establish his guilt. He
told her of the bills found in Schwartz
possession. Of the torn piece OF the
draft taken from the valise. Of the
marks on his hands and the lies he
had told. All this. he said, proved
that Schwartz had some connection
with the robbery. but not that he had
committed the murder, or done more
than assist Watt whom Mr. Pinkcrton
| professed to regard as the chief crini-
nal. The only hope of saving her hus-
band now, he impressed upon her. was
for her to make a plain statement of
the truth. and trust that he would use
this in her husbands interest.
After listening to all that he said,
and trying in many ways to evade the
admitted to Mr.. Pinkerton that her
husband had found a package contain
Ing $4,000 of the stolen money under
one of the seats on Conductor Dan
forth's train on the night OF he return
/ to Chicago. He had kept this money
and used 1t for his own purposes but
1 had been guilty Of no other offense in
the matter. Mrs. Schwartz stuck reso-
lutely to this statement, and would adj
nit nothing further.
Believing that he had drawn from
| her as much as he could, Mr.. Pinker-
1 ton now accompanied Mrs. Schwartz to
the Jail. where she was to see her hus-
band. The first words she said. on en-
! Harry, ] have told Mr.. Pinkerton the
whole truth. thought that was the
/ best way, for he Is your friend. I told
! him about your finding the $4,000 IN
der the seat of the car. and that was
! all you had to do with the business.
For the first time Schwartz's emo
tons nearly betrayed him. However,
he braced himself, and only admitted
( in a general way that there was some
truth in what his wife had said. He
refused positively to go into details,
seemed very nervous, and almost i'm
mediately asked to be left alone with
| his wife. Mr.. Pinkerton had been ex-
/ pecting this and was prepared for 1t.
He realized the shock that would be
caused in Schwartz mind by his wife s
unexpe confession, and counted on
this to lead to further admissions. It
was therefore, Of the highest import
ance that credible witnesses should
overhear all that transpired In the in
tervieW between Schwartz and his wife.
With this end in view, the room where
the interview was to take place had
been arranged 50 that number of
witness could see and hear without
their presence being suspected, and the
sheriff Of the county, a leading mer-
chant, and a leading banker OF the
town, were waiting there IN readiness.
As soon as the door had closed and
the husband and wife were left alone,
Schwartz exclaimed:
You fool. you have put a rope
around Watts and my neck"
why, Harry, I had to tell some
thing he knew SO much. You can
trust him"
You ought to know better than to
trust anybody.
The man walked back and forth a
prey to the most violent emotions. his
wife trying vainly TO quiet him. at
each ahectionate touch he would brush
her or roughly, with curse, and GO
on pacing hack and forth fiercely. Sud
denly he burst out:
what CID you do with that coat
the one you cut the mask out Off"
"Oh, that's all right; it's in the
woodshed, under the whole woOdpils'
They continued to talk for over ar
hour, referring to the murder and rob
kerry repeatedly, and furnishing evil
oence enough to establish beyond any
question the guilt of both Schwartz
and Watt.
Meantime Watt had been arrested n
Chicago, also charged with murder
and Ia several examinations hai
slit wn signs of breaking down and
cuff, ssing, but in each instance had
recovered himself and said nothing
The evidence of Schwartz himself
however. in the interview at the jail
taken with the mass of other evidence
that had accumulated was sufhcien
to secure the conviction of both men
who were condemned at the trial t