The Detroit times., 1908-10-31

place where the body was found. Mrs.
Fred Naples, OF the Naples farm.
nearby also examined the wagon. She
says she saw the same kind of wagon
pass her place on the Sunday morning
In question. She also took look AT
Kurka, but the police will not say
whether she identified him. AS the
wagon was some distance from her
when It passed this is harly possible.
kurka Identifies Body.
The body of the murdered man was
Identified by Kurka I'm the county
morgue late Friday afternoon Half
an horu later Kurka was placed under
arrest as the suspected murderer. In
the bar of the Burns hotel, where
Kurka bought drink following the
Identification. he told OF owning a red
and green dump wagon, such as the
Hartmann boys had described earlier
In the day. This fact was tipped off
to the police and Kurka's arrest fol-
lowed. He then admitted having had
his wagon out on the morning OF Oct.
is. on which day Schultz disappeared
II is now recalled that Schultz's disap-
pearance was reported to the police
by his relatives for the purpose. the
police believe, OF allaying suspicion.
Several circumstances tend to i'm.
plicate Kurka. Neighborhood gossip
has II that he and Mrs. Schultz. who is
20 years old, are on most friendly
terms and for the past three months
Kurka had been living with the
couple.
Last Saturday Mrs. Schultz and
Kurka moved to an adjoining
house because the rent was
too high" Mrs. Schultz says. Police
officers searched the empty house FRI
day night and found the walls OF one OF
the bedrooms spattered with what APP
pears to be blood Mrs. Schultz insists
that the stains were caused by the
breaking of a catsup bottle. Deputy
William Martz, who crept into Mrs.
Schultz's house surreptitiously after
the officers had left, claims he over
heard a conversation between Mrs.
Schultz and her sister In which the
former instructed the latter to say
that the stains on the walls of the va
cant house were made by the spilling
OF catsup.
Damaging Evidence.
In the deserted house the police
found piece Of undershirt stained
with blood; Ratchet head from
which the handle had been broken; a
|sedeutter. handle with blood stains,
which somebody had evidently at
tempted to remove. Mrs. Schultz said
she had used the piece of undershirt
to wipe the blood from the neck of a
goose that had been killed. Later.
when told that the blood would be
analysed. she professed not to know
how 1t came on the rag. 1t Is said.
The straw withswhich the body was
covered when found has been identi-
fed by Paul Sontag, a special officer
In the Packard works. as straw such
as Is used In packing auto castings.
The tarpaulin in which the body was
wrapped was identified as having come
from the Packard plant. where Schultz
was employed.
On top of this Il Is said that Kurka
had been engaged recently in hauling
crushed stone for Julius Porath for a
the body was found. and that he was
familiar with the locality.
Confronted by these facts, Kurka
maintained utter ignorance OF tho
crime. On the Saturday night before
| he disappeared, Schultz planned to go
to Ann Arbor the next day to pay a
friend $50 Kurka had borrowed las:
March. Kurka says that when he got
up the next morning, Schultz was
gone.
Detectives Baker and Fenton have
charge Of the case.