The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-02
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TO SCH
MUR6H
HACKED HIM TO DEATH,
HATcHer. AND SAYS I've
WIFE Al5Ep IN TIM psep6
OF THE BODY.

VI tHE oODvs t>1
XIII me. Kill me! am the
one. | murdered my brother.
Standing beside the green
wagon In which he carted the 81
TO what he thought would b.
hiding place In lonely 6prin
field, John Kurka. Monday md
thus confessed TO the murder G. f
thony Schultz. on Oct. IS. The q
sion was made on the farm o. r.
ham Lapham, out Michigan-ave-,
presence of Chief OF Detective
Donnell. Sheriff Burns. Deputy ~
Martz. Detective Ell Baker, the
of Mr.. Lapham and other reside
the neighborhood. II was attcE
the most dramatic circumstan(
Kurka duplicates the widow
murdered man to the extent a
that she helped him carry a.
out OF the house TO the dump ~
fact borne out by the findin9
bloody imprint OF a woman'e A
each Of the dead mans ankles, \
Mrs. Schultz will be confront
these facts during the af1(C
the expectation that she
break down. The police
through with Kurka, either
statement will be taken fro1D
the presence of the prosecutoE
stenographer. The auth0r1t1oo
the opinion that he has not y@|
the full truth concerning the
He insists that he killed Schulz
Tense OF the wife, but this o<ol
Is discredited. It In the pol&
that the murder was dOeQ
blood for the purpcso -
Schultz out OF the way.
Farmer Forces coutoooDo
1t was the aged farmer, Mr.. n
who forced q confession from
The party had just returned kE0
field where the body was fou1
stood outside the Lapham fnrn
Two lanes run parallel from NH
ave. back to the field and one e 4
passes through the I.apham fny11
On the morning Of the murdof.
drove down the FIRST lane he Co.
and. returning, took the one ~
through the Lapham farm
passed close to the house ~
seen by Mrs. Lapham. and ~
sons In the neighborhco4 III
Mrs. Woodward and MI
Some of them even talked 10 "a
On the return OF the party fl
field. Monday morning. Exz.
promptly Identified Kurlra a.
she had seen and talked ~
Sunday morning in question:
serted positively that he M
and was sure there could b.
take. Mrs. Woodward an0 Il
ham also identified him.
Kurka then showed HE 1o1
weakening. He leaned on
wheels of his wagon for ~
with his head buried In hin
gan to weep.
SHs. <ophuhi EtcppOQ IO4
voice full Of sympathys m
his manner was mandatcry
to make O clean break
Tell the truth. my
patting Kurka on the
you are guilty. tell 1t all
medicine. I know this
I saw In my yard that &
these are the horses. Nov
the man. own up to II ana
the truth. Come. boy. spo1
Change the horses nru}
Kurka, lifting his head onl
away the tears with HE nv
"ls that the way they
morning you drove ont ho1
Capt. Mcdonald ct this III
Yes" returned the O.
did you kill your bgco
|. Yes, I killed hin.
sobs Out covl1cGc
At the words. Kurn
way to tears and biz po
found relief In q v1olouk
1t was then he cS1e1 O.
ton: 4:
xiii me! KIN -! Il
one. | murdere1 ~ m
What did yd1 TN
captain asked.
"A Ratchet. ! stfpe
head"
and you hacked ~
too. didn't your" Il
yes" \.
Further inquiry doy1
that the hatchet uso1
had bought himoolf
fore the murder
who else W. n
timer" was asked.
Wife Heipo
Mrs. Schultz.
ry out the body.
feet and put ~
shoulders"
Kurka insisted
sleeping In the be-
noise In the houses
Schultz attacking I'm
/ to the latter's def
Ratchet.
Immediately after the
ka and Mrs. Schultx. accoI
confession. carried the ID
barn. where they wrapped
tarpaulin found on the bod
with straps, ard after put11 I
tContiuuea % Pnuo $1,000
3 THE WEATHI