New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-09
GIRL SAW M0RS
AT BEDSIDE AS
WOMAN DIED
He Ordered Her Away, She
Said-Victim Had Been
Boosting of Health.
ARSENIC FOUND
IN DRUG ROOM

Officials Say Evidence Cor
rOborates Confession of
Murder in Home.
Evidence given yesterday by two
the inmates Of the &c man Odd Fell
lows Home. in Yonkers-one a four
teen -year-old girl and the othe- a
feeble old woman-was considered by
officials as strong corrobo:ation Of tie
confession of Frederick Mors concern
ing the wholesale murder Of inmates
Of the institution. Mors rs Sad those
who were put Of the way were consid-
cred TO he too much OF a care.
The stories C. the two witnesses yes
terday, taken in the Odd Fellow.
Home, related to the deaths of Ferdi-
nand Scholz, seventy-seven years old,
who died January 4, and Mrs. kather-
inc Piszzi, seveEty-seven years old, who
died November S.
Sheriff Weisendanger, Coroner James
Dunn and Chief OF Police Wolf, OF
Yonkers. went 10 the odd Eel ows
P1me late in the afternoon and began
their investigator. The first thing 'hey
did was to Investigate the dispenssry.
From it they took bottle containing
a half pound Of arsenic. 1t was with
this drug that Mors has said he killed
two men in the Odd Fellows Home in
Unionport, before il was moved to
Yonkcrs.
Investigate Dispensary.
Sheriff Weisendanger who. prior 10
taking IN his duties as Sheriff Of West
chester County, was a practising phar-
macist for twenty years, took from the
room besides the arsenic, sugar OF lead,
codein. morphine pills, atropine pills,
tartar cmctic, powdered opium and
strychnine.
at ELL" the Sheriff said, with the
exception of the arsenic may be found
in the pharmaceutical department of
an institution. cannot tell what the
arsenic may have been used FOR. They
have told us that il was used in the
home when il was at Unionport, and
was moved from there 10 here.
"When we first conducted our inves-
tication Dr.. T.. II. Juster, who is the
visiting physician, and the superin-
tendent. Adam Bangert. said they did
not know it was in the place. The only
reason that ! know of arsenic being
among the medicines of the institution
is that it might have been used for
embalming fluid, or for poisoning rats.
Find Puzzles Physician.
what is puzzling me is the lack Of
care over these deadly drugs and The
free accessibility to the room. 1t was
in charge of Amelia Buonopene,
fourteen-year-old girl. and en- old man
besides Mors."
When the officials thoroughly inves-
ti0ated the contents Of the drug de-
rsrtment. which, incidentally, had not
been done before, despite the fact that
liors's confession had been probed
since last Wednesday, they went to an
upper room OF the institution and sum-
moned before them Mrs. Susan
Schveitzer. She shared a room with
Mrs. Katherine Piazzi. On the night OIL
November 8, month after the home
was moved from Unionport. she was
sitting in their room talking, she said.
"Mrs. Piazzi." Mrs. Schweitzer told the
officials, boasted TO me OF how fine
she was feeling and how she liked
the new quarters Dinner was an
rounced and Mrs. Schweitzer left the
room, thinking that Mrs. Piazzi would
| soon follow.
awhile she was eating" she said,
"some one came into the dining room
and said. Why, Mrs. Schweltzer, 4, DO
/ Won know that Mrs. PiazZi 10 DYING
at was but couple of minutes after
had left her" Mrs. Schweitzer said,
. "and I could not possibly believe what
/ had heard. | continued my dinner, and
about half an hour or three-qusrters
of an hour later, at the most, | re-
turned 10 my room.
Found Mors at Bedside.
"Nors was sitting on the bed beside
Mrs. Piazzi. lie was glaring at her |
was about TO enter the room. the door
of which was partly open, but Mors
ordered me away.
81 demonstrated nth him, but he
said ] should not come into the room
because Mrs. PiazZi was dead. 20 10
another room he said; i don't care
where YOU go. but don't come in here
Shortly after this Mr.. Bsngert came up
10 the room, and after ne closeo the
door | went away"
Circumstances which have been
brough: out through the examination
Of Barbara Pabst, a fourteen-year-old
girl, concerned what happened follow
ing the death of Ferdinand Scholtz.
The girl said she Was in the drug de-
rartmcLt with Mors on the night OF
January 4.
"He gave me q bottle" she said, "and
told me to take il up 10 ScholtZ's room.
/ don't know what the bottle contained,
but ] took il up. went into the. room
with the bottle Mr.. Scholtz was sit
ting up in bed. He looked awfully
pale. There were pillows in back OF
him and his body seemed to be held
up by them.
'T put the bottle on the table. On
il were standing three other bott!es
and a roll of cotton. The cotton was
open. some of IL lying loose on the ia
Bile. Before left the room Mors and
Ring came into the room. They came
there, and ! heard them say something
about removing the body. While | was
in the room | noticed a sweet smell.
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