The Washington times., 1921-11-06

TN the Superior Court at Middletown,
Connecticut, a remarkable murder trial
is dragging its slow length along. Emil
Schultz, well-known resident and well-to-
do storekeeper of the town Of Haddam
Iear Middletown, is on trial for his life.
and it Is his twenty-twoyear-old son, Julius
Schultz, who is the chief witness against
his father, the accused murderer.
1t was in the early morning of December
10, six years ago, that the neighbors dis
covered the burning embers of a cottage,
and as the fire cooled and they approached
nearer they saw the chaired bodies of Mr..
Joseph Ball, Mrs. Mary Ball his wife, and
young Jacob Ball, their son. The neigh
bors gathered from miles around, examined
the ruins, reverently removed the three
corpses, and were saddened by the thought
that this December fire should have had
such fatal results for everyone of the little
household.
But suddenly, few weeks ago, the
neighborhood was startled by the arrest
of Emil Schultz, prosperous but not
very favorably known member of the COM
munity. To the astonishment of everybody
the prosecuting authorities definitely and
rnequivocally declared that this man not
only set fire TO the Ball residence. but with
his own hand fired the shots which ended
the lives of all three of the Ball family
father mother and son.
And that was not all. Schultz was also
accused in the indictment of having MUIR
lered one of his farm hands, chap named
Dennis Leduc. The astonishing statement
was made that another one of Schutte's
,cns, little twelveyear-old Gus, happened
TO peek in the window OF an outbuilding
belonging to his father called The Old
MIL" and there beheld the murdered body
of the French farm worker. Pursuing this
clue the authorities searched for the re-
mains of the missing man, and found under
the ashes of brush fire nearby the charred
bones of the remains of poor Leduc. And
even that is not believed to be the full
catalogue of the victims of Emil Schultz,
whose murderous hand, the authorities be-
lieve, accounts for a number of mysterious
disappearances in his neighborhood which
otherwise are unaccountable.
When the present case was called to trial
Julius Schultz, the twenty-two-year-old son
of the accused murderer, took the witness
SIHnU, anu Will ptilttI bOiu INV
shocking story of that terrible murder and
lifted the veil from one of the most cold.
hlooded. wnolesaIe slaughters of recent
years. if the young man has told the truth.
julius is the second son of the accused
murderer Explaining why his father
wished to wipe out Of existence the entire
Fall household, he declared that the elder
Mr.. Ball lived next to a piece OF property
owned by Schultz. For some reason, the
young man asserted, Ball interfered with
the sale Of this property, which contained
considerable acreage, woodland and a
house known as THE Bungalow"
The immediate cpl" ode which stirred the
murderous fury of his father occurred on
the afternoon before the fire and slaughter,
julius swore. On that afternoon 'ulius,
then a boy of sixteen (for II was in The
Fall of 1915 hat il happenedD, and his
father had gone over to The Bungalow
near the Ball place TO bring provisions TO
some woodahoppers whom the eIner
Schultz had hired to work on the neigh.
boring woodlct.
As the prosecuting attorney, Lawyer
Ingls, led the young man up to the after.
noon Of December 9, six years ago, the fol
lowing dramatic testimony was developed:
QUESTION BY PROSECUTING AT.
TORNEY INGIIS-How long did you and
your father stay at the bungalow that
afternoon?
ANSWER BY JULIUS SCHUTTE-Not
but a few minutes, perhaps ten minutes.
QUESTlON-Then where did you gog