Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-12
Son May Convict
 Father of Murder
Julius Schutte Testified That His Father Dragged Bodies Into the Burning Build ing.

Middletown, Oct. 11.-Julius Schutre, second son of Emil Schutte, 6o-year- old storekeeper of Shailerville, testified against his father today when the trial of the storekeeper on charges of mur- dering three members of the Bal fam fly on December 10, 1915 was resumed in superior court.
 Julius, 22, who served in the navy through the World war, declared that his father placed two bags of oil-soak- ed shavings against the shack where the Ball family lived, set fire to the shaw ings and shot Joseph Ball, his wife and their 17-year-oLd son Jacob when they attempted to flee from the house.
 After the shack fire was well ad- vanced. the witness said, his father dragged the three bodies into the burn ing building. He and his father then went home, he testified.
 Under cross-examination by Gustaf B. Carson, counsel for the defense. the witness said that the first person he told of the shooting was his brother, Walter, on May IT last, and then he repeated his story to States Attorney Inglis of Middlesex county. Under further cross examination, the witness admitted he would like to see his father convicted.
 In his direct testimony Julius Schutte  Joseph Ball over the ownership of piece of land in Shailerville. He de- clared that on the afternoon before the tra gedy Bal shot at his father and him self as they were driving past the Ball place.
 Witness said that he carried can of oil that night when he accompanied his father to shack which had been used by wood choppers employed by Schutte | and then his father set an alarm clock He quoted his father as saying: When the alarm goes of we will go to the Balls and burn them down. The alarm rang at 2 a. m. and fls 1 father arose and they took the shavings to the Ball shack, where he raced then against the ooor and his father lighted them.
 The witness told of screams and shots as the fire spread and the Ball family tried to escape. After the third shot the witness said he saw Jacob Ball who was lying on the ground, raise rveolver. The witness said he firet twice at young Ball with rife, bu did not hit him.
 Walter schutte, eldest son of the de lfendant, testified briefly. He said h, shack was burned.
 
 was a witness.
 He said he remembered his fathe leaving the house the night of the Ba1 fire, but he knew nothing of the fire un til the following morning Referring | the argument over land. he testified tn his father once said that he could no sell the property as long as Bal wa Ealive
 Telling of a visit to the jail to see hi father. witness said his father offere him several thousand dollars" if h would help get his brother Julius out the state.
 States Attorney IngIis offered tw, . letters in evidence. One of the letter
 purported to have been written in ia by Schutte and was addressed to hi : wife. In the letter he was quoted 2 writing: What a downfall; what
 punishment" The other letter also { have been written from the jail, to h son Julius, urged the son to leave tt ; state and also to make affidavit thS y his story of the Ball deaths was a fal y rication.