New Britain herald., 1921-10-11
Witness Admits That He Himself Fired Twice At Wounded Youth When Latter Aimed At His Assalant
Husband, Wife and IT Year Old Son Shot Down From Ambush, Then Maltreated and Cremated.

Middletown, Oct. 11.-Julius Sehutte. second son of Emil Schutte who is charged with the murder of three members of the Ball family today, as a witness for the state in the second week of Schutte's trial, described how he saw his father set fire to the Balls shack and then shoot the three Balls as they tried to escape.
 Carried Can of Kerosene.
 He testified that he carried a can of kerosene for his father who used the fluid to saturate two bags of shaw ings which were placed against the door of the shack and then ignited. The son then testified that he saw his father stand near the door and as Mrs. Raai come 0nt theEe2E.as a shot endIa scream; there was another sllA when Ball came out and still another shot when Jacob, the 17-year-old son e1nerge& The witness swore that Jacob. as he lay upon the ground, raised a revolver and pointed it at his father, and that he. the witness, fired twice at young Ball with a. rifle he was carrying but did not hit the lad The witness swore that his father kicked young Ball A few minutes later, the witness said, his father took first Joseph Balls body and dragged it into the shack, then the mothers and then the sons body and they were burned.
 Other Brother Testifies.
 Julius Schutte followed his brother Walter on the witness stand today. The 1atter's testimony was of minor character as he was away from home at the time, of the. alleged murders which the state claims were committed on the night of December Is, 1915-
 Julius Schutte, as he took the wit ness stand was only few feet from his father who sat at a table close by his counsel. The witness said he was 22 years old. He knew the Ball fam fly. He and a brother had trouble with them and in passing their shack the Balls often called names His father, he said, owned piece of land near the Balls shack which the Ball family claimed
 Tell of Shooting Affray.
 On the afternoon before the deaths of the Balls the witness said he and his father went to a bungalow near the Balls to be with some woodchop- pers who had been engaged by his father. On the way home as they passed the shack, the witness said, Ball came out with a gun and fired at them. Witness said his father whipped up the horse. we got out pretty fast and father said not to re- port it, said the witness.
 Continuing, young Schutte said:
 After supper that night father said some one had to go to the bunga- low, which the woodchoppers had left, to protect it, for Ball was suspect ed by father of a desire to burn it down." Witness said that he went with his father and carried a can of kerosene while his father carried shotgun When they arrived at the bungalow, the witness said his father told him he had something to tell him and he was to keep it a secret Father took an alarm clock' said the witness and set it and said when the alarm goes off we will go to the Balls and burn them down.
 Wakes Up at 2 a. m.
 Witness said his father fell asleep but he remained awake. His father woke up when the alarm clock went off at two a. m.
 Witness said his father took the two bags of shavings and out in the corn field the bags were soaked with oil and carried to the shack. Witness said that under direction of his father he placed the bags against the door. His father then set them off with a match.
 Witnesse said his fathers told him to shot the Balls if they got him (his father) and to be sure that he got all of them before he went home"
 Fires Through Window
 Witness said that shortly after the fire started he heard a shot fred HiSul father was standing near the perhaps five feet away. A screamed MT. Ball came out said he heard another shot moment later Jacob Ball and there was another shot.
 third shot the witness said Jacob. who was on the grot
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