The Weekly Star
August 26 1882
Port Washington, Ozaukee County

SHOOTS SCHULTZ
Probable Murder -- The Perpetrator Escapes

Last Tuesday noon, news spread rapidly over the city that a man had shot himself.Investigation developed the following facts.

Two Polanders, residents of the city of Milwaukee, have been laboring at the DreuckerLime Works, near this city, and on Monday quit work. Tuesday the two men -- POWELOCKand SCHULTZ -- started down the railroad on foot for home. Reaching this city betweeneight and nine o'clock, they stopped, SCHULTZ remaining at the depot, and POWELOCKcame down into the city and made some purchases, among which was a 5 ball revolver- 32 calibre. POWELOCK returning, the two again started on the railroad track towardMilwaukee.

The section men, while at work about three miles south of the city, discovered SCHULTZnear the railroad track wounded, and as the quickest and best way to get the necessaryhelp, put him on their hand-car and came as speedily as possible to the depot, whenDr. SMITH was called and the officers notified.

The doctor immediately attended the wounded man, removing the bullets and dressingthe probably fatal wounds. The injuries sustained by the man are thus described byDr. SMITH.

THE WOUNDS.

There are two pistol-shot wounds, one to the right of the breast bone over the thirdrib about two and a half inches to the right -- the other below the arm pit and alittle to the left. Both balls were extracted about two inches above the hip boneand about one and a half inches to the right of the spine. One ball evidently passedaround on the outside while the other went much deeper, probably inside the ribs,as is evidenced by the passage of considerable blood with the urine about twentyhours after the shooting, showing either contusion or penetration of the kidney.The middle finger of the right hand is badly cut, but not by a bullet. No other woundswere found. The condition of the wounded man is critical, the doctor being of theopinion that the chances are against recovery. Sunday, after the dressing of thewounds, District Attorney, HEDDING and Justice SCHWIN took the statement of SCHULTZwhich was reduced to right sworn as follows:

“My name is Frederick SCHULTZ. I am wounded with a revolver. One POWELOCK shot me.He is the same man who walked with me along the railroad this morning. We had noquarrel together. He took the revolver out and shot me. He was not drunk. We workedtogether in the stone quarry. We left the quarry together. We remained together untilhe shot me. We laid in the field through the night. He shot at me four times, twicein the side, once in the finger, and once in the bundle here. As he shot me, I felldown and he ran off in the woods. I got the revolver away from him after he shot.I think he wanted to kill me for my money. I have $15.70 with me. The revolver Ihanded to the men is the revolver I was shot with. This was done to-day about threemiles south of here, just after ten o'clock this forenoon.”

SCHULTZ gave the following description of his assailant: Short thick-set fellow,red hair, red moustache, small eyes, 30 to 35 years old. Dressed in clack felt hat,gray or yellow jacket, and blue pants. large satchel. Black Polack, talks some Germanand English.

This all consumed considerable time as an interpreter was required, and finally onewas secured in Mr. EPSTEIN, of Saukville, who happened to be in the city. The statementhaving been taken, SCHULTZ was removed from the depot freight room to a comfortableroom over the post office where everything necessary is being done under the ministrationsof Dr. SMITH as surgeon and Saul TILLAPAUGH's nurse.

SCHULTZ is a married man residing with his family - wife and five children - on 13thAve., Milwaukee. Thursday morning his wife, bring the youngest child, came up tosee him, but as she could do no good here and was absolutely needed at home, whereall the children were troubled with the whooping cough, she returned on the afternoontrain. SCHULTZ is a laborer, about 40 years old, black hair, dark complexion, andtalks but little German and no English. POWELOCK is still at large and the officershave as yet no clue as to his whereabouts. Telegrams have been sent in all directionsand it is probable the fellow will be captured. The scene of the shooting is on therailroad at the edge of the Cedar Swamp near the Grafton town line, and it was intothis POWELOCK ran after the shooting.

Wednesday, a report came that POWELOCK was seen in Knellsville that morning, butthere seems to be considerable doubt about it. Officers immediately started on thehunt, and tracked the fugitive up to the vicinity of Belgium Station, where all traceof him was lost. It is quite probable he is trying to reach the pine woods up northand thus escape capture.

Up to the moment of going to press (Friday evening), there have been no additionalfacts obtained as to the whereabouts of the fugitive, nor change in the conditionof his victim.
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MAN DROWNED

James MULLINS fell overboard from Gibraltar, and was drowned between Port Washingtonand Sheboygan, on 17th. Five feet six, dark hair, blue eyes, clean face, scar onupper lip pointing down, 22 years old, tattoo marks on hand. If found, please forwardto Lyle. -- J. E. CAREY, Prest., Seaman Union, St. Catharine, Ont.
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Wednesday and Thursday Nicholas BURNS and John CLARK, the two young men arrestedfor burglary of the dwelling of Alderman KEMP, had their examines before Court CommissionerTOWSLEY. District Attorney HEDDING appeared for the state and lawyer JACKSON forthe accused. The evidence produced by the state was such as to cause the Commissionerto hold the prisoners to answer before the Circuit Court, placing the bail at $1000each, failing to give which they were remanded to jail.
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Last week, James CULLEN, a lad of six years, while riding on a load of rye on hisfather's farm in the town of Grafton, fell off the load in such a way that one wheelpassed over the left leg about the middle of the thigh, crushing the bone in a terriblemanner. Dr. SMITH of this city was called and dressed the fracture. He reports theboy is getting along nicely.
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Mr. Peter ZIMMER of Saukville, died at his residence last Tuesday night - aged 74years. Mr. ZIMMER was the stepfather of Mr. KESSLER of this city.

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