New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-25
An OLD NAN KEPT BEHIND BOLTS.

THE SINGULAR STORY IN A HABEAS CORPUS PRO-
CEEDING
Justice Donohue yesterday in the Supreme
Court, Chambers, granted writ OF hsbeas corpus
directing ustaye and Clara Wolf to produce before him
to-day Frederick Scnmlttbeinner The writ was Is
sued on the petition of Mr. schmthenners son. Charles
f. schmitthenner 1t Is alleged in tho petition that Mr.
sehmitthenner Is a OF egnty-two years. who aDont
four years ago fell into the hands of Mr. ard Mrs Wolf
who have since unawuly restrained him OF his liberty
Mr. Sohmitthenner when lie first cano under the con-
troll of Mr. and Mrs. WOLF Is declared to have had prop
erty OF the value of $4,000. Mr.. aud Mrs. Wolf had
already got OF the part of this property
and were now endeavoring TO gee the rest Mr..
schmtheInner had tried to effect his escape but his at
emp had been and since then he had been
mt under lock and key. Mr. and Mrs. Wolf are said to
keep their pcis Great Neck Long Island Oyer
W. Vert the attorney for the petitioner stated that
about IA week ago Mr.. Schmtthenner made bis escape
from Mr. and Mrs. VOLTS house and went to that OF
neighbour where he stayed all night In the morning he
said that he would back and get some clothes When
he returned Mrs. Wolf could not let hin, 40 away
again. but locked him up Mrs. Wolf had boosted that
sbe had got nineteen twenteths OF the old mans
property and she expected to get the other twentieth
Charles L. SchmittheinBer the son and only child OF
the Old man. Is IL oosbuilder who works at the navy
yard and lives ut No. 10 Hal-st, Brooklyn. He was
not st home last evening when TRIBUNE reporter
called but Mrs. Scnmtiheiener talked freely OF her
ftne--n-aw aud OF his relations with her husband ana
he rselI Old MI ScnmtnelDneI, she SAID, Is wldower
SILVER platter trade and formerly worked ior luclus
Hart He house In Elridge-st IN THIS
city and did and lot at Great Neck whefo
he rs now iviug. Tne latter he sod 10 hr Wolls put
tney have PAID little OF the purchase money lie oli
L, son that ne ned mortgage on this properly, anu
mat NJ mad been recorded Jamaica. search failed
to verify the any mortgage had been
recorded The VOLTS Induced the OLD man TO buy the
nropsrty originally He formerly lived 10 his own house
nn EIrige-sl moved TO Great Neck, where he mas
sino. psld MS board. Wolf is now the agent Tor MI
schluttnrnncr's tenement house, but ormefy 10 WAS
a foreman Tor Il. T.. krkhan. shipbuilder.
When asked ID the causes which led her Iatner-in-
la 10 20 with the Wofs instead OF living Win MS son.
Nrs scnmt said He never liked me because
am nn American. He wanted his son To MARY Ter
man nrl win money, and In had none. We lived Win
MN 10 mis- house Eldridge-s Tor short time, ahu
went out OF my way please hiin anu CRAFTY nus
wbI,ns more aan would have done FOR my OWL rather
lie \, peculiar man, and decidedly set Ia lls ideas ne
was angry a whole day once because looped up the
lace curtains instead oi etllnS taeln hanB
down straight his last wife did anu ne woud even
come into tue kitchen ~ show me now 10 WASH ulsDes
ns mother did it, he called his dead vile. stood
more from nim than 1 ever would again. Then he was
an Odd that our children annoyed MIN. nave only Teen
,nt 10 seq MIN at Great Neck two or three tes anu
binding was welcome dic not go again. Ny bls-
band mas him frequently and was out there
Wolf particularly, Mrs. Vol appears to nave sonie
way OF controlling him It was became knegnnors toiu
nv husband that tue VOLTS we're keeping mm sgans, DIS
Will that he applied to the courts suppose h VIII 40
here to-morroN and that he wiA como 10 lave Win "a III
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