The morning call., 1891-08-20
HE WAS A BIGAMIST.
Carl Schorr Had Good Reason to
Drown Himself.
The Arrival of Mrs. schorr No. to Join Him
in Australia Has Cleared Up the
Mystery Of His Death.
,atrimonial affairs OF

The final act in the matrimonial affairs of
Carl Schorr, the Montana mining pros
pector who drowned himself near the Cliff
House in the presence Of his young bride,
took place yesterday, when Mrs. Schorr No.
l arrived in the city from Butte City, Mont.
At the time Schorr met his death in the
waves it was thought the drowning was
accidental. but later developments have
demonstrated that it WAS deliberate sui
eide to escape the complications resulting
from matrimonial interest in two women.
Schorr arrived In San Francisco from Aus
trala about the middle of July with young
woman whom he met on the steamer. He
represented himself to bc a man OF much
wealth. and on their arrival in the city the
couple married. One week later, while Os-
tensibly showing his young bride how well
he could SWINE, Schorr was drowned. Since
then the WIDOW has been making prepara-
tions to settle up the estate of the late Mr.
Schorr, but check was placed on the pro-
eeedings by the arrival of Mrs. Schorr No. 1
FROM MONTANA.
She reached the city yesterday morning
en- route to Australia to join her usband
and was to have left on the steamer to-day.
A letter received from SrhoIr on June 22d
contained full instructions as to how she
should proceed in order TO meet him in Aus
trala. Schorr had gone to the antipodes On
March 9th and Mrs: Schorr had accom-
panied him as far as San Francisco.
They remained here ten days, stopping at
the International Hotel Then when Schorr
went to Australia his wife returned to Mou-
! tana to wait until he should send tor her.
SHhen she reached the city yesterday she
went to the International, where she was
remem bered by the clerk, who told her of
her husbands return, marriage and death.
She at once went to police headquarters
and told her story. Captain Lees sent for
Mrs. Schorr No. 2 and an affecting meeting
took place between the two women. Though
the first wife had been cruelty deceived she
took a philosOphic view of the matter, but
the younger woman was nearly heart
broken.
THEY CAME FROM BUCHAREST.
The first Mrs. SclOrr said that she and her
husband were Roumanians, and that they
were married ten years ago in Bucharest,
Roumania. They lived at home while, and
then went TO India, then to Japan, China,
Vancouver and finally 10 Butte City, where
they lived about three years. Schorr had
no money except what he earned in his
business, and in order to better his condi-
tion he concluded to GO to Australia.
AT the time he left in March, he had $500.
leaving $500 to defray tho travelling ex-
penses OF his wife when she should join
him later in the new country. This money
Schorr expended in making the trip, but the
young woman he met on the return voyage
mad about $780, and when this was gone
SchOrr found himself penniess and with
two wives on his hands.
The SuppoSition is that rather than face
the consequences the man deliberately
walked out beyond his depth and drowned
before the eyes of the woman who loved
linn.
The first Mrs. Schorr said he could not
swim stroke. Both women are in The
city, but the elder will probably return home
to-day. With the exception OF few keep
sakes, she gave the dead mans personal eff
fects TO wife No. 2.