Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-28
WHAT IS IN THE HOLE?
Further Details of the Schwartz
Mystery.
A Deep Hole Below the Place Where
the valise Was Found.
Further Details Of the valise Episode
a Place In the River Which
Should BE Dragged.

q valise and a number of other articles
on Buena Vista street extension (other-
wise known as the Southern Pacific
trail), has resulted in great complica-
ton of ideas. The fact that some ad-
dresses in books found among the arti-
cles discovered pointed to connection
with a San Francisco disappearance,
gave the find an air of Importance. 1t
has already been published that the
valise contained small Webster's Die
tionary and a text book on shorthand.
The former on it's fy-leaf had the in.
scription ''George L. Schwartz" On
the 1y-leaf of the shorthand textbook
was the name of "Susie Schwartz, No.
4IO Laguna street. San Francisco" A
comparison with the San Francisco di-
rectory proved that Mrs. Jane Schwartz
had lived at No. 410 Laguna street.
Sundays issue of the Chronicle, with
reference to this case, said the follow
ing:
It was found last night that if the Los
Angeles police will hunt up Mrs. Jane
Schwartz and her family, in or near Los
Angeles, they may find the solution of
the valise mystery. 1t is not in San
Francisco. The Schwartzes moved to
Los Angeles few weeks ago, and Mics
Susie Schwartz went with her mother.
She has never otherwise been missing
from this city.
Mrs. Schwartz was divorced about
eleven years ago from her husband, who
now runs little tailor shop down on
Second street. Since then she and her
children have struggled along in fairly
successful way. The eldest son is of age
and sickly and crippled. William, the
second son, is about Is years old, and
for long time was employed by Bovee,
Toy & Co. About two months ago he
left their employ to 60 to Alaska with an
uncle. Susie is about 16 or II years old,
and up to short tins ego worked in a
bakery on Hayes street. She and 9TH
ers of the children have for good while
been trying to pick up shorthand in odd
hours. Her friends know of no trouble
to herself or brothers. There is son
Benjamin, about 16 years old, to whom
the valise may belong. The mother and
the Oldest and youngest son have had
poor health, and partly on that account
all the family, with the exception OF
William, packed up their effects in lit
biO tCnClnCllb OA Ivy dNCAuO q low WCOhS
ago and went to Los Angeles with few
little farm somewhere in that county.
Since then they have not been heard OF
here.
The local police have not thought the
matter OF sufficient Importance to de-
tail any one to look it up. At the same
time Officer Goodman has heen con-.
- e. ~ Co. t,
limitations of his patrol duty will
allow. Further details of the finding of
the valise, hitherto suppressed, lend
somewhat new aspect to the case. Off
Ger Goodman was accompanied by
Officer Valencia when he found the
valise and the other articles. The
latter were discovered on the very
edge of precipitous declivity, SO
steep, that Goodman only recovered
them by taking hold of Officer Valen-
cia's hand and leaning over towards the
brink. Afterward, under orders, Good
man looked at the bottom Of the preci-
pice, hundred feet below, and found
that pair of high rubber boots would
not allow him to wade the river as it
runs at the foot of the declivity. There
is deep hole below this and the
edge of it is full of weeds and brambles.
1t is barely possible that this hole con-
tains further detail towards the solu-
tion of the mistery.
Among the papers found in the valise
were number of blank letter-heads of
Bovee, Toy & Co., the San Francisco
real estate brokers, for whom, according
to the Chronicles story, William, the
second son of Mrs. Schwartz, worked for
some time.
William Murphy, the tramp who was
arrested and locked up because he was
supposed to know something about the
Schwartz valise mystery, was not taken
into police court yesterday. He is still
in tho oitv iail on euanicion