The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-17

he had nine wives, and this beats the
record established by Henry VIII of Eng
land.
The question now arises as to the cause
of Schwaerzler's death. The Morgue
records give it as suicide, but DR.. Redding
says it was more dependency than his
wounds that killed him. The deceased
kept shoestore at 2109 Fillmore street,
and did good business. He had been es-
tablished there for some years and had
nearly all the custom in the neighborhood.
He paid all his debts and was a favorite
with all who knew him. Nevertheless, on
his store, shot himself once in the fore
head and once in the stomach with small
pistol was taken to the Receiving Hospital
and there died last Saturday evening.
Schwaerzler was born in France, and
married his first wife in Paris. After two
years of married bliss she died, and six
months later he married again. With his
second wife he went to New York, and
there a son was born to them. The boy in
question is now engaged in one of the
wholesale butcher-shops in this city The
couple did not agree, and in tit of anger
Jean shot his wife, but only inflicted flesh
wound. For this he was sent to jail for a
year, and when he got out his wife had
disappeared.
IIOIu NEW IOIh LIE Ntub " NIiICdSO, anu
there took up with a Miss Devaux. They
soon tired of each other and Schwaerzler
moved on to Detroit. Between that point
and ST. Louis, his friends assert, he was
married and divorced three times. One of
the women he married was Miss Gertrude
Fink, and with her he lived on and off for
nearly ten years. They came to California
together, and finally she, reversing the
order of things, got tired of Schwaerzler
and left him.
His next venture was with Miss Belloc,
but she only lives with him a couple of
months. She secured a divorce, and with
the alimony granted her she started a sa-
loon on Geary street, near the cemetery.
In order to settle up his affairs with Miss
Belloc Jean was compelled to borrow
money, and Miss Barbara Schonbergler
not only assisted him monetarily but also
went to keep house for him. She adj
vanced him $500, and Schwaerzler gave
her mortgage over ''all the stock, fixtures
and tools contained in the store at 2109
Fillmore street, consisting of boots, shoes,
shoemakers' tools, sewing machines, etc."
On Monday, the 18th inst, while Jean
and Barbara were walking along Fillmore
street to Jackson, they encountered the
second Mrs. Schwaerzler and her son, now
young man q years old. A scene en-
sued and Jean fed in terror The two
women had it out and it is said the neigh
borhood was disturbed for half an hour by
them. As the easiest way out of the diff
Guilty, Jean borrowed the money he owed
Barbara Schonbergler from his friend
Irene Roux, and after paying her off COM
mitted suicide. Mrs. Schwaerzler and her
son, who came from New York, now claim
his estate, and as the deceased left will
bequeathing everything he had to Jean
Roux, it looked as though there might be
trouble. The latter is willing to give up
everything if he can only get the money
back he advanced to Jean. The widow,
however, asserts that she will not pay a
cent and will contest the will. In the
mean time the boot and shoe-store at 21O9
Fillmore is closed.