Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
Another Suicide Of Prominent Man


M ans IN the same community within
a fortnight. together with the long
tram q: suicides and murders that
have occurred on this coast within
the sam. period. may We. ret think
ing people ii wOIk I" discover the
Vau>, -ipr cAU-, there undoubtedly
i>-,or tins Development 81 the san
guIuul'ut impulse" Air Gross wA-
apparently the the lat man who
would have been suspected OF suicidal
intent, and the same mag he said OF
Paul Schultz. Although he had been
deprived Of a position in the land de
partmcnt oi the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company in which he had
taken great pride, his removal was 10y
no means stigma to his reputation,
and was one OF those changes which
invariably occur with the mutations Of
time in corporations controlled 10y the
conflicting interests OF it's stockholders
A. far a. can be ascertained, Mr..
:chul'Ic had no real cause for des-
pondcncy; although his financial al
FAIRS, like cveryhOdv's at this time,
were somewhat in a tanglc, they will
probably be able to weather the storm,
and could not alone have been the
cause OF the act OF desperation. There
must have been some other cause for
the dementia that for time obscured
the reason and shut out the faintest
glimmer OF hope.
The facts OF the tragedy are briefly
these: The dead body OF Paul Schultze
was found in his bed, at 3 - p. NJ. OF
the 18th, by Henry, his japanese
servant. An investigation OF probable
circumstances showed that the shoot
ing must have occurred about ii 80
o'clock. and that his death must have
resulted soon after the shot was fired.
A 3S-caliber pistol was in his hand
and bullet hole in the right temple
indicated the means Of death and that
it was self-inflictcd.
Mr.. Schultze was German by birth
AZ years Of age, and one of the best
known men on the northwestern
Coast. He entered the Northern Pa.
cific service about ten years ago, while
it was under the control of the Willard
syndicate, as general land agent fol
the Western end OF the road. Up to
q comparatively recent date his adj.
ministration OF affairs in his depart.
ment seems to have given satisfaction
to the company, but of late it has
been known that he was not in per.
feet accord with Land Commissioner
Phipps and this eliminated in the
request for his resignation by that
officer. 1t is reported, however, tina,
hO uiu hOe cCCul W lCCl LiuCl ucpIcSScu
over the matter, but it may have in.
flicted a wound to his pride that by a
determined will power had been con
cealed from his friends.
Mr.. Schultze was at the time of his
death President of the Yakima Invest.
ment Co., owner of the great syndi
cate canal in Yakima county, with
assets of over 100000, and Presi.
dent of the Tacoma Railway and
Motor Co., which owns two-thirds oil
the street railway lines in Tacoma
Vice-President of the Tacoma Smelt.
ing and Refining Co., and a director
of the Fidelity Trust Co. The reason
given for his removal was that the
company had determined to dispense
with the services of all its agents who
had other business enterprises to en-
gage their attention.
Mr.. Schultze had been married, but
was divorced from his wife about two
years ago, and she has since resided in
California.
CALIFORNIA FLOWERS IN CHICAGO