Kansas City daily journal., 1896-02-15
DOMESTIC JARS IN CHICAGO.
TWO HUSBANDS ~ iNJAtTtoRpLANStN
10 MURDER riIEIR FAMILIES.
John hochlcr Charged with Hiring m As-
sassin to 8. u Ills wifr aud Her chit
drcn-utto schultz Tried to Jre-
mate Iiis Family.

Chicago Feb. lt-John Ko-hlor Is In jnE
IN This city accused Uf atfampfing 10 batc
an assassin kill his whole family. rho al.
legged plot, 1t IS claimed. was frustrated by
three men. Thesa are John Meade. "a miner
of West superior, WIS. tramp bv force
of circumstance: Captain .Sahuettler. of
The sheffield avenue police station. ana
detective John Baumer. of the same sta.
tion. who disguised himself as a tramp.
and 1t is sl.l. was hired t1 commit rntfr.
der korLler brok" down when arrested.
ana was so limp that officers had to carry
him 10 patrol wagon
he is an Alsatlan. q wears oil ana n,s
amasseI = small fortune I'M Chicago. vb,r,
ne has lived FOR fifteen wears Fnus
mouths ago he married Mrs. Frcdcril<,
face sud form, -four story brick house on,
Cly ynouIne avenue, from which she derived
Despite these things. the widow brntgb, +,
suit FOR Sio.sJ damages for breach N
promise heior" kochlcr married her Tho
sun was bcsuu last summer. when ~ lass
me ceremony was performed. the WIFE /,
u y hal The whip hand and enforced a.
a coalition OF the union. that in raan of
the death OF either their combined prop,rty
sgggna revert 70 the survivor.
,ool soon after marriage and IL was not a
month before quarrcls were froquant,
Thre" Young children ~ tha wife by her
IIst husband were tho cause OF many OF
ihg diihoulti"s. The many disputes finally
~ 70 q Srpdrdtlon ana then the plot 10
iGN'i anu was happily discovered just IN
Ko.hler may BE- called upon. the police
say % explain the death OF his iirst vie.
who died from poison over two wears ago'
noli,'G captain Schuettier learned to-day
Jury returned verdict of suicide because
OF dependency but the friends and neIgh-
hors of the woman suspect foul play.
husband held iu yltup bonds Ou "a -lI4rr.
Of conspiracy to murder her ana her thrce
Chicago, FEB. li-NIrs. Marie schultz
ms caused the arrest Of her husband.
Last Thursiay ono srhiiiz f4U MI S,iiirlsl
S'huliH was busy looking after the house.
gsni gsi w., lMn chlIryn, and years oil. and
SUFFICIENT attention. saturday nishf E,,
mad recovered and then hr uphTai .rd mar.
ha'lr VII Nr sroHpIlTtIi aII gn9 SnhullI Icft the
nL'd', Aioul iHiduiEht Tho wife twokn.
hanging is a rope h. ., sd post anI s'.''i rI,i
h'm down. Tie -aiI ne was irving to
but il nngily sa6s.ISi. aha M. fami,g
went 90 sleep Toward morning Mrs
>. : Z, h"il@ W3s "Wahgn"i ,y slsht uoi-r
.he say htr husband had saturated th-
h.t ln which She aud the chlldrrn ,yer,
sleeping, with KEROSENE, ana was about 10
Early SUNDAY morning Mrs sch ~ naac
u, ,s,HEr WIN h"r Two children md went
stayed uuril yesterday. when h,r Llt-blitI
went after her. She was hid iu rIo-af
VIII uFt 'hti"FcH and fnr husband I..t
Mtthuut iualng .urr Atfer his departure
Alrs tNlt@ look tte children IuI went 10
the orutIal police station ami told CAPTAIN
Elliott her story. Detective Sergeant 4 'Tr4-
hdTn and l.lyuu were sent after SehuItz
aud placed him under arrest.
taliN iHls morning ; hut2 again 1t-
his brains AGAINST The walls OF hIs' r,U
blhtf PRISONERS gave The alarm and 30. -
~ uykr"Utf swanson took tb- man ur.t.trs
llr DECLARED he would commit suicide Iui
" wheu he was returned t1 The ryHl room
. |HTH HHHf fI IF.H
he eii not carry out his threat.
Scnullz iS z, years Oll. aUI "a uaffy. gf
SWitZr rldui The police say he Was former
iy q violent anarchi-t. and the member of
several prescribed SO irtirs.