The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10

tn show the woman that If really she was
Mrs Juetgert IL Was her duty to return
to her husband, OF at least announce to
the world that she was living aud not the
victim of the murder rs charged against
her husband. To all this tie women
made answer substantially that she would
not return TO Mr.. Luetgert or make
known her existence unless LuetRert wa !;
convicted and stood upon tho scaffold
She said considerable more regarding her
troubles, much of which do not care TO
talk about.
Ito say / was astouished Mt the infor-
nation given by the woman family
describes my feelings at the time. | spoke
to my husband about it the same night
and he decided il best not to say anything
about II To anyone, because OF the no
toriety it might bring us into if onr
names were brought in connection with
the case. 4"
Mrs. Moss is woman Of about %,
modest and OF more than ordinary intelli-
gence As she told her story last night
ste did SO with every indication of truth
fulDess. Her husband was present and
while he deplored the circumstances un-
der which the matter was To be made
public, he thought it best that his wife
should make known what she had learned.
1t appears that the woman, Miss Barker
frightened after she had made known
that she was Mrs. Luetgert. The same
night, In further conversation with Mrs
Moss, she intimated that she might be
away for several days on n visit to friend :
mt the South end, some Of whom, she said
resided on Harrison avenue.
On the following afternoon, Thursday
she went out with an ordinary satchel or
hand bag In her hand, and since then no
one has seen her at the Bulfinch place
house.
Iho information as learned by Mrs.
Moss about n month later eeme to the ears
OF Mr. Schotield. so he says, and then he
Instituted the present search.
good many persons in this city have
been curious To know what had become
of Schoiield since he lett this town. His
reputation was la lily damaged goods
when he left here about seven years ago.
He may be of German extraction but that
will be news to those who knew him we'll
In this city.
According to his own story he GENE Ia
the states from Canada and found his way
to Lonsdale where he was married He
was good sleight-of baud performer and
by this means secured csrtain amount of
public attention in the mill village ana
surrounding country. Ho also knew
something about shorthand writing and
the newspaper business. lie cams To this
city and secured employment Oh the old
Evening Press and Morning Star, two
we'll known newspapers TINT went into
the journalistic graveyard about a dozen
wears ago. He went from the Star and
Press to the Journal, and retired from
active service on that paper for sufficient
cause He then, in company with others.
started the Daily Evening Mail. which
had brief existence. After this he was
identified with advertising schemes, and
finally secured control of the Rohde
Island democrat. n weekly paper with a
limited circulation. whicn was regarded as
an advertising medium. This was not a
paying enterprise, and scho1eld then
started bucket shop"
Certain transactions that reflected some
what upon the reliability of Schoiield
gained currency, anu one day he left
town, and hts whereabouts were made
known occasionally by reports from other
places that tailed VITA the reputation lie
had earned in this vicinity. His story of
ths wife of Luetgert il received with a
large accompaniment Of salt In this city.