Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-08
HIS AWFUL CRIME,
Futher Details Of Henry SchuItz's
Double Tragedy at Oa.
venport.
END OF AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE.

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Father to an Old Friend at Washington.
ID. c. the Opening OF Correspondence
Between the Lattsr's Son and the Form
er's Daughter. Meeting. wedding. Etc.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Schultz.
who was murdered by her fiend hus-
hand at Davenport Saturday. the
details OF which crime together with
the murderer's self destruction were
given in Saturdays ARGUS. was held
this afternoon from the home of her
parents, in Pleasant Valley township.
The remains of Schultz were sent to
Washington. ID. c., for burial. in re-
spouse to telegraphic instructions from
his parents.
The story of the attempted blending
OF the lives of Schultz and his wife
reads like romance. sadly real. The
Democrat of Sunday tells of the cir
cumstances as follows:
The tragedy is the ending of mar
ried life that was unhappy from the
start and grew worse as time wore on.
1t was little over six wears ago that
Schultz came to this county. His
father is clerk in one of the govern
ment departments in Washington. and
he and Mr.. Hose Gather of Mrs.
Schultz)A ere boys and schoolmates
in the country. Nine years ago
Mr.. Hoo visited Washington and
made a q on his old friend. whom
he had not seen for many years. In
the family of his friend were few
boys, and to this one who was the prin-
cipal actor in the tragedy he took a
particular liking. He intimated to the
young fellow that he had daughter
who was something near his age, and
who would probably have liked to ac-
company him or his tripto the capital
city, had she known that he would
find stopping place with an old
friend OF his youth, who had so inter
esting family. The visit of Mr..
Hose was an enjoyable one, and be-
fore he started home, it appears, he
and his old friend had agreed to en-
courage the matter of family alli-
ance. So when Mr.. Hose returned
home he gave an account to his fam
lily of the hospitable treatment he had
received while in Washington at the
hands Of his old friend, and spoke in
laudation of the young man whom
his daughter would hear from in a
short time. 1t was not long after Mr..
Hose returned that the young man
opened a correspondence with the
girl. Miss Hose was anxious TO 20
of to school. She was girl of high
ideals, and the advantages of an edu-'
cation were beginning to be matters
of serious thought with her. Being
the only child in the family and the
idol of her parents. she knew that if
she preached the subject of going to
a ladies' seminary, her parents would
not hesitate a moment to let her 90.
She finally did so, choosing an excel
lent school in Chicago. Thither she
went by their permission and studied
for some time. She wrote to her
parents regularly. and they gave her
all the encouragement they could.
Some OF His Capers.
The man in Washington wrote
regularly to her, and she replied to
his letters, but all the letters that
passed between them, so her parents
say, were only friendly epistles
and nothing more. Miss Hose
finished her course in the ladies'
school in the Garden City and
returned home. Up to this time she
had been kept at school pretty closely
and on that account had had little
chance to get acquainted with the
young people Of her peighborhood.
She had corresponded with young
Schultz for three years and continued
to write to him. He had never seen
her and the only acquaintance she
had with him was through his letters.
what her father said about him. and