The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-11
FROM DENMARK.
4 PATIENT IN sTEIIACO0N wITn
a SINGULAR RECORD.
HIS Native Land TIVE MSnths
Ags-He Has Lsefa Intervals. bst
Ne Knowledge Of Arrivfag Here.

Special DISPATCH 10 the Poxt-IHselisgencsr-
TACOMA. July 1o.-Heinrici Schultz. the
alleged fugitive emhexzier from Denmark.
VIII probably reTnaA al the Stelacoom
asylum for some tina The doctors tind
little change in his condition as yet. ana
IN a letter written 10 one or his closest
frienGs liz Denmark Schultz states that he
is stu subject TO Authorizations.
Schultz was seen AZ the asylum today by
a Post-Infsil:gencer reporter. bur Supesin-
fendenr Goddard did not consider 4 proper
to interview the patient under his protec-
tion and no attempt was made 10 do so.
Schultz appears TO be- about IS years old.
and a decided blonde. having blue eyes,
Light hair and Light mustache. His man
ner betokens education and refinement ana
he always bows eourteously when DR.. God
dard passes through the receiving ward in
which he has been placed.
There IS no doubt that Schultz Is the man
who departed suddenly frcm Naestved.
Denmark. couple OF months ago. In =
letter to Superintendent, Goddard. Joan p.
jacobson. Danish consul at Seattle, states
he has learned that a man answering 20
Schultz description and named Heinrich
Schultz left Denmark on account OF for
gerry. Consul jacobson adds that he IS
much OF the opinion that the two men are
identical This belief is corrcborated by
the positive statement of Adolph Kre.ger.
of Everett. who knew Schultz in Denmark
eight or nine years ago. Learning through
a Seattle paper that Schultz had been sent
TO the asylum. kreiger visited Inn there
last month soon after his commitment II
was he who told Superintendent Goddard
that Schultz occupied a high position in
Denmark, having been minister OF finances
OF q small municipality and that his finan-
cal trouble was similar TO the cases OF
krug and Boggs. ex-treasurers OF Seattle
and Tacoma. kreiger expressed surprise
that Schultz had left Denmark, consider
ing his nigh standing and good position
there. In partial explanation he stated
that Schultz was a hard drinker at tines
and subject 10 periodical sprees
Much light Is thrown on Schultz mental
condition by a letter written June n BY
Schultz to his intimate friend. Herr DIR.
Struckmann. Of Naeseved. Denmark. This
letter. written In Danish. was translated
at the asylum and is substantially as fol-
lows:
II am anxious to send greetings to my
wife and children who have not heard
from me since / left Bremerhaven. l do
not know their address. Please inform my
wife of so much OF the contents OF this let
ter as you think best | do not know
self In an asylum. have seen q Tacoma
paper and therefore suppose this place Is
somewhere near that city. ] have been
hearing. This became clear to me only "a
few days ago. 1t was my quiet convfc-
ton that ! could receive and send in
formation by mind telegraphy. / thought
! had talked with you many times. This
hallucnation bred. OF course, fxed ideas
did not believe the widest Of them. but
believed the most reasonable part OF them.
! thought was pursued and ANNOYED and
that my wife had committed suicide I
now realize that l have been the subjec;
OF mental Fata Morgana. ! have some
Authorizations yet. but they do not harm
me though they are depressing. thought
l heard your voice say few moments ago
that II ! Were not insane now. I would be
when came home and saw the misery OF
my wife and children. or when heard the
details OF my being sent hack to Dem
fixed ideas have disappeared"
Schultx has also written a letter TO his
wife. He was sent to the asylum June T.
the examining physicians being Dr. w.
G. F>monds and DR.. J. F. Crichfon. The
witnesses examined were w. E. I.aubscher
and John p. Jacobson.
So far as Superintendent Goddard knows
no steps are being taken To have Schultz
returned 10 Denmark