The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-03-22
DOUBLE SUICIDE
Dead Bodies of Marie
Schultz and George Bu-
hardt Found In a
Room at No. 635
Newark Ave.
WOHlH's HUSBAND TIE DIscoVBRER
Some Possibility That Mrs.
Schultz Was Murdered
They Had Drunk From
a Stein Numbered
Thirteen.

The dead bodies of Mrs. Marie Schult,
handsome brunette, thirty years old, o.
No. 76 Palisades avenue, and George
Buhardt, thifty-two years old were fount
in a room of the latter No. 635 Newark
avenue by the husband of the woman
Charles Schultz and the police, who
broke in door of the room in which
/ the two dead bodies were found.
1t is not known whether the case is
one of double suicide az the result of a
suicide fact or of murder and suicide.
The woman's body was. found with a
bullet wound in her breast and blood
trickled from a wound in Buhardt's right
temple.
Both bodies were in scant attire.
There was the remains Of repast on a
table in the center of the room. A large
German stein, partially filed with beer
decorated with q skull and cross bones
beneath which is an inscription sTher-
esa'' and the figures "13' occupied the
centre of the table. It is this peculiarly
decorated stein that first led the police
to believe the double tragedy was the re-
suit of suicidal pact. There We're 9th
er vessels containing other kinds of liq-
uor
A number of letters were found on the
table One of these was addressed by
Mrs. Schultz to Arthur and Eta" the
two children of Mrs. Schultz the former
two years old and the latter eight years
old. The letter read
Good by, children. Mamma viii be
in heaven today
A farewell letter was written to Miss
Annie Speiss, of No. 211 East Fifty
sixth street, an aunt of Buhardt's stating
that when she received it he would be
dead 1t gave some directions for
| funtral Still another letter in German
was written by Buhardt to ''Miss Olga
Fricke, No. 618 East Ninth street, New
York. Several other letters were found
on the table and bureau, but they had
no bearing on the tragedy.
The bodies We're brought down to
Hughes's morgue, down town, this after
noon.
The husband of Mrs. Schultz declares
that he had not even a suspicion of his
wife's faithlessness. He said he was
surprised to find her missing at home
when he returned last night. He went
otu in search of her. He inquired Of
friends and neighbors but went home
after an unsuccessful search to find his
wife still missing This morning he re-
newed the search and finally ascertained
that his wife had been seen last night
ON Newark avenue in company with Bu-
hardt. He went to Buhardt's apart
ments in Newark avenue aud found no
one apparently at home. He was una
Bile to gain adnittanee and finally went
to the Oakland avenue station and told
his story. Several policemen went with
him to Buhardt's apartments. After in-
quiry Of neighbors the impression gained
ground that the circumstances warranted
the police in breaking in the door. They
did so and a horrible spectacle met their
gaze
Mr. Schultz now recalls some singular
things in connection with case in which
his wife some years ago figured in
which she obtained a judgment for
$1,000 from one Gerhard Remus, who
at the time called Mrs. schultzfa a badger
woman. She proved, however, that she
was not and got judgment.
The case is one that mystifes the POI
lice, and detectives are diligently at work
on it.