The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-02-04
4 CHASTITY DISCOVERY
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Husband Comes Home and FiRds wife
HasElng In the Kiiehen-Had Lived
ths life that KilIs-Motbsr Arrives on
scene and Identifies ths Remains.

On January 10, In the city OF
Wallace, w. r. Rusk and Marie
Katherine Schmidt were united In
marriage by q Justice Of the peace.
and few days later the couple came
70 this city 70 reside. After looking
at q number Of houses they rented Q
cottage on Occur d'Alene street and
began furnishing the same. The
husband seemed devoted 10 bis bride |
and did not spare money In furnish !
Ing the home neatly and comfortably. |
To ali outward appearances II was the
beginning of 3 happy matrimonial
voyage; but the bride had led the
life that kills, being one Of those I'M
fortunntes Who wander of into the
depths Of the underworld, and sub
seqnent Developments proved that the
husband wAs an innocent victim Of
hei wiles They had been keeping
house 9 couple Of weeks when the
husband went 20 Spokane Saturday
morning on the first train, leaving
Z his wife ia bed. He returned In the
evening aud upon entering the home
was horrified 10 see bis bride hanging
from the casing at the door between
the kitchen and dinning room. He
Immediately notified some of the
Deighbors and = hasty examination
showed that she had been dead for
some time She had taken an ordin-
airy clothes line and placed four
strands around her neck, tied IL
securely and fastened the other end
70 three nails Ia the caseing. Stand
Ing on q chair TO make these prepare
tions she evidently kicked the chair
from under her feet and launched
herself into eternity. J. P. Mans-
feld was the first TO reach the scene
OF tho tragedy and at once notified
Chief McGovern, who hurried TO the
, place with DR.. Webb. The body
was taken down and The doctor gave
Il rs his opinion that the woman bad
been dead for several hours.
The news Of the tragedy spread
/, rapidly and created intense excite
mont In the city. Sunday many
people visited the house and all
kinds Of Fnmors were afloat even after
the coroner's inquest had settled The
. mystery 90 far Rs IT could be decided
under the circumstances. A. V.
= Chamberlln was deputized as coronel
p and summoned the following jury
: J. NJ. Elder, Armand Psrrenoud, r,
I r. Warren, II. L. Doble and g. p
Q Beard. The witnesses examined wer'
i DR. w. ". Webb, J. p. Mansfield
Q p. Mc6overn, Daisy II. Maloom
u Emanuel Hoelzle and w, Z. Rust
y the husband Of the woman. The eyi
i denee Of these witnesses, a thorough
. examination Of the premises and III
v body, satisfied the jury that Il was
! clear case of suicide and a verdict II
accordance with this view Of the cas-
was rendered.
}. The remains we're buried from tn
~ residence Monday afternoon at th
10 post cemetery, Rev. Flynn officiating
l. Monday evening a woman came a
l. from Spokane looking for her daugh
~ ter. Tuesday she continued be
investigation and the true oonditio
Is OF the case was developed. Tn
&c woman's name Is AgRie Schuyler an
she claims to be travelling for
wholesale millinery house
Chicago. To the Press che said thg
she formerly lived at Valley Cit
% North Dakota, where she was engage
In the millinery business. h
II. daughters proper name was Mar
on Schuyler and she was II years Of a
as September LIST Of last year. whe
BY a girl Of fifteen abe was placed
re convent at Jamestown, Mort
ls Dakota, and Eve days later left q
a Institution to enter upon . life
a shame, She drlfted 10 the west Al
lie the mother had lost track Of q
nd daughter. When In Spokane 81
n. reOaived letter from a son In Nor
-m Dakota inclosing one from the daug
II, ter In which Il was stated that 81
zee had married and lived In this cit
%, IL was this letter that gave q
ID. mother the clue which resulted
the Anal Identification Of the suleld
o. The mother knew OF the life {
rt. daughter had lived and after lnqui
he became convinced that the de
4 a woman must be her lost child. s
made arrangements TO have the !
ar. amlns exhumed for the purpose
md Identification and sad scene to
all place at the cemetery whom ell dor
Inn had been removed and he mott
iv. saw her daughter cold IN heath. I
rye remains were again n ICED In
TO grave and viii not be- n ,oved.
Mr.. Rust met the bman in