The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-05
SChumann. B0Okkeeper.
and Moge. Laborer. a:
Have Disappeared.
LOST HIS WIFE IN
SLOCUM DISASTER
Sympathy Aroused for schurn7taarr' rlt117t r n,
Who Lost His Wife in the
Great Catastrophe and Came
Near Losing Little Boy
He Had With Him
Here.

"A Two mysterious Scllsappearances, one
covering lapse CT three days and the
other of as many weeks, arc puzzlng the
ncquaintances or the missing men,,
neither OF whom appears to have had
any family connection In this vicinity.
Since Monday night the whereabouts
OF Mr. ScElmann and his thrcc-yenr-old
boy has been shrouded In myster. Schu-
mann was a bookkeeper and collector
for Richmond builder, and his wife
met death In tho Slocunl disaster, the
4 little boy narrowly escaping a like fate.
On September 9TH Joseph Maze, the
ether missing man, a laborer$ at the IrlSg
Shipyards Yanisheuf leaving a locked
trunk behind him, and OF him nothing
4 has since been heard. Up to this time
there Is nothing s In either case upon
which could be based a suspicion Of
foul play. Both men may simply have
suddenly pulled UP and located else
" here, though their manner Of depart.
ure and subsequent profound silence Is
regarded rs peculiar. One OF the friends
OF Maze, who Is said to have been drink
Ing heavily Just before he disappeared
last night expressed the fear that the
man may have been dro wned. AZ
Case Of Schurnann.
But a little could be learned last night
concerning the past history OF Schu-
mann. Six weeks ago he appeared 4 ut
the residence Of Mr.. Gills, No. T01 East
Clay street, and asked for a room and
satisfactory arrangements were made,
and since that time the man had been
lodging in this house, while he secured
his meals uptown, near his place OF
business. Schumann was described yes
Iterday by Mr.. ellis as an exceedingly
attractive young man, Of perhaps 26
years. FIe was always panied by
"a three-ycar-old boy, whom he called
sLouia. 81 #ig
The story told by schumann, who
could mot speak English hnently, Won
him much sympathy. Ills wife and son..
The child Louis, were, he said among
the ill-fated excuelonfsts on the Cen
eral Slocum whom the great steamer
burned. The woman went down with the
boat, or else was burned to ashes, for.
the husband heard no word from her
and could not discover her remains. or
for nine days, llo located little Louis,
who had providentally escaped and who
had been left at n police static by two
ladies. unknown.
Schumann's personality, coupled with
this sad chapter In his life won him
many friends. He was In the habit OF
going to work about s A.. M, taking the
boy with him and leaving him with his
employers children until about P. Nj,
when the two would return to Mr. fiill's
together and spend the night His work
was first that of apprentice In the shop
OF r. A. Slewers, West End builder,
but tho excellent record he establ tshcd
soon won him place In the office,
where he was made booklseeper and col
lector.
Left On Tuesday.
Last Monday schumann, It Is under-s
stood, was out collecting for Mr. Slew
ers. That night he spent with Mr. Gllls
as usual. Flo stated however, that he
expected to make Il short business trip
from the city on the following day. He
expected to return the same day, He
arranged to take the child up-town with
him, as had been his habit, and leave
1t until he got back at night, but asked
Mr.. Gills to send up and get the boy
II he (Schumann) had not returned by
1880 P. M
Mr.. ellis himself went after the child.
and discovered to his establishment and
d!smay that neither Louis nor his father
had been seen thnt day,
The disappearance Of Schunlann dates
from this time There Is no apparent
cause for his sudden departure. He was
a young man Of excellent habits, and
90 far as Is known owed no money. He
pald Mr., Gills for his lodgings In ad-
vance.
a1r. siewers could not be seen last
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