The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-01-14

rhr,neh Investigations conducted
~ rhe star IL has been proven al
- heyond a doubt that one Of the
vulaeutified persons buried In the
ro,tsr's feld last summer vas
rharles schmidt. who disappeared
IN MAJ 81 under peculiar eireum-
stsnees Tue body OF this unknown
- taken out IL the bay by two
s..tten hands near smiths cove and
ne roroners record is that Of muir
der
A thorough Investigation AZ that
.iw. nroyed that the man had met
tsafh by violence and that the foul
80 al foul means bad been used 70
hrlng i about Both hands and feet
were tied close "a the body which
was 10 crampsd lt gave evidence OF
hayinr been slowed away IN a box
a. tfuuk Tor transportation TO the
watsry grave. which gave up rs
asaa fwo months later. The deserip-
zion Of the dead man tallies closely
wnh that % schmidt a. furnished
ne Star hy his wife.
RE body vas SO badly deeom-
nosea that an absolute identified
sion vas impossible. bat many
thlaxs in conuection With the dts
appearance Of schmidt and the find
ING Of the murdered mans body In
he hay. coupled With the terrible
slrht witnessed in the vicinity Of a
certain shack near the foat Of Pike
street aAkes it almost certain that
Sehmidt vas murdered Tor his
money in the Pike street shack.
bundled into bis own trunk and
throun into the hay b. those Who
killed him. % bids the crime.
These working % she theory that
tho murder vas committed In the
sack have stu the recond OF the
occurrence Three fishermen. y hose
names Nere never learned. left this
city about that date They have
never returned. According 20 the
eYewitnrssss. the body was trans
ported from the shack In n trunk
that smsllsd Of deeayinE flesh.
Every action Of the man Who had
the strange load caFted off 70 It's
fiaal dumping place vas suspicious.
TIE trunk Was afterwards returned
b. the exuressman alone. The shack
was deserted from that date and the
stranger. who hired the expressuan
70 DO the Job. was never seen again
By residents In that vicinity
Il vas veil known A. that time
there was bad bunch Of cut
threats and murderers at heart tn
that section Of the city The filling
in o. the waterfront has IN a meas
ure broken up that rendezvous and
driven out the gang
According % the coroneF'H record
the unknown body found iH the
bay vas one weighing les pounds.
height s feet inches. brown hair.
no heara possibly a light e1lorea
mustache. and about 20 years ~
aga Mrs Schmidtw description 81
her husband tallies closely with the
coronsrss record Her husband was
IS years old. other points Of re-
senhlnnce are Acknowledged hy Mrs.
Schmidt she believes there can be
no question. a. do those who have
taken an interest IN she case. that
the missing husband and the muir
dered unknown are ore and the
saue
Charley never would desert me.
He was a good. pure man and there
was no reason whatever for bis do
Ing 80. Down IN my heart ! feel
satisfied that I shall never see him
on this earth again OF course.
some time II will all come right.
but don't know. feel as n ne
fell In with the wrong kind Of peo-
pie and vas murdered for his
money ia this city"
These are a few Of the pathetic
statements made 10 a Star man By
Mrs Ruby Schmidt. who for eight
months has worked Ia this city as
a domestic. dreading 10 leave the
place where her husband Charles
schmidt. was last seen alive. Her
present circumstances are entirety
dependent upon the proof Of
schmldra death. There 81 a legal
tangle over property rights lnvolv-
ing several thousands Of dollars.
An Insurance policy with the An
Gent order of Pyramids. OF which
her hus5lnd Ia a member. Joining az
Denver Colo. would fall 20 her. al
though the lodge council expresses
regret at the strange dilemma IN
which the wife ia placed. they can
not award fhe tidy sum of 81 900
without sufficient proof that
Charles schmidt is dead. In n busi-
uess-like manner Mrs Schmidt has
preserved every paper possible to
protect the rights ~ her husband
and can a. any time show positive
proof that the statements made are
correct
Strange arc the circumstances
surrounding the separation Of huH-
band and wife. who for years lived
happily together and accumulated
n considerable fortune They came
from Denver 70 this city with the
expectations Of ultimately engaging
IN the restaurant business IN Ju-
ueau Alaska. and only for the fate
Of her husband the plan would have
been carried ont On May - they
arrived IN this city an took rooms
Al the Third Avenue lodging house.
Ht 500 Third avenue.
Several days after Mrs Schmidt
Started for the Alaska metropolis
with tho intention Of looking ever