Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-21
Cincinnati Heiress Meets Death
in Wreck of Schwab's Big
Car in France
TRAGIC DEATHS IN FAMILY
Miss Charlotte schmidlapp, Daughter
of Banker, Instantly Killed, and
Father is Injured-Mother and One
Sister Killed in Railroad Wreck
Seven Years Ago.

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G. Schmidlapp, one of the biggest
bankers in the west, was Killed in the
wreck OF Charles M. Schwabs automo-
bile at st. Martin de CroiX, France
The news was received in a cablegram
which said that Mr.. Schmidlapp, who
Is president of the United Sayings and
Trust Company of Cincinnati was in
jured, but that the extent of his in
juries had not been determined.
Seven years ago Mr.. s'chmidlapp's
wife and another daughter We're killed
in runaway wreck in this country.
Mr.. Schmidlapp and his daughter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ault formed a party
that sailed for Cherbourg, France, Aug.
80. Mr.. Schmidlapp, until few days
before his departure, intended to re-
main at home, but the fact that his
eldest son, Horace, and his bride, for
merly Miss Jean Maxwell, were in
France, inviting their parents to join
in their tour, induced Mr.. Schmidlapp
at the last moment to reconsider his
determination and sail for Europe.
His daughter Charlotte had made
other arrangements for the summer
conforming with her fathers original
plans, consequently this trip, which has
ended fatally for Miss Schmidlapp, can
be regarded as a more than significant
tragic incident in the history of the
Schmidlapp family.
Mother Killed in Wreck.
Several years ago Mrs. Schmidlapp
and their eldest daughter were killed
in railroad accident on New Years
eve while their train was speeding
thru kansas. Mr.. Schmidlapp had not
recovered and never will from the eff
fects of that holiday tragedy, In mem
ory Of his departed wife and daughter
he has erected as an annex to the Gin
cincinnati Art museum a costly build
ing, which is one of the most artistic
and elaborate memories to be found IN
the United States.
The daughter who was killed in Kan
sas, was 10 years of age, and coinci-
dence to yesterdays tragedy is that
Miss Charlotte, who was killed In
France, had just reached the same
age as her sister at the time of her
death. A natural result of the tragedy
in Kansas was closer knitting of the
ties between Mr.. Schmidlapp and his
remaining family, which consisted of
Charlotte and his two sons, Horace
and Karl The marriage of Horace,
the elder son, is familiar to Cincinnati
ians, while Karl, the younger son, is
preparing to enter his fathers BUSH
ness.
Mr.. Schmidlapp's Intention on this
tour was to become acquainted with
provincial France. He was preceded
on this journey by Chas. Schwab, the
steel magnate, who was a guest at the
Schrnidlapp home a few months ago.
Mr.. Schwab wrote to Mr.. Schmidlapp
detailing the pleasant experiences to be
encountered in a trip OF rural France
and offered to leave his automobile and
a chauffeur at the disposal of Mr.
Schmidlapp.
Meantime Mr.. and Mrs. Lee A. Ault
had arranged independently a trip to
the same country and Mr.. Schmidlapp
invited them to be his guests in the
Schwab auto. Mr.. Schmidlapp had
communicated only occasionally with
his business associates in Cincinnati
but their understanding is that the
Schwab auto was placed at their dis
posal Immediately after they reached
France and that they marked out a
tour which would embrace the princi-
pal rural parts Of the country and the
leading manufacturing districts.
Studied Economic Conditions.
Mr.. Schmidlapp was very much in
terested in the economical disposition
Of the French pea SAINTS and their ability
to save money and the speedy rejuven-
alton of the country from the results Of
the Franco-Prussian war. SO this trip
had for him double interest. 1t was
intended to be a vacation with an OPP
portunity to meet Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Schmidlapp on their wedding tour,
with another opportunity to study on
the grounds the economical side of
France.
The few letters received from Mr.
Schmidlapp indicated that THE party
was having a thoroughly good time. 1t
was in the best of health and was find
ing plenty of material for study on the
financial side of the tour. This Mr.
Schmidlapp intended to bring back
home for study this winter, as he is
a comprehensive student of the econ
omics of civilized nations.