Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
MRS. SCHECK IS
OkENHEARTED
TELLS FOR FIRST TIME HER
OWN STORY
AS a Child She Lived a Gypsy Life.
Figure of Her Murdered Hus-
hand Always Near-Her
Future Plans
~ R. II. YosT. IN.


After more than three months impris-
onment the gates of the city Jail will
open wide next Thursday morning
when Mrs. Aurelia Scheck, alleged ac-
complice to one of the most horrible
murders Of local history will leave the
city institution free woman, free to
forget the pist-if she can-and free to
go to her brothers home and try and
make amends in the future for the blow
1t is alleged she has dealt society and
her sex.
Thurs day morning Is to be the day of
her preliminary examination.
Three different times that preliminary
examination has been set and each time
the girl has been taken to court simply
to assent to a postponement of the case
until Attorney Fleming representative
OF the district attorneys office, could
be present in court
But the trou olcs of Mrs. Scheck are
about to end so far as prosecution is
concerned, for she will not be prose-
Cuted.
Prisoners Statement Thursday
On Thursday morning Attorney Paul
Ussher who has fought the womans
case for her. says he will make a public
statement regarding the disposal of the
case, but the story of the promise of
immunity from punishment extended
lfr Ussher in behalf of his client has
already come to light and so when Mrs.
Scheck appears in the dingy little court
loom Of the police station it will be but
n preliminary step to freedom and sun
shine for the criminal prosecution will
never take place and the complaint
against the woman will be dismissed.
The district attorney agreed to such
condition long ago in the interests of
Justice in order that one of the two con-
cerned might be prosecuted and Mrs.
Scheck took the stand against Stack
pole with at least very good idea that
she would never face jury OH the same
charge.
"States evidence" is a time honored
condition and has been used in nearly
every famous case in history, and the
release of Mrs. Scheck will only be the
last step in the prosecution of the slay-
ers of Joel Scheck
Cry of Horror
When the details of the horrible MUIR
der of Joel Scheck came to light many
weeks ago there was cry of horror
from men and women of the southwest,
"a cry of loathing against the wife and
cry of vengeance against the man.
Time has softened that condition.
The man has been tried, tried by
Jury in department one of the superior
court in possibly the most notorious
case in local history.
He has suffered more than the ordi-
nary spectators thought as they
watched him during the progress OF
that trial and now that he has been
convicted of the murder of his friend,
and has been sentenced to spend the re-
mainder of his life in states peniten-
tiary, public opinion has begun to
change so far as the woman is con-
cerned
From the first there has been feel
ing of pity for the girl for she is only
girl only twenty years of age, and mas
suffered more and known more OF the
wicked ways of life than the majority
of women ever see in lifetime, and
there will be but little condemnation for
Aurila Scheck when she leaves the city
jail Thursday morning.
TaIks at Last
Yesterday for the first time since her
Incarceration she consented to talk to
"A newspaper man, consented to tell the
underground conditions which fairly
wrecked her mind and made her, up to
that time an innocent girl, the abJect
slave of an unscrupulous ex-convict.
[ went to see the woman late yester-
day afternoon, that woman whom had
heard reviled until ] felt that her ears
must be burning from her head. was
prepared to see almost any other kind
Of a woman than the one 1 met. In
company with the woman's attorney
was admitted to the city jail and mo-
ment later l confronted the heavy iron
gateway which closes off the womans
department of the bastile from the
outer world.
The matron admitted us, and in a
sort of embarrassed way | walked into
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