Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-09
No Light on Mystery.

Mount vernon Railway. a corOnef6
irq1est was held at Dsmsne & s ms
undertaking es abllshment yesterday ST.
sefnoOD, when several witnesses wsre
examined, none Of whom could add ma
ierially to what was published 10 yesier-
days Gazette.
Chief Goods and Officers Simpson ald
Talbot made statements before the jury
concerning the Hnding OF the body. They
testified that II was on its face With he
arms extended. The evidence of R'chsid
Wines and Walter Smith, who discov-
er, d the body. was OIL similar lines.
Uspt. r. Il. Atkinson, who Is EN-.
ployed at Union ststioD, informed the
jory that about noon last Saturday, be had
seen Schultz standing in West street, DO
tween King aud Prince streets, about a
quarter off mile from where his body vas
found. He overheard him say something
aboat going to Richmond. The remark
was made to three men, sll Strangers to
the witness. He described one as having
black, curly hair and another as having
red hair, bat could give no further de-
scriptiOn other than to say that all we're
we'll dressed.
0. 2. Angelo, Southern Railway
engineer, who stated that he and NJ. L..
Paukey, Southern Railway dete, tive,
had found the black derby hist ating
iu Hoofps Run, about 200 yards down
stream from. the point at which ths
body was found, where its progress.
had been arrested by some bushes. Ths
brim Of the hat was up aud there was
about inches OF sand In the crown.
Mr.. Angelo also stated that be and Mr..
Psnkey, walking from the point at
which the body was discovered, uoiic ID
a large piece OF cotton hating sppsr-
entity blood-stsined, pinned to the
ground with wooden peg, aud tina. al
the foo! of the steam railway embark
menl they found b'o0d-staiued losel.
Mr.. Angelo produced the towel, but
| stated thst be had not disturbed the Cot
too, 81 be was not sure but that it tai
been stased to the ground for some pur-
pose by the police.
The officers at the inquest announced
that the articles described By Mr.. Angelo
were not 10 evidence when they searched
the field.
The dead mans clothing was brought
10 and attention was called to the act
that the only blood-sains we're on lhs
collar, the collsr-bsnd of the shirt and
around the neck of the uudershirt.
Coroner Moore directed Chief Goods
to ascertain, if possible, who lad lost
the porter's cap found near the railway
emhaOkment, and then adjourned the
jury subject to his call.
The jurors had previously sod
around the slab on which lay the corpse
and listened to DIR. Moore's description
of the wound which caused Schultzs
death. The doctor sa.ed that the jogu-
lar vein, the carotid artery, ald al
jacent vessels had been severed with
very sharp instrument. He said that
the windpipe had escaped Injury. DR..
Moore also explained that under SUCH
circumstances the man, by holding his
hand or cloth over the wound, nigh. run
several hundred yards before becoming
exhausted, especially ii be we're o msn
OF foe physique, as in the case OF the
subject of the inquiry.
AS WAS stated in the Gaz tie, Chief
Goods received kilograms yesterday from
A. II. Gillette, Schuliz's brother.in-law,
aud John Dinen, chief of Police Of
Sioux City, requesting that the body be
held.
Chief Goods last night received an
other Telegram from Chicago signed
soto +. Schultz" 1t reads IS follow:
"Have body OF Walter F. Schul en-
balmed AID pace in hospital case; ship,
| collect, to Linn Brothers, undertakprs,
North Clark street, Chicago. Limit cost
of case sud embslmiug to $780,"
A dispatch from Chicago says:
"W. W. Barker, 10 whose place of busi-
ness Walter F. Schultz, whose body wss
found near Alsxsndris, w., was M
p!oyed for ten years, said today that
Schultz was subject to periodical f Of
insauity. He declared thai the yourg
man had been sn inmate of sn a'ylum
for the Insane. Three years ago, former
Office associates OF Schulz said, he bad
been discovered in Lincoln park disirib-
uling money he had given way
several hundred dollars when interrupt
ed. Mr.. Barker suggested that the
artist may have committed suicide while
mentally irresponsible"
A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal,
says.
"Ihs Wells Fargo express money
orders found on the body OF Walter F.
Schultz, supposedly murdered Near
Alexandra, Va, were issued to him
by the local Office of that company
December 8, 1908. Four orders of 800
sach we're issued on S,buliz's order,
payable to himself He gave his address
As 1897 Grace street, Chicago"
Ia cont ection with the above csse It
is reported In this city thst two young
men who live near the Theological S,mi-
nary were on their way homo the right
Of The supposed murder and have said
hat they had occasion 10 pa the pace
where the dead body of Schultz was
found and they saw two men together,
but supposed both Of them we're drunk.
They recognized the dead man as one of
these two, especially noticIog the clothes
he had on. This evidence, however,
has never been before the coroner's iory,
as the young men we're not summoned.
Cniei Goods today received a telegram
from Linn Bios, undertakes, OF Chi
chsgo, asking him 10 forward the body
Of Schultz 10 that city and to lei him
know on which train 1t would leave this