Evening star., 1909-03-10
Chief Goods Thinks Schultz
Killed Himself.
LOOKING FOR THE WEAPON
Three Young Men Being Held on
Suspicion.
PROBABLY WILL BE RELEASED
One Had a Five-Dollar Bill That
Seemed Blood-Stained, But Micro
scope Disproved the Suggestion.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va March 10 1909
hree young men. who said that they
were from Philadelphia. and had been
looking Tor work in Co DC sv lie and Min
erai CITY, were arrested 1T loon today on
suspicion OF knowing something about the
death OF Walter F. Schultz whose body
was lound east of Rosemont last Sunday
morning. One of them bought some gro
ceries and presented five-dollar bill that
seemed TO have blood stains on the back
The police were notified and the men
were arrested. Subsequently the money
was given microscopic examination and
the stain was found not to be of blood.
The men will probably be released tomor-
row.
Probable Time of Death.
walter F. Schultz was murdered or
suicide between noon and
o clock Sunday last" Chief Goods made
the foregoing statement this morning. and
SAID that when the coroner's Jury recon
feies ne VIII produce witnesses to sustain
The chief said that he has secured the
names OF two young men. which he
withheld. who passed within ten yards
OF where the body was found a few
minutes before noon Saturday and they
assert it was not there The men had
oeen cunning in that vicinity.
He also has the names OF two train
men. who will testify that when they
passed the place at 3 O'clock Saturday
afternoon on their way to the Potomac
railroad yards aboard their train the
body was where it was found. They at
nrst thought 1T was a drunken men and
did not give the matter further consid-
Grafton until they read of the finding
OF the body.
Chief Goods says there is no truth in
the report that Schultz entered a store
near King and West streets and bought
can of beans Saturday.
Holds Suicide Theory.
Il believe that Schultz committed sui
c1de, said Chief Goods this morning.
He bases his contention on the new evi-
dence secured. The chief further declared
that, according to the informatio ne has
thus Tar secured, 1t would seem absurd
to think that If Schultz had been mur-
dered his assailants would have done il
in the broad daylight and taken an open
heid But there are many who regard IL
as Impossible for Schultz to have ended
ms own life and have but the small
amount of blood on his clothing that he
did Undertaken William Demaine said
this morning that he deemed il next to
an impossibility
Coroner s.. B. Moore when asked this
morning what he thought OF the sui
an opinion. At the time Chief Goods
mad just communicated to him the new
evidence secured in the case DR.
moore afterward said that he did not
think it would warrant reconvening
the jury at this time and for that rem
son would wait until additional evidence
has been secured.
1,nnkfnr hn
Chief Goods and Policeman Sampson
are this afternoon engaged in search
ing Hooff's run for the weapon used
Schultz's throat. They are also going
carefully over all of the ground in the
vicinity.
Since the finding Of the body Of
Schultz Chief Goods has received two
letters regarding missing people whom
they thought resembled Schultz.
Remains Claimed in Chicago.
The following telegram. signed Mrs
Alma Hume Gillette 1917 Grace street.
Chicago" was received this morning by
UndeItakers William Demaine & Sen re-
gard!ng Schultz's body:
Body OF Walter F. Schultz can posi-
lively be identified by letters found in hi,
possession bearing my maiden name, Ell
len Doroty, 1874 Douglas street Sioux
lily, iowa. lie mas IN his enectS a book
entitled Angles in Art. lie has heavy
brown hair. blue eyes, rather small teeth.
weighs about 100 pounds. Wire Linn
Bros. undertakers, Immediately If this is
salts actory and make i1Rfnediate arrange
ments to ship. State cost of transporta-
tiun."
Coroner S. b. Moore was shown the
telegram, and said that he would not
order the body shipped until he was
positive. He added that he would either
require the people of the deceased to
come here and identify the body or send
proper affidavits. He said that the body
would have been shipped on receipL of
the first telegram were it not for the
fact that Schultz had three express money
orders for $500 in his possession, to-
gether with s23.11 in cash. The body
will not, therefore, be shipped un,il this
is done. 1t is regarded as more than
probable that some of Schultz'S people
will come here tomorrow or Friday to
identify the body and take charge of 1t.
The description given in the telegram
of Schulz tallies with that of the de-
ceased. The only thing missing is the
book. 1t is explained, however. that he
may have either lost or given the book
away.
Schultz's Possible Companion.
Within the mast twenty-four hours sew