The Washington times., 1909-03-08
Laundry Mark On Collar
Worn By Schultz May
Furnish Clue.
CORONER HOLDS
INQUEST TO-DAY
Inquiry Shows Deceased Was Chi
cagoan, With Sister in Sioux
CITY.

Washington police today we're
called into the investigation started
by Chief of Police c. T. Goods, of
Alexandria, to find the person or
persons believed to have murdered
Walter F. Schultz, of Chicago,
whose body was found yesterday
with a deep wound in the throat
lying in a field near Alexandra.
Chief Goods is anxious to learn
where the dead man was living. No
trace OF any place where he might
have been stopping in Alexandria
has been found, and in the belief
that he was probably living in
Washington he haS asked the local
police to make inquiries.
Laundry Mark Clue.
The only thing found on the body that
my help TO determine where he was
stopping is laundry mark on the white
linen collar which Schultz wore. This
mark is a number S77S. II the mark
was put on in Washington and ne
laundry has record of the place where
the collar was delivered after being
laundered, the police will be in possess
zion OF the dead mans local address.
In this way Chief Goods is in hope OF
learning from the dead mans effects
or from some OF his companions where
he might have been going or intended
n he ne
dead
While this clue is somewhat meager,
IL is the best that has developed. Chief
Goods and the local police are taking
advantaqe of everything avs susble 70
solve &c mystery.
A thorough search is also being made
OF the end of the city near the South
ern railroad tracks where the body was
found to learn whether or not Schultz
spent any time in that locality. The
ground is also being gone over thor
examination made yesterday. in an ef-
fort 10 find a knife or other weapon
with which Schultz might have killed
himself The absence OF any such
weapon. the nature Of the wound, and
the rigid iaid-out position in which the
body was found, are the chief facts
upon which the theory that the man
TsS murdered is based
Find Another Hat.
Another hat. in addition 10 the one
found late yesterday afternoon, was dis
covered today by Policeman Talbot, of
the Alexandria force. several hundred
yards from the spot where the body was
found. The first hat was a soft brown
one, size ~ II was found on the other
side of the small creek which flows past
the railroad track at this point The
second hat is a black derby about the
same size.
All OF the information CLEANED by the
police VIII be submitted at the inquest
which will be held by Coroner Moore
this afternoon in the undertaking es-
tablishment Of William II. Demaine &,
Sons. The following men have been
). F. Buckly, J. G. Cockey, Joseph p.
Drew. Robert NJ. Graham, Robert s.
Barrett. and w. c. Davis.
Police Say Murder.
The Alexandria police are satisfied
before the coroner's inquest that
Schultz was murdered. At the same
time. In view Of the fact that his gold
watch. money orders. and cash to the
amount OF 1923 were found in his pock-
ets, they arc at loss to account for
the motive.
From the moment the body was found
Sunday morning by Richard Wines and
walter Smith. officers detailed on the
case have been searching for clues. Late
IN the day a soft, brown hat, found
about 200 yards from where the body
was discovered. Was presumed 10 be
that OF the dead man.
Like his clothing, however, 81 was de-
void of any mark that might lead 10
his identity. While the absence OF such
marks was at first a stumbling block
tn the way Of solving the mystery, they
ceased 10 be OF Importance when dis
patches from Chicago and Sioux CITY
received In response 20 inquiries by wire
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