The evening world., 1912-09-10

West One Hundred and Fortieth street
and was living there with him when he
died shortly before last Christmas. She
| continued to live there until Dec. g.
when she moved to No. ~ West Sixty
fourth street. with all her trunks and
belongings, her three cats and her
parrot.
WANTS TO KNOW WHAT WAS
IN THE TRUNKS.
What ! would like ID discover in
this mystery" said the jewciler to-day,
rs what became of those six trunks.
for I believe they must have contained
valuable belongings of my half-brother.
At the time of his death Mrs. Szabo
had ave bankbooks IN our safe. but
do not believe all of my brothers pos
sessions were accounted for in these
bankbooks.
1T was not long after his death be-
fore Lawyer Gibson began 20 make de-
mands upon the family for a settle
ment for Mre. Szabos services. md
u was on July 12-four days before
Mrs. S3abo was drowned-that we
settled this claim with Mr.. Gibson for
sl2S. We understood that this money
was to pay for her passage to Austria.
The lawyer demanded q larger sum
Of US, but when we brought up the
books which Mrs.. Ssabo had placed IN
our safe. he was very agreeable to .
compromise and accepted the smaller
sum. Mr.. Gibson furnished US with a
full release Of all claims upon the pay
ment OF the S5."
william Schumann, who had been
associated with his ha1f-brothers in the
Fifth avenue jewelry business, was
elderly and innrm at the time OF his
death. It was believed in the One Hun
dred and Fortieth street apartment
house that he and the handsome Aus
trian woman-Mrs. Szabo was thirty
years his junior-were married. They
went under the name OF Mr.. and Mrs.
William Schumann.
JANiTREss TELLS OF THE LIFE
OF THE COUPLE.
They appeared to be very de-
voted couple" said Mrs. Herman Gros-
stuck. janitress of the apartment
house, to-day. and I had no reason
10 suspect that they were not man and
wife until after the death of Mr.. Schu-
mann. They were both musical. Mrs.
Szabo sang q great deal and had hne
voice. Mr.. schumann would sing. too.
and that parrot of theirs would join
in the choruses.
After the death OF Mr.. Schumann
this Mrs. Szabo came to me and said:
My Willie Is dead and they are going
to take him away from me- II was
then I learned they were not married.
After the funeral Mrs. Szabo told me
that Mr.. Schumann had given to her
all the money that was In the safe In
his Jewelry store In bank books in her
name.
There was one man who came to
see her after this OF whom she was
very fond. They talked to each other
in German. One day I saw them kiss
ing each other In the front hall. and
1 heard the man say. Don't worry,
Rosa: everything will be all right IL
was about TIL slime she told me she
had lawyer who would straighten
out all her affairs for her. Then she
moved away"
Mrs. Jacob Marcus. who was
nelghbor of the Austrian woman and
William Schumann In the One Hundred
and Fortieth stree; house. furnished an
important statement to an Evening
World reporter to-day.
Mrs Sz,bo and I were good friends."
said Mrs. Marcus. "ani mad many chats
before and after the death Of Mr..
Schumann. distinctly recall one talk
we had about bathing and how Mn.
Szabo told me she was fine swimmer.
She said that she had learned to swim
In Austria when she was a girl"