New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-19
REVEALS STORY
OF MISS SCHENCK
Schultz Tried for Shots at
Estate Manager of A.
q. Vanderbilt.
SAYS WILSON WE'D
GIRL AND QUIT HER
Found Her Starving, but Was
Turned Out of Lodgings as
Stable Refuse"

Stable Refuse"
For the first time since his name
was linked With Florence Schenck, the
Virginia beauty, VINO died in poverty,
Charles II. Wilson. manager of the es-
tate OF Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, at
Newport, yesterday revealed the secret
Of how ne first met Miss Schenck. IL
came out during the trial of Frederick
Schultz before Justice Morschauser, In
the Supreme Court at White Plains,
for firing five shots at Wilson during
the White Plains horse show, Septem-
Der II last.
Schultz on the witness stand de-
clared Wilson reached for his hip
pocket. and believing his life was
IN danger, he fired point blank at Will
son. The latter denied that he reached
for a pistol or had ever carried one.
He also denied that he ever met
Schultz until he was served with
papers in a suit for $4,000 damages
brought by Miss Schenck. and that he
had not seen him after that until the
shooting.
Lee Parsons Davis. former Assistant
Distric. Attorney, who appeared for
I CNUhi'Es ItlfIIth W W liSOH ~ b'iN-s
the real criminal. because of his asso-
citation ard desertion of Miss Schenck,
whom ne had married. Davis declared
he would how that Stanford White IN
troduced Schultz TO Wilson at Mar
( tins.
When Wilson heard that he shouted
out. "He is liar" When told to be
quiet o. John Finch. court officer. Will
son arose and said: 81 apologize 10
he court"
/ Wilson was the first witness called
1 by Assistant District Attorney William
+ J. Fallon, wrO prosecuted. The wit
ness said he was fifty years old and
had been in Alfred e. Nanderbits en-
ploy fer twelve years. He told how he
was entering a stall at the show
grounds when he met Schultz, who
said: Hello. Wilson"
Never Saw Him Before.
81 said I don't know YOU end he re-
rlied. i am Schultz
81 was only eight feet away from
/ him" testified Wilson. when ne shot
AT me three or four times. The horse
/ I had taken into the stall ran out. and
then Schultz hred the fifth shot, which
passed through my left foot"
Wilson declared that he did not elope
with Florence Schenck. She told him
her age was nineteen, he said, and she
voluntarily went with him 20 New York
and that they lived at Breton Hall.
did you marry Florence Schemes. in
London while your wife was living
here" he was asked.
yes" he replied.
Did YOU know you were committing
bigamy?'
mo; supposed my wife had secured
a divorce. but ! later found out that
she had only secured an interlocutory
decree at that time
"When YOU found out that your mar
riage TO her was Illegal, did you desert
Florence Schenck and marry another
woman ," Davis inquired.
Not at ALL" was Wilson's answer.
Did YOU desert Florence Schenck IN
London
mo"
"Did YOU know Mary Agnes Ruiz and
introduce her to any one as your
wife,
"No, absolutely not"
Schultz Breaks Down.
When Mr.. Davis told the jury how
Florence Schenck had been deserted by
Wilson and was down and out when
found in the rear room OF saloon by
Schultz, the prisoner burst into tears.
II was at this juncture that MI fallon
brought out how through wink ana
nod of the head of Florence Schench
Wilson had met her
Wilson said he was standing one
dav with several horse show men IN
front of hotel in Norfolk, Va, when
a pretty girl came in sight.
zone Of the men remarked. Here
comes a pretty girl" said Wilson, and
took look after she had gone BY
She looked back. nodded twice. and
,vent mn and talked TO her, and. like
other men. | fell for her. She told me
che wanted to 90 to New York, and
took her there and TO London.
"Why did you leave Florence
Schenck?"
81 don't think | will answer that.
"Did YOU leave her because OF the IN
fluence Of any prominent men
"No. sir" -,
Mr. Davis put Wilson through grill
ing cross-examination and MADE MIN
contradict himself several times.
Walter Kelly. stable manager tor re-
lix VI. Warburg, swore he saw ochul']
fire at Wilson.
"Wben asked Mr.. Wilson if he was
hurt" said Kelly. "he replied;
".He's got me in the foot Then !
heard Schultz say TO Wilson: i meant
10 XIII YOU. but | am glad ! didn't, as
shooting is too good for you.
Schultz. who said he was thirty-four
wears old. admitted that his right name
was Frederick Fricklinger. lie said ne
had been stenographer. secretary
detective and investigator. Then ne
told this story:
Life with Miss Schenck.
81 was introduced 20 Wilson in Mar
tins restaurant in 1905 by Stanford
White. and met him In other places. !
first met Florence Schenck in the rear
room of n saloon at Eighth av. and l3d
st. on January >. 1918. Her condition
was pitiful. She was down and out. !
gave her funds TO go to her home IN
Norfolk But her father, DR.. Schenck'
would not see her, and she was sent
back to New York.
IL cared for her until the time OF her
death. We lived together in seventeen
different places. We were always re-
ceived graciously in boarding houses,
and | was always told what beautiful
girl she was, and then several days
later the ladlady would always say: i
don't want the refuse OF the Vanderbilt
stable in my house. Take her away.
"Then | consulted a firm OF lawyers
and had them sue wilson IN Dehalt OF
Niee Schenck for $4,000 damages. One
month later the girl died IN a sana-
,orium | was prosecuted by Wilson
NIL was down and out. ! had spent
oil my money in caring for Wilson :
',;fo The reason | went TO see Wilson
q, White Plains was 20 try and get
az - tho Country | didn't 90