The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-03-22
DIR. SCHULZ SAYS
WOMANIS BEHIND
THREAT TO Wife
Surgeon is Assisting Postal
Authorities to Find Would
be Assassin.
SCOUTS THEORY THAT
MAN WROTE THE NOTE
Writer Offered $1,000. for the
Murder Of Cape Physicians
Bride.

DR.. G.. 3. Schulz, the well-knowr
surgeon, whose wife has been threat
ened with assassination, is bending
every effort to locate the author of q
letter now in the hands of the Sheriff
of Scott. 55eunty, offering s2700 fol-
the death of Mrs. Schulz.
Sheriff Smead, who has the letter
believes it was written by man, but
DR.. Schulz is of the opinion that il
was written By woman in Cape Cir
ardeau. While he refuses 10 discuss
the matter for publication, it was
learned yesterday that the surgeon be-
licves he will be able to find the wo-
man who wrote the letter and planned
to bring about Mrs. Schulz'S asSasslna-
ton.
The postal authorities are working
with DR.. Schulz and the sheriff OF
Scot. County, and it is believed the
mystery will be solved promptly. No
reason can be assigned for the enmity
held against the surgeons wife. She
became the bride of DR.. Schulz only
a few months ago, and was not &C
quainted in this part of the State.
She was formerly Miss Alice Knight
of st. Louis, and became acquainted
with her husband last spring. Mrs.
Schulz was a surgical nurse in st.
Louis and came to the Cape last April
with a surgeon of that city, who op-
Grated at St. Francis Hospital.
While she was in charge of her
case, DR.. Schulz called at the hospital
to administer to, several of his pa
tients. and while there he was intro
duced to Miss Knight. A romance
was beguh before Miss Knight return
ed to st. Louis, and the surgeon made
frequent trips to St. Louis during the
following three months. Their en-
gagement came as no surprise to their
friends who knew of their romantic
meeting and subsequent courtship.
Mrs. Schulz is a petite blonde, with
large azure blue eyes, and is unusual
ly pretty. She has made many friends
since she became a resident of the
Cape, and if she has an enemy, her
friends do not know of it.
1t is believed in some quarters that
if the letter was written by woman,
her grievance is the result of DR..
Schuiz's marriage. 1t is believed that
some woman may have become madly
infatuated with the surgeon and had
hoped to become his bride Intimate
friends of the surgeon say he had
never considered matrimony until he
met his wife, but they believe it is
probable that some woman, probably a
patient of his, permitted herself to
fall in love with the surgeon without
his knowledge. This is the only solu-
tion of the case offered by close
friends.
Yet it is more plausible than the
contention of the Scott County Sheriff,
that the letter was written by man.
DR.. Schulz is said to hold the belief
that some ieaiAls Cape Girardeau
woman is more apt to have written
the letter than someone possessing a
grudge against his bride. Her ac-
quaintance is so limited that it seems
almost impossible that anyone living
in Scott County could hold any malice
against her.
The postal authorities are working
on the theory that the letter was mail
ed at Allenville for the purpose of
misleading the authorities in the event
the plot became known. 1t was learn
ed yesterday that one Cape Girardeau
woman, who is under suspicion, is be-
ing Swallowed. 1t is believed that suffi-
Gent evidence can be obtained within
the next few days to warrant hel
arrest.
A severe penalty can be imposed fol
the crime. if the guilty party can be
apprehended.