New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-28
Two Admirers
OF Palisades
Victim Sought
G Chauffeur Says Mrs. Schulz
Recently Quarreled With
an Italian Named Joe;
Husband Also Knew Him
Troy Another Friend
Man Who Took Slain Girl
Out Night Before Tragedy
Saws He Gave Her z Rings

"A dramatic turn in the mystery sur
rounding the murder Of Blanche, the
twenty-year old wife of Frank Schulz,
whose body was found in a vacant lot
ut Brentwood, N. j., occurred last night
when George Harris. chauffeur. en-
tered the Alexander Avenue police. sta
ton in the Bronx and told his story of
tAe marital affairs of Schulz and his
murdered wife.
While Harris told his story Schuls
vas Historically calling from his cell
in the Hackensack On. j. prison,
whore he is being held as e material
witness, for paper on which to write a
detailed account of his movements dur
ing the time intervening between his
wffe's departure for Keyport on Sum-
day and the discovery of her body.
The Chauffeur's Story
TO Assistant District Attorney Hat
ting. who was called by the police, Har-
Til, told the following story, after say.
ing he was twenty-eight years old and
lived at ATS East 142d Street:
~ have known the Schuzes since last
February. | met Mrs. Schulz on Fri
day last and took her to a motion pic
ture show in the Bronx, and sfterward
to supper. At that time she told me
she was going to Keyport Sunday, and
invited me to be there on Monday or
Tuesday.
ION Tuesday did not hear from her,
gram to her sister at Keyport. The
following day l got letter from Mrs.
Widmer saying Blanche was not there.
blanche Schulz always had plenty
of money. Her husband never gave her
any. They were always quarreling and
he treated her badly. On one occasion
/ bought her a silk waist at Gimbeis
and when she got home she told me
her husband was sore at her and tore
up the waist.
which she always wore. l gave her two
rings; =. Mach s,s,,,.z ,nd Vi. v;fs
planned to 60 down to Cuba with me,
but the trip was called off,
Two Other Admirers
Harris also told the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney that Mrs. Schultz had
recently discarded an Italian chauffeur
named oe, who was one of her ad
Roy. as another Of her admirers.
Yesterday, in Hackensack, Schultz
told Assistant County Prosecutor Nc
Carthy that an Italian chauffeur, whose
name he did not know, had been
friendly with his wife. A search is
being made for this man.
Harris told the authorities where he
purchased the watch and an effort
is under way to trace it, as it was not
found on Mrs. Schultz's body. The
resaon- for the anxiety of Harris con-
corning the woman on Tuesday ap
psrently has not been determined
Hsrris's story about the contemplated
Cuban trip partly corroborates a state
meHt made Thursday by Schultz.
Harris said that he had read in the
newspapers that the police were look
ing for a man he thought to be him
self, and gave that as the reason he
had reported to the police station. He
said he did not wish to have any sus-
picion cast upon himself and wanted
TO tell the authorities all he knew.
Assistant District Attorney Hating
got into communication with Assistant
County Prosecutor Mccarthy at Hack
ensack and arranged to have the latter
question Harris in the Bronx at 8
O'clock to-day
Bergen County authorities learned
from the Rev. Father Anthony Ferretti,
Of the Church of the Epiphany, Cliff
side, N. j., yesterday that he had
heard the screams of woman three
times between 10 and II o'clock Sat
urday night. At the time he heard
them Father Ferretti was visiting the
home of Recorded E. H. Kenny, about
900 feet from the scene of the murder.
Father Ferrett went out and looked
around. but was unable to locate the
cries or to see any one.
The statement of Father Ferretti
sets the probable time Of the murder