New-York tribune., 1920-08-27
Husband of
Palisades
Victim Held


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Bronx. parents of the murdered woman
arrived at the county building in Hack
ensack
Parents Identify Body
With Widmer and Detective Dawson
they went to Hills morgue and also
identified the body as that of their
daughter, Blanche. AS Mrs. Friar
emerged from the gloomy building she
looked i'll and walked across the back
yard with halting steps, assisted by
her husband and son-ln-law.
While she was resting in the parlor
OF the undertaking establishment news
came to Detective Dawson of the de-
tention of Schulz. Dawson had been
Schulz from Widmer.
Shortly after the party returned t.
the County Building, Assistant Pros
ecutor Mccarthy returned from New
York. 10 the newspaper men he said
when Schulz was questioned here
we were all tired out, and we didn't ge
into it as thoroughly as we should
There are many points in his stor,
that should have been cleared up. Thar
is the reason we went over this after
noon to New York"
1--WE have found nothing to upset the
robbery theory" he said There wa:
no reason for doubling Schulz's stor,
..DCnt bic fo ! ~ I
said she had. There does not appeal
to be any particularly weak spot il
Schulz's story.
Failed to Provide for Wife
'As far as Schulz is concerned w,
were unable to ascertain that he hat
any visible means of support He ha.
not been working for some time. Mr.
Nldmer told us that he expecte,
Schulz and his wife at Keyport OF
Saturday, and he corroborated Schulz
story that Schulz had gone to Keypor
on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Friar, parents of tn,
murdered woman, told us that Schul:
had never provided for his wife. ant
that whatever money she had she ha'
worked for herself"
The developments in the Bron.
however, seemed to be at variance witt
the statement of Prosecutor Mccarthy
Schulz was taken to the Bronx Court
house by Detective Nathan Allyn, o
Bergen County, who had come to New
York to request Schulz to accompan,
him back to Hackensack for furthe
questioning. Schulz agreed, but aske,
to go to an undertaking establishment
in the Bronx first. While on the wa,
to the latter place Allyn induce,
Schulz to accompany him to the Bron.
Courthouse.
Gave Wife $500, He Says
Schulz told the authorities he ha,
drawn 5000 from a postal savings banl
last Thursday, which he said ne CAV
to hiss wife, along with $500 additiona
which he had saved from his wages
Earlier in the day he had been quote,
as telling the New Jersey officials tha
ne had won the money on the races
Schulz declared he had never seen tn
watch chain that was found lying nea
the body of his wife A
The man made his Identification at
O'Clock yesterday morning in Hacken
sack. He accompanied Detective Daw
son to Hllls morgue, and identified tn
clothing of the murdered woman as tha
OF his wife. He described a peculia
mole on the shoulder blade of his wife
whose body he did not want to view
| This mark was found by the detective
Schulz broke into tears as he iden
tltled the shoes worn by his wife at tn
time of the tragedy. He told the au
thorltles the name of man he sal,
had wrecked his home eighteen month
earlier. and caused an estrangement be
tween himself and his wife.
He said he had been married thre
years and that his wife was twent,
years old. They had patched up thei
quarrel little over year ago he de
clared. 1t was while in Hackensac]
that Schulz told a strange story abou
his wife wishing to go to Cuba witt
another man who had obtained pass
port for both of them. He repeate,
this story later in the Bronx and sal
he had called the trip off.
Woman's Throat Was Cut
Jacob Martin, proprietor of the room
ing house at 405 East 135th Street, sal.
yesterday the last time he had seel
Mrs. Schulz was Thursday. August 19
He said Schulz had lived there for tn
there when they We're married.
An autopsy performed on the mur
dered woman by County Physician Will
lam E. Ogden yesterday showed tha
her throat had been cut. She had ais
been hit heavy blow on the lef
temple. In addition to this severa
teeth were also knocked out.
Assistant County Prosecutor McCar
thy said last night that Schulz ha,
told him in New York that his wifi
carried the $3.50 he had given her in
small package that was pinned to he
corset. Mccarthy said this could hav
been quite possible, as pin mark ha,
been found in the corset. In consc
quence of this the pros ecutor said h
had not abandoned the robbery theory
"However," he concluded, 1--WE ar
not holding to aty one theory in par
ticular, but are keeping ourselve
ready for any development that tn
evidence produced may show Outsid
the identification ! do not think tha
we have made any material progres
to-day"
In Keyport, n. j., yesterday, whil
Mr.. and Mrs. Widmer were in Hacken
sack, a man who said he was a detect.v
summoned Mrs Calvin Erwin. neigh
Dor of the Wideners, to witness hi
| entrance into the deserted house. tn
stranger forced the door of the " i'd
mer home and took ali the photograph
! oi the dead woman ne could find The
were mostly snapshots. The identil
/ Of the man is unknown.
Douglas Gibbons & Co