New-York tribune., 1920-08-27
Frank Schulz Detained
Until His Story Is Veri-
fled After identifying
the Body as His Wife's
Companion Also
Is Sent to Jail
Woman First Reported
Slain and Man Sought
by Police Are Married

The mutlated body Of a woman that
was found in the tangled bushes of n
vacant lot at Grantwood N. j., was
| Identified by four persons yesterday
as that of Blanche the wife of Frank
Schulz, of 4O5 East 135th Street, a
former conductor employed by the In
terborough Company.
Scarcely had the identification been
made in the gloomy brick building at
the back of the undertaking establish
ment of j. Hill, on Main Street, Hack
ersack, than there were several quick
Developments
Schulz, who had travelled over to
Hackcnsack in the early hours of the
morning with five companions to iden-
tify the body as that Of his wife, who
had been missing since last Saturday
was apprehended on his return to New
York and taken before District Attor-
rey Martin of the Bronx for further
examination.
He returned to Hackensack volunta-
rily last night with Edward Faulkner, A
friend, and both men were committed
to Bergen County Jail as material wit
nesses by Judge Thomas II. Summings
County Detective Allyn accompanied
the two men from the Bronx to Hack
ensack, where arrangements had been
made for the arraignment before Judge
Summings.
Husband Is Questioned
AS Schulz was being conducted to
District Attorney Martins office Miss
Helen Z. Hermann walked into the
Marriage License Bureau in Manhattan
With Nicola RlntOrna, q chauffeur, and
asked for a license. Only twelve hours
previously her mother is said TO have
identified the clothing Of the murdered
woman as that Of her daughter, who
now appeared for license with the
very man on whose trail the police of
two states had been sent. The young
couple were taken to Police Headquar-
ters, and after some formaities had
been complied with they were married
by Deputy Chief Clerk Dalton. Mrs.
Hermann, who arrived on the scene.
witnessed her daughters MARRIAGE
In the meantime the New Jersey
officials, who had permitted Schuz to
leave the state before their investiga-
tlon was complete, hurried over to the
Bronx District Attorneys office and
Joined in questioning the husband Of
the murdered woman. This ouestioning
continued throughout the day. Mr..
Martin was aided by Charles A. Nc
Laughlin, his assistant, and Assistant
County Prosecutor Charles Mccarthy
and County Detective Allyn, both of
Hackensack, n. j.
Late last night, Mr. Mclaughlin said !:
"Schulz's story is certainly not suffi-
cient to satisfy me. He told us that
he walked the streets Of the Bronx all
Saturday and all day Sunday until late
Sunday night, when, with Faux
ner, an expressman, he engaged taxi
cab, driven BY a man named Frank
ferry at Forty second Street and the
North River.
Said He Was Distracted
There they took the 1901 boat fol
Jersey City. it being his intention to
go to Keyport, where they planned to
go to the home of Mrs. Otto Wdmer
the sister OF his wife. On arriving in
Keyport, however, Schulz did not 20 to
his sster-in- laws house, but walked
the streets, he said, for an hour, then
walked to Matawan, N. j.. ten miles
away, and then returned to New York
"He accounts for his crratic move
ments by the fact that he was dis
tracted over his wife's disappearance
on Saturday. While he was walking
the streets in the Bronx, he said, he
returned from time to time to the
premises in 135th Street occupied bv
him and his wife in the hope of recciv-
ng kilograms revealing her where
abouts."
After Schulz had told that part of
his story to the authorities Detectives
Joseph Reilly and Charles Armstrong,
of the fremont police station, took
Faulkner and Ritt into custody and
brought them to the District Attor-
ney's office to be questioned
While this was proceeding in the
Bronx the authorities in Hackensack
continued their investigation. Otto
Widmer. husband of the murdered
womans sister, arrived there from
keyport and also identified the body
as that of his sister r-in-law. Shortly
! afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Friar,
OF l70th Street and Third Avenue. the
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