The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-29
ST. LOUIS FIRE
FAXED TRAGEDY
Body Found in Burned
Garage Stolen From
Grave, Police Say
WOMAN Is DETAINED
Wife Of Harry Brenn Defies
Accusers; Says Produce
Husband If He's Alive

~ the Associated rress
ST LOUIS, Sept, 2s---Tollco today
announce they were confident tho
body of a youus woman at fret be.
lievcd 10 bc that ~ Harry u. Hrcnu.
&c years old. found In ruins Of
Bronns burned garage In sl Louis
county Is that uf Miss Celo4tt
schneider. rs. which was stolen from
the Mount Hope cemetery Monday
night.
Was Going to Germany
Brpnu, who hud lite Insurance
pollcia amounting 20 $4,000. has
disappeared aud his vito is bpinE
held for quoe.louiuR Police an.
uouucod tho following alleged facts.
That his wife was preparing Co de-
part for Germany. nftor cremation
pf the body. she In said 90 have toid
police she was going 90 have the
body cr0tnatcd 30 she could take the
ashes to Germany with her. that the
body contained cmbalmlng fluid
thnt thn undertnkrT VINO omhHIucd
Miss Schneidcr's body located iu-
cisloup IN the body IN the exact
places he made tho inciAlOn ia MiNs
Schncidcr's corpse.
THAT the undertaken has identified
- piece Of goods found on the body
~ part Of Miss SchncldCr's phroud
that a spade with dirt az the char
ncter that is In the cemetery vas
found IN the debris OF the destroyed
garage.
she's Convinced He's Dead.
Mrs Hreuu, however. etendtastly
maintains her husband was killed In
tho fire and declares she will not
believe otherwise until confronted by
her husband She pointed out.
police say that n $4,000 iife lnsur-
ance policy was destroyed I'm the fire.
but police declare the loss ot the
policy would not invalidate the
policy.
Police declare they learned today
that Breun had sought 10 have In
corporated In two life insurance
policies one for $1,000 ana the other
for $1,000 which he took out In the
last five months. "A clause for double
Indemnity In case Of death by ac-
C.dent,
iIo was inslstent police say they
learned from representatives of In
surance companies until he was con-
WINGED tina. such policies could not
be written for men In his business
The $1,000 policy was IN Daven-
port, Iowa. company and the 5000
In Kansas city company. The
$4,000 policy was government IN
surance. taken out while In the
army
Married Her IN Germany,
Mrs. Florida Adams, mother of
Brsnn, f. quoted as saying Brenn
and his wife. whom he married In
Germany while In the army. were
contemplating a trip to Germany ~
soon as they could get the necessary
funds Police declare that Mrs
Brenn had told her sister-in law
Mrs. Marie Ehlen. that she was golng
90 Germany ns soon aa n settlement
was reached over irenn's insurance.
Mrs Adams II said To have told
police that she had IA premonition OF
Something crooked" about her some
death ana for that reason did not
attend the inquest.
Mrs. Brenn, n pretty woman, re-
NAMED unpcrturbod az police head
quarters. She strokcd her IL month.
old ann as detectives questioned her.
referring TO him as "ScatZen" Olttlo
treasured.
81 my husband is alive" she
would repeat 10 detectives. "brinn
him to mo"
Police declared her zone NJ IN,
coolest women" they ever questioned