Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-04-28

and his pilot, Albert q. Hedberg.
beth of Froid, were instantly killed
early Sunday morning when the air
plane in which they were making a
trip to Havre crashed into a butte
in the badlands about 30 miles
northwest of Malta. The demolished
plane was discovered about noon on
Monday after a intensive search
had been made, and the bodies, bad
ly mangled, were removed from 1t
and taken to Dodson.
Identification of the bodies was
made PessHAIe only by papers IN the
clothing of the crash victims. MIR.
Schnitzler's travelling bag was
thrown clear Of the plane and the
papers scattered. The nose of the
plane had buried itself in the hill
SIDE, indicating the terrific force of
the impact when the plane crashed.
The engine was torn loos and rolled
down the hill, and one wheel Of the
plane vas found at the top Of the
hill.
Schnitzler and Hedberg had start
ed out from Froid about five o'clock
Sunday morning for Havre where
the Senator's four lace T~ravelair
cabin plane was to be Inspected by
inspectors from Salt Lake City,
Utah. The plane had only been used
a few times this spring. and the
purpose Of the trip to Havre for the
inspection was to obtain ~reIicensing
for the plane.
Information received from FIoid
divulged the fact that the flyers hao
difficulty in gaining altitude with
the plane, presumably due to the
steady shower Of rain which was
falling at the time. Residents In the
badlands vicinity where the wreck
age was found confirmed the belief
that the air travellers were seriously
handicapped by a heavy fog. and
poor visibility caused them to stray
frem their course. The butte into
which the plane plunged is several
hundred feet high and the victims
could net detect it in their path.
The plane was believed to have
been in good flying condition, and
HeGberg was a capable pilot He was
a graduate Of the Airtex Flying In
%stitution at. San Diago, California,
and had nearly 200 solo hours of
flying to his credit. No blame is
placed on the pilot for the tragedy.
The funeral services will be
held at Froid today for Senator
Schnitzler, in the forenoon, and for
Hedberg in the afternoon. Schnitz-
lcr's body will be shipped to Calf
ornia to be placed in a vault, and
Hedberg will be buried beside his
father at Atwater, MINI.
Schnitzler is survived by his wild
ow and two daughters, Helena, Is,
and Margaret, 10; his mother. Mrs.
Lawrence Schnitzler, lives at Truax,
Sask. He is also survived by four
hrothers and three sisters.
Mr. Schnitzler was born at Mild
Bay. Ont, February III, 1882. He
attended grade and high school in
Canada, and when his father, who
was in the planning mill business,
met with financial reyerses, it was
necessary for him to seek work for
himself at the age of Is. For two
years he worked as a cowboy and
harvest hand in Manitoba and then
crossed the international boundary
line into North Dakota. Here he got
a job in a printing office and after
three wears took a homestead near
Rella, N. d., and conducted a news
paper there.
Ten years of his life was spent in
North Dakota before he came to
Montana, and he had lived and cen
tered his business interests In Froid
since 1910. He started a bank at
Froid that year and was its presi-
dent from its organization until the
time of his death. He was also in
terested in the bank a F1axville and
one at Culbertson, and was connect
ed with the Security Company of
Medicine Lake, financing loans, real
estate and machinery.
Mr.. Sehnitzler had also gained an
enviable reputation as a wheat far
mer, usually farming from $4,000
to $1,000 acres annually in the Froid
vicinity.
He was known as n of the states
.millionaires, making most of this
sum from his huge farming opera
tons He maintained a 160 acre
airport at Froid, primarily for the
use Of his own airplane- Becoming
interested in aviation about five