The Washington times., 1933-01-10
WILL NOT ADNI 7
SHE KNOWS
KIDNAPERS
Mrs. SchiIdhauer Denies That
Carl Bradberry Was With
Husband in Car

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 QN.S0-
Mrs. Frances Schildhauer's frank
and detailed description Of her bi'
zarre home life admittedly brought
police no nearer a solution today
Of the 'ride" murder Of her hus-
band. although she did disclose a
secret tryst with another man on
the afternoon Of the murder.
After hours Of questioning. the
young widow admitted that she
had the rendezvous with Carl
Bradberry, ex-deputy sheriff, who
Is held in connection with the
mysterious murder Of Bandmaster
Edwin o. Schildhauer. Bradberry
has admitted that he and Mrs.
Schildhauer had had intimacies.
Not Bradberry
To Police Captain John Stege's
question as to whether Bradnerry
was the man she had seen kidnap
her husband and take him away
In the automobile in which he was
murdered, the beautiful widow
calmly replied:
mo"
The statement Of Astrid Carlson,
the Schildhauers' housekeeper,
that she had seen a nickel.plated
revolver in a dresser Of Mrs
George BerkinShaw. the widows
mother, sent investigators search,
ing for the weapon. Police have
not been able to find the gun
which killed Schildhauer.
Tells of Illicit Love
Mrs. Schildhauer said that on
the day Of the murder, she met
Bradberry in the county building,
where he was employed as a
bailiff, and they visited for a
few moments.
Mrs. Schildhauer painted an en-
tirely different picture Of her
murdered husband than that
given by other witnesses, one in
which he was described as a gay
philanderer who led his young
wife into immoralitieS so he
might be free to carry on illicit
love affairs Of his own.
Until the widow told her story,
Schildhauer had been described
as a serious-minded man whose
chief interest in life was his
music profession. He was en-
ployed as bandmaster at Austin
High School.
NR~~ cSobiIjho,,a~ rJraccod oftroc
lively in black, submitted to a
questioning which lasted well into
the night. Her mood was cheer
full as she described incidents in
her hectic married life.
Blackens His Character
But Captain Siege announced
that he was unimpresSed by her
story, pointing out that she had
spent most Of her time blacken-
ing her husbands character. He
said:
81 am still convinced that she
a. able to answer the question
Of who was in the automobile
that took her husband away"
Mrs. Schildhauer will be ques-
toned today by Federal authori-
ties regarding her trip to Mem
phiS with Bra berry, during
which they lived as man and
wife.
The young widow told her ques-
TONERS that Schildhauer was in
different to her indiScretions be-
cause he was carrying on an af-
fair with Miss Charlotte Holland,
the witness who described a bed
room scene at the Schildhauer
home when she and the band
master found Mrs. Schildhauer
and Bradberry in pajamas after
q dancing party.
Denies Wife's Charge
Miss Holland, brought face to
face with Mrs. Schildhauer, de-
MED any intimacy with the band
master, however. y
Mrs. Schildhauer insisted that
her husband had urged her to
accept Bradberry'S attentions so
he would be free to carry on his
alleged relationship with Miss
Holland.
Shortly after they were mar
Tied, the widow related, they
visited another couple and after
several drinks Schildhauer and
the other man proposed trading
wives. Although she refused,
Schildhauer went through with
it. afterward apologizing for his