Evening star., 1949-04-19
Lonely Hearts SIoying of Two
Admitted by Delaware Woman
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that he had shot Mr.. Woodbridge
in the head and helped dispose Of
the body. He swore that he acted
under his mothers orders because
love my mother
Later Raymond corroborated his
half brothers story, and police
dug up charred bones and flesh
from the city dump.
Roberts later confession of the
Schultz killing said:
MY mother killed Schultz with
a shotgun as he walked out Of the
garage on his chicken farm.
She told me over and over I
ought to do 1t. I told her I
couldn't do anything like that. so
she did it," That was last jan
uary 10.
Hid Shotgun in Loft.
Mr.. Woodbridge was shot under
similar circumstances. Robert
told how he hid q shotgun in the
loft of the barn here. and killed
Mr.. Woodbridge as he followed
him up the stairs.
On April l the bodies were dug
up from shallow graves in the
pigpen. burned all day and all
night In a 50-gallon metal drum,
and the remains taken to the
dump.
AS police continued investiga-
ton of the killings and sifted
through the pile of letters. Thomas
Stretch. SO. Of Canton. N. j., re-
ported he had received three let
ters from Mrs. Brennan. one only
a day before her arrest.
He said a listing she inserted in
a lonely hearts" club circular
read:
"Inez Brennan, RID 3. Dover. Del.
age A, weight 100, height feet S
inches, black graying hair. brown
eyes; Baptist; high school educa-
ton, farmerette; income not
stated; widow, no dependents. she
owns her own farm and car. She
prefers living in country. Her
hobbies are raising chickens. flow
ers and gardening. Men A to so
years Of age write and learn more.
She will answer all letters"
One Son in Army.
Col. Barnes said Mrs. Brennan
also has a married daughter.
Deputy Attorney General Henry
j. Ridgley said the charges against
the Brennans cannot be presented
before the next grand jury meet
ing, scheduled for July 5. Indict-
ments will not be asked before
then, he said, because Of the
volume of material still to be
covered by the investigation.
Mr.. Stretch said he visited Mrs.
Brennan and her sons and they
treated me fine"
II looked over her farm and even
stood by the pigpen. If I had any
money I might have been along
side the men who were buried
there" he added.
Col. Barnes said Robert told this
story Of the Schultz Staying in his
signed statement:
The boy and his mother went
by train to Concord, N. II. They
were met by Mr.. Schultz who took
them to his chicken farm at
nearby EPSON. The mother
handed her son q shotgun and
told him to shoot Mr.. Schultz.
She told him over and over to do
1t but he couldn't. So she did 1t.
After the murder the mother
described as "a bushel basket" of
letters from lonely hearts CORE
spondents found in the Brennan
home.
The police superintendent said
the mother and her sons told
these details Of the two killings:
Mr.. Woodbridge had $500 in
his pockets when he left for the
Brennan farm last October. Rob-
ert's confession said the elderly
was slain the day he ar
rived here. and his mother later
told him she took $134 from the
body.
Body Brought to Dover.
Mr.. Schultz w&s slain at his
New Hampshire home. Both men
we're shot in the head with a
shotgun. Mr.. Schultz body was
loaded onto his own truck, brought
here and buried beside that Of Mr..
Woodbridge in the pigpen. The
bodies were exhumed and burned
together.
Last Friday Robert admitted
and boy stuffed the mans body
into a 50-gallon drum and left it
near the garage for several days.
The woman sold 500 chickens, a
gasoline motor and q sewing ma
chine to an auctioneer and also
some of Mr.. Schultz's. tools and
house furnishings.
Later the body was taken out OF