He Burned Every Paper He Owned, Then Kept a Promise to Himself

Tacoma, April 13.—The funeral of Paul Schulze will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from his late residence. Rev. A. W. Martin, pastor of the Free church, will officiate. The pallbearers will be seven business associates, including General Manager Kendrick and Carl Spuhn, of Portland. Mrs. Schulze, his divorced wife, arrived today from Portland, where she has resided since her return from Germany a year ago. She is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. C. Ripley, and will attend the funeral. On Thursday night Schulze mailed a letter to Marie Wainwright, the actress.

The most thorough search has failed to reveal a single line or parting message to friend or explanation of the condition of his affairs. It is evident that he contemplated suicide all day Thursday. He took his private papers from his vault and put them in a package which he carried in his hand all day. At night he burned these and all private papers at his house. Thursday was the day after his resignation was announced. He assumed a forced cheerfulness and talked about his future plans and his belief that he would regain his lost position and complete control of the large properties in which he was so deeply interested. Though he was glad to be relieved of responsibility, it was clear that his sensitive spirit was stung by his removal from his position. He even burned up the addresses of his relatives in Germany. Today German Consul Giese cabled Dr. Paul Lindau, of the Deutsche bank, at Berlin, to ascertain their address.

Several months ago he described to ex-Mayor Hynson and others how he had attempted suicide last November by taking poison, but failed. He said he was not responsible for being brought into the world, and he believed he had a perfect right to take himself out of it. As late as Tuesday he told how a man could find death by shooting himself through the temples. This was the method he adopted. Methods of suicide were a particularly interesting subject to him, for he talked about them years ago, when his affairs were wholly prosperous.

Commissioner Phipps, of the Northern Pacific, arrived from St. Paul. He says Mr. Schulze was removed because it was thought he was devoting too much of his time to his other companies. He says that the land department will change its policy and sell their railroad lands at reduced prices on easier terms. The inference was that Mr. Schulze and Mr. Phipps had differed as to matters of policy.

Mr. Schulze's life was insured for $45,000 or $50,000. It is understood a policy for $25,000 is in favor of a local bank, and was given as security for a loan.

At North Yakima, April 13, the death of Paul Schulze was a shock. He was generally known throughout the state through the part he took in establishing at Yakima, and his efforts in reclaiming arid land as president of the Yakima Investment Company, which built the Sunnyside Canal enterprise. J. H. Reavis, the company's attorney, and Fred R. Reed left for Tacoma this afternoon. Commissioner Phipps was also a director, and Attorney J. H. Ashton will leave tomorrow.