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Show WIDOW JtFHAID TO TELL POLICE ABQUT MURDER Country-Wide Search Made for lowan Who Kills Kis xveiiii-ive I MANCHBBTER, la.. March 23. A Iccuntry-wlde search is being made for Lloyd Schuler. 21 years old, who. on Sunday night, it is charged, shot and j killed William Matusch. 40 years old. his brother-in-law, on the latter's farm near here. officials were not ladvlsed of the slaving until toda when the widow told the h. riff Rim RN8 TO MOl SE After the shooting Srhuler Is alleged alleg-ed to have returned to the house and told his wife and Mrs. Matusch and t'Mtghter that he had killed William. He then Is said to have ordered them to urepare to leave the house, and all of them drove In the Matusch auto- i mobile to Kdgewood. Ja., where the Schiller family left the car. Mrs. Matusch Ma-tusch and daughter returned to Manchester. Man-chester. She says Bchuler had threatened threat-ened to kill all of them If they told anyone of the killing. Schuler, however, is said to have written a letter to the sheriff of Delaware Del-aware county saying he killed Matusch Ma-tusch In self-defense QUARREL BEG1 V A quarrel between the brothers-in-law was E.ald to have preceded tho shooting. Schuler had taken a shotgun shot-gun from the house, saying he Intended Intend-ed to kill a weasel. The body of Matusch Ma-tusch was fotind In a corn crib. Robbery was the motive for the shooting, in the opinion of the authorities authori-ties here, who allege Schuler took nionov from the body and secured funds to MatUSCh'a credit Monday morning. Visiting two banks hero and present Injt checks, one of which was signed by Mrs. Matusch. no |