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Murder on Poughkeepsie's Garfield Place in 1931 had elements of a Hollywood movie


Murder on Poughkeepsie s Garfield Place in 1931 had elements of a Hollywood movie
Anthony P. Musso, For the Poughkeepsie Journal
© Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Journal
16 Garfield Place in the City of Poughkeepsie on January 25, 2021. The home was the scene of the gruesome murder of prominent businessman John William Schatz in 1931.
The story reads like a 1930s Hollywood script rather than a gruesome murder in an affluent neighborhood in the City of Poughkeepsie. But the 1931 slaying of prominent businessman John William Schatz as he slept in the bedroom of his home on Garfield Place was a shocking reality for the community.
The fashionable house, which was built in 1853 for shipping magnate Avis Barney, featured elegant Italian plaster work, solid marble fireplace mantles, and other quality details. It was purchased by Schatz when he relocated from New Haven, Connecticut, to Poughkeepsie in 1918. ....

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