Wednesday, May 31, 2000
Guilty plea may be withdrawn
Mental competency of multimillionaire questioned in deaths
By Susan Vela
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — A 68-year-old multimillionaire may withdraw a guilty plea of trying to kill his fourth wife and her sister almost two years ago, his attorney, Harry Hellings, said Tuesday.
Mr. Hellings said at a U.S. District Court hearing that he does not want to make that move, but it could happen because of questions about the mental competency of Albert J. Schuholz Jr.
Mr. Schuholz, who has addresses in West Chester and Crittenden, Ky., also has been charged in the 1981 beating and stabbing deaths of his second wife and her friend.
Mr. Hellings plans to file documents in the next two weeks about whether Mr. Schuholz will withdraw the plea. Mr. Hellings said Tuesday that a psychologist for the federal government has said Mr. Schuholz is incompetent.
Mr. Schuholz was sentenced to 10 years in prison for planning the death of his fourth wife, Norma Schuholz, and her sister, Martha Schomaker. It was the maximum sentence for his plea to one federal count of traveling in interstate commerce with the intent that a murder be committed.
The charge for which he acknowledged responsibility stemmed from allegations that he traveled from Cincinnati to Campbell County on July 14, 1998, and offered to pay $5,000 and provide a car to a man who ultimately became an informant.
U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman imposed the maximum, 10-year sentence while Mr. Schuholz underwent a physical and mental evaluation at a federal hospital.
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