▁returned ▁to ▁We e ▁Jas per ▁on ▁January ▁ 3 , ▁he ▁was ▁asked ▁by ▁various ▁people ▁about ▁Rick ' s ▁where about s . ▁Albert ▁( who ▁presented ▁himself ▁as ▁" Al fred ▁S mit z ", ▁from ▁Hamburg ), ▁gave ▁various ▁explan ations , ▁including ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁gold ▁r ush . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁he ▁dis posed ▁of ▁the ▁carriage ▁and ▁the ▁horse . ▁When ▁Taylor ▁returned , ▁Schmidt ▁reun ited ▁with ▁and ▁followed ▁John ▁everywhere , ▁eager ly ▁convin cing ▁him ▁to ▁leave ▁R ush worth ▁for ▁T um bar um ba , ▁where ▁he ▁claimed ▁they ▁could ▁find ▁lots ▁of ▁gold . ▁He ▁was ▁so ▁anxious ▁about ▁it , ▁that ▁he ▁even ▁helped ▁a ▁local ▁firm ▁repair ▁Taylor ' s ▁w agon ▁for ▁ 1 0 ▁days , ▁and ▁when ▁question ed ▁about ▁Rick , ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁left ▁behind ▁in ▁Al bury . ▁The ▁du o ▁then ▁prompt ly ▁left ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁news ▁about ▁Taylor ' s ▁murder ▁spread , ▁susp icion ▁fell ▁on ▁Schmidt ▁concerning ▁Rick ' s ▁disapp earance . ▁Mount ed ▁police ▁and ▁ab original ▁track ers ▁were ▁dispatch ed ▁towards ▁We e ▁Jas per ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁Rick ' s ▁body , ▁which ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁buried ▁somewhere ▁in ▁the ▁out back . ▁Although ▁the ▁body ▁was ▁never ▁located , ▁Schmidt ▁was ▁connected ▁to ▁his ▁murder ▁through ▁Jacob ' s ▁silver ▁watch , ▁which ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁his