71-year-old tycoon used to live in texas and went by name of dorothy .
clair schuler , who goes by the stage name cici ryder , said that when he met durst he was pretending to be a deaf , mute woman .
said that durst was shy and never let anyone touch him or take photos .
schuler said durst was a generous tipper and although there were some strange things about his nature he did not think of him as a threat .