, 1870-09-15
MURDER AND SUICIDE,
/ Van In Detroit $1Nb~ lila Wife,
and sna.1s II Asag~ ksiaa~oiS-

4 .zan In Detroit <tnb~ IEiz wife,
and snsss II aug. ksiaaa-ois-
Frr,a ihr Ls.su.t Ts1bua<, SEPT. la,
This morning ,as s supposed. shout or 3
o'ctock}. horrible tragody occurred ia tile
uuu-a M. e73 Clinton street, in WLlch hus-
lari took the life Of his wita and then put al
eud to lis owa wrctelttd existence Fseler-
:ck Pfanuen schmidt had for several years
hyed unhapply niih hs wife Nl.hefm:na. and
| self and her INTO eternity.
He was a man about S feet II inches in
| height. Of heavy and powerful form. face
.larkened by exposure. and dirk beard and
| baif, He was shoemaker By trade, and for
nerly worked in the shop Of B. Miner Clark.
| On the southeast corner Of Woodward aycuue
| aud Grand 1iras street. For some two years.
however. le llai been a peddler Of meat, aud
| Nae accustomed to mako short journeys into
/ the cSuu,ry, vitt1 small butchers wagon, to
,,urchste a stusk of his Soods, and then re-
,ail them a. opportunity offered. lie returned
| from one Of these expeditions last week. aId
tie difficulties with lis wife sett1 TO haye
come to crisis on Sun'tay.
The woman had been previously married to
| man named kolbe. hat she and rfannen-
schmidt had lived together for nearly ten
YEAR, when the tragedy occurred. aud the wife
| rcems to hAye been y wom.n OF good ehara.s-
ter, bu. perhaps too decided in aar temper to
be a Hritatle consort fdr maI.~ ol such violent
,aeeiope as her husnand.
This morning peighbor. eoiug to the barn
Ut Tfannenschnilt, found I'm hanging to
ladder, = halter round lis neck, and Gnlte
dead. There was bioo,l on his hands. oa hi-
clothes, and on the hal:er. An Investigation
Of IT house d-c1osed 4 horrible spectacle
The Wifi. was sitting m tho floor Of ths b1ll.
!. her head leaning hack against ths wall. her
bo!y terribly mnoeleG with =oale ten nr
twelve desperate gaslset from butcher knife
tt sesal Of tho Kouude being s+sEy deep. EhAst-
| " cst.. and Of fatal character. trail ug
. blood running through tLa pa1lor shoxed
, That tie had struggled :1a1u her sleeping
a;ar.r,c... by WAY :: the Earlor into the iAal.
w;;erc -hc had sunk Gown and died Ttic leu.
rrerl WAS lt!Ue;:d with fore; it vas alna-i
!. lies. On tic va:.s. on ire furniture. owe. til:
l. | Il, Or II Is cfear that the 4nr b,a
IS | sttsrae1 le: with q shirt, very =AaE
tu:el.e..k:.ifa. whxh was found q
q tue rr.miscs, vl.le @',o VA lyin;. i:
, bed-uheshsr tleeping or not. taefe are u
i, mt ars Of knowing. The gas'1cs Of ts,e kaif
!. sccm 20 Aase fesn inflicted in blind fury. a
~ they ere not .! all those Instantly fatal STAB
/ which could easily have been gisen with ruc
le 4 1nuzae1oua weapon. but w6<a mad Tll1 cu'e
,c upen the head. causing great hemorThaSe
u u and death, pto5a5iy, ecsuel as much. c
nore, from lcss VI b.oca as tsam any injnr
y. 10 the vita1s. \ LITTLE uoite in the eloeqin
d. 5 o'clock in tic morning, both by IL
&c young son OF the victims. i lid II years {
=: aye, Sleeping in room Just in the rear III
Ii. fv ar aged couple IEirg overhead. but qua
rels between the unfortunate pair were I
frequent. and hie violence towards hls vi
1he disturbance. and it va. not supposed th
on anythirg unuenAl bsd happened until Z
1t .:eaI bv1lea we're fornd Ia tho morning. J.
'e:. lad tsatee that he heard his mother 90 II
.se ne the la1i and heard her moan there
vi" a minnie or two, hut. probably
o1,ntL n
ard fell asleep again. He first. lovey
TT TT lea d his father leave the house aud 60 to
,ies 1S tarn from which time he knew nothing n
yer- about the occurrence until be Vas tod IL
nets mcroirg that his parents were dead. As e
the az the Nodies were I'eeoyerca assistance =
mi procured, and they we're cared for ~ decet
Is the ci1rumstat: e. would permit Nett
had much clothing on and. Of course. the b
# tie wonsn prtt ented horrible ap7s
arce. The man had nomarks upon nun eic
;:ate those usual when death h4s been o:eas'o
:aus br hangiug. II is probable that
) alb Wopasn made \ desperate resistance to
as,sck upon her rs Ling a. she Was
. ~" ~ ard that she sought ya1nly to escape thro'
! he the parlor into the ball, and thence thfo
The front door into the street. her sdeu
failinE her just before she reached the d
ate uhile the murderer pnrsusd re:aotsetes
easking her dfcadfully Is she struggled ca
s.at. fore him.
dele | I{8nnenSCH1QlGL VIE % seatS ~ a5c.
and wife Sc, and the lad Frederick ~es the SO
previous husband. For several years P
neuschmit seems to have treated his wife
II. child With brutality. neg1ectiug to pro
.s.oa suitably for them. often brs aklne ont
I 9or violent hte OF psesiop, and ssE1kicg and
treating both. At last tho 7ife determine
spply for divorce from hin. 2ad OIL sur
he Was fully informed Of Ler detat11inat
.,,, On tlat night be killed laer. During the
'''nes both we've absent frora the house much OF
time, returning in the evening. The {
:tirEs that thee went TO bed about ~ ocl
The murderer and Suicide eeems 10 have
man not hat itu.lly intersnerats: oot &c
oils, times addicted to the EEe OF into ;ass
satI. drinks, and it seems probable that ne
l,auor to come extent On Sundty:
i the The terrible determination Of the "a -
ming thoroughly inred By the means "a'c,
IA to- provided for Iii. uwn death He sec9fe1
ae eS. halter At the vsf% top. Of Al incsie u
AND s,audinC IN tie pa1n, and u:1ds<Rsus 4
,,sn, a' With undiuchipG resolution. though 81
lime he could have saved his Lie - pal
4 pt- tither hand or foat upou cae OF TIC roa
; ]. y. 4 Iosi,ed and capped pistol WAS also +!
T. F. ivinc uenr where he was hanging, pot
drno:inc ade.e1raiuatiou Y take his i
shoot,r.s. II tbs attempt at hanging .al!e
my. Tie wife Oh Sunday eyeriaE paid Il VI
y ,he II ceishbore house and seemed to have b
meet fortoJing Of evil, as she expressed a1pr'
1:hout siUn OF her husband in hia existing sss
Z coa- ! mind, and it Has only efter some hesi;
tween | .i.t St,a 7,-o-aa.3.d tn her bon,a sn an;
l1.5er- .nNs 80 - .,t - .-f,,i .r;-.
ecuou | tte Et eo2 y. oas. - e" "s9. ...1.2.