The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-13

The Schoeppe-Steinecke case. which has
inst come wildly before the public mind In
the rescue Of DR.. Schoeppe from death by the
hancman, Is TO be more fully aired still in O
civil suit, In which he Is the plaintiff In court,
In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for the property OF
Miss steiuecke, of whose murder hs was nc,
cused. The case Is a remarkable one, and we
print the evidence on which Schoeppe expects
to get the property:
In July, 1868, a little story and q half brick
house on one of the qniet streets of this quiet
town was one day decorated with an unosten.
tatious sign, bearing the name OF DR.. Paul
Schoeppe, and going IN and out OF 1t was seen
q young man Enthusiastically a German. There
was q great deal of curiosity, OF course, to
know who he was aud all about him. He was
| of fine personal appearance, always neatly aud
| carefully dressed, and gave evidence Of being
a highly cultivated German gentleman. A
few days alter he came he began making &C.
quaintance with the people oil the place, and
was soon we'll known as the son Of Rev. F.
Schoeppe, q German Lutheran minister, then
In charge of q congregation here. He made a
favorable impression wherever he bpcane
known. Ris conduct WAS correct and gentle
manly. His education was perlect. He spoke
English '. rf brokenly, but generally correct.
~. He spoke several languages f%lrlenlly. and
was soon fund 10 be an excellent Greek and
Latin scholar and a fine musician. No Cue
made his acquaintance during That summer
he was 10 pass within q very short time
scenes that would make him an object Of IL
terest to The whole country.
THE LOVER OF SEVENTY.
Near his little office. which was also after q
time occupied by his father as a study, there
boarded a lady by Tue name of Miss Maria III
Steipecke, q ouxom dame OF some seventy
summers, hale, hearty and wealthy. She be-
came sick soon after DR.. Schoeppe came, and
is said 10 have had a great liking for young
men, and she soon apparently became fond OF
the young German. From the position Of q
counsellor at her bedside he rapidly advanced
10 The higher position OF an accepted lover.
His office being 30 near, she would run In otlen
to chat with her young and handsome lover,
and be Jn turn would drop 10 TO see her some
times two or three times q day. From q short
time after his trst visit until September their
Intercourse was constant, Uninterrupted, and
pleasant. During the latter part of that month
she went TO Baltimore, where her property
was, and during b ,r absence
LOVING MIssIvEs
passed between the aged maiden and her
Young Intended. Early in November she be-
came weary of her exile from "her Paul" as
she called the young doctor, and wrote him TO
engage rooms for her at the hotel here. that
she might return to be nenr him. He did 80.
She came, he meeting her at the cas- and et-
corllpg her to The hotel. From that day until
the day of her death there was lille. If any,
interruption 10 their loving intercourse. On
the Sd day Or December, 1863, they became
engaged 10 be" married, che agreeing 10 make
him her heir, placing her money In the BAL
ances 10 weigh against his youth and early
manly vIgor. On that day a will was Made
bequealhing him her property. In accordance
with the above agreement. From this lime
on who will tel Of The happiness that came TO
this aged maiden in contemplation OF The Joys
of a communal state with u young and munly
companion. II can only be known except
through her ulterances in The following few
notes, which were
PROVEN TO BE IN HER HANDWRITING,
q day or two ago, before the court now en-
gagged Ia the secund trial oil Dr.. Schoeppe. by
the testimony oil Charles R. Coleman, cashier
of the National Mechanics Bank oil Baltimore,
who had done banking business for Miss
Steinecke for twelve years or more. They
are most interesting and Important docu-
ments:
MINERAL WATER WANTED.
CARLISLE, Pa, December %, 1868.
DR.. Paul Schoeppe: My Dearest One-I
feel much better this morning than l did yes
terday. Please bring some bottles of the min
eral water you prescribed for me when you
make pour call tO-day. Yours, sincerely as