The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-27
A CHASTITY CRIME.
A German Murders His Wife Because She Re-
fuses to Get His Supper.
Interview with the Hurderer-Uncousciou Of
His Crime-Married twenty-five Years and
Never Had Quarrel Scene Of tho
Dark Deed-The Room Of Death.


ton street.
Caspar Schiller Is plastercr and mason, by trade,
and was at work all day in stanton street. not re-
turning home as usual for dinner In the middle OF
the day. After his work was over he went 70
meet his wife at store In Rivington street, where
she worked as ascrubber. She told him she would
be home shortly. He went home, and then went
out again for
PINT OF LAGER BEER,
which he drank with q crust OF bread. Soon after
his wife came home. He told her to get supper,
and then went out again. Once more returning
he found no supper, and then spoke rather roughly
to his wife, reiterating his order to her to get
supper. She then refused and said. 'erime
enough" This enraged Caspar, and he said II
she didn't go about 1t Immediately he would make
her. She responded In the same tone, and there
was Immediately evidence OF serious quarrel.
Mrs. Schuler was standing In the little yard
which Is situated between the front and rear
houses, which are both numbered 80 Rivington
street. and close by the hydrant. Schiller, who
was standing inside his room on the ground moor,
on her repeated refusal to get his supper, then
came out, and asking her once more to do so, and
receiving refusal, drew back and struck her with
some instrument. CThe nature OF which has not
been ascertained.) The woman fell instantly and
blood gushed in torrents from the wound, to that
extent that
RIvULET OF BLOOD
ran down the little gutter which runs into the
street. The woman, after falling against the n.y.
drant gave gasp or two and died. IN less than
three minutes after being struck.
Instantly, upon innictng the wound and while
his wife was in the act Of falling, with her arms
distended, Schiller, the murderer, his hands and
shirt Desmeared with his wife's blood, ran through
his rooms, and, pulling up the back window, crept
back OF the house from the yard OF III Stanton
street. Here he SUNK behind the closet In the
garet Skebeck who keeps q lager beer saloon at
Ill Stanton street, he ran to the hydrant IN the
WASHING HIS HANDS
OF the blood which was upon them. She. ex.
.You have been beating your wife, Caspar!"
the bssS saloon stanton, sas sprse GS%n
stanton to 0hrystls, thence e Delaney, when the
Ohcer brennan, of the Tenth precinct, who gave
chase and soon captured Schiller, and took him to
the station house IN Eldrioge street, near Grand,
where he was locked up A HERALD reporter had
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MURDERER,
about two hours alter the tragedy, in his cell.
he is Somewhat tall allan and mpscuia lar p GermaH
speaking little English, with lghtish hair and chin
beard, and with by no means wicked look. He was
dirty and his shirt still showed blood stains He
was not aware that his vile was dead, and seemed
to be under the impression that she was only
the best OF humor and laughed constantly.
He told the story ofthe dispute as written above
but when en- the ne, reporter asked him what he had
"Only with my fist. would not strike woman
with anything else. l care great deal for my
frau, but now and then she wants a little -"
AND he made the GESTURE of administering cor.
poral punishment and laughed.
"But they say she Is badly hurt" hazarded the
doh, no. she is not, only little. There was
some glass In the yard that some one had brought
~ fan q whA, k,u
with my hst. l was very mad. She made me so
by not getting my supper. worked hard all day
"Have you agreed well generally with your
ION, yes; we never had dispute before, and we
much for her he said this with tears in his eyes)
and
SHE Is GOOD WIFE.
When l came here aud worked used to send my
money home TO her, have been here twice-the
here in 1885, but she has been here only five years.
We came from Baden where was In the Second
regiment infantry. We always got on well together,
then.
The murderer laughed again, and it was awful
to think while watching him that at the moment
realize how hideous was his Joy. He then said
Tibet you she wont refuse to get me my supper
While speaking the murderer's breath smeled
only slightly OF the lager he had drank, and he was
hs IN e ths OF Hs Senses
cheerful "Good night" apparently in the beiief
that he would be free the next morning;
The reporter then, accompanied by Special
THE SCENE OF THE BUTCHERY
up Se %
Exactly opposite the end OF the alleyway is the
hydrant where the murdered woman poured out
wide and was impregnated by the most loathsome
odor Directly on the yard faced the win.
Of the SOngns to the
youth and man: The youth and the man
lager beer. The policeman looked on without par
ticipating The room bore the aspect OF misery
ton Of two badly executed ooiored prints Of Bis
marck and the Kaiser Wilhelm. The furniture
was in the last stage Of disease. on the 'front.'
six feet square; on one side was broken-down
bedstead, and on this lay the murdered woman
v was visible s appeared r ns to I have s0
pain: she was evidently about nity years
parent by the handkerchief which had been tied
The Whole TN was the des
poverty, and, indeed, misery. The special gently
drew the curtain aside. revealing
The clothes which the murdered woman still
wore were saturated with blood, and on the right
ing in triangular line downwards near the
shoulder, as II 1t had been made with trowel
which, by the way has not been found the
bay0net wound was large enough to put the hand
In, and the immediate cause or death was the
severing OF the main artery. It was caused with
somewhat blunt instrument, as the surface flesh
had been. as 1t were, driven In by the blow which
was inflicted
As the sheet was drawn aside young and rather
good-looking woman drew back with a slight
exclamation and shudder. This was the married
daughter Of the murdered woman. At the same
moment dirty-looking youth came from the rear
room OF all. which bore agOeCt atil more
shocking than the other. He looked scared. This
was
THE SON OF THE MURDERED WOMAN,
Ludwig Schuer He said he was not present when
the murder took place, but came IN soon after
and tainted when he saw his dead mother.
The atmosphere Of the room was terrible, and
while the scene of death was pictured In It's most
horrible intensity the clashing OF the glasses
of the drinkers in the front broke upon
the ear with o strange, weird sound and
which had left its impress In the house. The whole
scene was foathsome and unbeerable, and 1t Jared
the nerves to hear the special say, soto uoce:
81 guess Wen be able TO find that trowel."