, 1880-08-09
IHE CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY.
rhe Wronged Husband Tells How
= He Came to Shoot His
Wife's Seducer.
r,.t;mony Of Edward T, Schroeder, on Trial
for tho Murder Of Dr.. LefoVre, Of
Oakland, Gal.
nan Pmnfiseo CArnnfe1s,

ttncS9, began us eestlthoHS' -" 'o So"F
,onnecl m Ills voice WIS firm and tlnwaverlng:
:. Ia proceeded to unvell tho discovery OK
II, - wife's inildelity 1t hccamo brokel'' a'n1
rars wlllcl, Id could not fopross canie iiito
Nv axos: whcu lle told Of tho night lit tic
.hau,.yer, with his children, and tho sectlo
hat then took plAce, Ito broke down entirely.
mi not fow III the audience, misunderstood
,urctators but men with children like him.
self cried rs women 10 over an emotional
Jran,n nts enu1,cfntl0n was very deliberate
from necessity, rs IT. was ut times hard for
s,m n stenk, mud eactl wurh fell upon Il
n" sanr,.ruo,,l. despite its packed audience, as
Iii NJ death. lie testified rs follows: 80;
'H Nv uaIue ts Edward +. Schroeder. Up to
Nm a,,ih WINS cxcllanRa and bullion teller
IN ,,et London and San Francisco Bank. Gil
,aral tbp bank OIL Oct. IL, 1B71. Was first
assistaut note teller, then Indiyl{ual ledger
Es"ir. illc,i receiving tgiIer, atld was aftcr
m,ra1tIs nrUn,utet to tliy Inst position. WIS
g1ycars Of aga day bpforc yesterday. tknew
i1r. Tcieyrp from, having goto to Ills otlica at
ss ssaos wlt ny otsio WtsGi S! ~ as l Sn @
s"rin relations With him, called OIL him ono
syS snnslay ,jiornin9. Ny wife Ind beer. suffer-
IN with in!1aml,lttory rheumatism MI nlglit.
liz Aad .prsylously H. his o}ieo bound upa
'3 aiN tlat caused lie to go to hin, On that oc-
eA''''' DOMESTIC nrscovErv.
fin the 11tE of laat.J Jnne was In my &C.
c,lston,el position at tho bunk. I left home
fbat lSy Mt tic usual l,our,-about $780, {
ass1 ss tef ssa' osSsx i % : osse SstsRsa s NY ny
pNss-kry, and rs 1 stcprnt Into THO hall l
tcanl ihc door close at tho back Of the house:
ulaecu my hat on the hntrrnck n1ld walked
o A. TIC e'a Of ths t,af ha1i TieI' @ T. prca
Wiite coming toward INC through tho door
arms arGund my neck nnl kisstd her, l,
always did 50 WHEN. l enterrI or LOTT tho
t' on, walked into Tie !lllljng-roonfi next %
iable, aiitt stcpprd Into tho kitchen to
get i Rlass of water. l noticed tho
;t spt'Gg r. te II tan atG's p!tea up tSo
chair usually sat. III and sat down. | sai4
1ptltng to my wife In the lpcnntfne, that /
remember. l ,n'ay have asked her how sho
Has; II she M.as well. Sho sat down nenr
r HsSe sw Stes W te sTFSSf TSen sRaia Ra' &oa "su
WHO WENT our or THE BACK noon?
,"Hly dear; who was II, that went out Of tho
back door rs came In tho frontW
:."lt was Sarall," slo said. :.
,"Afs :" A.sy you sure 1t was sAFah ?" aAfd /
lsaid nothing. I looked at the papcr per
haps tlye minutes betora agaln spoko to her
Of she to me. Sfiu tliylMcd my mind nlitl
waiting fur Sarah to return. She said,
ssa % u se hnow sa; L; VIZ ms nes ts' n ts vic vic
eaue to sec. Sarah, a,pl when you. .camo
sa1 nS psstai!s qn4 the; ia, wsnt s
SRit St wa,lt Msyt yy to ske kxe@ saiS: :afe ,os s1s
:caralt 'naii comes to spe Sarah: An, yo!!t
taIl she. / sald "My tle,.r, my wife, for tic
t ns Y Y tnS, Ky le m tis n 1 snsps3s9as ~ # ye
mai! who ca,ne. 10 see Sarah" she al.-
longer md l said, t".1.et's 80 10 bed" ,Wo
w4nt upstairs. L saitl nothing more, and we
wrong. r ltl not want to think 50. I sall:
WY ttear. WHO was It thnt want out Of tlH
movtF It wash one who ea,ne y see
Ssh Ss a. % t sons 4st 9n0 @ Xl9 4 sas 5 e tea2s sss
@ isit It. NV who was sS 1t :, S''o' Nl'" '''0
a MARITAL. cArEcH1sN.
She said: ..Don.t nsk INC, l beg. Of you. /
psay Pr, dons ase me- & You @ ,nust t a., ,ns,'
lis faee. WHO was lie II She'sail nottiinE
She kent OIL CRYING mil inH1Htl Tie nut t(
Ii ber lnaIs;nT mi r." to,i "a ;si,o mi e,unsj
,oonsr ar inier iii .tT,ei M At onrs j snit
."yYho wns Il y, Via nnssvari.,Is .tHr
iefeyr4'T snftj. :. fjrsot f%i .1n vo,, ~
els tat man has 1e, rn,niy to ~ nv VIZ Ink, .1
wicn M Mt,t , h"ro 81, Shn eSStds ..oa
iumped fr,,1l tie be,l. XIV mind was file;
walked to nl,tl fro 4 fow minutes, Then
walked up u tile bed on which she was
!ylng, and said: "Aiy wife. hns that ma1
eser touched you 9'f She saill: "N0."
sad: "Tell .ne the truth, l want to he
ytM Tell inc the truth? ?" SHE said, :" Yes"
ss!a want to believe you, but | tell you
saMt; sart;o; No married !. woman w!ll permit
s baas a essss 81 sscs Sst tor oae nrpe esss n BIZ
~ accomplish that purpose 2',' No, he dit
not, i" she said.
THE y1FE's coNREas1oN.
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eame tntn t1a ',avus ,,o,1t ~ G1t ~ tS l'iSo
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ssoo np nvep nv ,. c,htaS ahISr" "e,S sn, iy astES
chIrsn ,sot l3,a Ma sWtn - y d
lISny vs"if ~, ~ ha s.,,th noH t. w. 70
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