The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-27
HIS MOTHERS WRONGS,
WHICH h AaD sWoRN To AvENeE
Give, By eu...A.r s.Ap.ll. as Els notlr. for
slaylns His R.put.d uacl. aud Alleged
Father, DR.. sehuehardt-A Big Thsft
Charged = VIII sehuslls Hausi

One week ago last night DR.. g. schuchardt
was cruelty murdered by Guenther schnelle.
A reporter called at the jail last evening TO
see how the murderer and woald.be suicide
was getting along, and found that be was
liyelier than at any other time since the
shooting, and was Informed that he had
"bcen that way all day." eating freely and
walking up ard down his room at frequent
intervals. The wound III the left side OF BIS
head Is healing rapidly, and the ball Is Sill
somew here in hIs head. His genera! condi'
lion Is good, and he looks no more like d
crazy man than any other sane man. While
talking with Schnslle, he let drop few words
that In part explained the mysterious cause
for the shooting, and at the sans tune added
somewhat To the mystery.
He said that during the life time OF hi;
mother, DR.. G. Sohuchardt did her an In
Jury. What the nature OF the injury
was, he refused to say. He continued
10 answer questions that were asked, saying
| Ia effect that he had made solemn vow to his
dead mother that he would avenge the great
wrong done her by the Doctor; that he had,
ever since that hour, cherished the purpose
and intention OF doing what he did, but that
u favorable opportunity had never been
afforded until last Monday, when he fulfilled
his vow. He said further, that having per
formed bis duty, he had no further use tof
life, and would be glad to die just as soon
as posi- BILE, and he again asked for 4 revolver
TO finish himself with.
All along he said that he had reasons iot
killing DR.. SchuOhardt. He has now given
one 1t some length which would seem u
confirm what he sud on tho evening OF The
shooting, that sChuehardt was his father and
would not own him as such. There Is nov
little doubt that Guenther was the Doctor
Legitimate son. schnelle was yesterday pu
on regular prison fars for the first time.
The will madeby DR.. schuchardt twenty
five years or 30 ago, leaving all his propsrt!
10 bis wife II she survived him, and to he
heirs ifshe died first, has been deposited II
Recorder Hooks vault for safe keeping. l
has now no force In disposing OF any OF thu
property except what Is not disposed Of By
the partition deeds afterwards made subjec
10 a life interest vested In the Doctor.
The estate has been appraised according t.
law, Mleksrs. Sohambra, schwabacker
Moeukemoeller and Reed being the ap
praisers Iu their examination OF the ELECT
they discovered the old will.
A SENSATIONAL TURN.
| II Is said that the old Doctor had largt
sums OF money on deposit in the old country
particularly in the bank OF England, and thu
heirs clHIln that certificates OF deposit anc
other valuable papers were contain
ed In strong box kept in tb'
old mans houss. This box can no
now be found, and last evening old Mr..
Schnelle and his sohs complained to Chie
OF Police Bennetthat Wendell DicEesche,d
the hrother.in.law OF DR.. Schuchardt wh(
lived with him, had unlawful possession o.
this box and Its contents, and intended u
make off with It
TWENTY SIX BAGS OF COIN.
The above was the current story last even
ing. The true state OF the case is as follows
Yesterday Dickescheid sent trunk tc
the Adams Express Office, and with
It bill Of lading III which he
designated the contents OF tho trunk al
coin. The express company refused to re
ceiYe the trunk, owing TO the iac'
that 1t was after business hours. Dickes
/ cheid then had the trunk carried 70 the
Exchange bank, where 1t was deposited FOL
safe keeping.
tho transaction, and consulted Capt. Ben
nett. by whose advice Squire Cald
we'll was summoned 10 his office
and issued warrant for Dicke'
scheid on a charge OF feloniously stealing
81, 900. Dickescheid was arrested about
o'clock this morning at DR.. schuchardrs late
residence on Main street In the Fifth ward.
lie was arraigned before Squire Caldwell,
where he said that the Doctor had gwen him
the coin two days before he was shot, and
that 1t was for DlCkescheid's daughter, Schuc'
hardt's niece, 10 whom the former desired 10
ship It to Cincinnati.
- COMMITTED TO JAIL.
Being asked IL there was 5000 in the
trunk, Dlckescheid said there was more
than That, and that the coin was contained in
20 bags Under all the circumstances the
Justice announced that he would have to hold
MIN In $4,000 bonds for bis appearance for
examination this afternoon att o'clock. In
default OF bail to this amount he was taken
to Jail. IN
This new sensational turn in the case will
re awaken the interest in the matter, which
has never lulled.