The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-05
TIE MURDERER'SST0R
'or. Ms GAME AND His MOTIVES.
Aver, Dramatic Recital on the Nlts... stand By
the nutdsrsr Of Or. sehuehardt, on Trial for
aIs Lifs-rAs Testimony Finished Yes.
hrday-h sehs.lls iasansi

the Murderer Of Or. sehuehard,, on Trial for
aIs Lifs-rhs Testimony Finished Yes.
nrday-h Schsslls Insane
The trial Of Guenther schnelle for the
murder Of DR.. schuchardt 10 March last.
was resumed in Judge Boyd's court yest.r-
day. The pri,onsr was not 80 llstless. 0son the
previous dsy, and seemed to take an active
interest In the proceedings He was yisibly
nervous, and at times trembled like an old
man with the palsy. In the fore part Of the
day the crowd Of spectators in attendance
IVES not so large as on the previous day, but
sradu lily increased until the seats without
the bar were crowded and many persons
standing in the aisle. The sensation Of the
forenoon YVES the story Of schnelie himself,
who was called TO the stand by the defense
Immediately after the Stats had rested. II
ives OF highly sonEltional character, and
was listened 10 amid silence as deep as that
ofthe grave.
AN INrELLlGEECER MANS STORY.
The frat witness called in the forenoon was
W. s. Paris, OF the 1NTELLtGEScEr, who testi-
fed to an interview he had had with the
prisoner at the Jail the latter part OF April.
schnelle had said that he had killed Or.
schuchardt because the Doctor had ruined
SchneIle's mother, and then refused to pro-
yide for Schnelle himself or do by him as he
should. The prisoner also ssid that before
the murder he had tried 70 get large bull
dog revolver from one Of his brothers, bat
had failed. The small FIVE shot revolver he
nad Used was tiken from drawer IN biz
fathers house. The prisoner had gaid his
lhead was better, Blu. still panied him from
the result, OF the wound. He wss able to
walk AROUND the room. One or two other
nriSoneis were In the room, one Of them d
| United States prisoner named Norman.
When The witness i,dt called, the prisoner
did mot TUX very willingly but after learning
thstthe visitor ,waJ newspaper man ht
spoke quito freely. ..ss"
TWO JAfLKRs ON rHE STAND.
Capt, Jack Arthur, keeper Of the city lock.
up, testified to schnelle's having beef con
| lined In his keeping when first arrested, but
ne did not remember OF any conversation
lconcerning the crime. 80,
". Il. Davis keeper Of the county jail.
told OF hearing Guenther ask one Of bis
brothers II he had killed the d. old s.
\ OF abb, and when answered In the afh m.
alive, ask for pistol to kill himself. He
als1 heard schnelle ut various other times
acknowledge the killing and give bis reasons
for II, which were that DR.. Schpchardt had
seduced his mother and afterwards refused
to acknowledge Guenther as his son; that or
the evening OF the murder the Doctor had
applied an opprobtious, epithet to him and
cafssd him aud put his hand In his bosom q.
| II reaching for o weapon. Mr.DAyis had
heard the interview with Mr.. Faris and oil
other talksth prisoner bad had while In Jail
Schne' 10 bad frat intimated his motive 70 Q
German reporter, who translated the STATE.
| meat in the prisoners presence. He said
then that DE-. schuchardt had wronEfd bill
mother. Afterwards he spoke more de loitely
on several occasions. .asll
Frank Auber, who arrived at the scene o.
the shooting shortly after 1t occurred, dc
scribsd the scenes which followed. He iden
tilted q pistol shown him by Prosecutor Jo:'
dan as the one taken from Guenther by hin
after the latter hsd shot himtef.
The State rested at this point.
i a SENSATIONAL SCENE.
\ Judge Boyd inquired II the defense would
examine any Witnesses. an,
"Yes SIR raid Col. Arneti; 'swear Guen'
ther Sohnelle.n
A painful silence fell upon the assembly as
the pale man arose and took the oath. He
stepped 10 the witness stand quite steadily
and betrayed les nervousness during the ex'
ami alton than while other with sSes were
on the stand The Jury watched and listened
intsntly, aud every person In the room bent
eagerly forward that they might not mis- q
The accu:sd said his impression was he
lwa1 totn about 1852, though there was nc
Irecord OF bis bilfh. The ffmlly then lived In
Centre Wheeling, where the ArcSde falcon
now Is. He ana his mother were t1keu out
OF the house in BAT at the time OF the bis
food. The prisoner Lived with DR.. schut'
bardt nesrly four years. He had NOT been
In Wheeling for Ave years until this year.
When he lived with the Doctor he had tilled
prescription. al. e.
The prisoner told OF bis wanderings since
leaving this city, In which lime he had good
mauy adventures. He was married ct Allen
town, Pa in 1880, became the owner Of Q
drug store and was well 10 do in the world,
but his wife died In childbirth. his store ives
burned, and he was left wanderer.. He WAS
| in the Newhall House fire ut Milwaukee.
Guenther eaid the old Doctor once took him
L In his srms when he YVES boy and said
"There is not drop of schnelle blood In
your veins; ! sm your father. u. At this time
iuenther's mother was sick, and she cent ior
MIS-. Schuchardt, and told her the Doctor
aud she had had Illicit relations and that
Gusnther was the offIpring. The boy wa.
hiding under atable In the room and hesrd
the whole story. When he came ont his
mother said, "Seu rasc1l, you have bean lis.
tsning. Listeners never near any good oil
Themselves She then told him that the
criminal intimacy between her aud the Doc
tor had begun when she frat cime 10 this
country. She worked for him, and he had
| first diered her silk dresses to yield to him,
and when she refused bad given her wine
and taken advantage Of her weakness.
| A SOLEMN SECRET.
M1s schnelle chsveed her son tolemnly
not to tell his brother or any one Of this, and
he did not, but kept II secret In his own be-
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