The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-21

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the prisoner. Squire Caldwell yesterday
hearing for 10 o'clock Friday morning. II
that time.
THE ISQUESrFIAIsHED.
Confusion ofthe Evidence, and Verdict
ofthe Jury.
Shortly before 9 O'Clock yesterday morning.
the members OF the Coroner's Jury In the
schuchardt murder case commenced gather.
ing at the drug store OF the deceased on Main
street, South side, for the purpose OF continu.
Ing the inquest. The store aud front part OF
the house were closed and inside all was
dark and cold, whileo all sides preparations
for the fuueral were In progress. In the sit
ting room where Guenther Schnelle, the
murderer, had attempted To take his own
life the night previous, the old Doctor was
laid out, while In the coy dining room Just
beyond, the members OF the jury sat
before O blazing fire and discussed the
horrid deed. About half.past nine
Coroner schultzs arrived, full Of i'm.
portance and bad cold. Then Prose.
cutting Attorney Jordan appeared. Constable
Blum flew around in all directions and
finally announced that the jury was all
present. In the meantime Drs. Ackermann
and Reeves entered the room and the first
thing after calling the roll, read the result oil
their autopsy, which was as follows:
Rigor morris commencing. The face stain
ed with blood, the left temporal region swol.
len aud bloody; q confused wound on the
forehead; the squamous portion Of the left
temporal bone perforated and fractured at a
point one and one.half inch from the outer
corner or canthus OF the eye nearly midway
on a line from the eye to the middle Of the
ear, at which point the hair or whiskers were
scorched and crisp. The wound was made
by bullet which entered at the point In the
left temporal region above named, passing
above the zygsmotic portion Of the temporal
bone into and through the brain, lodging at
a point on the opposite or right side between
the dura mater and the vault OF the Uranium,
near the parietal prominence. Numerous
small sptculae OF bone were. embedded into
the substance Of the brain at the point Of en-
trance OF the bullet, and some Of these were
carried the distance OF an inch along the
track OF the bullet. In Its passage through
the brain the bullet pierced the middle lobe
OF the temporal portion Of the cerebrum or
upper brain at lis base. The cerebellum or
lower brain was cut on the anterior surface
by the bullet which passed above Its dubious
portion on the opposite side.
The wound caused by the ball or bullet
was necessarily fatal.
t5lgned1 GREGORY AKERMASs,
JAMES 4, REEVES.
The physicians swore TO the paper and the
jury prepared to listen to the testimony.
CONTINUING the TESTIMONY.
Frank Auber was the first witness called.
He testified In effect that he was on the street
when he heard the first report and looking
into DR.. Schuchardts window saw young
man moving rapidly backward and forward.
He did not know who It was. Then he saw
the flash OF the second shot and he entered
the store with several others. He first found
the Doctor lying on the floor, and passing on
10 the reception room noticed q young man
lying near the door. Did not know at the
moment who 1t was. He raised himself up
aud Auber saw the revolver, which he pro-
cured weapon identified He also recog.
nizsd the man as Guenther schnelle
Schnelle said nothing aud did not resist
the revolver 10 Robert Scbnelle.
Officer Joe Barum was recalled. He heard
Robert say TO his step.brother, William, the
night previous, when Robert gave the revolt
yer TO Captain Bennett, "You can get this
wher the Captain gets through with it.n
The Captain said Whose Ia this?" and vii.
liam replied, "That's my business
William ScnneIle, step.brother OF Guenther,
said the latter was In Seeley's shop few mo.
ments before 0 o'clock to see him, William. At
9 they started forsupper, but on the sidewalk
Guenther said that he was going 10 wait for
his brother George. Guenther when he came
home had no revolver that he knew OF and
he did not believe that he had been carrying
one. The Coroner here insisted on witness
pulling revolver apart to see II It was the one
he repaired over year ego. The Coroner
was also particular as to what witness knew
which was nothing-about Guenther's car
rying revolver eight years ago while he was
travelling.
WASTING TINE.
To all this useless detail several men,
bers OF the jury objected, claiming 1t 10
be waste OF time, but all to no effect, At
the close the fact was brought out that the
fact that could easily have been learned
half an hour before, and that 1t was kept In
a stand, which was easily accessible. Witness
did not know that Guenther had the revol.
yer when he called on him before supper.
Witness brother Louis had told HIM that
on the afternoon CT the shooting the prisoner
had asked him, Louis, for revolver.
Louis Schnelle, step-brother OF prisoner,
sworn: Do not know anything about shoot
ing. Saw Guenther yesterday between and
4 80 P. NJ, when l took my washing down
home. Guenther had coat and hat on aud
was excited; actions were curious. He asked
me II had revolver with rue. ! told him
no. He would not give me any satisfaction,
when asked what be wanted with it. Said
he: II want to see the old g. OF b..
/ want to see II can get satisfaction and II
can't I'm going TO make satisfaction" DO
not know whether he referred To DR.. Schuc-
hardt or not. told him that he had better
stay at home and not go out, and then l tried
again to find out whom hereferred to, and
what he proposed to do. He replied That's
all right There was man with me named
Joe Beuter don't know that he heard any.
thing OF the conversation, as Guenther called
him walking rapidly through the Fifth ward
market house. / called to him but he re-
fused 10 hear. At the upper end / caught up
with him, and asked him what was the mat
ter-"Are you drunk or crazy?' He did not
staggsr, aud said, "Im going. TO get drink
now because you say I'm drunk" and he
turned to 60 down the street.
CroSs.examined-Neve heard him utter
threats sgainst Dr.. schuchardt. When told
him / had no revolver he said, ~ have no
money to GET one what shall ] dop Ibid
not know what 10 make OF him.
W. Frederick Schnelle. father OF Guenther,
sworn: Testified that he knew nothing OF the
circu instances. Guenther arrived about the
middle OF January and since then had lived
at home, clothes and food being furnished
him. He came home Sunday evening about
midnight, bpt did not say anything about
DR.. Schuchardt. think Guenther Is crazy.
Did not see him Monday afternoon,
THE ALLEGED THREAT.
Mrs, Robert Schnclle sworn said In the
presence Of my husband and the police last
Sunday night, that Guenther had said that
njRht 10 my husband and me, that he would
pIit an end to himself. Did notsay he would
hurt any one The policeman Barum1 must
have made mistake II he says that 1 said