The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-22
.GUENTHER SCHNELLE,
rHrMuRDERER OF DR.. soHUoHARpT
ri. Condition Iuprsrl.r Though H. p.r.la.ntl,
Refuses TO Take souri.hnsnt-Ish he CrsIy or
"PisyisE Prstsndr-Hh Hearing aad
the Funeral OF the Dead Nan.

Guenther schnelle, who murdered DR.. 9.
schuehardt last Monday evening" remains as
reticent as ever, and Is still determined to
take bis own life. 1.-The RECEIVERS from the
attempt he did make to destroy himself. i'm.
mediately after killing the aged Doctor, and
Is brought before q bar Of Justice there is no
doubt that the insanIty dodge will be brought
prominently forward, and the words are fire.
quently. heard on the street: "He will be
cleared, and that by lawyers proving that he
Is insane, for which they will be paid with
the murdesed mans money"
Commencing with the coroner's jury, the
foundations were laid for plea Of insanity,
and the murderer in all he says evidently
aims TO make the plea as strong as possible
He does not talk, refuses to eat, and only asks
| for pistol with which 70 kill himself
The case Is surely mysterious one. Every
one wonders what occurred Sunday evening
or Monday morning 10 excite Guenther and
MAKE him anxious for revolver with which
| to kill the old. man, aud no one can give q
reatou, nor can clue be obtained from
which an inference can be drawn.
| THE hhAnhho W kaAo fNaAAA
saw that he never threateningly mentioned
the Doctors name. and up to Monday after
noon he, was peaceable, well disposed In
diyihual. At that time, his step.brothef
Louis says he found him In an excited con
ditiop. and that he wanted revolver with
which 10 kill some one. he never drank
heavily, and was never suspected Of having
an unbalanced mind until Sunday evening,
when his sister-in.law testified that he said
he was going TO put an end to himself, and
Afterwards cried, laughed and sang.
The belief that ha Is an Legitimate son OF
the murdered Doctor appears to be gaining
ground. His mother was O sister.in-law OIL
The Doctors, his wife and Mrs, schnelle' bus
band being brother and sister. Old German
citizens say that In former years 1t was cur
rent rumor that Guenther was illegitimately
born and that It was never denied. Whilt
there, Is no desire TO speak III OF the dead
this Is not the first story OF the kind that u
told about the Doctor. Guenthers mother
died many years ago.
schnelle passed a very comfortable Gay
yesterday, at the jail. When the lsTELLl
oEStER reporter called at u late hour Tues.
day night, the prisoner was suffering great
| main in his head; his pulse was high and
there was some fever. He finally dczed oil,
and towards morning slept very soundly.
When he awoke he did not complain OF any
pain, and after the physicians had dressed
The ugly mole on the left side OF his head,
lust In front OF his ear, appeared to rest easily
HIS QUARTERS AT THE JAIL.
He remained locked up in cell No. q, and
| In the same apartment were two county
prisoners, placed there to watch him aud see
that he aid not try to hang himself with the
he'd clothes 10 the bars across the windows.
About 10 O'Clock his brother Robert and the
latter's wife called to see him. He refused
10 saw anything except to ask fora pistol with
which 10 kill himself, and asked, when Is
the old - going to be buried?' He was In.
different to all they said, and wore on his
face all the time half sneer. After they
left he lay down on his couch with his face
10 the wall, having refused breakfast, and
aid not move or say anything until noon,
except to ask one OF his companions 70 close
the shutters. He refused 10 eat any dinner,
but when pressed TO drink some cotee asked
for water, which was given him, and which
lie drank freely. He then went 70 sleep:
About supper time he woke up, but re-
fused 10. cal anything. Shortly afterwards
Dr. Hoee called and dressed the wound. He
trlsd 10 ret schnelle to drink some milk but
he refused very fatty and soon after went TO
sleep again. DR.. Hoge said that
HIS CONDITION WAS MUCH BETTER
than on the previous night, but that he was
not yet out Of danger. His pulse was about
normal last night. Jailer DAVIS Is OF the
opinion that the man Is trying 70 starye MINI n
self to death, but he thinks that ne WIZ
finally eat something. He has had cases
like this before, he says; prisoners who
have refused to eat anything for four
DAYS, and then devoured nearly every.
thing they could get their hands on.
II cannot yet be definitely stated whether
Guenther will be able TO appear before Squire
Caldwell tomorrow morning for the preiimi'
nary examination. -
The funeral Of Dr.. schuchardt will take
place this morning ut half past ten from his
late residence. He will be buried on his
farm near Martins Ferry. large NUMBER
Of persons called yesterday to view the re-
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