New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
A MADDEYED WOMANS CRIME.
SHE KILLS HER CHILDREN AND HERSELF.
DRIVEN TO INSANITY BY THE LOSS OF A BANK
BOOK.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNE.l

DRIVEN TO INSANITY By HE LOoo of Dn-'''
BOOK.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.l
ALBANY, May 30.-Albany was shocked to-
day by the report the most heartrendng crime In It's
history involving the murder Of five children by their
frcnzcd mother and her subsequent suicide, was COM
mttcd late last night Christopher schreiyer German
blacksmith returned home ito supper at q last nlght
and had a few angry words with his wife concerning
savings bank book which the wife said she had ios' IL
recorded deposit Of about $780, their ont savings Tor
several years. Finally Schreiyer struck ehs wife blow
across the face with the fiat OF his hand and left the
house. At 10 he returned. Finding the kitchen lamp
burning low and the house quiet he called MS WIG ana
Oldest daughter age nne but there was no response lie
groped his way in the dark into the adjacent pedroo'
where three children ages seven five sand thce slept
He felt for bed found damp to his hand Reach
ing further his hand was thrust into gaping wound in
the throat of one Of the children Returning To the
kitchen dazed he turned the lamp and peered again
INTO the bedroom His three children lay waoWlns IN
blood He rushed to the street and called In his neigh
such is the story he told the officers their arrival
The scene presented vas Snasm I se a S r 1 70 enr
In the corner chendn its crib lay his hfth child
a babe of eleven months. almost llleraiy 9ecsl
tated Its head clingng to the trunk only by sread o
flesh the nape. The mother and the eldest daigher
were nowhere TO be found The police at once suImsed
that the woman had gone elsewhere to take her own life
The house is in tine outskirts OF the city ana nan lc
Cross Is the officers with lanterns reached the track
by fro path. Directly before them on the mp track
Law a onf ied bundle OF rags. Examination with IAN
terms Ow that it was Mrs schTelyer her clothing
torn flO he body her left and left leg severed ana
the head lm II detached from the mangled trunk
While the officers dumb before the slckenmg
sight they startled by faint cries of tislres III
ditch feet distant lay the daughter Her ett arm
was torn the socket her left foot hanging Dy te
tendons She was Just alive. She carried 10 the city
hospital Immediately but died to-day at p m without
being able to give any account OF the tragedy FROM the
position OF the bodies 1t is beloved that the mother tred
10 hold the child the track before the lo4O up tra
but the pilot caught the child In he struggles and tossed
her bruised into the ditch while the mother
locomotive. ,.-,. -.
IL is believed that the loss OF the bank book which she
thought involved the loss Of the savings or years preye
upon Mrs .Scheivers mind. She had sought TO conceal
the loss several days. but the disclosure ar he quar-
rel dprOned her She IL presumed 10 nave sent
Matte into the yard seized sohreives razor-a rough IN
strument made by him at the backsmths forge at which
he worked, out of he-first to have cut the BABY
throat the throats OF the other children only
ono of whom seems to have struggled Going TO the yard
she dragged Matte with her TO the railroad where the
bloody work was ended.
schreyer has under surveillance to-day as IN MS
agony he haa declared that he would lake his own ne
Sclreiver and his wife regarded as Respectable
industrious and happy couple.