New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-05
THE VIENNA FIENDS.
sCHENK AND SCILOSSAREK, AND TIE
STORY OF THEIR GRIMES.

BY the time this letter reaches you, Hugh
Schenk and his accomplish, Schl0ssarek, will
| have suffered capital punishment. The world
| has seen many criminals like Carl Schenk and Carl
! Schlossarek. rufians who for small of
money will commit murder at the bidding OF
another vile enough to plan atrocious crime, but
/ too cowardly to commit il with his own hands But
! | doubt if history fiction tell Of another
| Hugh Schenk. Men who while they are breaking
one girls heart, try to win smiles and carosscs from
! another. have never been scarce But breaking
! girls hearts is aesthetic crime; cutting girls
throats and breaking their necks is a very different
! matter; and when we hear of man who kept up
ahiorous correspondence with eight women while
| he was dsposing OF a ninth in mill pond, visiting
| theatres with tenth and preparing to induce an
! eleventh to undertake her last journey on earth,
we may at least wish that no ill-timed notions of
| mercy should enter the hearts of tho men called
! upon to judge such deeds
Hugh Schenk is the eldest son of n respectable
! family in Silesia There nine brothers and
sisters and the father died early. His mother put
him TO school, designing him for an engineer; but
his masters were always dissatisfied with his con-
duct and his lack of truth while of his abilities
they held high opinion. During his military ser
vice he made no friends, and was regarded as ~
inc. bullying fellow He was apprenticed in manu-
factory where he used his very first opportunitesto
defraud his master ola large sum of money. lie was
caught and sentenced to five years imprisonment,
but his youth pleaded i'll his favor and after two
Yeas imprisonment he was pardoncd. lie OBJ
tanned another good situation in largo manufac-
tory and was treated on equal footing by gen
erous master who consented to Schenks marriage
with the gOverness of his children, undetermined
girl of twenty. Schenk was often sent on business
to other provincial towns, and Notwithstanding his
early marriage, he had several love affairs In diff
ferent parts of the country. This fact came to the
knowledge of his wife, when young woman III
Brunn. who had trusted him with 800 1iUrns be-
cause he promised to marry her, accused HIM OF
fraud He was found guilty and sent to prison
fer two years. His young wife sought situation
as goyerness and declared she would never have
anything more to say to him. but they were not
legally separated BY the time he dismissed
from prison the poor girl had saved 300 hOrins,
which she sent to him, to begin life afre5h with
At the same time entreating him not to como near
her. In prison he had made friends with one Schlos-
sarek q thief who had been dismissed some months
before him, and who, with Carl Schenk, lIugh's
brother, met him at the railway station when he
came from prison. Carl Schenk married had
four children and was an omployc in one OF the
offices of the Western Railway. Schlossarek was
also married, and was without work at the time Of
Schenk's release.
FIRST RUDE ATTEMPTS.
Poor Wanda Schenk's money was a gOdsend to
the three worthless They lived upon it III comfort,
and Immediately set about carrying out the plans
which the two chief actors had conceived and
ripened in prison. They invested a part of their
capital in advertisements for young men who
sought employment aud were able to deposit GER
tain sums as caution money young miller was
the first who took the bait. SchlOsssrek engaged
to take HIM TO Sternbcrg in MoIayia, where he rep
resented that he foreman in a largo mill.
The Young man was told to have the 800 forins
sent to the post Office of Sternberg, and Schlcssareks
manner was SO engaging and 50 sincere wthal. that
the journey was undertaken next day. En- route
Schlossarek suddenly remembered that he must
pay bill to peasant living at some distance from
Sternberg Tho two therefore left the train at a
small tatIon on the same line, intending 10 finish
their journey by a short cut through a wood. Hugh
Schenk had come in the train, and left ii at
the same station, but he did not accost the other
two aud only followed them AT distance As they
were walking in the dcu,cst part of the forest on a
path which had room for only one person. the
young miller suddenly felt something cold at the
back of his neck, and turning round saw that
Scho,sarca held revolver in his hand. He caught
the murderer by the arm, and the shot struck him
in the shoulder. Several more shots wers fired 10y
who fought for his life, and two of which wounded
Schlossarek himself, The miller moreover,
struck his aggressor with pocket
knife, and after a long scutile Schossarel
ran away. Schenk had been looking on the whole
time and, although Schlossarek acting by his
orders, he never thought of coming to his rescue.
The two were exceedingly dspirlted about the |
failure of their first undertaking. and they came
back to Vienna with thoughts of reyenging the
young millers conduct on the rest of mankind.
Another of their advertisements had been an
swered by man who sought situation fore
man in a factory, and Schlossarek promised to pre-
sent him to wealthy manufacturer, who would, |
no doubt, engage him lie was 10 90 with SchlOS- |
sarek to WeIdlingau, where the Master was sup |
posed to have villa, and take the caulon-n money |
700 ilorins-with him. in ease he should be I'M !
of brandy with him-One of VIII ell contained pow |
erful narcotic In tho train the candidate for |
forcman's place offered brandy several times |
by Schlossarck, and at Wedlngan he followed |
hun into the wood. where short cut was to take |
them TO Mr.. SO-and-SOs lila. Schlossarek wnisted /
suddenly. and his companion grew dlstrusttql; but
when SchlossaTek again offered him the brandy |
bottle to keep OF the cold mist which be-
gan to fall. he took q draught, and thought
il tasted differently from what SchlossaIek
had given HIM before. Immediately aiterward
Schenk appeared and Schlo,sarck said: 50 This is
but speech failed him. and while Schcnk was say
ing; lou are drunk, yOu don't expect me 20 en-
gage a tpsy person he reeled and fell heavily to
the ground He awoke late at night. dTenchcd to
the skin, and with half his money gone The con-
fesSions of SchloSsarell show that they had only
found about 40 forms in the pocketOOOk, which
they had replaced into the unconscious mans
breastpocket, without imagining that it contained
a larger sum in one Of the sides
THE CHOICE OF OTHER VICTIMS.
The poor result of this second undertaking which
was carried out in April 1882, induced Schenk to
turn his mind to other means of obtaining money
without working forit He knew that almost any
girl would give up all she had if a handsome edu-
Gated young fellow pretended to be desperately IN
love with her and promised marrige but experience