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The Alleged Murderer of twenty Austrian
Servant Girls.
New York TelegIan,

. I tIO tAOtlolCI III tOlAAAN WuOe
it is alleged, murdered twenty SER
l want girls. He Is at present confin-
ed in strong cell in the prison ia
Vienna, awaiting execution. Eight
, of the twenty murders have been
traced to him already. His broth
ers Carl and SchOlOssarek, the lock-
smiths, in whose house Schneck
resided, are also in jail and are
! charged with being accessories to
, the MURDERS
Schenecsz is rather good looking
and barely thirty years of age. He
is tall, well manered and speaks
1uently several languages. In fact
he is the sort of man TO win the
hearts Of young servant girls, mex
perienced seamstresses, shop girls
and such like, and II was among
this class of womanhood that this
fiend in human shape sought his
victims. His mode of operation
was as follows: After making the
acquaintance OF girl he used first
of all to ascertain what the amount
of her savings was. II the latter
were sufficient he began to make
love to her. After having by "a
promise of marriage, won the heart
and confidence of his victim he
generally eoaxed her into intruzt-
Ing him with her money. Then he
proposed days trip into the coun-
try, always contriving TO arrange
matters so as to meet his "betroth-
edu at some lonely spot where he
was pretty sure not TO be seen with
her, and where he killed her and
concealed the body. This system
Schneck practiced with such fiend-
crAitiness that he remained unde-
tected for more than five years. A
trinket which he had given to the
last of his intended victims and
which was recognized as having
belonged to girl named Theresa
Ketterl, who had unaccountably
disappeared about four months ago
and whose body was ultimately
found in the Danube, led at length
to Schneck's arrest.
At first Schneck denied every
thing but seeing that the proofs OF
his guilt, at least in this case, were
overwhelming, he made "A clean
breast OF everything few weeks
ago. The results of his dlscourses
were appalling. Schneck confessed
to having murdered during the
last three years, in the manner de-
scribed above, four girls in various
cities of the Austrian empire. It's
alleged that he is an American citi-
zen, having i'm 1875 come to Ameri-
ca, and while spending several years
here having taken out his papers Of
naturalization He says, as an cx-
cuse that he narcotized his victims,
thereby making their death abso-
lutely painless. When he was ta-
ken TO the police office the relations
of the murdered girls were with
difficulty restrained from assaulting
him. They Unidentified the clothes
and iewelry in Schneck's possess
ion as belonging TO their missing
relatives, and recognized Schneck
as the man who had allured them
away under the promise of mar
rage. Frau Schneck, the wife of
the murderer, and TO whom he was
married about four years, Is at pres.
ent engaged as a governess in Bohe-
mia. She is ready 20 go to her hus-
band should he wish her presence
at Vienna. SchnecE Is also the sols
of a Silesian Judge, and has two
children.
Before being delivered up to JUS
tice Schneck also confessed 10 the
police that he had planned five
murders for the week ending with
January last, which were to pro-
| yidehim with 10000 fl0rin ns With this
sum he intended TO escape to Amer
lea with Emily HOuchsman, his
sweetheart. Two of his intended
victims are the daughters Of respec-
table families. One Is servantto
the Baroness Malfatti, whose cham.
bermaid he had induced to steal
pearls worth 10000 florins. which
the imperial family had presented
to DIR. Malfatti for attending Ma
poleon's son, the Duke OF Reich
stadt, during his last illness. This
maid, who lived In the family for
twelve years, was so trusted that
the pearls were not missed until
Schneck's arrest gave clue to the
robbery. She had prepared every
thing for Schneck and his accom-
plice's reception in the house on the
very night he was arrested. Schenck
said TO her he would give all tho
inmates, herself included, a dose OF
morphia; but he has confessed that
his real intention was TO murder
them all. II he had not been ar
rested on the 10th of January this
crime would have. been added 10
the others. The Baroness Maiatti
had about 10000 fl0rins' worth OF
plate and jewelry besides much
cash in the house, solitary villa
in an outly suburb. She Is a most
generous old lady. who founded
and keeps an asylum for old wom-
en-. Her pearls were pawned &C
Linz. The maids deposition COM
firmed Schenck's confession.
Schneck acted by minutely pre-
pared plans, and several times he
plotted against one girl even before
he disposed of another who seemed
ready to give up all TO him. His
brother has confessed to having
helped him to dispose of the body
of The cook KetterI, whom they
| threw into the Danube. A man
answering Schenck's description
was seen from a railroad train near
Lundenburg, on the Northern rail-
| way, wrestling with a woman
whom he seemed 10 stab. This WIS
cleared up, because the police sent
from the station where the train
stopped could not find no trace of
murderer or victim. Schenck con-
fesses la having murdered IA woman
near Lundenburg, hut refuses to
give details. The principal witness
against Schenck will be Emily
HochsInann, whom he first eniiced.
like his other victims, but finding
her poor, yet attractive, spared
her life, and even spent upon her
much OF the money obtained by
his terrible crimes. She offered
herself as witness when she heard
who her lover really was. His ac-
ouaintance5 were all made by
means OF advertisements In the lO-
cal papers. Schenck made the
women believe that he was "A nihi-.
list agent, n Polish count with un-
told gold that he bad an uncle
in America and noble relations who
would not hear Of \ marriage with
a servant. Clandestein marrige
was always the excu-e for leaving
Vienna, and once enrOute, with the
girls money safe in her bag, he got
out at some romantic spot, where
he met bis accompliees. and after
numbering his victim returned by
] the next train.