The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-01
A BLOOD-C -CURDLING TALE
sCHROOP CONFESSES TO THE
PHILADELPHIA CRIME.

PHILA DELPHlA CRIME.
ze Killed His Partner and Lodger be-
cause He Suspected Him of Eating
Food Left in the Cupboard - The
Pody Left in the Room All Day and
Dismembered in the Cellar at Night
Driven to the Park in the Murder
er's Wagon.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.-As was tele-
graphed from here last night, the mystery
surrounding the finding of the mutilated
remains of murdered man in East Fair
mount park, on Wednesday last, has been
solved. The corpse has been identified and
the murderer is in prison. The murder is
shown to have been diabolical one. The
motive for the deed was to obtain tho money
of the murdered man, but all that the mur-
derer is known to have realized by his
dastardly crime is $50. The case has baffied
the oolice authorities sincs the finding of
the body, and many clues have been run
out"
IDENTIFICATION OF THE CORPSE.
A Young man named Keefer, residing
near Gillingham and Cadwallader streets,
IN Jl9 uOTGUedSICIu Ii ooCb4OLl VI lhO Guy, 1bo-
terday saw a cut of the murdered man in
one of the Sunday papers, which he thought
resembled the features of a German named
SchilIing who had lived with another Ger
man named Jacob Schroop, at the corner Of
the above named streets. He impaired his
suspicious to the policemen of that district
and was taken to the morgue, where on
looking at the corpse, he Immediately iden-
tilted il as that Of Schilling. The police
CoI,rcnr,1u = Sba
morgue and she also identified the body as
her fathers boarder, Antoine SchillinR.
Officers were then sent to Schroop's house
and informed him that they wanted him at
the police station.
THE TERROR OF THE PRISONER.
The German exhibited most abject terror,
and when taken up the steps of the station
house, his trembling limbs refused to sup
port him and he fell, Several officers then
carried him into the heutenant's ROOM
Schroop is about 50 years Of age and Schil-
ling, his victim, was about 30 years old.
The two men were partners in a small gro
Gerry and,provision store at Gillingham and
Cadwallader streets Schroop llved in the
g house with his wife and daughter and Schill-
ing boarded with them. The parties rented
the store about four months ago Only a
small business was done at the store, the
tive men going about the city in a wagon
huckstering their wares. Schroop, when
questioned by the police officials at the sta
ton house, denied any knowledge Of the
murder. He told many conflicting state
ments and about midnight was locked up
in a cell.
THE WOMEN IN CUSTODY.
! Officers were sent to his home and Mrs
Ecbroop and her daughter we're placed
'under surveillance, officers remaining IN the
house all night. 1t As believed that Mrs.
Schroop is accessory to. the murder aud
butchery. Numerous evfdefices of cleaning
and scrubbing are plainly seen in the house.
1t is stated that Mrs. Schroop attempted to
choke herself in the night, but was pre-
vented by the policeman on guard. The
chief of detectives went to the prisoners
cell shortly after midnight and when
he came out about o'clock this
morning he said the man had confessed to
the murder, but he refused for the present
to give the prisoners statement to the
public. The place where the body was
found in the park was three or four miles
distant from Schfoop's house.
THE INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH.
The hatchet, ak and saw, used by Schroop,
were found in the cellar of his house this
@rning. These implements were covered
18th blood and bore marked traces of the
terrible work they have SO recently been
uoeu W p6IlOEI1. lQ6E were taken ID
charge by the police, and will be preserved
as evidence at the trial. The body.
either before or after life was
extinct, was carried into the cellar, where
1t was evidently, judging from a little clot
OF blood, allowed to remain until the fol-
lowing morning, when, after having been
cut into pieces and placed in bags, it was
removed to the place where it was found in
East park In the house was also found a
red-colored pulse-warmer, which is evil
GENTLY the mate of one found on the mur-
dered man. The wooden floor with which
aportlon OF the cellar is covered is blood
stained In many places, and it resembles a
slaughter house more than a portion of O
human habtation.
HELD FOR THE CORONER.
Schroop was taken before a magistrate
W-uay, and committed to await the action
VI Vhe coroner. He is q native of SwiuZer-
lsh9, aged 53. Late this afternoon a copy
Oh MS confession was given to the news
apers; In it Schroop says ne killed Schil-
mg ABOUT D O'Clock in the morning Of
Sprlstmas day. He says he rose from bed
epout that hour, and went to the klt chen to
.gst some food for his wife, who was
s SeE' On looking in the cupboard
Sssi0und no victuals there, and turning to
g who was in the room, he accused
tln utn Oh having eaten what had been left in
t tIs closet. Schilling denied having eaten
Sno sue 1000, and Schroop becoming angered,
n1g nI4ckeu him down and beat him to death
WIN heavy piece of wood.
a. THE DIssECTING PROCESS.
MY ny lett the body lying in the kitchen
cntF o'clock in the afternoon, when he
sevora, sSo un the legs and threw the corpse and
n9o yoouIeu hnlbs into the cellar. The next
ho1ru huU[nlhg about 6 o'clock he hitched cp his
diS.S iSase ana wagon, and having placed the
tba NIelnpered Iared body in two bags, he loaded
na.i. oass, INTO the wagon and drove to the
t5aI gaaH, ana placed the bags in the pipe, where
by boyys were were found late the same day by some
Mrs to we're playing about the place.
deraI nchIoop, wife of the confessed mur-
SIr0at, SIHrer, was this afternoon removed to the
by btiIouse, tbo She is completely prostrated
fryor, ,Iq !. shock, and in addition is suffering
ten, tUHi m tne effects of cancer. She will be
gono unuer . police surveillance while under