Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-01
THE PARK MURD7R
CONFESSION or scHRoFP,
THE Mv RnERER.


ocea, ana D0th the murderer and h1 VIC |
tim are found 10 be former Whining
t0niaps
When schropp found that he was cor
nered and could invent no story TO which |
the ssmhlance Of truth would attach, be
made the following confession OF his part |
10 the crime 1T the Tenih district station |
house yeste; day forenoon.
PnfLlDELPHfA, December 81, fS8e.-Il
live nt No. 1919 Gao walader street, and |
that on Tuesday morning, Decsmber x5,
1883, about 3 o'clock IN the morning,
went into tho kitchen and m1de fre IN
the stove. then opened the closet door
and locked for something to eat for my
vile, a. there had boru half Loaf Of
bread, q pound OF sugar, fourteen or a.
teen potators bosied with their skins on.
AlEo same milk that was left after supper
on Monday night. To my astonishment
found nothing there. then called
Anthony schillinR, and said 10 him in the
name OF God look at here. No bread, no
milk, no su gar aud poor sick woman
lying pp IN bed. This conversation was
In the Kitchen. Anthony answered me
and eaid: Il did not take the milk, the
bread or the sugar."
turned around TO him and said:
s'You - dog" 1 was very much ex-
cited, and struck him blow Ia the tenn
pie with my ist, which knocked him
down. then went up stairs and told
my wife what had dore, and he laid
there as though he was dead.
She told me: Il guess you have not
killed him u you only struch him with
your ftt." then went down staire
again md found ~ still insensible.
My mihd wasIn such state that /
did not kn-w what ! wW doing.
looked at him ard said. Yon dog, II
you are des1you might as we'll have
another blow picked up half
round piece sfz1Rd and struck him
another blow o head. then said
to mysslf: win have dsnef The
man is deed, and what shall | do with
himV / LETT him lay until about 8 D.
IN. Of that day, and made up my mind
to cut him up and cart him away.
I,hen cut his legs CT with tableknife
and saw that IN In pawn ut German
Town road and Girard avenue. then
put them 10 sacks and tied them up and
left them remain In the kitchen. On
"Wednesday morning, December 30, 1881,
abcut6.15 O'Clock, / went to the stable,
got my horse and wagon, drove to my
house and put the body and-legs 10 the
wngon, and tsok II to FAirmount Park
and put 1t In iron pipe. say this Of my
own free will and declare It TO be the
whole truth. JACOB ScHRoPP,
Witnessed December 81. 1883, by Ftank
r. Geyer and Charies Basche.
DEcRMnRR, 81, fS66.--In addition 10
the statement made at the station house,
Front and Master streets, | recognize the
cav produced by Special 0filcer Henry as
the saw pawned at Feische's lean office,
Germantown road apd Girard avenue,
and the one uted TO cut schillng's legs
KNOWN IN WILMINGTON
The murderer, his reputed wife, who is
believed to be an accessory TO the mur
der, and the victim are all well known in
Wilmington, where they resided before
removing 10 Philadelphia last spring
Schropp made his appearance In Whining
ton some eight or nine years ago, aud
Schilling came afterwards. Echrorp and
schilling both worked at different kinds Of
labor, bnt schilling was shoemaker and
worked sometimes at his trade. At diff
ferent times he worked for Joseph STREET.,
shoemaker at No. 204 West Front
street. schropp also boarded with Mr..
STREET. while Echil.ing worked for him,
and was employed with the Harlan q
HolliPgsworth Company.
Mrs. Street, in speaking this morning
OF the two men said SchiiliDg was quiet
good man, worked all the time, never
drank beer or other liquor, and every
week put his money in the Wilmington
Savings Bank. schropp she described as
very bad'man, who spent all hie money
for drink and went OF without paying
his board. he cheated everybody who
trusted him and frequently committed
thefts and perpetraxd innumerable dis
reputable acts, upon one occasion steal
ing the tools of fellow-workman and
again turning highwayman and stripping
a o6l yiyial cu,- psn'on, while in state
OF vicious exhilaratIon, or MS u,Se..nine.
pawning the latter 10 enable him to pro.
long his debauch.
Schllling by his swing habits had laid
away 5000 In the Wilmington Savings
Bank .Schropp went on from worse bad to
until about year ago he took up with
the discarded wife OF German tailor
named Richter, q woman Of rather bad
repnte aud went 10 housekeeping as man
and wife In small two story frame house
the corner OF Quinn street, New Castle
avenue in South Wilmington. They in
vited schilllng to make his home with
them, 8; mewhat against his incllnations,
but he, however, joined them as the r
boarder paying 81 per week and sleeping
OF lounge.
IL became evident the woman exerted A
stfs Influence over Schilline, but every
thing propose,s. by her involved draw ing
his $66s out OF bank. Both Sehropp aud
Sehilling worked at Lobdeifs w1lks and
eatned from $40 10 $i2 q week. After
ihs woman had failed TO Get Sehiiliug's
money It was decided that Scbropp's
eldest daughter, who with her mother
(Schropp's wife) and brother lived in
Switzerland, should marry the capitalistic
member OF the trio. These had been de-
80 ted by the murderer, who came TO
Amerl' a with the promise ef sending for
them, but never fGlhll~d his pledges.
Communication by mail was established
between the fai hless father and his
comely daughter, and the later bad con
sented 10 come 10 j,ss!!h her father and
prospective husband In America. In the
the meantime sehilling, who ives suffer-
ing from back ailmeIit, was Obliged to
90 10 the n W Castle County HospitAl.
Here he met a pretty Scotch lase, an en-
ployse OF the Institution, with whom he
fell desperately 10 owe.
sehropp's woman finding how things
were gong, set about TO checkmate
schilling's purpose. She Waited col
o I'd fortune teller ir South Wilmiugton,
aud instructed him what 10 tell Schilling
wien he came to have his fortune told.
Sehilllug called ard was told by the
vaudoo thai II he married the scotch girl
he would meet with nothing but train
Of dire disaster, hu 4 be married the girl
coming from asr - the sea he would
have glorious future aud brood Of
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