Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-05
THE SCHNEIDER TRAGEDY.


Trial Of Howard ,. Schneider for His wiavS
Murder Set for Monday.
PROBABILITY THAT MS COUNSEL WILL svxa
A rosrroxrN.xr-sex, oy IN, ,r,o..
LIKELY 10 INV
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a.,
vi Aoh"As morning next Howard j. Schneo-
der VIII be called upon in the Criminal Court
10 answer an indictment charging him viii
vilfully and nnaliciously k,llins a.. "a. a.
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III can De said that 40 lar az the government q
concerned there val be NO continuance ssksA
Tor.
On Thursday last the District attorney served
on schneider the papers required by law con-
tainIng ist OF witnesses 90 be called by tks
government and also the names Of the jury
men composing the present panel in ths
orminai Court. IL ~, % course. not probable
that the entire jury which will be- called upoa
10 Try tue case can be obtained from this panel,
out as several Of them will undoubtedly b
seiec'ed from II the names OF the jury
a. follows; Robert A. Daw, Frank J.
ponnehs, ehsrles W. Dawes. Andrew Z. John
son. ueorge Combs. James W. Cooper, Charles
~: Shfese, Herman hahiert, Vim. L. Turton,
= Gi.s..,. Duieh' nlenaei hinsow Robert
Joseph + r,nIey AGO. ~ 49,,
He,skell, James a. Bates samuel Auhvsh
Dennis hagerty, B. W. Bercns. Philip H. Ward,
Lucius Carroll John y. Paret. Joseph Endres,
Albert q. Columbus Messrs. johnson. Cooper,
tIraN. Ambush AMI CARROLL
Mr.. Philip II. Ward was a member Of the
eoroners jury On the inquest held on Mrs.
schneider death
THE DEFESsK WILL pRop.B1y SEEK POSTPONE
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"o can NC sA'u 'na' 'ne government win
Do READY 10 proceed with tue case Monday
morning il 10 impossible TO learn whether OF
not the defense will then be prepared 70 go
ahead. Schneider will be defended by Judge
Jsre Wilson and Mr.. A. A. Hoehilng. Judge
Wilson Is lawyer who. while not believing in
or practicing tedious legal delays, believes that
well-prepared case IL a case half won aud &c
Is safe 10 say that unless he has had n least bfs
more than ample time an which 10 prepare thi.
case that be will ask for its continuance next
Monday. should the defense ask Tor a post
ponement the request would undoubtedly be
Ngorousiy opposed by the government. and 10
nace.',,s IN. ma no'lis iesr man ,nlpefsnvs
10 a postnonemsnt Nsys,thsis.s - shons
the city hall believe that the case will be begun
Monday, although IL is generally Thought thst
should a continuance be granted IL would not
be for more than a week or two nj the furthest
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'" a'oe'n Juss
"hat VIII De TIE line OF defense. IL 10 generally
believed, however, that the defense will en-
deasor to show. first, that there were more
than five shots fired; second, that Schneider
f-ag IsR an hat hA haI n
nred into his wifes body we're not fired from
his pistol For a time il wss thought that m
sanity would be the defense urged, but few 81
any now so believe. II is known that the gov
eminent feels confident Of Its ability 20 demos
strate beyond all doubt that but i've shots we're
fired; that they ali came from schneider's PIN
toi, and that of those i've shots three entered
Mrs Schneiders body. one entered the body
Of her brother and one passed through the
window Of her fathers residence. IL IL be-
lieved too, that the government feels eq,,aily
confident of Its ability to show that Young
Hamlink. Mrs. Schneiders brother, vas mos
armed that night and that therefore Schneider
was not compelled TO ire in eelf-defense. The
case will surely prove a memorable one. NOS
only because OF the prominence Of the primer
ps.s ~ VIC sau ana put %so pecAsse VI se
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last, little more than month ago: On that
evening MRS. schneider, her sister Jennie and
her brother Frank left their fathers Residence.
No. 1888 V street northwest, 10 stsend church
They found the church closed, however. and,
after stopping at neighboring drug store ON
their way home, had almost reached their
fathers residence when Howard j. Schneider
approached them and asked for a short talk
with bis wife. Young Hamlink at hrst objected
TO Schneider speaking TO his sister, but Mrs.
Schneider said she would hsten 20 him.
and her brother remained beside her
while her sister Jennie passed on
little ahead. What conversation, IL any, took
place between Mrs. Schneider, her brother and
her husband is not definitely known. Miss
Jennie Hamlink had passed on ahead but fey
steps when she war startled by the report OF .
pistol imme diately followed by several more
reports. As she turned around she ssw
Schneider run of and her brother fall Running
to her brother she found him lying on HE face
dead. For q moment or two Mrs. Schneider
did not realize that she too had been shot but
In starung 70 go 70 her protnet sue spe JIM
Sored h mes 9 S s,ons Anu .. .u,t.s -
stairs
scyx.u.vp,s x,ps,ox nm THE .xr.u
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Na'urany enousn very iarse ero"a vas
tracteo by the reports OF tne pistol snote, and
for time the most intense excitement pre-
yaiIed in the neiebborbood. Immedisselv
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