The record-union., 1892-01-30
specIal 10 the REconp.uN1ox.


vienna, Jan. 29.-Thc trial of Frank
schneider and his wife Rosa, who de-
coyed eight young women to their home
on the pretext of employing chem as
servants and when Il favorable oppor-
tunlty offered murdered them for the
purpose of obtaining their little money
anG the effects which they possessed, has
ended. Both were found guilty and both
We're sentenced to death Schneider
treated the poor girls i'll most outrage
oGs manner before choking them to
death, the method of murder employed
py MIN III every instance. The greatest
lnterestw was manifested in the case, every
inch OF space allotted to spectators in the
courtroom being daily filled by large
number ofpersons anxious to see the two
prisoners and to hear everything said
during the proceedings.
Mrs. Schneider had from the first
stoutly protested her innocence of any
participation IN the awful crimes charged
against her and her husband, but the let
ters which We're produced showing that
she was implicated in the work of decoy-
ing the girls to the house. of obtaining
their luggage by means of forged orders
and other ruseS after they had been
murdered, 50 strongly pointed out her
guilt that she at last broke down COM
pletely and acknowledged her compile
ity in the revolving affair.
1he accused couple gave concurrent
evidence to the effect that Mrs. Schneider.
after her husband had strangled the vari-
Gus unfortunate girls, had helped to drag
their bodies to the recesses of an adjacent
| wood. where, safe from observation. she
would strip all the clothing from them,
which she would atterward sell.
While the woman was being questioned
yesterday by the Judge in regard to cerS
tain facts, she greatly startled all present
by breaking out into a tit of hvstericaI
laughter, which lasted quite long time.
The collapse Of the prisoner caused very
painful scene.
When the Public Prosecutor completed
his arraignment of the couple counsel
| tor defense made an attempt to palliate
the horrible crimes charged against his
clients. Schneider at the conclusion of
the speech broke down completely. He
buried his face in his hands, sobbed
aloud, and in voice broken with emo
| ton exclaimed: My wife led me on
| She planned it ALL These words, sobbed
out by the prisoner, who is a large and
! very powerful man, struck those present
as very comical, and there was burst of
anghteT throughout the crowd.
43lff2fss the speech of counsel he tried to
| excuse the woman for any completely in
the tiendish acts of her husband HIS
words also greatly affected the woman,
and she burst into flood of tears. This
weeping gained her little sympathy from
the spectators, as did the sobbing of her
husband. Even the women present
showed their detestation of her bv loud
and continued kissing. When the result
OF the jury's deliberations was an
nounced Mrs. Schneider rose to her feet,
and stretching her arms out impIoringly
toward her husband, cried in a piteous
voice, "Now let my husband tell the
| truth" When the words condemning
them to death were uttered the two pris-
| oners appear ed to be thoroughly stunned,
and when the soldiers touched them and
ordered them to go back to their cells,
both arose in a dazed manner and COM
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