The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-12
STRANGERS OF VIENNA.
xxy AND WIFE WHOSE 1UsINHsS AND
PLEASURE WE'RE 70 KILL

the Altar, Thea Choked 70 Death by the
Ma. While the wife Held Her Hands
A nenarkahis Triai Before Aua'-
..es Composed or DipIonatists. Geaerais.
and Ladies or the Iaperini Court.
On Jan. 20 Franz Schneider and his wite
Ro.alia, were condemned to death BY the
criminal Court In Vienna. With the senten-
cInc OF both to be hanged came the close ofthe
most remarkable criminal trial in tho records
OF Austrian Justice
At tho beginning OF tho trial on Jan. 20 the
nrsoners were known to have murdered four
Young women. to have planned and to have
s,t.mpted to murder two others. and to have
,rared seven or eight more only because the
Young women refused to be lured to their
dsnth. Although Schneider is a common man
and his wife is q common woman. and al
though their victims we're simple and friend
issa servant girls. few State cases IN the
.mnire have been conducted under more i'm
nressive circumstances than those surround
inc the trial Of tho Sohneiders. Princes. din
iomatists, Generals. members OF Parliament
h,oh oflcials. and women from tho court So
sIety OF Franz Joseph's capital crowded the
eourt' room daily Tho stold brutality Of
eobneider and the nendishness OF his wife
were exhibited. moreover. under the dramatic
lirht OF Austrian procedurc-the judges In
thsr robes. the witnesses swearing with the
untitled hand before the illuminated cruoifx.
and tho prisoners guarded by soldiers In the
uniform Of the imperial army.
so intense was the interest OF the Thousand
spectators that at recesses usually notone Of
them left tho hall: all ate and drank in their
seats rather than risk losing a few words OF the
testimony In Austria the daily record Of tho
trial was published by the newspapers ter-
batim, and columns were telegraphed at the
close Of each days proceedings to London.
Berlin. and Paris.
THE sCHNEIpERs.
In the conspiracy to outrage. kill. and rob.
Franz Schneider was the force and Rosalta
s6hneider was the brains. You did the plot
Ting" the presiding Judge said to the Wife
"snd he was your throttling machine"
Schneider Is feet inches tall and power
fully built He has sunken checks. high cheek
boncs. . sallow skin. rod mustache. and a
shock Of sandy hair. He is IS years old. His
wife. ak years his senior. is small. thin. fair
haired. and sharp-eyod. She was handsome
before her marriage to Schneider in 1882. but
work and dissipation have hardened her faoe.
Both were engaged In numerous swindling
schemes before they hit upon the plan Of rails
ing money BY killing maid -servants. Schneider
had passed several terms in prison for theft
DncovEBY OF THEIR CRIME.
In May. June. and July Of last year II was re-
ported TO tho Vienna police that several girls
had disappeared after being seen with men in
tho Dreiiohren or Haspen woods. near New
Lensbach. man had appeared at employ
ment agencies to engage girls to take places
in New Lengbach. always insisting that they
should bring some Of thcir baggage at once
The experienced girls became shy Of all offers
from New Lengbach. All was rumor. however.
and nothing was known until July 23. On that
day Marie stoiber. . factory girl while wander
Ing in the underbrush stumbled upon the dead
body Of = woman stripped to the chemise A
straw hat trimmed with roses lay half under
Was snnouneed in the newspapsrs and Karl
tSe
tS'ss saa sss seen svs
WON hsd g her s1
the city for nor new homo. At the same time
% g. maid %.a %Sc Ss sls h sn nsa
Baroness IN New Lspebss6. had oatrseed her.
him money. Her cries for help had frightened
him away In tho midst OF his attempt to
The reading Of tho published story Of the
Djuris girl reminded a man who had seen her
with man at New LenRbach on the evening
scertsin cosehmsn in the neieh borhood: Tho
F: SEsss; FTs1s SssasS9
!as q the time wiz WITH e his wife at
% Rudolphs easse under the name Of Ferdi-
arrested clothing Of murdered girls Was
found In their possession. and BY the confess
tS P su H. sfSs hs ss 81 ss
enabled to draw from them the true story OF q
series Of atrocious crimes. which in recent
times only Jack the Ripper has eQualled-
OPENING OF THE TRIAL
The tndictment against The sehp Rds
kleinrath, Marie .Hottwanger. and Vincenzia
Judge accused them Of Killing an Unknown
girl. seen last In their company In the woods
where all their crimes were committel. The
aans DUES s snd
Stoibsr; and With having. attempted to lure
watza. MARITIME Braunader. and three Other
maid servants. described but not named. to
weir 81 obstruction: stoiber was attacked On
cause he had not then got his hand in"
DEATH OF RosAIIE KLE1NBATH.
On the fret two days Of the trial tho court de-
Klsinrath. on June /. She was but 10 years
Sd Ard had left he. country home but few
IN Kosterneuburg. She Induced tho Girl
to pack up al her clothes in q satchel. to put
IN her pocket her, few dollars saved. and to nc
company Schneider and herself to the Haspen
Made Tho party stopped at n restaurant
as Ssn Ss % M hs To s nth
where both prayed.
PRAYER BEFORE MURDER.
Just why this refinement OF cruelty was in.
troduced in the otherwise purely brutal plan
was not satisfactorily explained. In all the
known murders, however. 1t was observed
With cnrc. Then the trio wandered about In
te darkest part OF tho woods until Schneider
hi,ttI,i?p.ed her:" ne said. and nv wife nit
we striped Of her clothes. took her money
and mnpG ahG eIled aer 4ndSr tho 9e !epy"s
hopoce after tho arrest OF tho Schneiders.
murder
Judges In criminal trials In, Austria have
Fer2Gstlyes and customs unknown In the
United states, The presiding Judge in the
schneider trial rldiculed Schneidcr's state
ment as he ridiculet the wifes stat EN- emit that
ner husband stranged Kleinrath without help
SCHNEIDER MAKES A CONFESSION.