Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-08
scHNEIDER IN JAIL.
He Smokes All Day, Has . Good Appetite
and Talks Very Little.

He smokes All Day, Has . Good Appetite
and Talks Very Little.
Speaking of Howard J. Schneider, the con-
victed wife murderer, sentenced to be hung the
Goth Of next January, an officer Of the District
Jail stated TO Q STAR reporter today that the
condemned man was in fairly good spirits and
enjoyed excellect health. "But, said the ofic or
Schneider has about as little to say as any
one ever saw who was situated a. he is. He
does nothing in the world but sit In q rocking
chair in his cell and smoke, smoke all day long.
The greater part Of the time he smokes pipe,
and he smokes a brand Of tobacco which, he
claims, cannot be purchased in Washington.
He IL very fastidious in this respect and viii
not smoke any other brand II is q very fra
grant tobacco and rather high priced. Once
IN while be smokes cigar. but he appears to
prefer pipe. Cigarette2 I never saw him
with one. That much, at least, can be said in
his favor"
HIS APPETITE GOOD.
His appetite is good, but there is this about
1t: he eats most after dark. don't know why,
but imagine it is because he dislikes to be
seen eating. During the day, you know, the
guards and TRUSTEES are continually passing
his cell, and the cell door is Of open iron
work Schneider can easily be seen. This he
heartily dtslikes, and he places his chair 30
view as possible, and there, as I said, he sits
all day long with his back to the door, rocking
and putting and putting away at his pipe.
docs he read any? Very little as a rule,
and then it is mostly newspapers. For books
he seems to care very little. But, as told you,
less. Thinking seems to be his principal occu-
patton. What his thoughts are Of course no
one knows, for he never communicates them to
soul at the jail When he does talk it Is never
of his case, and what he thinks concerning it or
Of his chances for Q new trial is q matter not
known by the Jail officials or by his fellow
prisoners. He seems now more like himself
than ever before, and it is the general opinion
of the Jail officials that Schneider has made up
his mind to take his medicine, as we term ii,
with the best mouth possible. We don't be-
ieve there will be any insanity dodge played
The man is certainly sane enough now"
TWO SENTENCED TO BE HANGED JANUARY 20.
As stated in The STAB, there are now two muir
derers in the District Jail sentenced to die on
the same day, the Goth Of January next. One
is Schneider, sentenced to be hung on that
day, between the hours Of 8 a. m. and IL m,
and Fred Barber, the colored man sentenced
this week to be executed on the same day, be-
tween the hours of 10 a. M. and 2 D. m, for the
murder Of Agnes Watson, colored, by throwing
her into the canal in Georgetown three years
ago. When two criminals al sentenced to be
oAecutoo vi Tue shine uay, AtnouSn tnelr cases
may have, as in this instance, been different
ones, it is usual to execute them at the same
moment. So, in the case of Schneider and the
colored man, Barber should they fail to further
delay the course Of the law, Warden Burke
would in all probability execute them at the
same moment This he could do between the
hours of 10 am. and IL m, as those hours are
contemplated in the sentence Of each of the
condemned men. Should the warden decide,
however, to grant each man the utmost time,
Schneider would be hung betweed IL am. and
II m. and Barber between 1 and 2 pm. The
appeal of both men will be finally decided by
the Court in General Term at Its October term
Should that court decide against them execu-
ton could then only be deferred by the action
Of the President.