The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-07
DEATH OF N SCHNEIDER
Suffered Intensely Nearly a Week with
Three Bullet Wounds in Her Body.
Poroave Her Husband for Shooting Herself, but
Not for Killing Her Brother-0ne of the
Murderer's Recent Love Affairs.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Amy Schneider,
wife of Howard Schneider. died this after
noon. after nearly o weeks intense suffering.
Last Sunday night. while on her way to
church with her brother. she was shot by her
husband. from whom she had separated.
Young Hamllnk was instantly killed. but
Mrs. Schneider. with three bullet wounds in
the abdomen. lived almosta week. Her case
is one of the most remarkable on record.
manifesting q degree of vitality very
remarkable. Her death presented unusual
features. In her last hours she had inter-
vols of consciousness and her mind re-
NAMED clear and unclouded almost to
the last. She was thought to be dying
early this morning. Her body became
however. rallied. appeared to be
stronger, and conversed freely with
those about her bedside. She realized
that she was dying. and as the mem bers OF
the family gathered about her bedside she
repeated the Lords Prayer. Then she
sang several verses of her favorite hymns.
Rock of Ages" and Nearer, My God, to
Thee" sustaining the tune with q power
that seemed wonderful to those who lis
tened. The strength which had sustained
relapsed into an unconscious con-
dition. and thus passed away. Dur
Ing the moments Of consciousness
to-day Mrs. Schneider frequently spoke of
her husband. and said that while she freely
forgave him for shooting her. she could not
forgive him for shooting her brother.
Schneider, who Is in Jail, when informed of
his wife's death. gave way to tears for the
first time since his arrest.
An incident in Schneider's career came
to light to-day. which may have some
bearing on the tragedy of last Sunday.
Several weeks ago a young woman from
Culpepper, Va, came to Washington to
spend a part of the winter with her sister,
man. The NJ woman was very
attractive in her appearance and
manners and of o good family.
In some way Schneider made her a%cquaint-
ance soon after her arrival In the city.
Within q few days he became quite atten-
arouse strenuous objections on the part OF
the sister whom she was visiting. A sharp
quarrel ensned between the two. and soon
thereafter the younger sister returned TO
ultimatum that she should cease to
receive or countenance Schneider's
advances. Immediately after the young
woman's return to Culpepper a
clandestlne correspondence was lnaugur-
ated between Schneider and herself. The
letters were very voluminous n passed
through Outside hands. to whom they were
addressed, that her relatives might not be
apprised of the correspondence. Not only
were epistles exchan ged, but Schneider
made more than one trip to Virginia to
meet this lady within three weeks proceed
ing the deed which brought his name into
terrible not0riety.
Within O day after Schneider had been
locked behind the bars for killing his
brother-in-law, q letter was dispatched to
this girl. 1t was q long enyelore of the
kind used for official communications in the
government departments and its contents
were bulky. The young woman received
it from the third party to whom 1t was ad-
dressed and manifested great emotion and
oan only be c0niectured.
The character of this young woman is
far above the breath of suspicion. That
che was infatuated with Schneider 10 evil
dent. and it is probable that the opposItion
of her relatives. as Is often the case. served
only to strengthen her infatuatlon. Schnei-
der represented himself to her as q
single man and the girl undoubtedly fell in
love with him without learning of any OBJ
stacle beyond the adverse prejudice of
members of her family. Schneider seemed
to be as deeply in love with her as she evil
IDENTIFY was with him, and some have con-
nected the affair with the shooting AZ fur
nishing a motive for the crime.