Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-11
THE SCHNEIDER TRIAL.
scenes In Court when the Verdict q Guilty
Was Announced

Was Announced
An IMMENSE CROWD IN THE COURT AND IN TIKI
CORRIDORS oCrsrDE-cuFERs AT THE nEsULN
HOW THE PRISONER WAS ArFxcrED-JUDoz
BRADLEY THANKS THE juicy.
As announced in THE STAR extra, which wal
on the street five minutes after tho verdict wal
rendered, the trial of Howard J. Schneider fol-
the killing Of his wife, Amanda II. Schneider
was concluded at 335 Saturday afternoon by
the jury rendering a vcedict Of guilty as in
dicted." The jury was absent from the court
room just one hour, but their verdict Wal
reached few minutes after they had retired
to their room. But one ballot was taken
every man having made up his mind before the
closing arguments had been concluded.
Immediately after the jury retired to DELHI.
crate upon their verdict the prisoner was taken
to the cage beneath the court room, and the
crier announced recess. His honor left the
bench, and the crowded court room gave itself
up to an animated discussion of Judge Bradley'i
| charge and to speculation to how long the
jury would be out and what the verdict would
be- Every inch of space in the court room
was occupied and men and women stood in
| the windows and on the backs Of their neigh
bors' chairs.
| 1t was not q serious throng which waited to
| learn the fate of the wretched man who nerv-
ously paced the narrow confines of the gloomy
cell below Laughter and jest filled the air,
and If q thought was given the being whose life
| or liberty trembled in the balance that thought
was not one OF sympathy. not one of pity. As
! the minutes passed. the Jest grew nerrler, the
laughter louder Each moment the throng in
| the court room increased, while on the streets
4 ABOUT the city hall hundreds and hundreds OF
mon. women and children gathered, impatient
! to learn the decision Of the twelve men locked
\ In their room above.
THE JURYs RETURN.
! Suddenly, at $50, there is a stir outside the
door OF the court room and in an instant al
though not word is heard, every soul within
1t, every soul in the great crowd without knows
that the jury is coming and that verdict has
| been reached. Several stalwart policemen
enter and assist the court officers in pressing
back the crowd, which has swarmed over and
| taken possession OF the seats OF the jurymen.
| That done, they clear a way for the prisoner
! as he comes up from the cage below. As he
1 slowly makes his way through the hundreds
| massed about him every eye is turned upon him.
He is deadly pale his limbs trenible beneath him,
| and there is frightened look on his face which
plainly indicates that he is utterly Without hope.
| He sinks into his chair, and with both hands
grasping its arms fastens his glance upon the
jury as it comes in Every member of the Jury
wears aloOk of determination as if they had an
| unpleasant duty to perform, but proposed that
nothing shall proven, it being done As the
jury seat themselves Mr.. Hoehling, Judge
| Wilson's young associate. hastily enters and
| seats himself beside the prisoner. Leaning
over. Mr.. Hoehling whispers an encour-
aging word or two to Schneider
| and the prisoners guard also endeavors to en-
| courage him. The court crier again raps for
| silence and Judge Bradley with more than
| usually serious air enters, and as he takes his
| seat upon the bench he turns to the great
| throng about him and says: Il want to caution
| everybody, no matter what the verdict may be-
| to preserve the prophecies of the time and
place and refrain absolutely from any demon
| stration of approval or disapproval."
| THE VERDICT ANNOUNCED.
His honor then mods to Clerk Williams to
proceed. and the latter calls the jury roll
Every juror having answered the clerk rises,
and turning toward Ros A. Fish. who occupies
| the fOreman's seat, says: "How say you,
gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon
your verdict!
Foreman Fish rises. with the Indictment
clasped in his hand, and replies: I'VE have"
There is stiffness not even broken by the
surSing. impatient hundreds outside, who
anxlously await the verdict. as Clerk Williams
says: What say you. is the defendant at the
bar guilty or not guilty?'
Every one in the room leaned forward to
catch the reply of Foreman Fish, who, step
ping forward, answers In strong voice:
OuiIty as indicted"
The prisoner, who has also leane d forward in
his chair to catch the foremans response. sinks
back in his chair as he hears his doom pro-
. nounced, and, pulling out his handkerchief,
hastily wipes away the respiration which has
poured forth over his face.
As the clerk takes the indictment from the
foreman OF the jury and bends forward to
record it Mr. Hoehling rises and says: Your
honor, l ask that the jury be polled-''
CHEERING OUTSIDE
Before Mr.. Hoehling has time to finish. how
ever. word has reached the crowd outside,
and his concluding words are drowned in the
wild cheering with which the verdict was re-
ceived. AT the sound of those cheers the
prisoner suddenly starts forward and burles
his face In his hands, as If to keep the cries
beyond hearing The throng within the court
room rise to their feet in the intense excite
ment OF the moment, and hoarse murmur of
approval sweeps across 1t. His honor raps for
order: the court crier pounds with his gavel on
the railing before him, and the bailiffs and
policemen rush wildly about comman din
order and quiet.
His honor sternly cries to the crowd-s.Keep
your seats and be quiet" He then directs
the clerk to call the jury. Beginning with
James ". Cooper. the clerk calls each name.
and. as his name is called. each Juror rises and
| replies. Guilty as indicted" The replies are
HlaUe IL All earnest, eHnpA2tc tone. The reply
OF W. H. johnson. the colored juror, to whom
Col Holbrook was supposed to have referred,
was particularly clear and emphatic.
moment after the jury had individually an
nounced their verdict, Judge Wilson hastily
enters and makes his way to the side of his
client.
Has the jury been polled?' he asked his as
sociate, and when informed that it had he rises
and. addressing the court, says: Your honor.
i now enter "a motion for a new trial and will
file the formal motion soon as practicable"
He then seats himself beside his client, and
as the latter leans forward with his face still
buried In his hands, whispers a few words of
sympathy and encouragement to him.
THE JURY THANKED.
Turning to the jury, Judge Bradley says:
Gentlemen OF the jury, those of you were on
the regular panel are now discharged because
of the expiration of the term for which YOU
were drawn, and those Of you who were sum-
moned as extra taiesmen are discharged be-
cause your duty is at an end
His honor hesitates for q moment and then
says in peculiarly earnest manner: Gentle
men. think you deserve the thanks of the
community, and you certainly have the thanks
of this court, for the careful atten ton you have
shown during these long. wearisome days. /
know you feel the approval Of your conscicnces
for the action you have taken. / know and
feel that your verdict is the only one the evil
dence could have justified"
THE PRISONER TAKEN BELOW