Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-04
THEY MURDERED EIGHT GIRLS.
Now Schneider and His Wife OF Vienna,
VIII be Hanged for Their Dastartliy

VIII 10 hunSeu tor Iheir DustardiJ
Grimes.
VIENNA, Jan. 29.-The sensational
Schneider murder trial was ended to-day
The defence, il defence it can be called
where the accused go on the stand and by
their evidence corroborate the testimony
of the prosecution, closed this morning
and the case was given to the Jury.
The jurors required only 70 minutes &c
find Schneider guilty of all the murder.
charged against him, and q verdict OF
guilty against Frau Schneider for the muir.
der of Vincenzia Zouffar.
The judge Immediately sentenced both
prisoners to death. Both executions will
take place on the same day, but Frau
schneider will be executed first. xH3k
CASE WITHOUT PARALLEL.
For d-blooded cruelty this case stands
almost without parallel in the annals OF
crime in this city. Some months ago the
police became habituated to receiving re.
ports of the mysterious disappearance OF
young girls who earned their livelihood in
the capacity Of servants. These reports
came with such startling frequency that
the police decided that more was In the
case than appeared on the surface. They
therefore adopted extraordinary measure.
to learn what had become OF the missing
girls.
1t came to the knowledge of the authori-
ties after long and patient investigation
that large number Of girls had been EN-
ployed by Franz Schneider and his wife,
Rosalie, and that after they had been at
work for short time they would dsap-
pear and never be heard of again.
EIeHr POOR GIRLS KILLED.
All the evidence obtainable pointed in
the direction of the Schneders as having
knowledge of the fate of the girls, and
finally they were placed under arrest oil
the charge of numbering eight of their
servants. Their trial has been proceeding
for several days, and for brutal and sensa-
uonal developments it stands without COM
parison here.
1t was shown that the prisoners, on the
pretext OF employing the girls, had enticed
them to their home. Once there their fate
was sealed. The evidence against the ac-
cused was overwhelming, but Frau Schnei-
der until yesterday stoutly maintained that
her husband was alone responsible for the
death of the girls.
THE MAN coNFEssEs.
Schneider was confronted on Tuesday
with the skull and hair of one of his vic
Tins, Resale Kleinrath and with the torn
clothing she had worn at the time of her
death. This CHASTITY exhibit had great
effect, upon schneider, who broke down
completely and confessed his guilt.
He described in detail his method of
doing away with the unfortunate girls who
fell into his power. He would go the room
occupied by the girl last employed by his
wife and despite her prayers and entreaties
would criminally assault her. 1t was
thought by the police that lie first chloro-
formed his victims, but in his confession
Schneider said they were always conscious
when he attacked them.
THE WOMAN HELPED HIM.
Horrible as it may appear his wife &C
companied him and aided him in the
accomplishment of this fiendish crime,
and afterward she would grasp the hands
of the victim while Schneider clutched the
poor girl by the throat and choked her 10
death. The same course was pursued in
the cases of all the eight victims
After the girls were dead, Schneider and
his wife would convey the bodies to a
wood close TO their home, where they
would strip their victims of their clothing,
which, with the contents of the girls' lug
gage, they would afterwards sell.
MRS. SCHNEIDER BREAKS DOWN.
Yesterday Mrs. Schneider, who had all
along claimed that she had no part in the
broke down and confessed her
in the crimes. The prosecution
proved that she herself had killed Yincen-
zia Zouffar but it is not known whether or
not this victim was outraged by Schneider
before she was killed.
The case has excited the most intense
interest in Vienna, and on every day of
the trial the court room has been packed
with an audience eager to hear every detail
OF the revolving testimony. The con
demned man and woman have no sympa-
TIMERS, and the opinion is everywhere ,x-
pressed that they have met the fate they
deserve.