The sun., 1892-03-18
SCHNEIDER pArs THE PENALTY.
Tho Butcher or Servant Girls IL Hanged II
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Vienna.
VIENNA. March 17.--Frank Schneider, who.
with HIS wife. assaulted and murdered many
servant girls. was executed to-day Schneider
was gibbeted after the Austrian manner.
He was entirely broken down as he was led
from tho cell to the scafrold. As he saw the
stake and spike. from which no was to bo
hanged. rising above it, hia sallow face turned
greenish hue and he had almost to be car.
ried to tho SPOT. The stake had fixed in the
top Of It spike about six inches long.
Schneid shrieked: Have mercy on me.
my Godi will tell all"
Tho priest urged him to think OF heaven.
There were three steps to lift the doomed Grim
inal up He was lifted to the spike. md the
back Of his neck held close to it. Then a cord
was passed around his neck. fastening 1t tight
To TO hn.tr his end. The ryccntion"r r. pressed
his arms around the mouth and nostrs Of the
dying. criminal whilc one assistant held and
his legs This wretch died in four minutes.
The body was left suspended to the stake.
were unparalleled in their ntrocity. Schneider
was 81 years Of age He was born at Amstet-
Of that place. In ,lSs2 he married Eosalie. the
partner in his crimes. She was u cook and of
doubtful charactar: but she had dowry OF
500 guilders. which WAS some attraction for
After tho money was srcnt Schneider lived
on blackmai levied on one Of her former low
ers. About year ag" tho pair driitcd into the
career ot outrage. robbery. and murder which
has made them infamous.
The schneiders lived in an obscure place in
the. suburbs Of Vienna. They mnde business
to get possession Of the m oney and cloth
Ing the unfortunntes had with them. The VIC
tm e5e a in nns ps xs
ing to find them situations that the prisoners
succeeded in Turing them to their fate
pae. H on 's Nav FH &C. 1871 fsa wen sr Of ttns tns
name OF Johanna Stoiher was assaulted by tho
male male Hn.ne He , Of sh in
bach. a fash; ;oEable suburb Of Vienna.
The second crime was c3mmitted less than
this case was Anna Djuri-. and tho assault.
which occurred in an inn near Ncu Len0hacli;
BY Gr T cfc tim S 'SS
place three days later In the same neighbor.
hoot the precise. locality being a, a wood at
in this instance losale Kieirrath. was bed
And murdered. The woman Schneider pawntd
ths ys atsr f" SSs crme hss and
and robbed girl of the name Of Maria lioth-
Waldo, still in tho same noighborhood. Tho
Schneider woman was coHniEnnt OF this mur-
dss 4 in Of hs dfys
was committed in the lTaspel y aide. the scene
OF the first. a girl. Nicentia Lui!er. being as
done to death Her clothes and money. as in
tho other cases. were appropriated By her
These extraordinary crimes created quite as
much excitement il, Vienna as the Jack tho
Ripper murders did in London. The girls
after they went away,lwitn him and his wife
until .sir nfd ~ led &nd M" h" bodies
stoiser. s was s. the he only % one who escaped With
her llfe and she proved u most val bio wit
ness on the trial. witch took place In the hitter
drawn over her head. She told how schneider.
street in vienna and induced her to go with
him TO Neu Lengb gbach. by pretending that no
would Introduce her to IN excellent situat ion
M her her She insy made her err escar: sE%;
features. .A' Roth Of the prisoners nccused each
other. Schneider broke down when he saw
the clothes Of his victims. and told tho story OF
how the murders were committed. His VIC
Tins were always conscious he sni id. when he
attacked them. and he was. assisted by his
che KID their life out Mrs. Schneider inter-
rupted him at this point, exclniming:
in the crimes.
An angry alteration between the prisoners
the in the we'll OF Of the e'e eoart they o
tNally accused each other OF the crimes laid
to their charge. Schneider was no match Tor
him in ranid succession by his wife. and he
looked as II he would like to strangle her there
in open court had he not been restrained by
The audience watched this incident with
breathless interest and suppressed excite
ment.
They we're both found guilty and condemned
to death. The question then arose as to
consent to the execution. Both Kaiser and
Kaiserin ar" opposed to capital punishment.
The I'm press is said to have declared that no
woman would he executed in Austria while
sho was Kaiser!n Eosalie was retrieved a
fow days ngo. leaving her husband to face the
death penalty alone