Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-17
REFUSED HIS BREAKFAST.

During the early hours of the morning
Schneider sa. upon the edge of his cot and at
intervals corversed with the guard who was sit
ting outside the door o; the cell. 1t the
final death watch. that had been maintained for
nearly week without intermission. A light
repast of tea and toast was taken to
the cell, but Schneider refused to touch
it. The sentence of the court named
the time of execution as between 8
o clock and noon, but it was known that the
banging would not take place within the first
two hours at any rate. Warden Burke was
determined there should be no undue haste.
He would wait until it was certain that there
was no chance of respite being granted fro m
| the White House.
This Was not looked for. however, and it was
thought that the execution would take place
about 1880 clock. The decision of the Presi-
dent last night not to interfere was looked upon
as final and beyond all recall.
| REV. Mr.. PARsoN RETURNS.
A little after o'clock Rev. Mr.. Parson ar
rived at the Jail and was at once taken to
schneider's cell. The reception he met with
| was practically the same he has had on the
| occasion of his other visits. BY this time the
| sun obscured BIZ the haze once more and
| the jail corridors looked gloomy in their bare
ness. Everything was neat and clean in the
extreme.
All through the morning the telephone bell
in the warden's office kept up q constant ring
ing and the officials at the Jail were kept busy
answering questions Of every description from
people who wanted to know just what hour the
execution would occur. The carriages and
cabs began to arrive up to the west door of he
Jail to deposit their loads Of those who had re-
ceived invitations to attend the execution.
They stood about The rotunda in the Office
Burke had gone to the condemned mans cell
to read the death warrant.
/ PREVIOUS SERVICES OF THE scAFFoLp.
The scaffold is that erected shortly after the
present structure was opened and the first vic
tim was James Madison Wyatt Stone for the
murder of mis- wife. 1t was then erected out
side of the Jail and stones head was cut of by
the rope. Since then it has been used in the
execution of the following:
/ Edward Queenan and Babe Bedford, Novem-
Der 19, 1880; Charles Guiteau, for the assassina-
ton Of President Garfield. July 30; Charlie:
Shaw, June IS. 1888; John Seargster alias Hud
son. May 10. 1885; Louis SommerieId. April
80. 1856; Richard Dee. April 30, 1856: Antonio
Mardello, alias Frank Roses. May 2s. 1856; Mel
son Colbert, May l, 1889; BENZ. Hawkins, May
20, 1890.
CERTIFICATE OF THE JURoRs.
The following certifca.ewas signed by the
jurors after the body was lowered in the coffin
WAsDES's OFFICE. UNITED STATES JAN
CITY OF WASHINGTON. March IL, 1s93.-We
the undersigned citizens of the District o,
Columbia, hereby certify that we were presen,
as jurors at the said Jail on the 18th day OF
March. 1898. to witness the execution OF How.
ard J. Schneider, and we do further certify that
the said Howard ]. Schneider was hanged by
the neck until he was dead, in our presence,
within the walls Of the said Jail; between the
hours Of o'clock post meridian and II O'Clock
meridian OF the said 18th day OF March, A. D.
1898. As witness our hands and seals the day and
year above written.
THE DEATH WARRANT.
While all this was transpiring in the more
public part Of the Jail Rev. Mr.. Parson was sit
ting with Schneider in his cell. Notwithstand
| ing the fac: that Schneider showed lees feelins
than one would have expected under the cir,
cumstances the meeting was stu
pathetic one. Mr.. Parson Is the pasto,
Of the Church Of the Reformation
which the Schneider family Intended whsr
( they used to live on Capitol Hill and it W.
from him that Howard - boy received hi
! religious training. Mr.. Parsou has taker
deeply to heart the blow that has fallen upoz