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

preached her on the evening OF the shooting,
and that bad it not been for Frank Hau.links
Interference and his alleged ATTEMPT 10 shoot
him fSchneiderD no trouble would have oc-
CURED The clothes worn bv him on the even
ing OF the shooting were exhibited in court and
holes In them were explained by Schneider TO
have been made By bullets from Frank uara.itk's
revolver. But a scientific examination OF the
alleged holes disclosed the fact that thev were
not made bya bullet. IN; bv some shar,D-poiEted
instrument. The revolver found nea- Frank
Hamllnk was shown to have been thrown there
by Schneider himself as he ran awav from the
scene OF shooting. and me great preuonderance
OF evidence justified the jury in finding sha. but
one revolver was used during the shooting and
that by Schneider. the alleged throwing Of
his revolver IN the al!ev being contradicted
successfully by the prosecution. The diving
declarations Of his wife also showed that her
brother used no pistol ard that her husband
did all tue shooting. On che 9Th OF April the
jury, after being out one hour. returned a YER
dict OF guilty "a indicted. The court room was
crowded almost to suffocation, "a it had been
on every other day OF the trial. almost the ma
jority of those present being women. Outside
the court room was congregated ih-ong OF
one or two thousand people and the jurv's
verdict was conveyed TO them by a msn who
shouted from one OF the court room windows,
HE Il guilty.. wild cry of approval went
up and as it reached Schnei6er's ears be bowed
his head in his hand while his frame trembled
and the perspiration flowed from his asnen
features. Counsel at once gave notice of a mo-
tion for a new trial. which motion on the 9TH
OF the following month was overruled. Schnei-
der was asked If he had anything TO say why
the sentence OF death should not be pronounced
upon him.
STARTLING SCENE.
Then occurred one OF the most startling
scenes ever witnessed in this or any other
court. The convicted man. with an exclama
ton Of rage, sprang from the chair and raising
II above his head. attempted TO BRAIN the dis
trict attorney. In an instant he grappled
by lSaiiifs Springman and joyce and thrown
back In the chair He struggled for several
minutes before he was overcome cursing and
swearing and making every effort to free him
sell. FINALLY, al the suggestion of Judge Brad
ley. he was handcuffed ard firmly held in his
chair. After he had some " hat recovered him
self the handouts were removed and he
held up between the two officers while the sen
tence Of death was pronounced against him
Schneider was then taken back 10 Jail and .
long legal battle to save him begun.
EFFORTS TO SAVE SCHNEIDER
A voluminous bill Of exceptions was pro-
pared and an appeal to the Court in General
Term taken. This appeal was set for hearing
IN November last, but was postponed until the
following month, when il was argued by
Messrs. Jere NJ. Wilson, A. A. Hoehiing and
William +. Mattingly on behalf of Schneider.
and by Judge C. c. Cole. then district attorney,
representing the government
After weeks argument the sub
mitted and the 9Th of last January Judge
Cox announced the decision OF the court IN an
elaborate opinion. affirming the Judgment of
the trial court. On the 18th OF that mousS
Schneider was brought up from jail and Judge
McComas made an order postponing execution
from the 10th of that month until the 18th OF
last month. Counsel for Schneider. having al
legged that the man was insane and unconscious
of his position a condemned man. asked the
Criminal Court to institute an inquiry a. 10 his
sanity.
INQUIRY HIS SANITY.
His honor refused to pass upon the quetfsa,
but certified it to the Court in General Term,
and on the 25th OF January the inquiry re-
quested was ordered by that court Theinquiry
began on February !, and after exhaustive in
curry lasting nearly three weeks the opinion OF
the experts called on behalf Of the govern
ment that Schneider was not insane was con-
hrmed by the Court in General Term, the
mans execution being postponed on the l1th Of
that month until today. Even this did not ex-
haust the efforts Of the counsel schneider,
and on the llth Of this month q petition for .
writ of habeas corpus was fled in the Court in
General Term and also one for . whit Of error,
il being alleged that Schneider had been de-
MED in his trial the constitutional right Of
hearing by fair and impartial Jury.
TIE sUPHxxE ooUrr AND rnzszpxxr a.
PEALED TO.
Both petitions were at once denied. snd -
Monday last leave 10 file similar petitions sllsg-
ing the same grounds was asked Of the Unissl
States supreme Court On ths following dsy,
however, Chisf Justice Fuller, in N exossd-
ingiy brief opinion, announced ths op&nioa q
the court, denying both petitions, rsa6rnfnG
It's decision announced in the Heath end Oro0
cases. An appeal was then msds 70 Prssidnt
Cleveland on behalf Of he condemned -.
bat after patient examination Of IL paPsgu
laid before him he refused 70 interferv snA
directed that the law be permitted 10 >nks ~
course. An additional appeal vas nsds 70 ~
yesterday, vhsa b also rsfussd 70 intsffsrA