The evening world., 1893-11-15
vITRIOL HER WEAPON
Pretty Carrie Schneider's Revenge
on Her Alleged Betrayen
Threw a Quart Of the Acid 10
Young Bremer's Face.
He Is Not Badly Injured. but She 70
Fugitive.

Jersey City detectives are to-day
searching for pretty seyeIteen-year-old
Caroline Schneider, of 41s Monastery
street, West Hoboken. who took terrible
revenge for her alleged ruin yesterday
upon GGstave Bremen, jr.. son Of the
well known lev dealer of 325 West
street, West Hoboken.
While Caroline is a fugitive from JUS
tice, her victim is suffering from burns
resulting from a quart Of vitriol which
she threw upon him yesterday morning
in Hubel Bros meat market at Spring
and Monastery streets.
1t was at $50 in the morning. and
the market was crowded with women
ard children.
Young Bremen was waiting rear the
front door for some meat he had or
dered. when Caroline entered.
The clerks smiled, and motioned for
him to look towards the door. AS he
turned. the girl, without a word, dashed
the contents of a majolica ware quart
pitcher at him.
The stun barely missed his right eye,
spattered his nose and drenched his coli
lar, necktie, coat and vest. Instantly
he felt his skin burning. as IL scared by
a red-hot iron, and crying out with
pain dashed for the nearest drug store.
His assistant dropped the pitcher and
fed from home. She has not been seen
since.
Young Brspner's burns were dressed
with chlorate of soda, and he went
home. wh,r re a physician attended him;
Mrs. c-ioie, who lives at Stevens and
| Spring streets, was standing near young
Bremen at the time, n some of the
| vitriol struck her cheek and clothing. a
little. girl also got some OF the stun on
her face, but neither are believed to be
seriously injured.
SO quickly was the entire scene enacted
that scarcely al one present knew what
II was about, but all recognized the
principals, and then the explanation was
easy.
on Dec. IS last. young Bremen. WHOSE
father is q prosperous newsdealer, Was
arrested upon n charge made by Caro-
line that he was the father OF her a
born child. He was tried later IN the
Hudson County. Court and acquitted:
Caroline's child was born last st. Pat
rick's Day, and she has all along in
sisted that Its father was young Bremen;
The child is a girl, named Alvtn8, and
II to calling attention to the
fact that II was hers, and that Bremen
was the father, and her actions have
been commented on by ~neighbors.
Young Bremen was seen at his home
by an Evening World" reporter this
morning. Although the right side Of his
head, neck. shoulder and chest was
and was playing the either, on which he
Is an expert performer. :.
He is ~twenty-one years old, but small
| for his age. He admitted his acquaint-
anceship with Caroline and his arrest,
but the denied the paternity OF her
child.
He could give no other reason for the
assault upon him than that the girl had
taken that method to secure revenge
because of the failure of her criminal
suit against him..
His father, he said. would. prosecute
| the case to the bitter end. Young Bre-
mer a n miraculous escape from
| being blinded. His clothing was eaten
| clear through in spots, but his physi-
clan thinks he may escape with slight
scars.
Caroline's parents are poor. but re-
spectacle Germans. Her father Is a car
penter. He alone was at home when the
reporter called this morning. He aid
he was in Jersey City yesterday and
last night. and knew nothing about
the affair. His daughter was not home.
and had not been all night he said.
Detectives and West Hoboken police
watched the Schneider's home all night:
| Efforts were also made to apprehend
Caroline in Jersey City and this city.
where she had relatives. She has rela-
tives also in Boston, and II Is believed
that she has taken refuge with some OF
! these. a