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

in his chair he looked more like a rough. IN
kempt tramp of forty than like tine spruce
young man he was a year ago. The bailiffs in
the court room. however. and others who had
been familiar with the case throughout were of
the opinion that If he had been given a hair
cut and shave and was dressed as ne used to be
be would look very much as he had done be-
fore. They believed that the change was an
artificial one and was brough. about solely
through the voltion Of the man himself.
HIS OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE.
On ore or two occasions Schneider gave vent
to his wrath in a most sensational manner. His
attack upon Judge Cole when he was asked
what he had to say why sentence of death
should not be pronounced was one of the most
sensational events that ever transpired in a
court room. Only a few days ago he made
other and equally vicious attack upon one OF
the under wardens OF the jail Another attacS
was made by him upon Deputy Waroen Spring
man. who throughou: the different trials was
his constant attendant going with him to and
from the Jail. Mr.. SpringInan had all along
treated Schneider with unyarying courtesy and
had sympathized with him as well. SO that the
attack upon him would seem 10 have been with
out cause and rs the result of unreasoning rage.
On occasion of each of his attacks Schneid.r
was prevented from doing any serious harm.
and after each outbreak he seemed 20 sink back
deeper into his slothfuiness and air of dull stu
pidi;y.
EEfCsTD SPIRITUAL. CONSOLATION.
All along Schneide. had refused TO eceive
any spiritual consolation from the ministers
Who called at the Jail or from Others who were
interested in his welfare Every effort was
made by them TO bring him to realize what his
true condition was. bat IN every case he rejected
their advances. and would have lone Of their
counsel. Schneider either did not realize
what death meant or else he did not care, or
else he thought that by pretending not 10 care
he could bring about the idea that he was of
mentally unsound condition and hence Tot one
to be punished for his acts as o man of sane
mind would be. For hours at a time he
would stand at the window of his cell looking
out past the corridor and through the window
at the open world as he could it through
that narrow aperture. As the number of days
allotted to him on earth grew steadily less his
bearing did not change and he kept up the
same appearance of utter obhviouspess that he
had maintained all along. If he was shamming
it was undoubtedly a remarkably clever piece
of work, and kept up almost beyond what one
would expect from powers of human endur
ance.
HIS QUARTERS IN THE JAIL
Up to within a few days ago Schneider occu-
pied the cell which was used for the contine-
ment of Guiteau. Wednesday afternoon he
was removed from this cell and placed in cell
No. on the opposide OF the corridor. Before
he was removed be was stripped of his clothing
and given an entirely different outfit. his bed
ding being changed also. in order that there
might be no chance of his having a weapon or
poisons about him. His hair was also cut but
his beard was allowed to remain.
The death watch on Schneider was begun
last Tuesday evening. This watch was kept up
constantly from then to the end. Warden
Burke. after the death watch was set. permitted
Schneider TO be interviewed only in the pres
ence of an officer Of the jail, and the privilege
of holding such interviews in the prison Office
even in the case of the members of the Schnei-
der family,