Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-14

BOTH APPLICATIONS OF HIS COUNSEL DENIEI
By THE UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT
HIS ASSAULT ON DEPUTY WARDEN RUSS /,
TIE JAIL YESTERDAY.
The President alone now stands between
Howard j. Schneider and death on the scat old
the United States Supreme Court today denying
the petition both for a writ of habess corpus
and for a writ of error which petitions, as an
nounced in yesterdays SrAE, were filed with
the court yesterday.
The announcement in THE STAR that the
courts decision in the matter would probably
be rendered today caused quite a large throng
to ill the court room this morning, and the
decision was anxiously awaited.
ANNOUNCED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Immediately upon the court being seated,
after two attorneys had been admitted to prac-
tice, Chief Justice Fuller stated that in the
matter of the petition filed on behalf of Howard
]. Schneider for writ of habeas corpus the
petition was denied the decision of the court
in the Heath and Cross cases being cited in
support Of the courts position. The chief
justice then stated that III the matter OF petit
ton for writ of error that petition was also
denied the same cases again being cited in sup
port of the denial of the writ.
The decision OF the court rs amended by the
chief justice of the briefest possible,
being covered in less than 100 words.
THE COUNSEL WILL STILL FIaHT.
Messrs. Vim. F. Msttingly and A. A. Hoehling
were present in court and the prisoners brother
William awaited the decision just outside. the
court room. The condemned mans counsel
stated that they were not prepared to state
what the next step to be taken would be,
although they had not by any means given up
th..E trh+ II ~ 1i,~ haIl vad hnU
that every legal move In behalf of their client
has been exhausted, and that only the interven-
ton of the President can prevent Schneider s
execution on Friday next.
scHsEIDER's THIRD ASSAULT
Schneider, for the third time since he de-
stroyed the life of the woman whom he had
sworn before heaven and man to protect and
love and cherish, attempted yesterday afternoon
to wreak his vengeance upon another. Deputy
Warden Benton Russ of the District Jail. The
first of these three attempts was made,
as has been heretofore mentioned in The
STAR, upon Balif James Springman.
the officer who had Schneider in immediate
charge during the trial. and occurred. it will be
remembered, in the cell beneath the Criminal
Court during the early part Of the trial. The
condemned murderer's second attempt to take
the life of another was made upon Judge Cole,
on the day the man was sentenced last May,
and which was fully described in The STAR at
the time.
HIS BEHAVIOR HAD BEEN ALL RIGHT.
Schneider's behavior in Jail had until yester-
day been that of model prisoner, obedient to
the rules of the prison, quietand peaceful. Yes
terday afternoon the Rev. ". Z. Parson, pastor
of the Lutheran Church Of the Reformation on
Capitol Hill. which church Schneider had years
ago attended called at the jail. as he had before
done on several occasions, to offer religious
consolation to the doomed man and to en-
deavor to bring him to a proper realization OF
his position Deputy Warden Russ accompa-
MED the minister TO Schneider's CELL the first
one to the right on the first floor OF
the south wing and the one occupied by
Guiteau at the time he was fred at by Sergeant
Mason. Schneider was found sitting in his
chair at the window of his narrow cell. with his
hat pulled down over his eyes, and stepping in
eide Mr.. Russ said to the wretched man: How
ard, here is
HE sPRANG AT THE WARDEN.
With an exclamation Of rage, Schneider in
terrupted Mr.. Russ and sprang at the officer
with the fury of a maddened beast, and clutch
ing him about the body. LET me alone" he
exclaimed with an oath. keep out Of here. /
don't want you in here"
The deputy warden grasped the enraged man
by the arms and cautioned him to be quiet,
Schneider meantime struggling to re-
lease himself and cursing and swear
ing. When he had quoted down some
what Mr.. Russ loosened his hold and
showed him back. Then it was that Schneider
fury seemed to burst forth anew, and with an
other exclamation Of rage he picked up his
chair and attempted to brain Deputy Warden
Russ as he had attempted to brain his prosecu-
tor Judge Cole, on that memorable day In court.
But the desperate man again failed in his
murderous efforts, and after O short decisive
he tod
back on his cot, where, desthly pale and almost
exhausted by his violent efforts, he was left and
the door Of his cell locked upon him.
HE QUOTED DOWN.
Deputy Warden Russ and the minister retired
to the rotunda of the prison. while several Of
the Jail officials attempted to quiet the man.
He paid little attention TO what they said or
did, and in little while Mr.. Parson approached
the condemned mans cell alone. Schneider
was then sitting on his cot, with bowed
head and his hat pulled down over his ewes.
Three times the reverend gentlemen called him
by name before he lockek up. Mr.. Parson
gently inquired if he knew the latest decision
in MS case. But the question had to be re-
yeated before Schneider mumbled, "what
case?"s apparently totally Obvious Of what
was meant.
Then. when the minister endeayored to ex-
plain, Schneider suddenly exclaimed: They
are Trying 10 ROD me OF my invention. They
are trying to poison me. They won't let me
sleep and they throw acid on me-" vigorously
rubbing his hands.
Don't you remember the Sunday school you
used to attend on Capitol Hip quietly asked
the.minister. hoping to divert the mans mind.
SUNDAY school" mumbled Schneider. and
then he mentioned his invention once more.
Do what he could the minister could not get
the man TO listen to or talk intellisently upon
the subject Of religion and after fifteen minutes
Of futile endeavor he reluctantly left the
doomed man, q remark that he had good news
for him even failing to attract his attention.
AN ATTEMPT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT.
1t has been supposed that an appeal would be
made to the President for executive clemency
in Schneider's case. and shortly after 1 o'clock
today Mr.. Mattingly and Mr.. Hoehling, Schnei-
der's attorneys, called at the White House and
sent in their cards to Private Secretary Thur
Der. 1t generally understood that they
sought an interview in reference to the Schnei-
der case.
They remained with Mr.. Thurber for about
five minutes and when they came out Mr.. Mat
tingly WAS asked by STAR reporter if he had
called about Schneiders case: NO" he replied.
Il came to see about the new Court of Appeals. ~
In answer to another question he still insisted
that he was at tho White House ON business
other than Schnejder's