Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-10

to 1855, when the latter va. en-.
ployed Nc drAughtsman an lie
Office 81 Patent Attorney Meyers During d.,
time he told Schneider that a colorsa b., an
the Office had told him aiinc.s hat h.
(schneider) had requested the b., o. tLrsw
vitriol on some one Witness demonstrated With
Schneider about the matte. and Srhr.i-
der said he did not fear thr f.suIt.
for II he should have been arrested he SAD A..
would nave feigned INSANITY. and asked uitne-s
~ he would not swear that le Was insane MI
meas replied. YES. n moral obhquit, cou-'i-
tuted insanity shortly after that Schneider
left the ofice. Witness never saw auvthirc .-
Schneiders conduct TO induce him o. believe
that the man was insane.
CONGRATULATIONS
To Mr.. Wilson the witness -aid tina, he hal
mentioned the matter a number of umes u
happened about seven wears ago. Ar
Schneider left the employ of Mr. Meyers snu1-
drawing instruments were missed aud Schrci l.r
was requested 10 return them. lie came
in the Office one day after that and R,-assl
Mr.. Meyers Of slanderins him. tie VS. -Ncii. a
insulting. and pulled pistol half Nsy ont % hi.
pocket and Threatened 60 shoot Nr
Meyers. Witness persuaded him L. lcnt.
the Office IN aboEt three minutes tinic. Schu,i-
der was discharged from Mr. Mcver-' ..rt,I,,
because m showing client Ahoat th- town be-
took some of the mans money. Tho money
VAS deducted from Schneiders pay. 10 Which
he greatly objected.
LoUis Commons.
Louis Connors OF SIC Chamrlaia avenue. /.
young man. testified that he vac IN IN. fecd
business on 18th aud I streets from Iauunry.
1891, to MAY. 1892. lie knew Schneider from
July. 1881. up 20 the time Of the SHOOTING,
Schneider had a stable where h. brother F,-,,,s
lives now. Witness saw him about ten ,lass BE-
Tore the shooting, when he bought a wagon
from him About the hrs; day of the trial WIT
ness brought him about pint Of whisky nj he
city Lall Wiiaess saw the prisoner at the Jail
curing the trial saw him again az the lsI
about May l. Went there in answer O. letter.
from Schneider. One letter came cam. Nv
mall the other was brought by Cook BucAlrv
OF the jail. Schneider was in the Gaze AZ the
jail when seen bv witness in NAV Mr. Burke
ANA w:, eook buckley we're sitting near by.
who said, smiling and wInking ms
eye, Il didn't want TO recognize
you at first" Schneider did not say uhy. NJ
ness talked with him about an hour. While
taking viii him some man came up aud ass.i
him where his brother Frank lived. Schneider
gave wrong answer FIRST and then told "a.
man where he did live.
WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE BEIrrvr MN cR,zr
Schneider said to witness, IL think q wound
be good idea 10 write you witness a crazy
letter. so could use il afterward He said h.
wanted to make the people there believe that
he was crazy, and that he would soon be oit
of there. Schneider had ..l,i
him for money in the letter. and asked witness
II ne had any money with him. Witness
handed him 81. when Schneider said: '.Now N
you need this yourself keep IL. don't Lin. Ia
ask my brother for money because lac l. doing
so much for me-" Schneider said Marian
Appleby had treated him badly, aud a-ked wit
ness TO get Appiebv 20 come down and see him.
He said that Jack Green did him a mean trlrk
during the trial ~ said hat H.. a..
money TO get him gallon Of whisky during the
trial. and that Green drank almost all of H.
Witness left HIM At the Jail when two ladies
came up who Schneider raid were his cousins.
CROSS Examined.
To Mr.. Wilson the witness said that one.
Schneider sent him out 20 Langdon for n dog
cart and horse. but found none there. When
witness told Schneider about II he smiled mud
said that he had gone on, and gotten the
horse himself. Another time Schneider told
witness that he and Appeby were going
20 run . distllery over in Virginia
That they could get whisky OF a certain
kind, which was very powerful. aud that
they could make a 10. Of money our
Of it. Schneider asked witness IL he had tod
Appleby TO come down to him az the lad
and witness said he had. but that AppIeby had
said that his brothers had said il would be better
for him not to go down there Witness told Police
man Preston last night about the conversation
ne bau Win ocnutldeI al tne Jail. The officer
brought witness dosn TO the Office OF the Dis
trict attorney this morning, when he was sworn
and made u statement
WHY he DIDN'T TELL Nh HoEHLrxa
Mr.. Wilson Did You not meet Mr. HoeLliag
at the City Hall several days ago?
The witness-les. sir.
Mr.. wilson-Did he ask you what you knew
about this case!
The witness sir
Mr.. Wilson-Why did you not tell him about
the interview you had with Schneider at IN.
jail?
The witness Because it wouldn't have done
him any good.
Mr. Z. u. PAINTER.
Mr.. Z. III. Painter, newspaper correspond
ent, testified that he knew Schneider. that h.
employed him ms d-aughtzman i'm
1889, and exhibited very large man
which had been traced by Schneider He said
he considered him very good workman He
had never noticed any evidences Of insanity in
the man.
ITO Mr.. Wilson he said Schneider was careles,
and slovenly in his work at times.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Painters testimony
District Attorney Cole announced the close o,
the case for the government
DIR. RossE RECALLED.
Mr. Wilson then recalled DR. Irving e Po...
to the stand and asked him # he had changed
his opinion, expressed several davs AGO
that the prisoner was insane aud
incapable Of approaching his po.,-
ton ms a condemned man since hearing the eYi-
dsnce submittedby the government. DIR. Ross.
replied that he had not. That IL he had ans