St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-19

at the Seven Corners for few months.
and was laid oil. He then worked in
the cigar factory of Ii. E. Driese for
eight months. and quit: then worked
for Adam Fefsch for eight months, and
was discharged because OF his bad
traits. He next worked for the ST. Paul
Stained Glass works, and was discharged
after few months because he would
not obey orders. He began housebreak-
ing several years ago, and when seven
teen years old was sent to the reforina-
tory FOR one IF his many otIenses. This
was i'll 1892; the otfense was burglary.
He met Otto Wonigkeit before going
to the reformatory. and they committed
various crimes together, the first being
the robbery of il bakery and the next
stealing ten pounds of lead. They were
in the reformatory together and got out
about the same time in April last. and
formed compact to travel together and
commit various depredations. Within
two weeks they held up three men. two
of them on the Hudson road. at the
point of revolvers. and broke into two
houses. eliminating in the raid in the
saloon where LindhoH was muir
dered. One of the hold-ups on
the Hudson road was of a farmer
who wns driving into town to do
his marketing. They confronted his
team, springing from some bushes,
fired their reviewers repeatedly over his
head and frightened hin SO that he
became insane, and is HOW confined at
Rochester. They robbed him of his
watch, nearly S1o0 in money and OF Va
rious other personal belongings. The
mother of Erinisch is Louise SCHNEIDER,
a midwife. who lived with her husband,
Carl SCHNEIDER, turner i'll the shop of
SchneIl u licensing. The Schneider
residence is at 45S Blair street. Charles
has not lived al home for several years.
He has committed great number of
crimes. and was one of the most deS-
Derate characters i'll the city.
Sketch of NyonigkeIt
Otto Wonigkeit would have been Just
tweuty-one years of aye i'll one week
from the day upon which he paid the
penalty for his crimes on the scatfoid.
He was born Oct. %, 1878. in Berlin,
Germany. His father died when he was
nine years old and his mother married
A. Milhausen, who resides at 906 RAN
dolph street. His mother, Adaiine, is
f0rty-five years old. He has sister
Florence who is nearly fifteen years old.
He went to school three years in Ger
many and two years in this country. He
has worked in saw mills, box factories
and saloons. His mother has several
children by her present husband. He
began his history of crime about
four years ago, and in 1892 was
sent to the reformatory at St.
Cloud for burglary. He got out about
the middle OF April last. and. joining
with Ermisch, committed six crimes
from then up to the murder OF Lindhotf,
one of them being a hoidup on the
Hudson road. HIS mother testified
that his father, Julius Wonigkeit. and
his uncle. Franc Wonigkeit. had been
habitual drunkards, and both died from
deliFium tremeus on the same dag, Aug.
Is, 1882. His grandfather and his great
grandfather had also died from delirium
tremens. Otto was addicted to hard
drinking from early boyhood, and often
had fits and showed sign of delirium
tremens. He was placed in a saloon by
his step-father in the city of Detroit.
Mich, when twelve years old. 1t is
evident from all the testimony adduced
that he had a weak MUD and was easily
led astray. His head is misshaped.
being larger on one side than on the
other. His appearance. as we'll as his
history, SHOWS that he was dangerous
man to the community. and, like Err
misch, all hope OF reformation was use.
less.