St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-09

DOOMED BY HER SON.
Mrs. Schneider Gets Thirty
Days for Giving the Re-
volver to Ermisch.
PITIFUL SCENE IN COURT.
Mother of the Murderer
Breaks Down on Thought
of His Fate.
THE LIST OF INDICTMENTS.
Judges Engaged In Trying
Civil Cases to Jury and
-.t Court.

The Ramsey county grand jury re-
ported yesterday morning upon. the in
vestigations made last week, and will
pursue its inquiries as to other cases.
Among the indictments found was one
against Louisa ScEmelzer. accused of
aiding prisoners to escape. The is the
mother of Charles Ermisch, who is
under sentence to be hanged a week
from next Friday, together with Otto
Wonigkeit. for the murder of William
Lindhotf. Mrs. Schneider gave her son
the revolver with which he shot Deputy
Sheriff Horst in his attempt to break
jail few weeks ago
She was taken before Judge Brill, In
Court Room No. 6, at .. M. for arraign-
ment. She pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to the workhouse for thirty
days. The arrdignment was very pa
thetic. The distressed old woman wept
bitterly when Clerk Louis Newman in
terpreted the Indictment to her. She
speaks German, and does not under
stand English. Attorney John E.
Hearn. addressing the court in her
behalf, stated that Mrs. Schneider gave
the revolver to her son. but not with
the intention of effecting all escape, but
at the earnest solicitation of Eruisch to
he used in taking his own life in case
executive cemency should not be
granted in committing the sentence
to Imprisonment. Mr.. Hearn asked
that, in this view Of the case, the
woman be given workhOuse sentence
in place Of long term in the peniten-
tiary. Mr.. Hearn also stated that the
husband of the woman is hard
working man, and they have small
child who is now cared for by a neigh
Dor.
County Attorney Butler read
recommendation signed by all of the
grand jurors asking for lenient SEN
tence, and,added his own recommends
ton III the same strain. He stated as
his reason Tor asking the arraignment at
once that
Arrangements for Hanging
Ermisch and Wonigkeit will be pro-
ceeded with at once. The arrange.
ments would be in the hearing of the
woman confined in Jail. and it was the
desire of the sheriff and himself that
the woman be removed from Jail so
that she would not hear the noise OF the
erection of the galiows. He would be
willing to nave sentence deferred until
after the hanging, provided the woman
could be confined some place else. Mr..
Butler stated also that the facts had
been correctly stated by Mr.. Hearn, in
| SO far as he was advised
Asked if she had anything to say why
sentence should not be pronounced,
| Mrs. Schneider again advanced to the
desk of Judge Brill, and breaking out
| in pittful walls besought mercy. The
kindly heart of Judge Brill was touched
by the distressed woman, and he briefly
stated that while be did not want to be
understood as looking upon the 0Tense
charged as not being serious, yet in
view of the recommendations of AFT
intelligent grand jury he would impose
sentence OF thirty days in the work
| house.
| The face of the old woman frightened
| for moment when it was explained
that she would not go to the pententi-
| airy. But at the thought of the fate of
her son she again burst into tears anu
was led from the court room weeping
bitterly. She was taken to the work
uouaC idSt evening anu Will IlOt Nc
present at the hanging of her son.
The Other Indictments
returned by the grand jury are as fol-
| lows:
| Frank Clark. burglary in the third
| degre
| r. II. Huxley, grand larceny in the
| second degree and IA second Indictment
| for burglary in the third degree.
Frank RunWell, grand larceny in the
| first degree.
| George Wilson, grand larceny in the
| second degree.
Joseph Youngquist, assault in the
| first degree.
Joseph Friedman, burglary in the
| third degree.
Timothy Rowles. grand larceny in
the second degree.
The foregoing persons will be ar
| raigned before Judge Brill in court
room No. at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The grand jurors reported that they
had examined into the charges against
| w. j. Hurd, the dentist, his wife, Anna
Hurd, A. l.. Hoppaugh, Robert Allen
and Charles Plebusch and returned
mot true bills in their eases. The
| persons and their sureties were re-
| leased.