The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-14
ROMANCE OF SCHNAUBELT
The Man Accused of Throwing
Deadly Bomb Was Not
In Vallejo.
The "FierCe-Visaged Anarchist" Is
Said to Be in South Africa
Getting Rich.

While Rudolph Schnaubelt, the socialist
who is accused Of throwing the deadly
bomb during the Haymarket riot in Chi
cago, is busily engaged m aking fortune
in Matabeleiand, South Africa, the San
Francisco Chronicle has the same gentle
man located in Vallejo, CAL, engaged in
the business OF making deadly explosives
and planning all sorts Of villainous deeds
against society.
Emil Liess, editor of the San francisco
Tageblatt, tells story in few words
which opens up a vista of information on
the Schnaubelt yarn. In an interview yes.
terday afternoon, Mr.. Liess said:
II have just returned from Philadel-
phia and Chicago. know something Of
this man, Rudolph Schnaubelt, who is
said to have been at Vallejo recently
Well, there is nothing in it. He is not an
anarchist or bomb-thrower. The police Of
Chicago do not want him. He has not
been in California during the last twelve
months, that know. Had he been here
some of the socialists belonging to the
local section would have known it. A
year ago l had authentic information to
the effect. that Schnaubelt was in South
| alIlCds QOll& WCll dllQ SCbtlnS AiNLs
ut is my opinion that report has sprung
up from misunderstanding of names,
continued Mr.. Liess. Michael Schwab
who served seven years in the Joliet Peni.
tertiary for participation in the Hay
market riots and was released on q pardon
some time ago, has recently been one Of
the editors on the Chicago Arbeiter lei.
tung. Two weeks ago Mr.. Schwab resigned
his position as editor and announced that
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gage in farming. Mrs Schnaubelt is his
mother-in-law, I believe. | think Mr.
Schwab is now in Vallejo, and guess he
| Is the dangerous man that the enterprls1ne
reporter has discovered. 1t is certainly not
Rudolph Schnaubelt."
An Associated Press dispatch from Lon
don, which was sent out yesterday after
Schnaubelt is in that metropolis, and that
Schnaubelt has been there at various times
during the last two years. The fact is, Ru-
dolph Schnaubelt is resident OF South
Africa, and has been for some time. lie
visits London and Paris at intervals Of a
few months and then returns to his dig
gings.
The Inspector of Police at Chicago tele-
graphed yesterday tina. there was no truth
in the story. He also says that Schnau-
belt, who. according to the Chronicle, is in
hiding at Vallejo, is not wanted by the
| police. Then comes Mrs. Lake ofWallejo,
who lives next door to Schnaubelt' {
brother, and says she was misquoted by
the Chronicle. She heard no explosions IN
the Schnaubelt house. She says:
| heard no windows rattle, nor ever noticed
any mysterious lights flashing at night from
| the windows. The men occupying the mouse
are quiet and gentlemanly in conduct and ap-
| pearances. With the exception OF the mother
avery fine old LADY, of Edward Schnaubelt,
no woman, as intimated, has been employed at
the house, which is rented by Oscar Rhem-
branz, nachinist at the hayward, who rents
rooms to the rest to save expenses.
| had never heard suspicious sounds at night
and there is evidently nothing wrong in the
! sounds of hammering and saving, as Edward
| Schnaubelt is machinist and has workshop
at home. He is a maker and repairer OF nickel
| 1n-slot machines. The big black yalise spoken
OF Is receptacle in which he carries the
machines to town, down to San Francisco and
back again. 1t appears heavy. for the reason
that the machines are weighty. have no
reason to believe bombs are being or ever have
been made in the house. never had any
idea that secret meetings were held at the
house. Friends came and went as they pleased
Regarding the man called Rudolph. did not
know his name, and never saw him acting IN Q
mysterious manner
| 1t is said that Hornbrooke, the hero Of
the bloody battle of Wei-hai-wei, is In
Vallejo.