New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-16
TRYING TO SAVE SCHWAB.
EXPERT TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE
INTRODUCED.
-,,r pprsoNrR.s SONS CHARLES AND MAX. RE-
TRACT FORMER STATEMENT-DoC-
ropS ANswER QUESTIONS.

TORS ANSWER QUESTIONS.
rxnart Testimony for the defence was pro-
duced Yesterday in the trial of Franz Michael
schwab for the murder Of his wife Catherine IN
tho saloon of his son Bernard, on the night OF
Eahruarv "a last Schwab shot and killed MS
wife and his infant grandson, and severely
wounded his son. Bernard The prosecution says
that tho crime was committed In revenge pe
cause Mrs Schwab had left her huspahu ano
was living with her son. The defehce Is III
sanity 1t Is alleged that Schwab was deiuoeo
into the belief that his wife was unfaithiui u
him and that she and his sons were cohspirins
against him. Acting under the Impulse Drought
on by these decisions. he committed the CRIME
Charles and Max Schwab. sons of the de-
PENDANT were the first witnesses called yester-
day They said their father had always peeh
an odd man and acted In queer manner lhey
admitted that they had told the police captain
that they had not noticed anything pecu''ai
about their fathers actions and they also saiu
that the statement was not true IheS sa'u ''.S
made II because they thought If they tou the
,rrtb thev would have to go to the police sta
ton and II would take up good deal Oh '"e''
time They did not want to lose any
time They said their father had always been
a moody man. and that he would stand for
ING nothing After his wife had him arrested
,,r abandonment he was worse than ever, ana
,.ou,d saw nothing at all. He declared that
b,s wife wac unfaithful to him and that she ana
bic sons had consp!red together against hinl'
ua would spend hours at a time writing alone IN
q varret and walked up and down the moor
mumbling to himself. He was constantly quar-
rell,ng with his wife, and sometimes ne STRUCK
her. The sons declared in answer TO question
OF one OF the jurors that they had maze "o
agreement among themselves TO tell any s'o.S
a. "a TO keep their father from the electric
chair.
Adam stetter. who was charged by Schwab
with maintaining too friendly relations with MS
wife went on the stand and said the charges
AGAINST him and Mrs Schwab were untrue ana
ridiculous. ers, oxner,
witness called for the defence Or. Newton Ii
insanity expert OF the New-York Dstrict-At-
torney's office. He said he had made three eA
aminations 81 the prisoner In the JAN anu i've
had no doubt that he was sufferer IRON par .,t
noia He was deludcd In the belief that ms Wiz
was unfathful to him. and nothing c0uio snane
II from his mind. When asked by the witness
r,hv no killed his wife he replied that everybody
knew that he did II because she was uhla@hiu'
to him ,, . ,ho
schwab had seen listening a,tentively to the
testimony of the doctor Suddenly he became
much excited Throwing his arms up IN the
air no exclaimed: II want peace. Why do they
harm on this thing again" He became so noisy
that he was taken 10 the prisoners PEN ana tn're'
after a time he Gained down. II was some MINI
utes before the trial could be resumed
Or Peter l. Schenck was also called inr me
defence and said that he had examined the ue-
PENDANT four times and come 70 the same on
cusion concerning him as DR. Newton. re Wa
undoubtedly a paranoiac Or. Walter l.. MOT
ton also testified that he had examined Scnwao
and believed him To be Insane. Bernard D. iork,
81 counsel for the defendant asked the physicians
a long hypothetical question. embodying the facts
surronnJing Schwab They replied that II was
their opinion he was insane
The trial will be continued to-day.