The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-14
Young SCHAN APARRICIDE
sfILsHIs Ft1BER, 4 COURT OFFICER,
~ OTIRREL OYER MONET.


IoLe, tn. Crime Cooiiy-Afte the Murder
n. waited for the Police, Drinking
Iuuc Wine and smoking n Cigarette
meanwhile Shot His Father Down In Bed.
George ! Schan. an attendant in Part ~. OF
IN. Supreme Court. was shot md instantly
,llcd by his son. George W. schan. student
IN ,nii.try, at his home. 1925 Park avenue.
,os,syday morning. The murderer made no
,rerrt TO escape. He was turned over to the
C,,oner. who yesterday afternoon sent him 10
no TomLs without hail. He 10 81 years old.
,1uArrsl over property led to the murder.
y,ung Schan who was student Of the New
yo,k Dental College. aud who would have bsen
graduated last June had he not failed to pass
,.r,a n examinations. had been living with his
amt Mt 22l Fast SiSty-second street He
r.,, from his lodgings to his fathers fiat yes
,.rd,y morning. arriving there few minutes
,rcreoclock. His stcpmother admitted tho
,ouns man and then returned to the kitchen.
rhere she was preparing breakfast. telling the
hov AZ .he did so that his father was still In bed.
Young Schnn went directly to his fathers
,olroom. which opsns of the parlor. He had
ha,n ,here oniy a few m nutes when Mrs. Schan
bo,,d ivo reports from 1rearm She rushed
,r,, IN, bedroom and found her husband lying
,c,o.s the bed with blood flowing from his left
,.mpp Her stepson was taking a diamond
,iny from his fathers hand. He glanced at
Mrs schan when she entered the room and
,n., turned back and continued to manipulate
IN. ring until he had reno we'd II and placed
q an his own finger Then he walked into
the dining room. poured some sherry from
Lecanter and drank It, ate somo
coffee cake which was on the dining room
table lighted q cigarette and sat down to walt
nr this police Mrs. Schan rushed into the hall
and sent the Janitor's son for doctor. The
nh,.lc!an who returned with him said that
s,h,n had been killed instantly. In the mean
time. somebody had call ell in Policeman Led
,-n,n He found young Schan finishing his
cigarette in the dining room. AZ the police
man entered tho room. the young man arose
.nd said.
suppose you're after me- ready 70 20
with YOU
A. the East Eighty-eighth street police sta
,,n. whittier the prisoner and policeman
were accompanied by Mrs. Sehan. Lsderman
pr.f.rred charge OF murder against his pris-
Uner
Did YOU kill your father" asked the ser
ge4ut at the desk.
Yes. did" answered the young man with
the utmost self. possession.
What lid you do Il 'or?' asked IN. SER
gear,
4 don't purpose doing any talking here. fur
,hsr than to say | had my reasons" was the
answer.
Mrs Schan told Police Capt Freer that she
mad not heard any Of the conversation between
her husband AMI her stepson. The captain
could gst nothing more from young Schsn
than the sergeant had got. but later In tho
morning when the hoy was waiting 10 be ar
A. ill.,
little about the murder In an unconcernsd
way He had killed his father. the boy said.
after they had nrarr"ed rver his mothers
viii and when he thought hi. fs,her was about
10 assault him
MY mother died about n year and 4 halt
ago said young Schan After her death ny
father and continued 10 live IN our old home.
~ ~ last siSty-sccond street. which my
,ather 1wnsd lie rented tho house and We
bearded with a woman who was the lessee. A
'ule more than amgu,h ago, my 'ather mar
rcd esain. ,cnu. rot get along with my
doors enss %. nv 'nher's house. He and his
VIE Then moved 70 re ~ ~ Park avenue,
NV father in bed la.Lnl HIM Ns had many
times bcior-. why my mothers will hah not
heen rrohf"d 80 no satisfactory answer,
and then asked him Tor .onle money. as | had
non" and had ." way ~ provide Tor nyse.. lie
is,dssd t. ~" ne any money and ordered me
,rgt ., thr Ill.,, I! !; a. he It'd lie jumped out OF
Then pulled nv revolver and fired twice
That al. there Is IN it
Nrhan when arrnigned before the Coroner
Yesterday afternoon. was represented by Law
N"r DlnAcan q! IN" Arm NJ O'Hars & Din
mean. Through his counsel the prisoner ssid
he had no ,'atrment 10 make at that time. To
Il srS reporter NJ said that he had been told
that he lad not been rsmem bored IN his
mothers viii. but he did not believe that was
%, and h. had wanted the will probated TO
mako certain.
The elder Schan was - years oil He wa.
appointed an attendant In the supreme Court
IN lSS Nv JUSTICE Andrews. Several Years
hgo he conducted barber shop in Third
avenue neal, Twelfth street and. II was said.
ne .b was son, .0methlTe OF spo.t; and
race track had been opened sold out his
barber shop and became hOOkmaker
N"cording 10 report he lost everything he had
except n house At 227 East Siyty.second
street, which he made over TO his wife anil
which she held Al the time % her death ono
o' Schans irlends told a SUN reporter yester-
IaY that this house was probably all the frst
Known 70 havs had any property Of her own
Young Schan enlisted In Company 4, Twenty
second Regiment. at the time oi the Spanish
American War and IL still n member OF that
"frah2st!on. one o. the supreme Court
hurndhnt told SCN reporter yesterday that
10. boy Informed his father last spring tina, he
Iaf received his degree from the New York
m-n'al Collage and asked for enough money to
~ NJ an othes According to this story the
hnh rot only not received his degree but had
ianel 70 naSs some OF his examinations and
ms discovery caused the first breach ietveap'
lHher ana son The only other child Of ne