The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07
MURDER ON STATE STREET
CH4S c. SNYDER, WHILE DRUNK,
 SHOT DOWN HIS WIFE.
He Was n Tugboat Engineer and Was Out of Work-Claims Revolver Went Off Accidentnlly-Snydc Tried to Take His Own Life but FaiIed-In the Hands of the Police.

Take His Own Life but FaiIed-In the
 Hands of the Police.
 A quarrel, caused by an insanely
 jealous disposition, resulted in the mur- der of Mrs. Charles Snyder by her hus- band at their home, 916 State street, l yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock The
 murderer, Charles Snyder, is we'll known as an engineer on the tugboat
 Hogan and has been in the tolls of the l police before yesterday. He is about | thirty-five years of age and was mar | ried to the woman he murdered but a | few months. She was widow who had one child, daughter, seven years old, by her former husband. The child was not present when the tragedy oc- cured.
 Snyder came home yesterday in most ugly mood and it Is said that he
 had been drinking heavily of late. Af- ter their dinner they became engaged in an altercation and as far as can be learned Snyder pulled a revolver from his pocket and emptied five of the six chambers into his wife, who was killed instantly. In the fracas, preceding the
 discharge of the revolver which inflict-
 ed the fatal wound Snyder received a
 bullet in the arm, which bled profusely.
 The quarrel began in the dining room and during the struggle for the pos- session of the weapon, of which evi-
 dence was found when the officers ar rived, the murderer and his victim were finally forced into the pantry, where the shooting occurred.
 The noise of the shots aroused the neighborhood and several persons rush. ed upstairs to ascertain the cause Among the crowd was Mrs. Holmes, sister of the murdered womna, who keeps a confectionery store underneath the dwelling She rushed into the din- ing room and not seeing anyone she continued her search into the other rooms. When she reached the pantry she was mortified to see her sister ly- ing on the floor bathed in blood.
 Patrolman John Kelly of the Grand avenue precinct arrived a moment later and he found the murderer in the bath room wits the revolver In his hand. The officer asked what he tn- tended toldo and Snyder replied thatihe was going to shoot himself. The officer, however, wrenched the revolver from his hand before he had an opportunity to empty the contents of the other chamber into his brain.
 Forty loaded cartridges were found in the bath tub by the officer. Patrolman John Clancey arrived shortly after Pa trolman Kelly and upon learning the nature of the crime he 'telephoned for the police wagon The coroner was also summoned and when he arrived he cleared the house of all curiosity seek CTS and newspaper men.
 Snyder was taken to the Grand ave- nue precinct and afterward removed to the central station. He refused abso- lutely to make any statement regard ing the cause of the quarrel, which is known to have occurred, but he is &C., credited with the statement that the shooting was accidental and occurred while he and his wife were having a
  He said it was intention to go to work last night and that he always carried the weapon with him. It was a 32- calibre sixshooter,
 It is thought that three of the five bullets fired lodged in the body Of the victim, while the fourth entered Sny- ders left arm and the last was a wild shot and struck the easement on the pantry door, which was later removed by the police.
 At the Central station last night Snyder's moans and cries could be heard from the cell He is an extreme ly large man, weighing about 19o and is nearly six feet in height. He Is known as an ugly customer to deal with and Patrolman Kelly showed no small amount of courage in enter ing the house and grappling with the murderer unasssted.
 The coroner ordered the body taken to Lewis & Maycock's morgue, where l an autopsy will be held this morning | at 10 o'clock.
 The couple had lived at their pres- ent residence but a short time and | were not very well known. They had | boarded with Mrs. Holmes for the past | seven months.
 Captain Evarts of the tugboat on ! which Snyder worked said that he | (Snyder) had periods of drunkenness | which extended several days at time. |
 The victim was the widow of Henry Utzinger, who kept saloon at the cor ner of Water street and Forbes ave-