The Washington times., 1905-10-20
INSANE SU|TOR
MURDERED WOMAN
Then Killed Himself After
Mad Warming.
WIDOW OF OLD FRIEND
Victims Two Sons Saw Slayer
Seize and Shoot Their
Mother.

KEW YORK, Get 2e-The two young
sohs of Mrs. Alveretta Scheidt. George.
sixteen years cid. and William, thirteen
years old. were playing their mandolins
in the parlor of their home. in VII
liamsburg, last evening, while she was
preparing dinner IN the kitchen.
John Dewick, a retired cabinetmaker.
wfc has boarded with the family since
the death of the father, George Scheidt,
a policeman, two years ago. entered and
saiuted the boys cheerfully He sat
ooavn and listened to their music for
few minutes and then walked into the
kitchen. and they heard him talking 70.
t,seir mother He cracked a joke. and
laughed uproariously. bat Mrs, Scheidt
Die not laugh.
Your Last Laugh?
Have you had your last laugh. AL
veretta?" he cried. laughing again. The
mother did not reply, and the boys.
listening. stopped playing.
They heard Dewick talking TO her and
they knew ne was again urging her to
marry him. for ne was continually pro-
testing his love fer her.
fHave you had your last laugh?" he
cried again. Again she did not reply.
Dewick said something else the boys
could not catch, and they heard their
mother reply with an angry exclama-
t.ca. The bo.-s Eccved toward the kitch-
en- door. They pee2ed in.
Dewick had his left arm about their
mothers waist She was struggling to
free herself. and he was grinning at her
and holding her tight against him. White
with rage. the two boys sprang into the
kitchen. Devick heard them and hail
turned his head. They stood still a mo-
mert, and in that moment Dewick drew
a revolver from his pocket, and. with
his right hand. placed 1t against the
ear, Of their mother. who was pinioned
so she could not move.
Fired and Fell. -
The boys again sprang forward. AS
they did so, the old man fired. Their
mother fell to the floor The boys
sprang on the old man. He threw them
back against the wall, and. as they
sprang at him again. he fired a shot at
them. This stopped them. He put the
revolver to his own head. fired, and fell
The boys dashed from the house,
screaming. They called a doctor in the
neighborhood, a few houses away, but
he-refused to go with them, telling them
to- call the police and an ambulance
Over his telephone the boys called po-
lice headquarters and got connection
with the Bushwick Hospital
Woman Dies in Hospital.
DR. Dunton hurried over in an arnbu-
lance. He found the old ca hfns tnaker
dead Mrs. Scheidt was still breathing,
and she was hurried to the hospital,
but the efforts OF the doctor to revive
her on the way were in yain,. and sAs
died fifteen minutes after being carried
into the hospital.
Dewick was flfty-four years ola. He
retired from business five years ago
after having made little fortune He
was an old friend of George Scheidt
the policeman Scheidt was attached
10 the Ralph avenue station when he
died two years ago. He owned his home
and left II to his wife. Dewick asked
that he might be allowed TO join the
family as a boarder. and the widow,
ggieving for her husband, was glad 70
nave his old friend as a companion and
head OF the house .s.s -tt
Ordered Him Away.
he had not been there long. the boys
say when he began to bother their
mother. pressing her to marry him She
had persistently refused. and one time
ordered him away from the house, but
let him come back when he promised
not TO disturb her
The boys tell of strange actions of
his recently. and believe he went insane
over futile love for their mother