The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-19
MOTHER WILL
AVENGE GIRL
FATHER SHOT
Daughter in Hospital, Grief.
tricken Mother Makes the
Threat Against Father
Hello CR0WO At BAY WHILE
WOUNDED GIRL LAY N STREET
Hatred For Family From Which He
Was Separated Led Father to Shoot
His Own Child-Saved Her Moth.
er's Life Once.

Philadelphia, Sept 1s.-"If my
daughter dies, swear her father
shall go to the gallows!"
Grief stricken, her eyes red with
weeping. Mrs. Annie Schachte, 45
years old, wife of GeorgeSchachte, 81
years old, who shot and perhaps NOR
tally wounded May Schachte, his o.
year-old daughter as she was leaving
her place Of employment, made tho
above statement when Informed that
her daughter was dying at st. Mary's
hospital.
The daughter, lowering on the
verge Of death at the hospital, today
In an interval of consciousness, made
an ante-mortem statement to the po-
lice, In which she accused and identi-
fed her father as the one who shot
her.
Grouped around the little iron cot
where the fatally stricken girl lay
were Lieutenant Donovan and Special
Policeman Sherckler. Standing to
one side, securely handcuffed, was the
father. who while gazing at the tense
lines of suffering drawn on the face
Of his daughter, maintained a sullen
silence while he was being identified
as the possible slayer of his own
child.
Held Without Bail.
Following the wounded girls ante
norton statement, Schachte was ar
raigned before Magistrate Speiss and
held without bail for further hear
ing on September 27.
1t was testified at the hearing that
a search Of the prisoner, shortly aft
er being brought to the station, dis
closed more than 100 loose cartridges
in the pockets of his coat. 1t ia be-
lieveh by the police that Schachte
provided himself with enough am
munition SO that he could kill the en-
tire family.
The belief Of the police. who took
Snhalhte into itustody, is that the
fathers unnatural hatred for the
family with whom he has not been
living for the past two years. saused
him to commit this crime. His hatred,
the police say, seemed to center on
May, the oldest girl, and in an at
tempt to give way to his feelings,
they assert, the shooting followed.
saves MOt0ef'S L1fos
The shooting of the girl followed
an attempt Of Schachte to get into the
family home on Palmer street. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Schachte, she saw
her husband coming to the door of
the home, where he had not been
seen for over two years.
His apparent anger, as he paused
to ring the bell, SO frightened his
wife, that her fears for herself and
the three children in the house pre-
vented her from going to unlock the
door to let him in.
In explaining this to the police,
Mrs. Schachte said, she remembered
on similar occasion, a little over
two years ago, when her husband
was IN apparently the same mood, he
tried to kill her with a razor.
AT that time, Mrs. Schachte assert
ed. the girl who is now at the st.
Marys hospital saved her mothers
life by clutching the razor in the
hands of the enraged father, and on
ly succeeded in wrenching the weap-
on out Of his hand after she had Sc
vered IN artery. This act of bravery
caused May to spend more than two
| months at the hospital where she Is
now dying.
After lettering around the house for
half an hour, the police declare,
Schachte departed, and is supposed to
have Immediately gone to the hosiery
mill of Brownhill & Kramer, where
i May and her sister, Gertrude, aged 10,
were working.
The two sisters came out of the
mill, when the father drew a big re-
volver and fired five shots in rapid
succession directly at his eldest
daughter. Four of the shots went
wild and caused the crowd to scatter,
but the fifth penetrated Mays back
passed through the lung and took a
downward course into her abdomen,
where 1t lodged.
The girl, an instant after the fifth
shot was fired. fell to the ground
moaning, ooh. father!"
The crowd which had come out OF
the factory had by this time recover.
ed from their first shock of surprise
F.; and several made mad rush for
Schachte. The men, however, fell
back when Schachte backed to the
factory wall, and pointing the re-
volver at the crowd, shouted he
would kill the first one that came
near him.
The men Immediately backed of,
and Schachte calmly reloaded his re-
volver. For several minutes he stood,
facing the crowd and pointing the re-