Evening star., 1923-06-28
WOMAN CO[LAPSES
AT DEATH VERDICT
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Mrs. Buzzi Sixth Woman to.
Face Electric Chair in
New York State. -:
By the .hssocia ted Press.

BY the associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 2s-Convicted of
first-degree murder and facing the
electric chair, Mrs. Anna Buzzi, slayer !:
of Frederick Schneider, wealthy
Bronx contractor, with whom she
lived several years, collapsed in the
courtroom late last night when the
jury in supreme court brought in its
verdict after deliberating ten hours
White and shaking, and with her
composure broken for the first time
since her arrest four months ago
Mrs. Buzzi was committed to the
Bronx county Jail to await sentence
on July 3. The penalty for ffrst-de-
gree murder in this state is electro
cution.
Schneider, who was the builder Of
the worlds largest apartment house,
was found dead in his automobile
with two bullets in his brain on Il
lonely road in the Bronx on Febru-f
airy 26.
Declared Her Innocence.
Mrs. Buzzi the following day was
William Turc, her brother-fn-Iaw.
declared she had quarreIed with
Schneider and had requested irim 10
get her a pistol, saying, IF | can't
nave Fred, no one else will" She
was indicted for first-degree murder
but continued to declare her inno-'
cence and openly charged Turc with
the murder
During the trial. which began last
week, the prosecution stressed Turc's
testimony that he had reached Mrs
BuzzIs apartment shortly after
o'clock on the night of the murder,
ana had found her washing blood
stains from her coat.
The jury, several members of which
closely questioned Turc during his
examination, was taken during the
trial TO the scene of the murder and
also viewed Schneider's automobile.
me case was placed in their hands
at noon yesterday, and four hours
later they sent out a request to jus
tice OMalley for transcript of the
testimony.
Courtroom Cleared.
Fearing a demonstration. Justice
O'Malley had the courtroom cleared
before the jury appeared Mrs Buzzi,
smiling and appearing in high spirits.
Then the verdict was read. A dazed
expression came over her face. and
as she sagged forward attendants
caught her and assisted her to
chair. She was revived quickly and.
aided by matronS, returned to her cell
10 await sentence
/. Relatives of Mrs. Buzzi, including
her sister, Mrs. Turc, who had been
excluded from the courtroom. waited
anXiouSly outside for the news of the
verdict. Wailing and screaming hys-
terically. they were taken away in a:
taXiCab by friends.
Plans for Appeal.
Mrs Buzzi later recovered her com
posure and discussed with her attOr-
ney steps for an appeal. Such a mo-
tfon, however, was postponed until
the day for passing sentence by con-
sent Of Justice OMalley.
Mrs. BuZzi is the sixth woman to
be convicted of first degree murder in
New York state. Martha Place was
put to death in Sing Sing in 1899 and
Mary Farmer in 1903. Two women
convicted before the electric chair
was installed in Sin@M Sing, were
hanged. Harriet Dixon, a negFess.
was sentenced to death in 1890, but
her sentence was commuted to life
Imprisonment by Gov Smith.
Mrs. Buzzi is the third woman con-
victed in New York this year by
male jury of killing a man. The 9TH
er two-Mrs. Lillian Raizen and Mrs.
Paulette Saludes-were sentenced to
serve twenty years for second degree
murder. The jury in both these cases
was warned to try the case with their
judges charge the Buzzi jury was
told TO disregard sex in considering
verdict.