Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Mr.. Davis was not established, and
November 10, 1855, after a trial OF
three months, Wirz was hanged.
Tr;ef1 n Clear Wirz's Name.

Mr.. Davis was not established. and
November 10, 1855, after a trial OF
three months, Wirz was hanged.
Tried to Clear Virus Name.
Mr.. Schade promised Wirs he would
do all in his power to clear his memory
and during the remainder of his life
he kept that promise. He. saw to 1t
that the body was given Christian
burial and aided in so far as ne wss
able the wife and two children of the
condemned man.
Louis Schade lived for SO years after
Wirz was hanged His daughter, Miss
Anita Schade, recalls that his char
acteristic good hunor seemed to fail
him only ON each November 10, fol-
lowing the execution. Members of his
devoted family, who for years lived at
SIG Tenth street in the house in which
Abraham Lincoln died, were reminded
in later years of the circumstances ex-
planning the preoccupation Of Mr..
Schade on that day.
His activity in Washington, however,
was more prominent following the war.
In 1870, w. w. Corcoran, philanthropist,
assisted Schade in establishing the
Washington Sentinel weekly news
paper that thrived for 80 years. Deeply
interested in all public questions, he
appeared often before Congress in sup
port of measures calculated to extend
the privilege of personal liberty and
throughout the latter period of his life
he gave expression to warm affection
for the Southern people, their aSpira-
tNns and their leaders. Active in es-
pousing the development OF the Capital
City, Schade was a frank and often
vigorous critic OF the regime of Gov
Shepherd, the first and only governor
Of the District. He fought many of
Shepherds proposals and projects.
Credited With Effecting Embargo.
1t was during this period that he
was credited with a maneuver that in
duced President Grant to place an en-
barge on arms shipped to France for
use in the Franco-PrusSian war. Under
date OF February "a, 1871, a Prussian
newspaper printed under Washing
ton date line an article descriptive of
Schades effort.
'At last the administration here has
been induced to prohibit the expectation
OF munitions by the War Department, a
thing which has received the cenSure
OF the entire German American press"
it said.
THE credit Of securing this prohibi-
ton is due the solicitor here, Louis
Schade, German. born in Berlin or
Brandenburg. In the past nothing had
come up in Congress relating to the
export of arms. The then German
representatives, SchurZ, Finkelnburg
and Degen'er, had not dared, for party
considerations, to touch upon this very
important subject, either in the Senate
or in the House. Schade brought the
matter to the attention of Congress
by inducing Representative Boyd of
Missouri to read a petition to the
House on January %. This was referred
to the committee ON military affairs,
whose chairman, Gen. Logan, had pre-
viouSly given assurance that he was
opposed to the practice of exporting
munitions. The reference to this COM
mittee is the principal cause Of the
above prohibition, which followed lmme-
diately the next day, June 90"
Mr.. Schade bought the house at SIG
Tenth street in 1879 and lived there
until 1893. Anita, the first child born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Schade, was born in
Virginia on an estate the family main
tanned for a time the other four chill
dren were born in the Tenth street
home. The famous house, now shrine,
was sold to the Government by Mr.
Schade with the request that it be
maintained as 1t had been known In
Lincoln's day.
Declined Public Office.
The election of Grover Cleveland
brought to the White House the first
Democratic President since the war
Schade an intimate friend of Secretary
Of State Bayard. was invited to the
White House and offered the position
of register of wills. He declined the
| offer, giving as his reason that he pre-
ferred to remain "a free man" so he