Commonwealth v. Reinschreiber

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,

Defendant appeals from a sentence to death on conviction of murder of the first degree.

We shall state the history of the case in the language of appellant’s brief: “Early on the morning of July 15, 1921, the home of Edward Eeed, aged 80 years, and his sister, Sarah A. Parr, aged 84 years, was entered and robbed by Matthew Bonkowski, Henry Eeinsehreiber, David Disque and Bernard Mott; an entrance was made through the shed kitchen into the room where Eeed was sleeping; he was bound and gagged; three of the young men stayed with him; Disque went upstairs…