The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-23
shocking Murder OF . Woman ~ her JeaIeu
CoRoNER's NQUAsr-vKRDIcr OF rnE JURY.

eh0e King Mu rder OF . Woman by her Jealou
Lover.
CoRoHER's NQUBsT-vKRDIcT or TIE JURY,
short time ego announced thst bsautifu al Ger.
SRI named Helena Meyer, had been stabbed BY her
lover, william rbsrg, at lager bier cellar No
60 Greenwich street. in the left side. producinx
deadly wound, ana that the unfortunate woman wss
conveyed TO tie New York Hospital for medical attend
snce Here she fingered until saturday when death put
end to ell her suferipgs Coroner Wilhelm ON being
notified Of the fact to the hospital for tho
purpose CT holding inquisiton After some little
delay encountered in the search for witnesses the pro-
c. oiugs commenced IS follows -
INQUEST.
Louis Rebel ber < duly depoeed and sAid-That
reside 1T No 90 greenwich stIest; Keep lager bier
saloon al The above place; h.vs occupied that d ace
La May; have been scquaiutss wi vh the eceas
ed, Helena Meyer, Tor two months ehs Q. me- 10 nv
houe AZ that time snd employed hsr cook; she
WAS there fo thst purpose ever snce she came Aso
know he prisoner who was in the habit OF visiting &C.
ceased sometimes daily and other times less
they we're always vsry good fIiehfs and acted well
to1sics zach other was Away in the when they
me- T. they together that kno~: ABOUT
o'eloct the evening Of Path Of september last
me pi.erer came ITO IN, place seemingly little
iptcSicsttG, but lot much so the ia he room
ct toe une sitting on the tofa Car lino Schumol,
Car, Wsgrer, and Joseph Miller were also present;
think the prisoner took something crak and he
too some coffee with us, we're sitne a
be In The back room; then togethsr the
bRrrocm sgsio cav oEhirg Of him particularly
unit him ,aise lis and AID strike her thought
it simply ~itb bis aloe but she cried out my
jesus am dead !" lookei towards her. and blood
issuing from her elt side sent my barter ar immedi-
atey coctor, ano CaroLne Schumoi for oicer
ceased and the prison had qnsrIel at al any
words before he stabbed her raw no knife in his hans
but cue isJ on the sofa the knife somesha bloody
foupt 1t; tbs knife sho En "a the one found
,hee caIpo sag in which cine cticn the blow Civ
en- hes b. enc qrsrr wba'e er aud know vi no
weston that he toula Lave hsd sM within ak or
eli lit feet them at tie time; the doctor cams sx
snired he wound. but did Dot think dangerous ana
Ia Nopnn Inn 90
vsos arrested by ccer; he stay ed alone With
d.e'astd or ell night; kco~ that the prisoner though.
aer.at deal OF the deceased inleed, he told me a.
Eushont ocet thss the deceased freq uep,ly treat
"a hm very coloy no right in Of her when
be uck her. tey had sesn ia the room together
hal an hour when this occurred; the prisoner looked
oil ent that evening" from what his appearance usu
aIy wss; 1hins he looled wild
Car ope scbunol b,iDg duly sworn, depossd and said
reaoe at the same place the last witness: am en-
poy by the preceding ~iness first was bar tender
ourred ives tano,ng behind the bar at the time. At
cistsnce Of twelve eet from them; heard nothing be
tween The prisoner and deceased until heard the out.
ton to them until h. ard her cry stated by the pre-
ceci einess saw blood upon her side when looked
co not zee ne blow given or the knife the
that ne thought much of her. but know that they never
slept together; the prisoner Loo ksd very wild and
he was intoxcated came here to this country
with deceafed and very intimately acquainted with
her. but never heard anything from her prison
er some ether men the habit Of coming there
and sitting on the sofa tall ing to the deceased
Joseph Miller being duly sworn deposed and saidThAt
he resided at No 60 street; bar tender
at the above places the evening of the oath
Of September, about O'Clock, I went into the aosye
place with Charles w. gner to get something drink
was standing at the bar walked away towards the
fofa at least thought 30, but know certainly
which way he went the first heard the outcry Of
deceased who Was sitting the sofa It was about
minute two between the time he was standing ct the
Oar and the time the cutlery took place. left the
room curing this tine; wss sent ont Immediately for
doctor,
Chsrles Wagner, being duly sworn. deposed-That he
went to tho fad lager bier saloon with The preceding
witness on the night of the Path of September about
O'Clock; when came in the prisoner asked to drink
ana did so the deceased sitting the n on the
sofa and went towards her to on the s,a but she
would rot allow it, the prironer walking up and
the prisoner came towards the sofa hea blow given
put dd not see 1T; the prisoner came ground to my
right side 80 that could not it at the time
the deceased cried out Ay Jesus, dead" the pri
sonr said st this time You will rise from that sofa
again; shall be hung, and that is what want' saw
blood UPON her left side, but cid not the knife;
then took her ard laid her on the bed in the other
room, where upon opening her dresp the wound:
did Lot notice whetee or be vas drunk or not Young
man was sitting on tina sofa with her at the time bat
d. not know him. but thins his is Mernche, .
friend q the prisoners: the deceased sitting on
the middle of the sofs and Meruche her right side
no one eie was near them at the time, could
words passed between them my presence; knew tast
the prisoner was 10 the habi. of visiting the deceased
put 1eeW nOlnlng OF DIS Dalng JeHlouB OF her
Michael shean, icing duly sworp deposed and said
That he resides at IS trinity place; am police officer
Of the First ward the night OF the oath q september
was ipformed that there was quarrel or muss
in the basement Of the house No. 60 Greenwich
street; vent in with officer Fitzgerald to the place.
bleeding turned back to the bar ana saw the
ding there much excited; at the time either
he'd stabbed her, arrested him and he said he had
stabbed her and would 20 with me- took him to the
.saso1 he AZ told me his and said
an ofcer aitoched to the First wsrd police can
him the above night when taking the prisoner to the
house he attempted to put his band in his pocket
but would not let him, thinking he wanted to throw
kad be had nothing in his pocket that he had left the
knife sticking in her at No go Greenwich street, went
ok there after taking him to the ST. ton house and
found the knife ct the barr handed it to officer Shean
who kept it ever since
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
+. Markoe Wright, NJ ID, being duly sworn said that
he house surgeon the New York Hospital deceased
helena Meyer admitted there on tie night OF the
would Of lett slice, between the tenth eleventh
ribs che was stra~c from loss Of blood
between the hours of and two O'Clock the sitter
noon made post mortem examins ton OF the body
this morning. and found the traces of wound bet
the tenth ard eleven tn ribs in the left SIDE through the
lower portion Of the lung, through the diaphragm
and into the spleen these vers consolidated TO-
upon the wound; there was circumscIibed suppurA-
tive pertoDetu forming largo abscess just der the
diaphragm which had opened into the lung there we're
eyidei ces of fsmmaon thu oughout the greater part
Of the fubssi ce Of the lung that side these inu
ries were the Of her death; think the wound
might have been produced by the knife nov shown me-
The jury the conclusion Of the evidence retired for
tin, and, after few minutes rendered the
following
VERDICT:
We find that the deceased came to her death BY the
. effects of wound in the left sde inficrsd with dirk
knife in the hsnds Of William schafenbeg the oath
of September, 1854, ut No go Green sich street
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.
On the rendition of the verdict Coroner Wilhelm pro-
oeeaed to examine the prisoner upon the charge pre-
ferrd against bim To the usual questions put 10 him
he said he was 70 Of age, born In Hamburg and
lived ~ 80 Roosevelt street. that by occupation he vas
runner for sailor boarding house. In references to
he charge preferred against him. he ssidI do
me- mher anything at all about the Occurrences
excited that not in my right mind At the time the
house Of Mr. Rebel 10 house Of prostitution the do
ceased and Caroline Schumol being kept there for thai
purpose,
The prisoner was then committed to the Tombs to