Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-10
Full Account Of the Double Suicide and
Child Murder in the Bowery.

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Full Account Of the Double Suicide and
Child Murder in the Bowery.
Yesterday we gave brief sketch Of tragedy
that had been enacted in the Bowery whereby
Two young, beautiful and gifted females together
with the child Of one Of them, had come to a
mournful and untmely end.
Some two years ago, two females named respect
lively Cecilia and Wanda Stein, and the child OF
the lattel--a bright little boy, five years of age
named Eduard--hired and occupied apartments
Mt No. $50 Bowery, rented to them by Mr.. James
Black who also lived on the premises. Cecilia
was the eldest and, though passably good looking,
was dark featured, and had gloomy, troubled
countenance. But Wanda was beautiful woman,
with mild, blonde features and golden hair, cus-
tcring in many sunny ringlet around her sweet
face, and which, when let down, would reach even
down to her feet
But there was mystery about the girls that the
landlord nor his good lady could not fathom They
received no company, save one male cousin, a mar
red man, who assisted them when in extremity.
When they first came to the house, although they
were educated girls, and could speak French, Ger
man, and Polish they knew but little English, and
could barely exchange the customary courtesies
with the people Of the house. Nor did they seem
10 court acquaintance, but rather Stunned il, and
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very comfortably, working at embroidery and fancy
work, for Bennett Co., of Broadway, and in this
description of cork they showed wonderful talent.
They contributed one of the most exquisitely EN-
brodered coaks in the Crystal Palace at the Great
Exhibition and many of our readers doubtless no
tced it, rich with embroidery, and worked with
crimson and gold
For month back the landlord had noticed that
tne girls were acting strangely. They paid their
mi Wit Ia "a low fnp1 ia-
play dressed well and neatly, for well good dresses
became Wanda's graceful figure. Last Saturday
Cecilia came to the landlord and told him that the
months rent that was due would be paid on the
Tuesday following. On Monday it was observed
that the girls were taking away bundles--appa.
rently cothng-from the house; and Tuesday
came but with IL no rent In the evening Cecilia,
Wanda, and the boy went out, all neatly dressed,
with the intent, as IL now appears to buy poison.
The child asked his mother to buy boquet Of
flowers as they came to the door, which she did.
They returned late and that evening the fatal deed
was done. No sound OF fe--no woman's voice
or chds prattlc was heard in that little chamber
all Tuesday night nor all day "Wednesday, nor the
fjllowing night for the dead were there alone.
On Thursday morning Mr. Black fearing all was
not right, determined to open the door. He found
the key in the lock inside, and pushing il with a
wire, opened the door with skeleton key. He
passed quietly through the outer parlor aud gently
opened the bedroom door, when horrible sight
burst upon his view. On the bed lay the beauti-
ful Wanda her head leaning sideways off the pill
low, and the sunlight pouring through the open
window revealed her clustering rnglets, which had
f.llcn across her face cotted with ooze and blood
that had issued from her nostrils and mouth. The
tile boy lay by her side, with his baby face rest
ing upon his hand, and smiling as il he had been
in pleasant slumber. Cecilia, the elder sister,
lay on the floor with her face downward, and
ciair that had tipped over on her back. The hor
riied spectator rushed from the room, and inlme-
q atalv procured assistance and bad the coroner
notified.
From morning contemporary we learn some
additional facts with reference 10 the previous his.
tory Of these women which we will introduce here
The mother of Cecilia and Wanda was, In the
wear 1922, a lady In the train Of Princess Raczy-
well, OF Poland. She was n splendid woman, but
fail, and loved, "wisely but too well;" and il was
more than suspected, that she had a lai4on with
the Prince-her ladys husband. He, 10 save her
good name, though she had lost her Jewell married
her to his coachman, man named Stein who was
but too happy TO have so beautiful wife. But his
oy was changed TO tribulation when she gave birth
90 a child altogether ahead Of time, and which was
certainly none Of his But he at. length became
reconced, and lived with her and had four children,
all of which were presumed TO be his. The first
child born was Cecilia, and in 1888 Wanda first
saw light Stein, who in the receipt Of sixty
thalers per month from the Prince, became dissi-
pated and drunken, and s now dead. Wanda
grew up to be beautiful girl, and, entertaining the
usual lax notions ofmorality prevalent on the con-
tinent she at sixteen with the consent Of her mo-
Their. lived with, without being married, to one Of
the French officers Of Legation at Berlin. One
child was the iruit Of that Illicit union-the boy
Eduard, whose fate VIC have mentioned.
Lonis Napoleon's coup detat sent the father Of
the child an exile 70 Switzerland, from whence he
wrote the mother TO follow him and he would mar
" her. She did 30, but he refused to fulfil his
promise unless she turned Catholic, and on her
complying with bis demand, he put her in the con.
vent OF Colmar. She soon returned home with
the child, ssddened with her lovers per6dy; but
loving him still She determined to leave Europe
and shake its dust from her feet and seek hon c
In that land Of liberty far beyond the sea- which
her republican lover had often fondly pictured TO
her With Cecilia and her child she sailed from
Hamburg and landed in September, three years
ago, in New York. They FIRST lived with cousin,
Mr. Ludwig May, and afterwards In Mott street,
Mr. May doing them many kindncsses up 10 the
very last. They then moved to the Bowery. The
rest Of the story has already been told.-Nee York
Express
The widow Of the Inflated Professor Webster
has two OF her daughters married into the Dabney
family Mr.. Dabuey Is an American, Of princely
fortune and manners, and Of great influence at