New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-04
FEARFUL TRAGEDY.
TIE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN WILLIAM
STREET.
,oQuEs1s on The BODIES


fsmiljarly caaed Rosa" but whose real name was
Frzabetb Marks, by poi, on, at the house No s9
William street administered by the latter, Ws az
noupced in yesterday mornings TRIsuSE. From wks.
couLd be ascertaned il appears that Gros. and .ho
woman who frs; murdered him and then took her own
Ee had long been living familiar terms and she Lad
h.come so much attached 10 him az 10 desire 20 10
constantly in his company Mt long since Gro.s e,-
messed TO his mistress determination to sail FOR New
Orleans and had named lay for has departure See
se5 every artice TO induce him 20 give up his Sor:h
or trim but az he was not TO be shaken in his purfose
.he secretly resoy ed TO prevent The c"nsumma'eh OF
hi. wishes BY administering 10 INN iha dtsssh''
and hen end her own miserable existence ~ sSaio"-
inc a doe of the same nature She accordingly p'o-
onr. a ouan,,v os arsenic but when or Thsre she
purchased il does not tranpre, and placed X @hei .e
I'D in his room About o clock on Tuesday morning
Gross and his murderer proceeded 20 hs room "nele
Iopd and angry talk was heard for some time aiteTwad
by the domestic who lodged in an aopiog room' bss
,he could rot tel what the conversation was apeu.
AT 10 clock the following morning the same te''sn-
or heard noise n Gross room rs II someth.nS was
being mixed in tumbler with teaspoon, and tLen al
VT. quiet again kr four hours, when some orc "A
heard vomiting in the same room, but no cry 'or heip
va, raised till o'clock p. m when Gross cared 'he
domestic and requested her to bring hun up scap oi
coffee. On entering the small apartment me seNsds
found Gross and the woman in bed Vohee snd
r,b,er of water were taken up by the girl, ard so3n
after she retired from the room, noise as oi some olo
aIlipg was heard. The servant hastened upto ess
cha, was the matter aud saw the woman Marks pTce-
,ra,e on the foor In answer To a question sue cad
she was very sick; pillow was placed mdsf Se~
head and clothes thrown her to keep her wa'ins
Soon attervard the sufferer died, and then wSsds-
covered that Gross Vas very sick himself. lie Gree
,usnec,ed that the woman had poisoned HIM, snd sod
the servant girl so. A physician was immedsety
called TO attend him. but his services were OF no ssau
A. death ensued about midnight Coroner Gambs
Yesterday held an inquest the bodies and after IN
panneling Jury took the following testimony:
Louis Gross, being duly sworn, deposes and says
ss lhe S''i'sS .sn TiI him % oS Mondsy last. about oci
heard yesterday tsi he wa' poisoned ava nos , 0
Charles Gross residing at No. = Duane street,
being duly orn depO.es and say. Keep lager ot sn a.
d % hsi pi.ce he iodssd At William street 70! th-: az
Sss BE- M ny w PIN Ss pSy my place It oi
d.y night he left there syns he would g. TO ~,
O'clock last evening Dir Bomhagen, With whom the decesst
lodged came to my boa.e and told thst there wi woman
my brothers snd that she vas nearly aSaa w H. hss
and young lay on the door dad asked nay e"ns @
b, poisoned procured ghymSs. m . s1S Sa % he ssS sr
, =. SS rot "sTsct that he was pooned until he tho
poison herself have seen the young woman before sns
deeess.d W.: qNaIb Wm ppr 1s 'ne
John Warner, residing at No. } Duane street, benz
duly sworn Opposes and say haye known tho dee,' Go.
ei6 Gross about x also knew the woman Ro,a ro~
lying dead at No - William IT. s, a., for the The Pa year s.f,as s
,cqus1te wh her MI sDs me S rsbs
SsS Gross the deceased used vii, her that p.e
Geft in the evening hs wa; STesS ..S y her ~
| he
out ssd have got him in pite Of bis srcdsr
did know what she meant BY this saw Gothss 0rcs,
the deceased shout m O'Clock thai night he told ms l;ai
going to New and Dc bad me G9Sd BY and sad
heard st nigh that GIoa. got poisoned did not ,.s hem
,et lay dead the aoor and Gotb in bed vomiting
| violently; DR.. fesn. attending Gross.
| Anna Spingler being duly sworn, deposes and says
am With Mrs BOrnhsgeD No. s87 Wilan street; NJ.
Gross the deceased had room in my house, about oOes
be accompanied by other person
Tc Vas MAN q s vs9, s91S the de- SseS,sea vas @
ear the tatrs but could n9 dnsu,h the the words. vent,
iO.t if some mixing something in tunlsb With
pcoD did not hear any noise aervad about O'Clock 10 tho
ib"y wer boh So%ns the & about e.I Il l s
n synns n Mr. G50'. % . to me end 's IN wis. 700 w:si
into BIZ room him and young laying IN sed
| tpmbler If water which ] brought TO him from
door went into the room and .w the dsoes.ed Iyn, "a
hs bed and the Young wom.n lying the door .led be.
@ .s .sSs Sy s1d her Srsd and w beg
and help put the decreased the bed be he va. ,
he could not move went back and told Ms Bomhsg snd
dead sld he said Il that !. 40 sSe must have ..ses
IN a S@ Gl IN ss s SSl . sus S 20.
be then ssd under As bedS and did o. aud foaa3
small box sbed AI"ne-Poi'on showed him he boz srd
Doctor
William Ceitz, being duly sworn, ssys--I reside
o. Noe and - NOT street keep bOaFdns house a. .d
Elizabeth Marks, from 6lheine nsnyi she bsrd ct ny
took her away TO the thcaer and elsewhere; b.r s
stout two week she did not then .sy anything stos
Philip o. Hanlon, NJ. D. being sworn, says-I have
msde post noem examination Of Golcib Gross now yhs
n the stomach the other healthy copator
the srsenio the Of death
j. Lelane, NJ D., residing at No G3 Rose street be.
rE s"oTnt .ays- called 10 visit Mr. Gross deaess.i
tween snd 10 O'Clock last night No. William stree.
found him vomiting and suffering n great pain som.e
.osn had yen HIM The poison sw the box sbe Poison,
bouls aerv ,sid pt sonc time af b. so.,r
drink nom the woman, aud when be woke be
vomiting
The testimony being exhausted the case wa. given
TO the Jury, who rendered yerdcts as follows:
That GOtleb Gross. the deceased came 70 bis
death by arsenic administered to him by Elizabeth
Marks Feb. = 1873, at No. g}7 William street. The
Jury also find that Elizabeth Marks committed suicide
by taking arsenic at No. -, William street Feb. 2,
lsJs.'
Gross was single man, about twenty-six years of
'se, and the girl who took bis life was only twenty
years old. She had black eyes, dark hsir was about
medium size, and very good looking. The place in
Mott street where she had lived, as testified TO BY one
Of the witDe,ses il iisreputable place. and has long
borne that character Both the deceased parties were
| natives of Germany.