The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-07
ANOTHER NEW YORK TRAGEDY.
Suicide OF u Young WomRn-A Remark.
nble HlhIOrY OF Alleged Wrongs, Etc.

most remarkable case OF suicide-the principal
character in which Is Young and beautiful woman
occurI ed yesterday morning III Second avenue,
which, If the statements made to our reporter are
strictly true will rank a. one OF the most celebrated
cases on record at the Coroners Office, The victim
OF the act of set-destTuctlon Is Eleanor Jones,
well-educated young woman of respec table parent
sTslI,nS awe house No 4f second avenue, Where Dr..
August Won FTech, GeI man physician, we'll
known in the Il, fifteenth Ward, resided.
IL IS stated by those who are well conVersant with
tie circumstances surrounding tins case, that tor
nearly two years past MISS Jones' mrs. Frech, as
She CLAIMED to have been lawfully united in the
bonds OF matrimOnY. They boarded at the resi-
dence of Mrs Nina Zeiss No 266 East Tenth street,
and during their sojourn with the Zess family they
we're supposed TO be husband and wife. The result
OF the marriage-ilega or Otner wiser was one child,
who died when about SIX weeks o d. 80,
Matters went along aPreeaDlY for some time, until
about the middle of June DR. Won Frech, II ls re-
ported appeared TO have groWn ired OF N ms %io OF
vously married, ana had NOT obtained divorce
from his first wife. He further stated thar TINS
woman-the lawful wife-was about TO institute suit
AGAINST him for divorce and he requested MIS- Jones
to proceed to Boston, her native city, and remain
there for two or three weeks until m tters had been
adjusted between hlm and his first wife, when she
could return and 1--we with him as they had been
doing for 80 long This announcement TOOK Eleanor
by surprise, but id not EN- to shaAe her love for
the doctor nor her confidence in his truth and
fCellty. .
" here she Iemaiu ed for nearly two weeks. Not
heanng from the doctor and anxious to know the
result OF the suit Wn'cn sne DeleVeu 10 nave Deen
Instituted she returned TO this city on the 23d
uIumO, and found that DR. Won Frech had removed
from their former boardlng-house. On lnoury. she
was asIOnished find that during her absences from
the city he had united himself IN marriage to an.
other woman, and was then living with her az No.
GO8 Second avenue she called at the la ter place,
but was refused admittance. The same evening she
called at the Eighteenth Precinct station House,
and had an interview with Sergeant Banfed, whom
she asked II he desired to arrest a thief. -.'
7 d., teng answered in the affirmative, she stated
taa she regretted that her husband was the Jnlef
win, she desired TO have taken INTO custc d ?. 0n
beng asked for an explanation, she unbosonlcj the
story of her supposed wrongs TO the sergeant making
the statement OF her connection with DIR, Won Frech
and his treatment of her, as given above, and wound
up bg charging the doctor with having stolen gold
watch, valued at $40, f. ON MIS-. Mpa Xeiss, with
whom they boarded at the time. .N
sergeant Bandeld sent 0lcer Young, Of tho
Eighteenth Precinct with the woman 10 the hose
where DIR. Won HTech was boarding, On gaming
admission to the room occupied by the doctor. ana
helng confronted will him. the woman advanced to
the mant0piece and suddenly snatching up loaded
pistol, which was wing on the wantsl pointed it at
the doctors head and before the officer could inter-
teEe she pulled the trigger, Fortunately Tor the