The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-24
AN INCENDIARY AND SUICIDE.

AN INCENDIARY AND SUICIDE.
singular Double sCrime--A Plan Arrested fSu
Arson In Setting Fire to His Store is Looked
Up IN the station House aud Finally shoots
HirnseIf-The Coroner's Inquest.
Between eleven and twelve O'Clock yesterday morns
ing German Jew, named Samuel Lauchelmer hat ana
cap maker residng and doing business at No. lei
ayeaue A. committed suicide In OF the cells Of The
Seventeenth Ward station house BY shooting himself II
the breast Tho deceased had been arrested 1t esy
hour yesterday morning charged with setting rs hid
place and was locked W await examination befers
tho Fire Marshal. About ten O'Clock Fire Marshal
Baker called and had Conversation with the prisoner
but deferred the examination until twelve o'clock
Shortly after the departure OF Fire Marshal Baker the
dcoeased was discovered dead in his CELL having. ~
stated above, committed suicide by shooting himseh
About ha past two clock evening Coroner Schir~
rner lmpannoied jury aud folio wing testimony Was
submitted before the Coroner Z
I reside az NO. 1872 West Twenty fourth street Fire
Marshal notified by telegraph 20 appear at this saS
ting his place. arrived here about half past nins
O'Clock aud found tho deceased here under arrest ON
suspicion Of arson; asked to see HIM, and he Wa
brou before tho Captains desk told he ws
arrested for setting fire TO his store; inquired OF him
HIS aud asked him IL he had any knowledge how
the Gro originated; he stated that he closed hts store
TO bed eleven O'Clock that himself, wife and
children slept in the room in the rsar Of tbs
know OF the Ore was knocking at the sore door,
when hs found filled with smoke, and that ts
jumped out of bed and ne and his family escaped out
into the hail. told him that as he was under arrest the
must 60 before police justice bnt before gong
soon return I inquired Of the officer who made tbs
arrest If the prisoner bad been searched; ne dio
in my presence; the officer found some pennies.
| some currency and bank bills amounting to aboue
na @ ss wns found WAS
back to him again; understood he was arrested eoo9s
halrpast five O'Clock A. M he inquired Il he scs. u.
Piled could and ordered tho doorman TO got the
same; thon down stairs with the prisoner to the
found wooden box considerably charrsd BY. Ore.
| which had been taken out Of the prisoners
&C. but could not discover anything that
smet OF turpentne oil; stated that did not thnh
that the fire in the he'd burned ten minutesS
the officer on that post remarked that could net
have been ave six minutes before the hra WAS
further stated that was very curious affair, thas
il closed hts place at the time he did, that the me-
S sa Rn.r uohnS
ever about IT. inquired Of him how u was that ne ns0
Of Il s T = s 2,
| name, and $500 In his own name He replied thae
when he married bis wife .hs Owned ths properly acc
not have It changed The stock he said. was valued
At s. 500 then left tho deceased with tho doorma Al
| and proceeded down to the T0mbe. Upon my resura
about one O'Clock this afternoon learned Of bus death
| went down the cell and saw the deceased lying ON
william Gould, being duly sworn. dspossd and said -
am an officer with the ssvsnteonth precincts
while duty in A, proceeded. as my usual
CUSTOM to Try the DOORS commencing q Tenth sress
minutes O'Clock found closed; whom at ths
corner Of Eighth and hoard the rap Of
ran 'a and an1 ou%d the sors No. Is5
| fire; officer Cook and two citizens were there
snaz, baker was also present, and 10 got a can Of
milk and threw il on tho re; Sergeant Davis cams
up and ordered 10 take tue deceased 10 sation
| house; found the deceased in tho store when ar,
rved he did not attempt 10 leave; was about half
the station house first; whom the Fire Marshal came
searched him at his request; found sore money and
cards upon his person, which were returned 10 him.
Charlotte ioucheimer, being duly sworn, doposed add
said-I tue wife OF the deceased; reside at NO. ld4
avenue A; have been married to the deceased about
years. kept store before married the deceased
insured before was married, and continued q
insure in my name: all know about the lire va
that we went TO bed about eleven o'clock my husband
| had been out and returned . little before elsven
| o'clock; could not say where he had been; "a
little past four O'Clock was aweke b
| the smoke, aud q light which looked Ike
the curtain fire the looking glass; got up and
took my baby and and alarmed the Eegaoors !;
getting out with the rest OF my children husband
was asleep at the tina discovered the Are; the nrss
| man that came was man who lived In the bsscmsnst
he got pail OF water and throw 1T on the IRE: my hus
va have had On so@o ie dsuy between u.s. b..
| not Of late it was only about scms CON!
that sailed TO SEQ hm the sS articles s a
since; bought out the store; we used II as IN old
rubbish box; about two monthssago found pistol ~
| his possession. which took away from BIN; nevsd
him with the pistol shown; he was very %.
cited he never said no would do me harm but ne
said h. would shoot himself; l. however, did not lake
much notice OF III the pistol took from min stu have
| at homo
| job Kelsey being duly sTorn said:-Am doornau Of
ths Seventeenth precinct police station came on duty
about eight O'Clock this morning, and 90 going down
the deceased and spoke 10 him. no seemed AL
well; he was In tho cell at the tme; when the FIRE
Marshal took hun out and oroug Of him up sat,s
after investigating too they searched him. AID
found nothing him OF auy CONSEQUENCE thsn ook
him down again, when they made an exam naiion OF ~
whole time the prisoner present he made no remarks
Whatever no ordered into the cell by Sergeant Cooks
aud locked him up; alter being up hero shor. time
hs wife came with some coffee and other Things,
winch tho sergeant ordered mo TO take down. on COINS
TO his cell found him lying DOM, ana thought nina
asleep: halooed 10 him. but he did not move; sse
his provisions down and then opened the cell door ana
went in SHOOK him, he did not move my hand
10 his face and found little cud looked down or
toe floor and pistol the shown is the sams
the pistol but came up and told Sageans
McGvcn that the deceased was dead man the SER
gcant then went down aud brought the pistol up there
was no the cell while the deceased thsret
| should think IL about eleven O'Clock when fonud
him corpse; when put him In the cell he sat down
on the seat and shook mis- snds and remarked W am .
ruined mani am ruined maui did no. hear the rss
| port Of pistol
and said IL have examined the deceased and found 40
opening apparently prod need by pistol shot ball %
small size which renor led the sternum at tue middle
directly on the msdsn zine passing upwards ana PC
wards the LETT sid< penetrating heart, and 10
my opinion, causing cesth.
The cass was then submitted to tho jury. who rea.
detod verdict that the deceased came To bis dean "
pistol shot woand in tue breast inflicted BY his owa
| hands -
The body then given 10 tho care OF docsassd's
wife, II
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