Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-04
shocking Tragedy In New York-A Ger:
Innn Attempts TO Murder n SerVnnt
Girl, and Commits suicide.

Coroner Rollins commenced an inquest
yesterday at the Charles Street Station
House over the remains of Albert Gar
ragnon, o German, aged AZ years, who
committed suicide yesterday morning by
cutting his throat in the kitchen of Mr..
Henry Strauss, No. l4l West Thirteenth
street, after an unsuccessful attempt to
murder Sophia Woclt, a domestic IN
ployed there. The circumstances and
facts in this singular case are fully mar
rated in the statement Of the two wit
ncsses examined yesterday:
Sophia Woelt stated that she was q
chambermaid employed by Mr.. Henry
Strauss, No. l4l West Thirteenth street,
and had known the deceased for the
past two years {; she at first supposed
that he was o single man, and lived IN
Canal street I; about nine months ngo
she went to live with him as n house,
keeper, with u view to marrying him ;
he proposed marriage, and when she as
sented, he declined to marry her ; soon
after this she discovered that he was n
married man by opening n letter from his
wife; she continued to live with him for
FIVE or six months, when she left him
and entered service at different places /;
the deceased followed her and endeav-
ored to persuade her to come back, but
she refused ; some time ago she inform
ed the deceased that she was engaged
to be married, aud he threatened to
shoot both her intended and herself;
she then said that if he did not want her
to marry the other young man she would
60 back to Germany, when he again
threatened to shoot her. This morning
Tuesday,, about $50 o'clock, deceased
came to the house and quarreled with
witness about q basket. She told him
to GO and live with his wife, when he
became excited. She went into the cell
lar to get coal, aud lie followed her,
and telling her to say her last prayers,
fred twice at her with q pistol.
Neither of the bullets took effect, how
ever, and no attacked her with q razor.
During the struggle which ensued the
deceased fell, and this witness ran away
for assistance. When she came back
the deceased was lying in the passage
between the kitchen and front base
ment, with his throat cut, and death
ensued in q few moments. About n
week ugo he showed tho witness q pis-
toll, and it was the same that he used in
e~udeayoring to shoot her. Deceased
was so intoxicated when he first came
to the house that he could scarcely
stand.
Catharine Walter, Of No. 1873 Hester
street, testified that she had known de-
ceased for twelve years, and he had not
lived with his wife all of that time he
was at her house on Monday night,
when he gave her two letters which he
desired her to keep until Saturday aud
send them to Germany if anything
happened to Kim she was to see about
his funeral; deceased appeared to be
quite respondent, aud said that when
he first knew Sophia Woelt he had some
money, but as he had spent it all his
friends had forsaken him he threat
ened to shoot himself, when witness
and her husband dissuaded him from
doing so /; he left the house about ten
o'clock, and told witness that he had
written her o letter which would be
found in duo time.
On the person of the deceased was
found the letter spoken of by the last
witness, written in German, in which
he requested her to collect certain mon
eys due him, and see his remains de-
Gently buried. Tho body was subse-
q~uently removed to the dead-house at
bellevue Hospital, where the inquest
will DO concluded to-day.-N.Y. Herald.