New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-12
TRAGEDY IN THE SEVENTH-ATE.

A GERMAN GIRL SHOT BY HER LoVER-AT-
TEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MAN.
Early yesterday morning tragedy was en-
acted in the hallway of No 1G seyenhave, which may
result in the death OF two persons The actors III lo
tragedy are young German tailor named Peter BAN
berger and pretty German girl named Sarah IAsetta
Ford From all that be learned 1t appears t'' 'he
girl accompanied Bamberger, TO whom she was engageu
to be married. and relatives from the ABOVE Ies
dence TO ball held in the National Assembly Rooms IN
West Forty fourth-st. The night passed pleasantly
Bamberger was very attentive to the girl as usual ana
both seemed in excellent spirits. About six o'clock a. m'
yesterday the party returned to the residence III
ave- The remainder Of the party went up s'"li'' D'
Bamberger and the girl remained convershg IN t"o
hallway No loud talk indicating quarrel wls hearu'
but short time after the friends had left the par con-
four pisto shots were heard In quick successon
nroceednp from tho hallway On hurryng down stars
the inmates found the girl and her betrothed lying sense
less The girl lay the staircase BamDerger was
living short distance from the street door, Both Were
bleeding freely from wounds in the head On tho hoor
near Hamburger, lay new sxoarreled pistol win -FOUR
barrels discharged The lovers were removed Dy inc
police 10 the Mount Sinai Hospital In West twenty
eighth.st There the girl revived somewhat ana Oh
being questioned, declared her belief that BAN
berger had not used the pistol The stepather OF INC
girl George Frederick Bord, q German barber, living
at Ftetl-st. and Eghthaye, with whom she had quar-
relied in August last and whose house she had left in con-
seouence was then suspected Of having committed the
crime more especially he had declared himself We
hemently opposed TO her marrying Bambeger and had
in moment OF passion, threatened her life IL she per-
sisted in so doing. Capt John j. Ward OF the twenty
second Precn Police Informed fly telegraph OF the
circumstance and arrested Bond ut his place OF busl-
ness The latter seemed much surprised at his arrest
and on being informed OF what had happened was Tor
the moment with grief He is very respecta
Bile man. and liked Ivy his nelghbors. He was formerly
policeman, attached TO tho Sixteenth Precinct,
but at the outbreak OF the war resigned,
and TONED the lG2d n. Y. ", and rose TO
lieuenancy lie served with the regiment until 1t was
discharged at the expiration Of its term Of service, whom
he reGntered the police force He soon resigned again.
however, and accepted commission in the 17sth n.
w. and served until the close OF tho war. He denied In
the most positive any knowledge OF the ofense
and declared he could prove positively that he was
at home at the time the crime committed He was
action Of Coroner Rollins, who had been
requested to attend land take the ante-mortem
statement of the girl, she having so far recovered
consciousness to be able to converse In low tone she
was wounded in tho check, aid although tho
wound is considered very severe, house surgeon
segman Teller thinks there is strong probability that
she will Bambergers case ismuch more serious
He has one wound the forehead above the right eye,
the ball having passed along the front OF the skull and
emerged the center OF the forehead There Is a
second wound in the right temple the ball having passed
into the and the left thumb is partially blown of
On searching the clothing of the wounded man. after his
removal the hospital, for any letters or papers that
would throw any light upon this strange case, Surgeon
Teller found memorandum book which contained the
following, written in German:
DEB BhSTHss I m. v 9n s r 9G 20 Psa tbs %
out Der eo9d not I've and I've WIN hei "o9 h 40 Y
loved much bit could not esteem hsr bsG done
times has hurt internally Nov have 70 ret and .at Do
promised my mother eoad fcs A il would
KNOW the truth 90 not think she that sgs.
Oh my unfortunate friend RSeaer ioI's me- aa9 u 90
Hof your worthy wife who always thought much u
al the pleasure Dear brother OBJ Ihsyeo much pleasure
Dear S1ots Mai leave bns to yoa Yol Rsief
Kind and give you ny brother Adam BANBnsga.
This renders 1t almost certain that Bambergcr INTENDED
| TO murder the girl and then commit suicide.
Later in the day Coroner Rollins arrived at tho Hos
mta and proceeded 10 take the antemortem deposition
Of the girl Owing to her weak state this was given In
low and nestatng tome but she seemed TO be fully con-
scIous of all that she saying Tho following her
statement:
live at No i18 seventh-ave. with my cousn named
| Roeder was engaged TO be married to Peter BAN.
berger last night he and went to bail NJ the National
o'clock this morning we returned nome IN company win
my cousins folks; after returning home Bamberger ana
were talking IN the hail. there light and tho hall
dark; were talking pleasantly together wanted
to 20 up stairs and asked him IL he going 10 stay he
said he was going his boardnghouse had not been
talking In the hall more than three minutes when was
shot there not the least Misunderstanding between
Banbercer and myself; we were 10 DO married soon;
used live with my stepfather George Frederick BOrd,
but he did not he ought; preferred 10 live
with my cousin; my step-faher has been trying 70 get
TO live at home again, and very much opposed To
my marrying Bamberger; he told me that II married
without his approval he would shoot me and
himself also; no used TO have n siX-barreled
revolver, but the here shown Is not tho have
pistol with Hamburger, hashe threatened
violence upon or himself in refused TO marry
him; my sepfaher not at the ball. did sec him
but ourselves as far know Bambereer sober;
after shot was insensble for some little time At
the conclusion Of this statement the Coroner discharged
BOrd from custody.
The girl who is 10 years Old IS the daughter OF the first
wife Of Bord. Several years ago, when she mere
child her mother to this country leaving the child
city, she met Borl and married him. At her solicitation.
BOrd sent to Germany by acquaintance and had tho
little girl brought this country In few years after
ward the mother died. Sarah remained with her step
father performing he household duties In August last
size quarreled with Bord learning that he about
Roeder whose husband keeps tailor shop and boarding
house at No TIC Seyenthaye. There she met BambcrRer
who employed by AIr. ROeder and after short
quainance they engaged. apparently with the
seat Of the relatives with whom she then living.
Bod who married In the latter part OF August has
several occasions endeavored to induce her return
and i've with him again. but che has uniformly refused
ana hard words have at times passed between them.
They met about three weeks ago. at christening but
did not speak TO each other. Hamburger IS native OF
Germany, aged ~ years
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