The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NEW HAVEN.
sad Case Of Domestic Infeliclty-A Man
shoots His Wife.

from the New Haven Courier, July 29.l
About nslf-past ten yesterday forenoon the people
OF Lafayette street startled by the reports OF
O pistol. Immediately after man was seen TO run
from the lager beer saloon OF h. l.. Haugen, NO. Is
Congress avenue, and to 60 into the German board
ing house in the building known as the Old Museum,
No. 90 Congress avenue kept ny Cnrlstan We.z zs
tina Norquest was found severely wounded IN
the face. neck and breast From her and two
other persons 1t was learned that her husband
Peter Norquest, came into the saloon and called
for glass OF beer, which was given him by Mrs.
NOrquest VINO was at the bar at the time. He urank
the nrst glass aud called for second, ana drank
part of tnat. He then looked cautiously about the
room and threw u glance into the back room to
he suddenly produced doubIe-oarreled pistol, and,
pointing it az his wife, dlschaiyed It's oontents nto
TWO In each barrel. Two Of the shot lodged In the
upper part OF the right breast one IN the Side
the Jaw. Norquest. Immediately after commits
ting the deed fed to his boarding house and
hearing OF the arair repaired TO the locality 0fncer
Campbell went TO Norquests boarding house, and
after O short search found and arrested him ana
conducted him to the station house. DR.. Wbittem0re
was called TO attendshe woman. He found that one
OF the had pierced the upper right lobe OF the
iungsa nd that the woman was suffering considerably
FROM internal hemorrhaue In accordance with his d.
rectons she taken 70 the hospital by oicer Reilly
The Wound in the lung Is very Ss oSet
wounds not OF a dangerous character she
may possibly recover: but yesterday she appeared
very feeble.
The cause of such murderous attempt Is, like
that OF many Others, unhappy marital relations.
The parties were married about SIX years ago. In
Sweden, and, for aught we know, lived together
without serious family difficulties. About the latter
end of November last Norquest to this country,
landing IN New York. lie went to Buffalo, N T.,
but got no work. Soon after his wlle came over
faIo and stayed with her husband ten days. Then
she came TO New Haven and engaged to work for
Mr.. Haugen q servant In his family. Norquest
also came here and went TO work as blacksmith IN
the New York and New Haven Railroad repair shop
His wife refused TO i've with him. and when Mr.
Haugen moved in May last to Congress- avenue she
went with the family and when Mr.. Haugen was
away she tended bar. She says she married Nor
Snest against her own wishes 10 please her parents
and that she liked him aud that she could not
and would not live with him.
THE PRISONERS STATEMENT.
Our reporter had short interview with the
prisoner at the police station, but he spoke Englls
so brokenly It was difficult TO clearly understand
OF his statements. lie Is man thirty-aye years old
stout build aud medium height, with fuil beard.
except mueache. His face has been marked with
smallpox, and lie has mild blue eye and hands
hardened by the use OF his hammer. He said, az
near as could be made out, that he came from Hol-
land Lane, Enslenochen, Sweden. He gave the facts
about his coming over and sending for his vile an
her refusal TO live with him. lie claimed that she
had been improperly intimate with man Ia
his name. He said he had given his wife q
parasol a shawl pair OF shoes and an ACCORDION,
not He took hold e Of MS arm and said he meant to
have shot her there, and that ne did not want 10
Kill her. When told that no had shot her In the
breast, aud that she might die, he shook his head
and said with trembling lips and voice tremuious
with emotion, mo, no; didn't XIII her," When
assured that she was alive he seemed greatly re-
lieved. Mr.. wetzel, his boarding house keeper,
came In, and ne grasped his hand very warmly and
friendly face lie acknowledged that he had two
shots In each barrel ana said he meant to kill him
self He seemed TO think that he had uone some.
thing for which he would forfeit his life, and he
asked Mr.. Wetzel how long II would be before theJ
would XIII him.
He has been sober, industrious man and good
citizen until this unfortunate occurrence. Recently
he has been IaborinG under great mental excite
ment, refusing food at meal times and giving
other evidence OF being In great trouble. i 10 sup
posed that his difficulty with his wife was the occa-
sion OF H. and that It has worked upon his mind to
such an extent as 10 drive him into his crime.
The family with whom the woman has been living
speak very highly OF her and deny Indignantly the
lmputation thrown out by Der husband she u
about thrty-one years old.
Norquest purchased his pistol OF 8. r. Kellogg, m
state street, an hour or before using H. lie ALSO
obtained ammunition ar the same time and sald ~
was going west