The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-03-25
A Thrilling Confes.ion.
A LOVER SHOOTS HIS SWEETHEART AMI

A LOVER SHOOTS HIS SWEETHEART AND
ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
The following confession was made in open
court in Brunn, Moravia, by Alvis Urbanek,
charged with numbering his sweetheart: 81
had had Tor some time love affair with We
rOnika Weinert, daughter of the tavern keep
er Weinert, in Hussowitz. Her parents were
Jews, and am Catholic, and they objected
to our marriage, and prohibited all further
Intercourse between US. But Veronika loved
me, nevertheless, and we found ways and
means to see each other secretly, and to weep.
To end all further trouble, the pai ents of We
r0nika told her that she must marry an Isra-
elite. Ver0nika confessed to me, however,
that she loved me better than all else, and
that she would die before she would marry a
man she hated. She asked me to kill her at
once, and to die with her rather than return
to her parents and be forced to marry My
love for Veronica was also deep, and the
thought of her marrying another was insup-
portable to me. / procured double-barreled
pistol, and loaded both barrels. Into that in
tended for Veronika / put thirteen buckshot; !;
into that intended for myself / put fourteen.
AS passed her fathers house one day, L met
her and showed her the pistol, and she was
pleased with it. We had another interview
soon afterwards, and we agreed together to
kill ourselves ii the parents persisted in tore
ing her to marry.
We named the 4th of July last as our mu-
tual day of death. On that day Veronika ar
ranged to meet me at eight P. NJ outside OF
the village. We walked toward the next viii
lage and confirmed each other in the purpose
to die. About ten o'clock at night we sat
down on some green sward and there deter
mined to die. Veronika sat at my right side
| and asked me to shoot her. held the pistol
| at her breast, but at the last moment strength
forsook me and the pistol dropped from my
hand. An inner voice said to me murderer
Veronika picked up the pistol and forced me
to take it into my hand again, and she now
put the weapon to her heart and bade me
| fire. pressed the trigger and Veronika sank
down dead at my side. Il must have shot her
through the heart a
When saw that she was dead, rose to
kill myself, but somehow l held the pistol
away, and alter fired found myself wound
| ed only in the left arm, had no other am
munition, and therefore returned to Husso-
witt for the purpose of buying more powder
and shot, and then to follow nay beloved We
ronlka. could not get any, and went to
Brunn, hoping there to obtain it. At Byunn
all the shops were shut, and had to wait
till morning, and then bought more powder
and shot. Subsequently visited an acquaint-
ance, as had expended all the money had
for ammunition. In the shop where bought
cigars also took some liquor. 1t made me
drunk, and from that moment until found
myself arrested was unconscious
The prosecutor moved the death penalty
on the accused. The Court retired, and they
returned, all five judges agl seing that the
sentence should be death. An appeal was
taken, and it is generally believed that the
sentence will be changed into Imprisonment.