Evening star., 1870-01-04

- eeoo0a I3oGoer n010egD Um I0U0s
R0aP0Da nlOua Oaa mSa own Rs~Soa.
tfrom the New Ncrk Times, Janaarysl
A terrible tragedy occurred last evening In q
house ef sseighstton An the fourtes. nth ward,
where q man Killed his paramoar and himself.
sSss .s The, ,se man and the = Woman ssp,ring soon
it appears that q well-dres>ed man " as. du-
rmg the past ave months. I'm the frequent habit
OF visiting the house No. % Elizabeth street,
He usually came on Saturday and engaged
apartments for the following dsy. These visits
usually occurred at intervals of three 90 nve
wteSs. On Sunday the man always came nrst.
and opened the door for unknown woman.
Who was always neatly dressed aud closely
yeiled- The proprietre>s q the h0use has no
kno~l ledge Of either Of the parties. and Was led
to suppose that they came from Mestrhcs ter
county. She knew the man 20 b. a serman.
for he always spoke 90 her in that lsngnagc.
A short time since female acquaintance IN
formed her that the male visitor Was a teacher
in one Of the public schools in Williamsburg.
and a married man. Like all the rest of her a.
famous trade, Mrs. Beck gave herself mo trouble
aeost the tsentty az the visitors, content IN the
receipt OF their custom.
Few weeks ace the man called at the house
quite UNEXPECTEDLY, aud wzs gwen a rear room
on the third fioor. On New Year'r Afternoon lte
again called, and insisted ul.on seeing tbs rear
TO ln. Yesterday evening, aboat hive O'Clock, he
entered the hoase. and was s,,On after Joined hv
his female friend. For an holr and half the
house remained in quiet, which at length
broken by the dctonatlon oi pistol. the report
reaching the ears of the domestic, wha al once
notrned her mistr, - OF the alarming fact. As
TN, re wyIc no other visitors i'm the houss M ths
time, hrs. Beck ran up stairs 60 the room and
finding it boted, she drmanded admission
scare " had she done ~ when pistol Nas ds-
chargt a second time. which atiri shted her. and
she ran down into the street and lled n Oitscfr
Minnie, OF the Fourteenth Precinct. who ham
Iencd to be patrolling his post i'm Hi zabeth
street At the time. The policeman at once en-
tered the house, and in a loud tone demanded
am entrance 20 the room, repeating the summons
a second time, preparatory 10 forcing the door
open. The door was opened IN aslow and un-
certain way by the woman. n she SAT I'm a chair
near by, and az the officer entered she exclaimed
die :"
She was bleeding profusely from n bullet
wound In the left temple, and her dark dress
Nas dabbled IN warm blood Alongside OF the
he'd, and stretched out on the floor. was the man,
who was also bleeding from similar wound on
the right temple, about half an inch over the
eye. In his right hand was tightly clenched
small-sized Smith Il Wesson revolver perfectly
new, four barrels Of which had been discharged.
He was entirely insensihle when examined. AZ
soon as possible the Officer procured q hack. aud
with the assistance OF brother officers removed
them 10 the station house, in Spring street.
Captain Edward Walsh, commanding the pre-
cinct, then hurriedly examined the persons OF
both the man and the woman, and, finding them
10 be fatally wounded, at once directed Sergeant
Samuel w. Christie and Officer Minnie 10 con-
vey them TO Bellevue Hospital The transfer
was accomplished as rapidly possible. but the
woman expired a few minutes after admission
20 the institution. The house surgeon examined
the man and pronounced his death inevitable.
He died about O'Clock. The Sergeant found q
love letter ON the person OF the female. from
which IL appeared her name was Annie Me-
Namara, and that her lover one George
Bauman. Miss hcNamara was young woman,
evidently possessing considerable personal at
traction, and was judged 20 be a native OF the
United States, and about "a wears Of age. Bau-
man, the murderer and suicide. was. ~ has
been already stated, native Of Germany, -
years OF age.
tanned that both were engaged as school teach
ers in the public schools i'm Brooklyn, n. ID,
though precisely I'm which institutions could not
be learned This is the sum and substance OF
the information CLEANED by Capt Walsh's on
GERS and IL win require another dsy 90 definitely
ascertain the identity Of the deceased.
The nature and circumstances that led 60 this
double tragedy are, of course, matters of mere
conjecture. The most plausible idea is that jeal-
ousy had n part In the emotions which actuated
Bauman in numbering his paramour, and then
committing suicide.
The writer visited the scene OF the tragedy
soon after the fact became known to the police.
he house IL neat brick one. ana stands in a
dark PARTON of the street, surrounded by dilap-
idaied dwellings Of wood and brick, aud aJD-
tending to resrectsbility. The room is small
and costly furnished, and the floor l. covered
with an oilcloth, OF ancient pattern. A small
stove warmed the apartment. All traces OF the
bloody event had been already removed, the
cilcloth being damp in two places. Mrs. Beck
had Afforded the police, and treated the matter
IN very light and heartless manner, though
she expressed herself as regretful for the dead
woman, and her miserable fate. The case will
come under the hands of q Coroner to-day.
when further Developments will mo Doubt DO
made.