The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-16
A CARNIVAL OF SUICIDES.


| A CARNIVAL OF SUICIDES.
THE .KNiFE, ThR sHoT,AND THE ROPE
MOTH ER; FATHER, AND HUsBAED-FEAR-
FCL SCENES AT A sTATION-HOUsE.
In New York on Thursday the mania of
suicide seemed TO geta hold among all classes
We copy the eases reported In The newsIa.
pcrs :
MOTHER CUTS HER THROAT.
A melancholy case of suicide occurred at
No. All Fourth avenue. Mrs. Ernestine
Lowenheim lost her husband In Germany
some years ago, and came to New York with
her daughter Ida, her only child. and lived
comfortably OH some little property she had
acquired. Ida was eighteen last spring, and
was her mothers only hope and joy, and ap-
peared destined to grow up a very amable
and accomplished young woman. In June
last she sickened and up to yesterday was
constantly attended by her mother. The
physician who was consulted said several
weeks ago that the young girls sickness had
rendered her partially insane, and recon-.
mended Mrs. Lowenheim to have her placed
in an asylum. This the mother would not
consent to till Wednesday, when the neces.
sarS papers Here drawn Up, and yesterday
morning the young girl was taken to Bloom
ingdale Asylum, accompanied by several of
the family, who left the mother alone. Mrs.
! Lowenheim was frantic with grief at part
Ing with her daughter, and retired to her
room. About an hour after snothered
scre I'M, accompanied by the bowling Of a pet
| greyhound, alarmed some Of the neighbors,
| rIn "A btfnrir,r I Tn,,-on1n;p,tc rf-
ment; found her glSpinS in the dcath-agony,
with her throat cut III a terrible manner with
Il table-knife, which had bcei sharpcned to
razor-like kecnness. She lived bit a few
minutes.
| REAL ESTATE BROKER HANGS HIMSELF.
Early yesterday morning Officer Mulcahy,
of the Twentieth precinct, was summoned to
No. 333 west Thirty-fourth street, and there
found hanging by Il clothes line to rear We.
rlnda the corpse Of Mr. Marcus II: Lichtcn-
stein; gentleman well known in society
aid Il prominent real estate Specliator, whn
is reputed to have been possessed Of consider.
able we1lth. Mr.. Liclltenstein had suffered
considerably from the weather during the
heated term, but had just returned from the
country apparently in perfect health and
good spirits, and although he complained oc.
e s;onally of headache and want Of spirits
there was nothing in his demeanor to cause
alarm. Mr.. Lichtenstein retired to bed at 4
p. NJ. on Wednesday, and when discovered
was partially dressed, and is SUPPOSED to
have been attacked with temporary insanity
on reaching his room, and to have devised
the plan for ending his existence which he
so promptly and successfully carried out.
Mr.. Lichfenstcin was fifty years of age.
OUT OF WORK AND DETERMINED TO DIE.
About II o'clock Yesterday morning two
pistol-shots alarmed the residents of No. 52S
Pearl street, who, on investigating their
source, found William Fisher, aged forty
eight, a Swcdc by birth, suffering from q
dangerous wound in the stomach, half III
inch to the left Of the median line, and q
scalp wound of minor consequence on the
top Of his head. The unfortunate mar was
taken to Park Hospital, where his recovery
was pronounced impossible. Yesterday after
noon, amid painful efforts to breathe, he
stated that he had been in the country twen'
ty-siX years. and was bern in Stockholm, and
brought up as Il sailor. Up to within Tho
,tlst four years he found no difficulty in gain
ing his living, but in 1865 had the misfortune
to get his LETT foot .illnmed in Il chain ctlIle
and became crippled. Since that time he has
gained q sranty livelihood as a Watchman
but of late has been without situation, anC
resolved on putting an end to bis misery by
shooting himself.
A HUSBAND AND FATHER Cuts HIS THROAT.
Early Yesterday morning Jacob peuschler
aged forty three, went TO lis Essex street tC
visit his wife and children, and while there
made Il desperate attempt to end his life
Deuschlcr was butcher by occupation, but
his bad habits and associates prevented his
earning living, and since last january he
had done no work. but lived on the earnings
of his wife. Whenever lie could get money
he would disSipate and come home drunk
His wife has been obliged to leave her l0dg'
ings several times lately on account Of his
conduct, ard at last told him she would live
with him 10 more, and that he had bcttei
seek work. On Wednesday night she pushed
him out Of doors and went to bed. About
midnight she was aroused by knocking al
the door, and found it was her husband
At first she refused to admit him
but he created such disturbance by
kicking at the door that she opened
it with the intention of allowing him tc
Eemain for the night. AS soon as he entered
Mrs. Dpuschler'S apartment he asked his wife
if she meant to live with him again. She
answered firmly "no." He then asked bel
if she meant what she said. and nn her re
Dlyinr in the affirmative he drew from hl'
vest a long carving-kniir and Deliberately Gu
his throat close up to his chin, and to drptt
of three inches, seyering tAs. windpIpe en-
tirev. lie was taken to the Tenth Precinct
stationhouse and placed in real ron
pending the arrival of an ambulance, anC
while there his wife entered. Although
diving he made desperate attempt to SlrIn2l'
| her, and was so violent that bis vile wa
placed with her two children behind TIL
sergeant's desk. Deuschler then IN de sish
that he desired to write, aud on u slate III
wrote the following III German:
"Don't write to my sisters and brothers
because 1 don't want them to know any
thing of this. and / don't want to hear lnor
of this world. NY mother-in-!aw is tin
cause of all this my wife is not so very bad
bat her mother is to blame for if. Oh m,
moor children. JACOB DEU$CiLER.
"P. S.-My name is Jacob Dru~chlcr AM
had asked my vie half dozen tilhc
whether she wiSilp, not to live with m'
again. She told me no, IL Yer again III Inc
do not hlime her, but her malirr. She i
the cause of all. / want to dir. Bclove,
friends and aciuaintances, my knife i >larl
and pointed. The red blood lspill"
When the ambulance came he was PLACED
in it, and his wife, who was crying bitterly
held up the two children to see their father
The last act of the suicide was to raise iIlln
self up. exposing the horrid g.,>ll in hi
throat, aud to shake his finger, half p'l>lct
with dcath, ut his wi;r and ci'!tl!cn.
DR.. SCHOErPE AND Miss STElHECkE'S ILL
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