The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-02
LOVE AND SUICIDE.
4 Wife and Her ParamOur Shoot
Themselves in Presence OF
the Husband.
tuE pARA.AoyR SHOT THROUGH The HEART
a Wonderful Story Of Wrong, and Cb.ndestise
Love-whas Came Of q viIt to BSston-Aa,
Infatuated Husband Seeking Perjured
Wifs--He Prevents His Wfe's Sui
cixe-Inaerviews with the Hus- Z
band and Wife-A Sad Story.


Last night. aooW eleven o'clocH n terrible
tragedy took place 40 EuHiow Str ees 1t Is the
Old story or Illicit ending in TAath-the often
told tale or the outraged .ansband seeking redress
for ATS wrongs
Ia the second loOr naok r0o'A, lest night OF the
nouse in Ludlow street John frederick Munckes
and Battle Menckes lag on ne he'd, dressed, and
talking together. They we're laughing and TESTING
together In strange ceptras Ewith their good humor
was the sight OF two repolvcrs which lay by tAeir
sides. A Auock came at che door Of the room, but
they made no answer Arn the door was pushed
open and the feasures OF -she man who entered
made beth shudder. hS7was the husband OF the
wOmas--C Charles Angus GUS Munckes who thus
Suddenly CANE IN.
He advanced quickly tDWard the bed
Hattie" he said IA a low voice compressed
with emotion, "win 700 come back to me ~
"Noln sue answered. Her companion sal d
nothing.
The husband begrseaas beseeched, imp,ored, out
his vile remained otdarate to all his entreaties,
and told him colby mat If he molested them they
had both resOlvedp.o take their lives. The husband
told thestory ofis sunerngs his wrongs. 1t was OF
NO avail He persisted, she persisted. She met
every EFFORT he<Madc towards reconciliation with
cold contempt But he never ninehed, and again
expOstulated, with her.
Both the Ihanand the woman on the bed by this
time held tAeir revolvers in their hands and ap'
peared deermined to carry out their inten-
ton. He 1begged them to kin him If they
wanted to, Kali anybody He told them he would
sooner DIE than support the misery of such LIE:
suddenly he darted toward his wife and attempted
to wrench the revolver from her grasp. At the
sane moment and with the same DESIGNATION, two
sn0'S were n'sa BOTH HAD EFFECT
The husband found himself standing above bis
wife. She was alive. The shot which he had at
temDteQ to stop had zone OF evidently DV her
hand and had gone through one OF her breasts but
snservened The shot might have been deadly The
other shot had been fred by John Frederick
e nss q 70
passed away he was corpse
cried to her husband -
''Go Tor doctor; Fritz Is dying"
The husband ran from the room. but on the stairs
met police officer who stopped him and made
him go beck to the room CHASTITY sight met their
S1 qh sao s n nS a. the
her life away. The police officer, Reagan, after ex-
Charles A. MuncSes, and the Vile to the EIdridGe'
street police station.
Of John Frederick Munckes was taken there shortly
A HERALD reporter was quickly on the scene.
Charles A.. Munckes was in q cell on the lower floor
INTERVIEW WITH THE HUSBAND.
He is man of about thirty-dve years Of age OF
good height and appearance, with dark COM
pexion and black mustache: He speaks inteli-
was one OF intensely human interest, and showed
most surprising condition Of Generalization In
his family. He said :-"I come from Germany, and
have been in this country seven years;
my house and he lived with me all the time until
lately some time ago wnen was living
s s 'ns getting Ja ns'%as n1iSss was
Ss ss ' xeIesa Fss! Ss'a
Hattie three years ago. On the 10th day OF April
LEFT THE HOUSE WITH MY WIFE
and they took with them all the money had In the
bank, about s4OO They went to Basher and lived
Wes sister, Annie Neuper at sss West rwen
sixth street. ana made INQUIRIES ior them,
ONT one ay v aa was pSns in the
store they walked in together. they. asked
Hless my TO
go home and behave themselves and it would be
s ns and found them
er sDake AGING to Fritz f. isy Nad
that way. We used to go out every night to drink
beer together, and the people round used to Joke
cards. So one night when they had talked
this way ! told my wife that sne must
house, that could net stand this any more. l
offered to give him some money to keep himself
and went away. few days after when went
home found
again. This was on the 9th OF July Well, looked
for her SEINE time and could not find out where
E n
aw sss ~, rnd9T IL 91 the car and 0
! met him should meet her. / saw
him get out At y'r'y-sixth street. and they went
20 SaS where s SuIc they lived together under the
nf1 at ana theme M. n x Ss
wanted her to come back to A' me ma and
she said she would meet me OF. sunday and talk
swer right away, and that she must not put me Oh
In TINS way; that wanted to have her home right
SHE WOULD NOT COME BACK
right away. that she would see about It; but in
sisted, and she then said that If molested either
THEY WOULD BOTH KILL THEMSELVES.
SISTERS the same day. and she repeated what she
said Her sister told her that she had better 60
wouldn't DO IT, Ten e as sde oSp ont pt from ana
friend OF mine That they were living together in
aaseT S street nv then thought would 60 down
proposed to have regular deed OF separation made
out and then she might do what she liked. But she
wouldn't even have this, always putting me on till
sunday. SO j was determined weuld have some
thing settled ana then resolved to 60 and see them
SO went down to where found they were in Lud-
for Mrs. Marlin hea@ INV went "a snS
knew right away where IT was; When knocked
ut the door no answer came and pushed IL omen.
saw them lying dressed on the bed.n
THE HUSBANDS STORY
OF what followed is substantially given above.
Munckes said he loved his wife very much, and
wanted her to come back and i've win him, but
taken care Of "the boy" as he called
Kept him altogether since his father died. During
the conversation he was not at all excited In his
manner, but seemed TO believe that o just retrfbu-
zion had visited beth the wife and nephew.
The HERALD reporter subsequently saw the body
OF the suicide, John Frederick Munckes.
the back room OF the Eldrldge street
police station The whole body was terribly pale,
and the arms lay stretched out In cross-lke lash
ifOn In the left breast, which was bare, there
n SIN I'll round hole little larger than pea, aud
right Move the heart II was evident that