, 1873-08-31

been thore, ho became alarmed, and loft
u tho oo hoss ne o1ogss husFsy g,es bss w0s4sc1 ,sa
soon aftor roturnod, and his wifo came homo.
They mot In MrB. Elirtng'e apartments, and ns n
proliminary to tho interview which tho husband
Ind asked for, tho wife borrowed copta, and
With % some boor, q which tIloy Ill 'is partoofs:
Woisbrooht thon commenced to upbraid I,s vito
for her B1lan1olosn conduct. lie told Mrs. Elr-
ing that llo married his wifo 1U yenrs ago,
when aho was but IL yonrs Of agoc, and they lind
yivo. Ho also said TINT tho woman Ind loft lliB
homo no 1oBs than soyon timoB going away with
young mon, and remaining away for suyural
months oacb time. IN Two caaeB, whom alto ha!
loft her husband. slo was subsequently found
sparing his family, the disgrace cas,nod by
her bad conduct, ho Tould talo her
back, but pho would roEnnin but o few
months, when she became infatuated with como
band was rociting tho HISTORY Of his wifos wrongs
md his wfo's Shame, eho Bat by listening iutont
II. Bhe did not attempt to cony tho accusations,
but called her husband o fool sovoral times for
exposing hig family aff"irs to strangers: Vols,
1.-Two with him ognin. Shc said she would, and ho
tlon asked her who WAS tho man who had visited
her lately. Tho woman said Blle did not know
who he was. WeiHbreoht bocame excited, and
called his wife shameless woman, and Baiti TINT
ho did not want hor to 1.-Two with him at aii, but
Rile must not frequent houses Of ill-famo nor re-
coige improper ViHita from young men. Tho
wife bocame excited at this language, and a
quarrel enel1ed. which was stopped by Ehring,
must loave the house. Ihoreupon Weisbrecht
apologlxod to Mr.. Ehrlng for creating q
disturbance In tho house, md then asked hin
wife and Mr. Ehring to 60 out aud take somo
supper with him. They wont to an oyator-aaloon
in tho noghborhood and had some supper. and
tl,on returned to the houBo: Mrs. Weisbrecht
appeared to bo afraid Of her husband, but. aftor
o little persuasion, consented to go out with him
for 4 walk. A1r. EAriug locked tho doors aftor
them, and ct about u o'clock they returned, and
Mrs. Ehring's room for little while, aud Woia-
brecht proposed to have o private intoryiow with
his wife. Ehring told tho1n to go into tho trout
room on tho second floor, which Is unfurnlshcd
in two chairs, md closed tho doors couamunicat-
Ing betwecn tho two rooms. Ehring then wont
to bed. In fow 1nomonts Woisbrcoht
was hoard asking for Light, but Mrs.
Etring refused to glye him lamp. What passed
not known, md in all probability will mover be
revealed; Int at about 1890, Ehripg beard
scream, followed quickly by a pistol-shot- IIo
aprang from .he bed, mud, ononug tho door, saw
Weisbreeht clutching. Lis wife by tho throat mud
to raise an alarm, and Mt the front door met pa-
trolman Burke, Of tho Fourteenth Precinct, who
lad hoard tho shots in tho street, md was en-
dcayoriug to force his WY into tho house. No-
turning with tho officer, Weisbrecht waa found
lying On The floor with piatol~slot wound III
Ills mouth, while his wife WIS biindly cropping
about tho room, tho blood streaming down her
face md breast. Thoy were both taken to Belle
vue Hospital, whore they arc lying in an extremely
critical condition. Neither Of them is expected to
survive. They are both in Bemi-uncouBoous
state, md cannot talk 30 as to DO understood.
The woman bns two wounds in the head and two
about the body. The husband shot himself in
tho mouth, toaring away his tongue, 30 that ho
couplo called Ut bellevue Hospital yesterday to
soc her parontB. She is about 16 years OF ago,
md kept house for her father WHO IL 4 cabinet
maker, and lived at No. 100 Forsyth street. She
knew nothing OF tho tragedy until she saw an
account Of it in German morning paper.
It is stated that the young paranour Of Mrs,
Weisbrecht called at the house in Centre Htreot
yesterday morning, but on learning whit had oo-
cured ho run AWAY, and has not been ason about
the neghborllood ainco.