The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-09
TELLING HER SECRET BEFORE DEATH
what Mrs.. Kaiser Revealed to Her Hus-
b.n, Auer She Had Taken Poison.

John Kaiser q shoemaker Of 43O East
Fourteenth street brcakfastcd with his WE
and children early on Friday morning Ills
wife, Gcncvicvc. was cheerful. Alter lirrhklast
he went to work, and Mt noon returned for dim
ner. His wife was in the sitting room, vnnlIt-
ing. When she saw him she cried out Sec
what have takcn" pointing Ia Il glass stained
with Paris green. and containing the thick
sediment of n draught Of that drug. Kaiser sup
posing that his wife was shamming. grumhcd
about dinner not being ready. and returned to
his work. AT about o'clock messenger sum
moncd him to his home. His wife told him
that soon after he went from home in the morn
ing Henry l.. Monnngcr. the son and agent Of
the landladv, called and said that she must take
Paris green, or he would shoot her. She had
been criminally intimate with Monningcr for
four years and n half. Monninger was very
kind to her when he visited the house seem
ingy to collect me rent ani sne son p,ga9 10
ii she did not take Paris green.
Mrs Kaiser died yesterday.
Mr.. Kaiser told the reporter that ne mlrrl'0
Grnnvcvc. then blooming. hrown-hairrd
maiden. In Baden. in 1864. They lourneyed to
New York lie and his wife lived together con-
inntndly aud prospcrously. ON the lat Of MAY,
1872. he hired rooms in thr first story at AZ
Enst Fourteenth street M9nnlnsrr, thr lnn1i
become the housrkrcpcr, and have the rooms
free Of rent for her services, The nroposltion
on the floor. excepting a rear hall room, ana
took some boardcrs, young mon.
About a year and hall ago he BECAME sus-
picioiis Of the relations hetwccn Monningrr
and his wife He returned to HIS home one
morning shortly after he haI ostensibly start II
Tor his work. and found Monninger and his
wife alone in u bedroom. They turned the
affair into joke but h'bccnme uneasy; Ihr"e
weeks ago In III of anger, his wife declare. !
| that she had been crimiually intimate ,with
Monninl,er for years and ihnt she loved Mon
| ningpr. Mrs. KniSrr's ncghbors say She bought
| the poison week ago.
| Mr. Monningcr has lived in comfortable apart
| mcnis ON the first floor of the house at 80 Ave-
nue for twrniy-ninc years.
| lie has an attractive wife and two children.
| He seemed much surprised when told Of Mrs.
| Kaiser's suicide When he had heard the
| substance, Of Mrs. Knisrr's ante mortem state
| mrut he laughed loudly. and NJ thr reporter
! thought nrrvously. " The truth is lac said. in
| a high nervous Voire. tumhling an ornamental
book ON the centre table. dispo-scs~cd tcnunts
| made trouble b.twern Knis'r and myself They
| mad" him so Jealous of mo that h" sci about in
| sttuting "A suit against me last fall, but drew
| back before il was actually l. gun ! have col
lccted the rent at 43O East Fourteenth street, for
| my mother. for eleven yeurs. and have had IL
| visit there frequently. OF course. have been
| more in the houstkccpcrs rooms than IN any
| other rooms. because have had to consult with
| her about the tenants and the rent The ire
| qucncy Of my visits to Mrs. kaisers rooms. on
| business. made other people in the house zeal
Gus. When they We're dlsppsscssed on accoun
Of non-payucn OF rent. they used their tongues
| mulirlouslyb