The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-18
A WEST H0B0KEN TRAGEDY.
A rOrNG WIFE THROUN orr or A
WINDOW ny 4 HUSBiND.
Henry Eckcrt's Night Of Carousing Ended In
Brutality To his Industrious Nnte-sent to
Jan to Answer for her Terrible Death.

Henry Eckcrt returned to his home in
Paterson avenue. West Hoboken. n few minutes
after ~ O'Clock yesterday morning. He had
been drinking beer with friends. Michael Der
ringer lives in the room below him. Mrs. Der
ringer says that soon after Eckcrt arrived home
she heard scufllng in his room. and heard
Eckert's wife talking in bcseeching tones.
Then all was still for little while. Then she
heard scuflling again and n sudden fall to the
floor. followed by other cntreatics. As Eckert
and his wife had Often auarrcllcd. Mrs Der
ringer went to sleep again. At abou, o'clock
Alexander Stoltz heard the sound OF heavy
body falling into the alley. He lives over his
meat market on the opposite side of
the alley He saw person moving un-
easily In the muddy footway aud heard wo-
mans voice moaning and calling on God to
help her. The one blind Of E'kert's window
was open. Stoltz went down. hut would not
touch the sufferer until he had called an officer
He went for Constable Hall. While he was
gone. Dcrringer went down and recognized
Mrs. Eckcrt. He carried her up two flights Of
stairs to her room. His wife went into Eckcrt's
room with him. Eckert lay on the lloor appar-
emily asleep. Derringer placed Mrs Eckcrt on
the bed and then reused him anl said: Here's
your wife, found her down in the alley. she's
dying" Eckcrt rcplicd Let her 20 to hell"
The injured woman had not spoken anything
cohercntly.
In the moan time Consahrs Hall and Francis
had arrived. and Dr. Michel WIS sent for. Dr.
Michel says lac found Mrs. Eekert scmi-un-
conscious She died at 3 o'clock without having
explained the cause of her fall H. thinK, her
death resulted from internal injuries. Dr.
Michel could not tell whether l. kcri was drunk
or moi. He says he acted silly. After Il short
Int pr Michel dotii,tei nt thn time n,th.r ths
NJ La I....
Mrs. I'kvfi WAS neatly dIrSscd. except that
her dress was soilcl with the mud from the
was fully dressed. She still wore bow at her
neck. AMI a ribbon in her hair. In one corner
ul her room WIS a table covered with m uu-
finished hh,rk dress. Mrs. / kcrt was an indus
triOus drrs-mukpr. The other occupants of the
hou-" sny that ~" Intended 4? ~ up late that
n';ht To- .ompl.i" "a dr'ss Tor u ladS who wanted
E-krrt wis taken 4, the West Hohoken police
atutipn nti "a warrant issued hv Ju~ficn keVnton.
when Coroner Crane -iied him there bee said:
| WOk" up last might ~ ten n'clo' H. and saw
TINT my ,vf, WIS moi in bod noticed thnt tho
door and the window were open. AMI thought
she had gone oui to walk on account ol the heat
Tho next thing | rrnrmhrr IL TINT somebody
wos mo up and said She WIS leal.'
| l. krrt WAS taken 10 the Hudson county iail
| II" is of medium ~il' and .wcars Light nous
| tlrhr. llr WAS loru IN MfienbcrE, Germany.
| forty y"nrs ago. II" Is said tp hea hard worker
AN. pnn 'uhl" except when under IN" influence
| of liquor, The body "' Ais wife Il wan and
| lopked "a. though She had hgn nny, II left
| arm i~ hrnk % iu two pinreS The right arm has
| upon It hlach and blue marks uf fingers. They
| ARE mn 10 emariut"i. There ut"rrihlo hrui-,.
on her back. and another on her side. Each
| might have boon made with n kick. several
| rnfter- run from building 10 building across tho
| all. 8. which are To- support roof IN process OF
| construction. On one oi those. Just below l. X
| crtS window. Posted lorh NJ Mrs E'krri' :
| haar. Justice kcynton SAYS it rested lightly.
| and WAS not torn hy the corner Of the rnit"r.
| Th"r" wa- mo- blood on the ras"r. H. suggests
| hat il was a lock that dropped from
| me husbands hand after the wife Ind reached
! the ground. The belief in the negl horhonl Is
| gen raj That L krrt killed his wife on - before.
| In Paterson. saH tried tp lnp from a window. il
| - ~ni T. - rS 'uuc his cru tics. Another theory
| hrld hy som. ~ the neirhlur- in West lloh1ken
| is taHi Ms L krit va-1rlN,u hy A,r husband =
| hnd rnudu and brutality T. commit suicide.
For tue m9i TWO months T. 'k'rl wns employed
| In "a silk weaving factory in South street Jersey
| Cy Heights. Mrs Erkert came originally
| from Switzerland. They had no children.