The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-13
SHOT DOWNBY THEREAFTER
1IgEIHiE TR iGEDr ar TIIE HFDSTDE
or g5IREh IiyTLE tHILDREN
u.,,, sinnsmnnn NiiIinE tiia Bahc. Wound
ING hi. son aud Ills nnuehicr aud then
sho..ing ftimseif strong Men ~hnidcring
nj The spectacle IN ~ i.ittIc Rear Room.

ffil I ri lMft N- M lNSh'i iflm ono Oi
lhc room. i'm the hie tenement at ~ Chr>stic
,ir,t s.-t c,onug The boy ran down tho
,air- i.Il up Chry-tic street To- Cana! street;
uen d.. returned AMI wont up the stairs. The
bnr-.k p'r. who had heard the scream. and
anrr thn reports of two pistol shots. came
dlwi, li,m her room in the top story. and met
the lDt a- he WIS -waying on the stairs lie
Turmoil Wite and appeared TO be about to
hini. Nal the hou-ekoepcr picked him up and
carried him into tho room whence he had
ru.l , Sile -ioppcI ON the TIN, shold and saw
ar UHi "a made her faint and she almost
a. r.I 'h" huv. whose iaintness was explained
byrlHi.' ~ blood upon his coat. On the floor
la, b. nrt nmsmann with his oycs half closed.
h.-Ha.i iofar bis heart. and his mouth moving.
o.. i...Il5 Pee groancd but he said nothing.
By yhr ay l'uc hoy. seemingly dead. Tor his
p white and his lips hloodlcss
9 Mrs. Tau-ki. the housrbccpcr. looked
,ul0 .' kit'hon. which was the room beyond
a. u which the father and child lay. and she
aN .' mother hu-Eiug to her breast n child
T aru hung limp and swaycl back and
orfH with the motion Of the mother as she
''r.Di i.rs'lf. To Mrs. Iau-ki the mother
ugH' nothing. Her eyes were drv. aud she
ir.trl tHp terrified to explain. All that she
,oal ir Wa. 10 point to a little blood stain upon
a' Nhli cotton waist Of the little child. The
r'ih"f vlontly lid not realize that the child
$50 81. 'lr row and then she would hug it
,,lNl..-it'ly. and then speak to it.
ra.' housekocpcr saw that the little ono was
lead. aA gently took her from her mothers
ARMS nnd put her upon tho bed. in the room
whor" the father and the other children lay.
III" liiti' child who Inv hy It's father was alive.
hough almost unconscious. having bullet
hole in his left breast and the brave boy leaned
- A.. . l,,t LII 1,
Whydo YOU hold your hand so.' asked the
hnusckccpcr.
Father shot mo too" he said. "but didn't
hurt mo very much
TaEin- oT his coat and lifting his shirt he
showed bullet hole in his left breast The re-
vo.,or with which this was done lay on the
floor % tween the father and the unconscious
child. and Hausmann's hand was sccn to feel
about tho loor as if to find it,
Onl.er llu..hcs Of the Eldridgc strcct police
arrived Just as Mrs. Lauski was putting the
dead chilli in the bed. Hc picked up the re-
vover. Five Of the seven chambers had been
emliiod. Then he examined Hausmann's body
and found two bullet holes in the left breast
Tenants IN the house speedily filed the narrow
litil" h" room. ana when they saw the pale
faces of the children. both Of whom appeared TO
be dead, though only one was dead and the
onor dyng. they spoke out plainly. One man
bullet. for doing Tint"
~ iNlN Ifiuulk ttuSn0nn nnlt opened his
ey,es, and drew his breath. and said Gaspingly.
III tank-nny onc-to-do it,"
The ambulance and surgeon arrived in about
hnli an hour aitcr the shots wcre fired The
surgeon said that Hnusmanns and the young
gsl rlli s wounds were nrobably fatal, hut that
children whom he shot were placed in the an
huluu'c -ide 10y side. hut Adam, the Younger
boy. wn- afterward taken in, tho surgeon = nrms
and ~"nt t. the Chambers Street Hospital,
Whore The mother soon followed them.
HnuSmann Is a German oi about 40 years of
Ia ls Int.
w'n' two weeks ago. His three children,
Martini. agcd 6; Adam, 4, and John, ., are sand
o. nav" been very bright and were handsome
rhillr.n. lie had often said Of late that he
should soon take himself ont Of this world. and
killed himself he might take his children with
MN. but should not take her, and that when he
iHl d' SD she would lnd something in thctrunk
inu'l attention to that. She remembered the
r"uHr.. after her husband and children wcre
srnt i'iho hospital. and looking in the trunk
lH loom in which they lived is n wretched
on is On The fourth story, and the door
ir"w ir" NH opens into a dark. windowlcss
room where TIA" children were shot The only
infni.r" there Is bed. and on i the little dead
h1i b. "n gathered back from her forehead and
$50 u1on TIE pillow making thus
iHi'ur ar" regular, and the peaceful EXPIRES
di"i instantly.
In lnr r,ur room were tho evidences Of the
sli! in'-s II the tragedy. On peg hung n
b't i,it hat. which liausmann had placed
dl"r wore his boots. and on nail 10y the cup
hnlr. D"9r his vest. \ wash tub with a scrub
h.' ',r and some dirty water stood in one
''''. Hfi on tho ;allo a half loaf Of brend and
l'i'I uutrr. Ther" was also a little wooden
l ih n"lghbors said was the direct
,un" tle mon Who lived in the house said
uHi e"nn hclcd Mr. Eiausmann put NJ no
pa NNl ioihos-lln". and that her husband
M "" .amr home, entering the room
pWiny ln her hands. and words arose
To- 'i- -ii" hNd bought H.
'- my nothing could be- learned 10 an
u.nN i"ilis. OF whether he had any grounds
Nr-. Nngsmqpn said that her husband was
,N'N ~ - Hul-in- a Braekmnycr, fancy
T.' n"rs AZ J,3 Bro9dwqy. He returned
"f.n' -.nn had supper. He nftnrward went
p"' p', 'i,' ana remained about an hour. She
'Nl one ol hcl n"ighbors that he drank
mI,r the h"uso Whom IN H." r,.,rir., narr0oM
n "a pitcher of boor with him
ar, end 49, "i hcr T. have n drink, She re.
Il-',i. 'iI hr tried 10 coax her To drink but She
,ii H. li' took two glasses OF beer him
sN ''NI 'lrn started for the back room. used as
'' pug room. Johnny, his Oldest son. and
L"N, iA' ungnst. or the baby as
bed. wd Nariha Elzaheih. her dau"btnr
".- sri"l hy the bed. Mrs. Hausmann de-
sIi9'I tue shooting as having been very
s,. n Airr her husband went into the room
Sl' r'i shot, AMI then several others she
s,a sn" '"l how many all II rapid succession.
S''tF'il lnf n'rp-s the floor toward the front
'.N' Ihn Lutte g,rl hud her hands clasped To
=, 7.N 'ihq was "rylns Ma. oh, MAJ" Her |
n d h'r IN her arms She saw IIaus.
THM innlg toward the hall door after
S,,nHrh' ihe Oldest boy, Tho boy got ont and
I'u'I Iin. lluusnann then locked the hall |
"',I Hhi shot himself.
ar ll u-muuu said that II was all done IN a |
H. 'ldS; Nhil" she had her daughter in |
M m,I "IH' ~h" henrd her youngest son Adam
'nS On the bed. She put the girl down
"l' .'E HIM up. When Onlcer Hughes got |
lt rtrl Istft
VIII VII n'l 'nl mo mother standing over tho body |
WI h'i ipY in her arms.
ut iausmhnu thought that her husband |
WHY hN" mot Johnny first and then tho |
,vu".}, nhi the little girl last. She told. be- |
W'rh r ilrr -ohs, how sho had dressed her in the
np'H ls ana how happily she had started or |
N ,,h'2h She said TO the surgeon |
,p hN Chambers Street Hospital that |
nr' r'uil xiv" no motive for her husbands |
S'tl,' Nulr-s II wns that he was angry with her |
","u.. 80" W"u, not grant him power to col |
t{. spun money b"uurnthcd 10 her. Her father |
+'nW III 'ronsiAt, Germany, some months ago,
ianIlg lhig" sum Of money. Her husband |
isIr'n li"r To give him authority to 70 or send |
,,.nr" ma get the fortune Tor him. and was in- |
.thsrl when sho refused. lie spoke to her
hnut me matter several times. The ncarcst I
@ @a,nt n'' over cane 20 making thrcat was after |
~" ol ll'r IofusQlS him collset lpr futhprq