The sun., 1881-01-16
VOL. yLvIH.-N0. 1913.
1,GuTING A FUNERAL PYRE
,x,p,NcF HEITH or THE WIFE or
IN" uEaLTHr ULS1ERNEH.

r,r,, Night Of u New servnnt In He
W. o,,bun A-yium-A s"icide th"t
w ....d the Lives OF IA Persons
So Frightened Women mad Ch''dren' /
r,, Hebrew Shcltrring Guardian society, |
,ht.h Mrs. T. j. Joachimsen Is the Presi- |
", occupirs three-s'ory brown 1rame
"i,,, W. ,o,n,cl on q knoll Mt tho southwest |
~, ~ rirst avenue md Fifty-scventh street.
y. ,h,s houso there are domiciied the sup'rin-
.s,don, md matron. Samuel Dublon ana wiie'
wu @ s.,nn,s and six,y-nv children OF ages
.onginr from 2 to Is years.
n- p.idov morning It WAS decided that an
.,sor sorynnt was needed. and Mr.. Dublon lott
"a with Mrs HcchnGer. who keeps an intel
,,ooncc oflco Mt 10 Second avenue to thnt ei-
,ac, AT 2 o'clock woman about 80 years old.
ANAL and with dark hair and eyes. presented
h.rs,lf nt the house. with note from Mrs.
gechincer addressed to SUPERINTENDENT Du-
hion I, stated that the bearer was Ernestine
Cautor. German. who had only ie"
Savs before arrived In this country.
Th. woman had only q small bundle
=, clothing with her. but was neatly
s,.a IN drab dress She was not set at any work.
hn,ro.,old to make herself at homo. and on
IN. io,lovng day she would be given some
-ort She seemed very uneasy during the al
samoan going frequently to look out OF the
vndov md examining the various doors care
,nlIv At supper limo she asked tho porter
now far 1t was to the river. and afterward how
h,eh tho elevated railroad was. and also ' what
-.a done with persons found dead In the
street" The porter acquainted Mr. Dublon
With these strange questions OF the woman. and
!, no watched her closely thereafter. At 10 o'clock
she went to her bed, which vas In front room 1
sDnblon looked over the house preparatory to
going to bed all wns quiet The new servant
also eight or ten children In
'nf Al sSrrP", aSous o'elosi Bridge. o'connor. a
sSs sSs fSSuSa hSSss. was s' aroused By noise il
nS SU1ss ,supGs Getting r np she out Of the win
dow, and saw flames in the lsunfry; dry, She She
pushed into the hail and ssIeaTedh nh FIRE. & uhe
nervous woman. FIRST heard the cry in her room
on the third floor. She aroused her husband.
Dublon on being frst down. opened tho swinging
door which is at the end OF the hall leading to
hs and PLAY beas As she dd So
ns@os SD,,sa was S the newly employed servant. ad-
1sncing through tho hall. and uttcring no cry
burning her right hand in the action. At this
S . pSSn S.4 soSnT sSSad sts
pushing the burning woman to the floor. ho
rolled her In tho blanket. and tore from her the
He Questioned her as to the manner in which
her clothing caught | eo,5 The e Ss bsDGs sDy
wrists seriously burned. MI Du6lon next en-
range. a large basket in which Ending wood
burned to th. floor. 4 large piece Of carpet la;
over the basket. an and this and the floor about
Cd. Il then became sc evident i that % The woman had
descended quietly to the laundry. having lef
ioi infammable pine wood. Then lighting II
she had laid down upon the blazing mass, and
sas1 Dnsd aS fs5Df aI
been calmed. the, police were summoned ant
body having been iriehtfuily burned In man,
6yths hrs She was removed to Bellevue Hos
p,tal IN an unconscious condition. and died AT
that hath the woman an = d.stroyed herself in IL Of in
sanity. and further inquiry into the case prove
Among her effects we're new leather pocket
book. containing several papers; and smal
sum OF money in American and German coins
stadt, 352 East o Forty W second street. The re
porter learned. on inQuiring at this npmpsr
ss the sSs was 81 SsSs Il Mr.
many. where her parents are still living. Si'
months ago she came 70 this country, and mad
married TO Mr.. NJ Kerstine. friend OF Mr.
Lipstadt, and a mHn OF wealth and position
living in Ashley. Washington County Ill. Mr.
Kerstine was widower, with five or six chill
dreD. His young wife appeared to live happil
with him. Two weeks ago she came to this cit
quite unexpectedly to her relatives. She tool
up her residence with Mr.: Lipstadt but sal
she intended TO 60 back to her husbands hom
alter time. She was asked il she wanted to g
back to Germany, and said she did not. Sh
oppressed great horror Of tho ocean wheneve
the subject was referred to. Lately she ha
said several times she could not 20 back to he
husbands. The children made so much nos
she could not put up with II. She was wild /
ner manner at times. and alarmed her friend,
sane. -
On Friday morning while Mrs. Lipstadt wa
.S aMay from home. Mrs; Kerstino packed u
servant s.v.. girl. "dood.by; EGnestine You wi
pever see me any more" With this she left th
house. The family searched everywhere fo
hsr' but vainly;, They feared she had take
shey loarned from the reporter the strange an
erri6lo manner in which her death occurre,
A friend OF the family hastened at once to III
uorgue to claim the body.