New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-22
GRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.

S1TTCIDF AFTER ATTEMPTED MUhoH"'
AN UNSUCCESSFUL snK-DYEG TRIES To Nil :. -
WIFE. WOUNDS HIS FOREMAN AND ~ ii-''"
SHOOTS HIMSELF. c.O sili,.
Jacob L9uernann aged thrtY-four' a"Si ''''i 90
-. ott,,,,nted 10 shoot his wife yesterday morn
uSo.' - T.; the rear of No 4O4 West Fiitieth-
81 He failed 10 hit her, and IN Struggle ",,' nv
81 ,,,d his foreman, who attempted 10 dlsarh
- h sbot tbe Ia ter He ran away ana soon
ns,or ,vbcn uufsued by the po1ce shot ana Kllleu
hi,nsolc in n beer-shOp at Thirty-irst-st ana
Seventb-aye Peter Henger, the man whom ne SHOT,
was taken to Roosevelt Hospital lie was nov
eeriously injured Lauernann had been married
twelve wears and had five children, the youngest
only seven months old Until four years ago he kept
barber shop in Sixth-ave., and prospeIed. HIS
troubles began when he sold ont his business
aud engaged in the silk dying trade with
his sisters husband His money was swai-
lowed up in the business and more was
wanted. which he could not furdish. His
mariner retired and he was left to struggle al one
Weiphcd down by his troubles he took TO dTlnklhg
and when drunk abused his vile, 10 wnom ne Hal
before been kind Her refusal 70 Persu ad mn nV
few hundred dollars, to invest the remaining HaLi
which lac had not yet borrowed IN his business ntl-
tated him and led TO further eXceSses ana 4uTels'
in which he threatened more than once 10 XIII hll-
self. III, ,,,io ,,no
pramne by threatening also To shoot ms wlle, anu
procured a pistol to carry out the threat. ne
frightcned woman fled with her children from Their
home nj No 406 West Fiftieth-st., and sought
shelter from the rain in the FOrty-seventh Street
Police Station. La or she found lodging IN her
mothers house. That night and on Sunday Lauer-
mann sought her twice. possibly with the pur ose OF
killing her. The door was baTTlcaded against MN aJ
night but in an interview that took place between
him and his wife on Sunday morning Mrs. Lauer-
mann gave him the choice of changing ms conduct
or losing her altogether Yesterday morning tIe
silk-dyer sent for his wife. She went 10 ING shOP
and repeafed her decision of the previous day, de-
clininG 10 accept other terms. Furious WIN
rage her hus Oand pulled out ms pistoi
and fred at her, but Mrs Lauermann, VINO Ddd
expected something of the kind, ran our un Wii
and escaped from the house. Her brother, Wunam
Niemann who worked for Lauermann, ana Ieter
Henger the foreman, heard the shot from the au-
Joining room, and, running III, threw themselves
I1pon the siik-dyeF, endeaVorlng to dlsaTm him. IN
the struggle the pistol was discharged second tlIie
and The bullet cut through the muscles on Hen0els
left breast, but wirhOu lnjurl & him seriously
Mrs Lauermann and her brother, took Henger TO
the Ro sevet Hospital and started out to follow the
fugitive sllk-dyer While engaged III the pursuit
word came from the adjoining precinct that TIC hau
shot hims II there.
Hardly an hour after the scene in Lauer-
mann's sh0p a stranger walked down the steps OF
William Beckcr'S grog-shOp iii the basement at tle
southwest cornerOt Seyenth-aye and nlrty-nrslSti
and made directly Tor the Darkroom. No sooner ilad
he entered j. than a pistol shot rang through the
house The barkceper found the man lyng dead shOt
through the temple with bullet nearly as large as
q rifle bail The man was soon identified a. Lauer-
MANN He had in his POSSESSION box o! cartIlugeS
which he had purchased apparently on his 1lght
from home. Coroner Brady viii hold the inquest