New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-01
SHOT BY i JEALOUS HUSBAND.

4 Polish cigar-makcr shot his Young wife to death
Yesterday III the squalld tenement house at no; ,
kidge-st The murder was committed with delO,
Grafton Both husband and wife were Ignorant ana
depraved; they came to the city about ten years
ago. The husbands name in Poland vas Carr
Stcbinslly but in this city he has been known as
Charles Seibard. He Is n rcpulslvc-ooklng man.
about twenty-threo years old and ms eyes nave i
dull sleepy look indicating that Ire 10 deficient IN
intellect lie has worked for several years IN Il
cigar factory at No. 1913 Chambcrs-st. The muir
dered woman, Louisa Scihard. was only nineteen
years old; she had been married nearly thLGc years,
aud had berOmc the mother OF one child which
died soon after its birth She had learned the
trade OF cigar making also, and after her marriage
worked in Holzmann q Deutchbergers factory III
Attorney-st., near iloustOn-st She was native
of Bohemia. .
Quarrels between the husband and wife were
frequent The habits OF both were bad. Recently
Seibatd became jealous of Louis Drah0rad, young
Bohemian who boarded with the family at No. l1G
Stanton-st and worked in the factory with Mrs.
SeIbaId. She went 10 the Essex Market Court
about three weeks ago and complained that she had
been driven out of her home by her husband
Seibard summoned to the Court but the case
was dismissed. The woman went about that time
TO board with Mrs kadletz, at No. 10 RIdge-st
Her husband visited her there several times and
endeavored to he reconced, but she went to live
in the basement OF No lO2 Pitt-St where young
Drahorad boarded. She yielded at length to her
husbands eDtreaties and on Monday last size re-
turned to Mrs. kadletz's rooms with him. rom
that time until the murder was committed there
was no quarrel between them, but 1t would appear
that the husband had already formed plan to kil
her lie went 10 WOrh Yesterday UIUluils 10 usui'
but returned home at a. m, saying that the
tobacco IN the shop had gwen out ana ne would
have to take holiday When his wife returned
from her work at noon he greeted her with a great
show of affection and they ate from the same plate
at dinner She about to put on her nat 10 go
back TO her afternoons task when he gave her some
money and asked her to get n quart OF beer w nile
she went To the beeT-shOp lie drew new revolver
of 22-calbro from his pocket and showed ii to Mrs.
Kadletz He took aim slowly and fired a bullet
through a Stat OF the window blinds. To the land
lady's exclamation of surprise he answered: :
wanted to see how il would shoot" His wife came
i'm presently and he asked of her: Do you want to
see me shoot ~ Before she could reply he sent
another bullet through the window. Put 1t
away" she said " the Fourth of July is long way
of yet"
The three persons in the room drank the teer
together The then quietly put fresh cart
ridges in the pistol Mrs. Seibard again to 60
and her husband asked her: DO you want to zee
me shoot you p ayes" she answered with SMILE
thinking that he was joking. Without another
word he raised the pistol and fired twice rapidly
shooting his wife in the breast above and below
the heart Mrs Kadletz stood he pless, while tie
seized his hat and ran after his wife. She did not
scream, although he fired third time as she was
going from the third floor to the room OF Il Mrs
Carpen on the ground floor She fell at the entrance
To Mrs Carpen's room and died in a few moments.
Her husband ran toward Stanton-st. but Police
man Farrell. of the Eleventh Precinct, caught
him. The murderer allowed himself to be led back
TO the place where his wifcN body lay, and he
laughed as he said: ." Yes, did that | shot her."
He was taken to the police station and afterward
before Coroner Merkle. lie first admitted that he
had shot his wife Intentionally, and then he said he
had shot her by accident. The Coroner committed
him to the Tombs without bail.