Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-21
LlFE's WOES.
AND Her eRiEF.sTMckEN HUSBAND
Suddenly 0isappears-A Young Lady Ia
Virginia QuareIs with Her Lover.
Retires to Her Room and Sends
Bullet in Her Brain.

BRcokLrs, n. V. July N.-Nra Mary
Bauer, the young wife Of Joseph Bauer.
proprietor OF Germania Hall. at Nontross
avenue and Leonard street. Eastern Dis
trict, died this morning from the eject Of
. dose Of Paris green which she took last
night She was in her nineteenth year.
Bauer, who is 80 years old, W. formerly Q
dancing master. He hsd Q class In Ger.
mania Hall, and his brishtsst and prsttisst
pupil was Miss Mary Binttnsr, Q young
German blonde. Bauer isll in lore With
Misc Binttner, and when be became tAs
landlord OF Germania Hall, which, 0s
dancing hall and lager beer saloon, 10 oas
Of the most popular and profitable institu.
tions in the Sixteenth ward, hs
Proposed Marriage
and received favorable answer. The pair
were married last Easter, shortly after The
hfide had celebrated her eighteenth birth
day. They are apparently happy, aud ths
fact that other German girls In the neigh.
borhood expressed undisguised admiration
for the handsome sx-dancing master bad
no appreciable effect upon the spirits Of the
young bride. Their intimate friends, how.
ever. knew that they sometimes Quarrslsd.
Yesterday Bauer aud his vile went 20
tiT at the beach, and that the bride gave Q
vigorous exhibition OF temper In the pres
ence OF other people The couple, how.
ever, returned home early In the evening
in the best Of spirits. and laughed ~ they
Chatted OF The Eveass
OF the day. Mrs. Bauer went upstairs to
b.r ,nn,n uhila nauap ainan In hin
saloon.
At 10 o'clock Mrs. Bauer wn heard call.
ing loudly for Miss Kate Bauer, her sister
in.lsv. Bauer heard his wife's call, and.
telling his sister that he would answer IL,
lie ran up stairs. In almost moment he
rushed down sgain. his face blanced With
terror. Get doctor, quick he cried, ~
think Mary has poisoned herself" DIR.
Wcy eandt, on the corner Of Even street
and MOntrose avenue, was sent for. When
: he had seen his patient he sent hurrisdly
to his office for a stomach pump. and with
its aid he discovered that the woman had
swallowed n quantity Of Paris green. He
worked increasingly In III endeaver 70 pro-
vent death, but could give no encourage
m.nt 10 the relatives who stood arouod
him. for he feared that he had besn sum.
moned too late.
Only once did the dying young wife
speak. Her mother. Mrs Th.kia Binttnsr.
leaned over her and said: Mary. tell me:
why did you do this7' Mrs. Bauer looked
steadily at her mother for . moment and
then said:
"It Is Jsalsasy."
She turned her head away after that, snd
never spoke again. At four o'clock this
morning she died.
Bauers friends say that, although he wss
lively, jovial young man. lbere Wss
nothing about his conduct since his mar.
rage to give his wife . reasonable founda.
ton for jealousy. They csnnot undsfstaud
| what could have caused her 10 taks her
life. Bauer, when he knew his wife ~
dead, seemed stunned. lie wandered about
the rooms OF his large hotel In dased
condition. At .iI O'Clock this morn.
ing he suddenly took his hat, and 70.
marking TO those about him: I'm going
out for q minute: have some bust.
ness TO attend TO" he left the house. No
one asked him why he wished IN attend 70
business then, or questioned him In asy
wsy. When he had been away couple of
hours his relatives became alarmed snd
search was made for him but he va mot
found. This afternoon he rad not yet -.
turned to Germania Hall. and no one could
be found who had seen him during the day,
His friends fear that he too has CON mittsd
suicide.
Coroner Keller was notified OF The suicide
and will view the body OF the young womas
this afternoon. The shocking death Of The
wife and the mystar!ous disappesrsnos Of
the husband formed the one topic OF con.
verss,ion to-day In the Sixteenth ward.