The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-23
THE NEW YORK TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Uhler's Grief Over the Dead Body of
ao Her Paramount Haverstick.


Mrs Uhler,s Grief Over the Dead Body OF
ao Her Paramour, Haverstick.
New York Special
At the close of the proceedings messenger
brought word from the hospital, saying that
Mrs Uhler would be well enough to attend
the inquest tomorrow. The coroner's desires
were misunderstood, and after all the parties
of the inqneSt except himself had quilted the
coroner's office. late in the afternoon, Po-
liceman Banker brought Mrs. Uhler there in
a cab.
She is twenty-nine years of age, but looks
older. She has wavy brown hair, blue eyes,
regular features and is of stout build. She
wore maroon-colored velvet dress, q seal
skin cloak and a poke bonnet While she
talked with the coroner she kept her eyes
fixed on the floor, and toyed nervously with
the handle of a plush reticule in her lap.
She seemed relieved at the postponement of
her examination.
She asked if she could be permitted to see
the body of Haverstick. Joseph B. Haver-
stick, the brother was in the adjoining Office,
seeking leave to remove the body from the
city Mr.. Haverstick was asked whether he
wished to see her. He started, and said
CURLY, mo, l have no desire to see her." He
added that he did not want to prevent any
one from viewing the body. Coroner Levy
told the policeman to accompany Mrs Uhler
to the undertaker's and then to the hospital,
and remain in charge of her until after the
inquest. ID
She was assisted from the cab, and the po-
liceman and DR. Amidon supported her to
the door. She trembled and seemed about to
faint. The body was lying on the table in a
back room upstairs, and was covered with a
black pail Mrs. Uhler hestated a moment
when the door had been closed and she found
herself with the corpse, and then she burst
into tears and threw herself on her knees on
the floor beside the BODY
"Oh, BERTHE, Bertie!" she cried, throwing
her arms over the body and showering kisses
on the cold face. why did they kill you?
Why did 1 not die first my darling BERTHE?
poor poor Bertie?' Violent sobbing followed
this outburst and after a time the two men
raised he up to her feet, and after she had
pressed another kiss upon the forehead of the
dead man, led her from the room.
Her one DESIRE" Policeman Banker said
afterward since she has been in my charge,
has been to see, Haverstick's body She has
frequently remarked that she has not now a
friend in the city, and that her only friends
in the world since Haverstcks death were
her father and mother in California. She has
said but little of her husband, except that
she had been very happy with him for many
years She said that they had had occasional
misunderstanding Her principal cause of
complaint against her husband is that he has
refused to let her see her two children"
'She told me, the officer continued, ''that
her brother came to the fat to persuade her
to 90 West with him, and met Haverstick in
the parlor. Her brother told him that he in
tended to take his sister away, and Haver-
stick replied that his house was his castle and
no man could take anybody or anything out
of it without his permission. Her brother
then called Haverstick a villain and other
names. Haverstck threw off his coat, there
was scuffle, and then she heard crash of
the breaking china and the report of the re-
voleer. Mrs. Uhler added that when she
saw Haverstick lying bleeding on the floor
she asked her brother to shoot her also, but
he hurried from the room. She said that her
brother never had done anything for her,
and she didn't suppose he would do anything
for her now"