The daily gazette., 1883-03-21
THE NEW YoRK sHOoTING.
Particulars Of the Killing of Haver-
stick.

BElcks
New YORK, March 20.-.The unfortunate
heroine of the Paris flats tragedy, Mrs.
| Uhler, is in the New York Hospital lullel
into Inconsistencies by heroic doses of
opium after hours of raving madness, alter
mated by intervals of despair. Her physi-
clan, DR.. Amidon, fears for her
reason If she survives. The suit
of rooms occupied by this most wretched
couple were on the first floor Of one of the
four houses into which the Paris flats, of
West Twenty-third street, are divided. A
policeman from the Sixteenth precinct
guards the place, for the rooms are filled
| with rich furniture and in the bed room are
| all the clothes and jewels of the poor woman,
the fair cause Of the calamity. The room is
divided from the parlor, where the fatal
shot was fired, only by heavy portieres of
| rich drapery.
George Conkling, the brother of Mns.
Uhler, surrendered himself to Policeman
Mantle as he was pacing on his beat in front
Of the Grand Opera House about the first
hour of the morning, with the quiet state
Inent ~ have just shot man in the Paris
flats. do not know whether he is dead or
not" He was taken to the Sixteenth pre-
clnct station house, on Twentieth street, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, and was
committed to cell. He spent the night in
pacing up and down without cessation.
Once he was heard to say "Oh, my
sister H' with deep groan and then toweep
bitterly. He was taken to the Coroner's
office to-day He bore himself with out
ward calmness and composure. At the
Coroner's Office he was Joined by William
F. Howe and Cameron II. King, his counsel.
To them he made this statement
You know, Mr.. Howe, better than any
one, what went before this matter. You
were my sisters counsel in the divorce suit
brought against her by Uhler; and your
partner, Mr.. Hummel, will tell you thar
when he advised my sister to leave this man
Haverstick she said that she wished to do
so. / saw Haverstick several times and
talked with him about his work. | said to
him: "If my sister fully wishes to remain
with you cannot and would not attempt to
force her to leave you. But if she wishes to
go with me she shall go. l was with her
the whole of the afternoon yesterday and
she agreed to go. She said she would pack
up all her things. She was to have come to
me at the Leland House at 3 O'Clock this
morning. In the evening of yesterday I
went round to the Paris House. l had a
key with which opened the door of the
apartment and ] went in. found my sister
in her room, walking up and down in terri
BILE agitation and shedding tears.
my sister said There's that man in
that room,' pointing toward the curtains
that separated her bed ROOM He won't
let me go. Pm afraid of him. l said to
her If you wish to come with me he can
not compel you to stay here. fll speak to
him. So l went into the room and saw
him looking very angry. He broke out
| I'll be = If Pll allow you to go on in this
way in my own house, and then he took off
his coat and came at me as ii he was going to
box. l said all right and then made a
motion as If to undo the buttons of my over
coat. He then backed toward the mantel
piece and took up figure OF shepherd and
came at me with it raised In both hands and
was going to strike inc on the head, Then
pulled out my revolver and fired AMI he
iell instantly. was SO excited that h4rilv
remember what came next, but when got
cOol,r found myself holding bt tn his hands
as he lay on he'iioor. IIe whispered: tWnl
J YOU go for GOc'or9' nodded and went
out The servant girl had been sent to some
back room by my sister, that she might not
hear what was going on. looked for her
aud, not finding her, went cut on the land
ing aud tried the next set of rooms. They
/ We're empty. | then went dewn the stairs
and into the street, where walked until
met the policeman TO whom gave myself
up" 4 plea Of selfdefense will be offered.