The daily gazette., 1883-04-13
REPRlNrEo FRoM YESTERDAY
KILLEp nY Irs MorHER.
An Insane Woman Stays Her Iiaby and
GOnrnits Suicitie.


An Insane Woman Stays Her Iiaby and
Commits Suicide.
NEW YORK, April l2.-Yesterday, Rosa
Howard, aged 10 years, wife OF WIN. n.
Howard, an engineer, killed her baby aged
three weeks, and then attempted suicide.
About two weeks ago Mrs Howard was
suffering from an absecss of the breast and
DIR. Frank Ferguson of l25 West Eleventh
street, who did not attend her In
her previous sickness, was cllled.
lie saw that her mind was
affected, and told her parents and husband
TO guard her carefully, When he next saw
her she seemed n be greatly improved in
respect to her mind, but on Sunday last she
seemed to be so far from herself that the
watch over her was kept with more care
than had been exercised Gu Tuesday DR..
Ferguson decided to lance the abcess. This
he did at $50 o'clock in the evening. The
operation was not painful, and was done
without giving any drug to rem
der the woman insensible TO
pain. Just before the doctor ar
rival Mr. Howard went TO the house OF his
mother, at 12S West Eleventh street, to tell
her that his wife's mind seemed TO be
clearer than 1t had been, and that she ap-
peared to be on the way to entire recovery
OF her reason. Mr.. Howard had not re-
turned when the doctor went away, and
MIR. RosenbelmeT remained in the room
with mis- daughter and her babe. 1t was the
second story rear room. Wearied by watch
ing her during Sunday and Monday nights,
he fell asleep on a couch In the room, but
was soon awakened by his daughter crying
that her child was dead. He tried to pacity
her, and then withdrew from the room,
| thinking that perhaps she would be quiet II
| he stepped outside the door.
Mr. kosenheimer had barely closed the
door before he heard the bolt on the inside
shot into the fastening He called to hi
daughter to open the door, but she seemed
not TO hear him. Then there was a crash
ing sound within, as OF the overtuTning o
furniture, followed by the noise o
breaking glass and the voice o
his daughter crying wildly that the
house was on fire. Mr.. ROsenheimer is
small man and was unable to force the doc
open. He ran down the stairs and obtaine'
assistance. When the door was broken In Mrs
Howard was found lying exhausted agains
an overturned washstand. A heavy trunk la
across her feet. Her night dress was tor
and stained with blood which flowed from
cash in her arm. Her child was lying partl
under the small stove, which had bee
upset. There was no fire in the stove. TIL
baby's head was terribly bruised, and til
rhlld was dying The mother had broke
the mirror and knocked out several pane
of glass from the window sash, and ha
attempted to jump to the grounC
She continued to cry that tn
house was on fire. Though she wa
greatly enfeebled, It was necessaT
to use considerable force TO restrain he
The child died within a few minutes. Whe
DIR. Ferguson arrived, he found the moth,
calm, but apparently unable to comprehen
what she had done. Her violent rawlings r
7 turned at intervals during the night, an
to-day she was taken in carriage
Bellevue Hospital. She is not booked the
: as prisoner, as there is no doubt of h
insanity.