Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-13
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
ANGRY wonaN's rEEHrnLE DEEDS
4 Sew YorA scnoulmsrm shoots uer Iuy,r
"a IuId BIoeI aud Then SLOWS hCr
Hraius Out,

Braius cut,
Ou Tuesday morning n startling tragedy |
| was enacted uu the platform OF the down |
| Gown station Of the Third avenue Elevated !
| railroad at FIfty-uinth street, New York |
| The platform was crowded with people at !
the time, the trains having been delayed |
| by the fog, Among the waiting passcng.
| crs stood young man, accompanied 10y a
| boy seven years old, whom ne held by the
| hand Shortly after the entrance of this
| pair woman entered, dropped her ticket
| In the gatemau'S box, walked up behind
| this young man aud fired a revolver at
| him. Ito fell to the floor She stood
| looking at him Tor u moment, and then,
stopping back, put the weapon 10 her own
head fired. SAe died almost instantly.
| Tue man was alive with u bullet in his
| back. With tue boy aud tho dead woman
he was taken 10 the station house. The
surgeons who were summoned pIObcd for
the bullet a.d found that Ii had lodged ia
tho lo't sdc and that his chances for life
were very sm Il.
70 the police the wOGuitd man said that
no Was Victor Crolton Andre, OF No. 05l
Lexington avenue, u journalist, connected
with German newspapers, and "a teacher
in thc educational establishment Of J. c.
Won Tau5E, at No. 10 Gramercy Park, lie
admitted tlay be knew the woman who
shot him, but refused to give any oNplIua
ton of her acc. The boy who was with
him when shot was George Bsckol, son
OF Joseph J. BrCkel, in whose house the
wounded man lived. The woman was
about - years Old, with Handsome, regu.
lar fcatures,a fair complexion, dark brown
hair and ha2sl eyes. Nothing was found
on her person Which would lead to her
identification except white silk haudkeT-
chief having the letters ~. IT, worked on
| il.
The police subsequently discovered that
the young woman was Miss Jennie Ii .
Almey, aged "a years, who taught 10
Kindergarten school. She lived at III
, West Twenty nth street, where she had
hired a room for some time. \ large
package Of letters was found in Andres
room, which she had written TO him
From these it appears that he had prom
ised TO marry her and had afterwards
deserted her but whether he had bs
tTayed her or not could not be asCertained
2 from the correspondence. 1t was evident
I that Andre knew that she was waiting to
see him and that he dreadei tAe meeting
For this reason he reported AZ the school
where he taught that he WAS sick and had
remained in his room during the whole Of
the past week. On Tuesday morulrg he
yenturcd out for the first time.
: II was said at Miss Almey's boarding
that she went away every morning early
house and did not return until night, aud
it is supposed that she spent the day
watching Andres house.
I The police iGd that the two became ac
quaIuted last autumn At No. % East
Twenty second street where they boarded
r together. Their actions then did not in.
e dIcate that there WAS any love making as
lar rs could be ascertained. They appear
cd to be ouly friends. There was nothing
iG Miss Almcy's department in any of the
places where she lived which was iucOn
sstent with this idea that she was q virtu.
GUS woman, her manners beiug always
modest aud Ia lylike. Nothing, however,
could be learned Of her auteCgdents. Her
body was taken 10 the morgue, where il
awaits the disposition of the coroner.
| Audre's condition grew rapidly worse at
the hospital. aud he vOmited blood con
tiuually The physicians say he cannot
possibly recover. In his ante mortem
statement, takeI ia the aiternOOu, he ad
mttCed that he was engaged to marry Miss
| Almey, but said that he broke his promise
| upon discovering that she was o divorced
| wife. He would not state how ne fOnnd
il out or give any further particulars. He
would not answer any questions in regard
70 their relations
The pistol used by Mss Almey is a Smith
| " WessOn self cocker OF large callbre, aud
was entirely new.
Andre has been in this country about six
months. He acted rs correspondent of the
B0ers6R Courier, of Berlin, the German
capital financial paper, Of which bis
father is owner. lie is 4 highly educated
young man, a graduate of tho university
of Berlin, and taught German, rhetoric
and algebra in the institute. He came
| Id {.
and was readily admitted To excellent So
ciety in New York. Andre was taking the
boy down to school when he was shot.
Attacked IN His sleep with amaze.
Martin Mclaughlin, pedder, living in
the lst ward of Scranton, was attacked in
his sleep Monday night by Lis wife, who
crushed his skull with an axe aud inflicted
a number Of gasheS about the head and
body. Thinking she had finished him the
wife decampad, taking ber two ChIllren
with her. The wounded man rallied suffi-
clcntIy in the morning to raise an alarm
and succeeded in attracting the attention
of H,ighbOrs. The bloody axe with which
the deed was done was found by Nc
LaughIiu's bedside. The wounded man ~
still alive, but his death is hourly expect
ell. Mrs. Mclaughlin was arrested while
IN the act OF escaping through the rear
Of i neighbours house, in which she took
refuge. She denies all knowledge Of tho
crime. lie husband frequently remous
trated against her drinking and 1t is
thought that she attacked him while in
one Of her drunken fits.
now Thirty-iive Lost Their Lives.
While PARTY returning from a wedding
was crossing the river Thesis, near Dam.
rad, Austriu, on Monday the ice broke
and thirty-fve persons were drowned
The party occupied seven carriages. When
half way across the river the vehicles fol.
lowed each other too closely and the ice
gave way, engulang the whole party.
Only gypsy musician was saved. There
were number of witnesses on each bank,
but they were unable to render assistance
The screams of the victims were heard for
some moments as the carriages sank slowly
in the water.
strangled with Wire.
Ernest Warren, when about TO leave his
! office in the Clark Il Warren refinery,
, Monday evening, was set upon by an uu-
1 known man, OVerpOwcred and a wire was
twisted about his neck. Within fifteen
minutes he was found by the night watch.
man, but had ceased TO breathe ia five
D hours he was restored 10 consciousness.
lie is bruised about the abdomen and
, chest and Is suffering much and, it is
hoped, may recover. Revenge for an old