New-York tribune., 1884-12-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SUICIDE OF A BRUTAL AUSTRIAN.
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glrTCIDE OF A BRUTAL aoSi"n
sru,rcuSs AND iLL'rREAriNd HIS
.po,,sptrss Suspicious.
a.. r.,.s.ht n brutal aud drunken Austrian,
Asd himself early Yesterday morning IN .ne i.a
ssns-,smt house at No +3I West lhtty r,si
lie was thirtyaSsf yIh, s habits made the existence
~ His vile continual burden About yen n,n,r n1m
sro one OF their rooms vas let 10 a,,,,,, nauet
tssta,y one Of Pufscht's children sictened s pn.
died fcnf months agc. Peters len, t,e AL ,, ,bs
,,"isslakrt futset became Jealous w'thon, nanss'
heat bis wife pnd tore ~ tli.t ma'laee f,a tba
On elee,Ya 10, Nc aiiss ot,susss y,. esSe IL lie
iess III hs empiosmeht ~ lss,N ~, ,,a',ui ,"mn"w
isse,e 70 he e,he, 1 Ia h"s s Ws ~ se"I " him aasS
saaWsh o. pay s passage bach f. i,s int'"'t n''ne
h Vienna lis Melae, :, s".' H." !" MY ia FN ihufs
s daY aiaEt he vent home IN savage mooi anl srn,
nis Nile oil ior mint nt beer When she l,al
gssssssr he fs |HEs Es sEE S' SS Sa ''
6n tie floor snd remarked hoth OF ns ~ may on "1
LYING there MTs r"rS'n % 0nd waI %smt 80 "t o
siay all night with a friend ut No. ata Wrsl
thirty eieh,h,st She did not dare to return to the
house until noon yesterday, aud then she preNa'leu
upon a nsghbor to 20 in advance ana see IL her
husband was IN. , , nv, - . ,o
Purscht was found dead in bed There was sOnh some
ocid in glass table, and his lips were burhen'
showing that he had swallowed some OF The poison
On hatchct in the room were some drops oi oi0o;
and there were marks on his head where nc naI
tried To- beat his brains out Finally small pistol
was found in his hand. and bullet hole in his
head explained his death. On a piece OF paper,
fonnd in drawer Purscht had written statement
20 his friends reciting his suspicious against MS
wife and Peters aud declaring his intention M 20
commit suicide. His body was sent 10 the morgue
his wife having no money to pay ior a i"her'i'
SCARED BY DOG BEHIND THE SCENES
AN Acroh's FACE CUT BY AN AFrEcrioNArE NEW
FouNDrA.p-rnE ANIMAL CLUBBED TO DEATH.
There was ludicrous scene at the l;are Iheatre
Commune on Thursday evening which the audience
failed To see. The chief actors IN tie scene were
John Sparks who takes the part ot Lorenzo nG9on
in the farce Invest ,ation," and a Young New
foundland dog which was chained IN dark passage
way in the rear of the stage Inc dog mao ueeh ic'
by it's owner in the custody OF MI. Harrigall ahd'
for want OF better place. III was hIpe W NV. ',o
passagcway through which some of the actors actors
90 10 a restaurant adjoining the theatre. Mt.
Sparks took advantage of interval in the play to
60 into the restaurant for his customary glass OF
the dog which had become tired OF DARKNESS ana
lack OF company in the passage. whom MI. ,npafks
had got close to the animal, 1t sought 10 SHOW ts
pleasure at his arrival by Jumping on MN a,,d ana
licking his face. Its rush was too impetuous, ana
its teeth struck agans: the actors enh ana upper
Mr. Sparks bounded away from the dog with
cry of hororr, and rushed into the restaurant. ne
raised such a rumpus about the dog that ,, ONE oi
the attendants unfastcned It's chain Dr, brailiy'
of No. 10 Waverly placc, was summoned ana ne
dressed the actors wounds Two trencn dctaed
ut the theatre were about to Kill the dog but Dr.
Braily objected. He declared that the dog Was Was
not mad Mr. Sparks resumed ms antes r on do, d,e
Saea,ne alarmed at the hostile demonstrations of
the actors friends and ran into Rroadw,y IL Was WA
chased to Bleeckerst. and clubbed to death Mr.
Sparks was at the theatre yesterday. wearing
piastcrs Oh his lip and chin Dr. Brailly said the
scratches were not serious, but prODauIy Wouiu
leave permanent scars
MYSTERIOUS DEATH or A PRISONER.
Policeman Icssner. of the Sixth Precinct lound
dcccntly dressed young man helpless ana appar-
eptIy drunk at Elm and l.eonard-sts Ia,9 on
Thursday afternoon. lie took him to the hliIa- %
D.I... nttn hn
was Frederick Wallace, age nineteen. IA collector
for tow-hoat company Ills home was at No. p. IlI ~
pockets. lie made remark when the policeman
made the formal complaint OF aihtOxicatioh'
Soon after he was locked mp III cen II. leu asrp ,p
Once or twice aftcrward the doorman noticed tiat
Wallace breathing regularly but heaVhy;
Atl a yesterday the youths broathing 19n ,a'd
become SO laborous that the doorman entered the
cell and tiled to arouse him. Ii was evident then
that Wallace was suffering from something oeslnes
tho effects of liquor lie renamed lnSrnsiple IN
sute of the energetic efforts to awaken him. An
ambulance was sunmouc, aud Wallace was tatrh
10 the New York Hospital. but he died two hours
later without iesaining consclonshess. A caIoinl
examination OF his body failed to reveal any marx
Waar,'e father told the police yesterday that the
younn man was strictly temperate and correct IN
his habite Mr. Wallace Thought his ss9h nhsi nave
been dfug,cd aud robbed. lie could not e,l II
The Young man had any money ~ his pochtts
Uailiei on Thursday. however, anl the police stu
maintain that lac VAS dtuuh when he was u'Arl W
IL was not probable they sad. that he would nc
dtuyprd aud tolhrd IN broad daylight near tlo
Iunhs, hnd besides, tho yuuhE man uiu h"' hN
ANYTHING to ihiR, doubt nf hs drunk unh'ha When
he was taken tu The police station, The chtHe ~
his death viii be ahecitainrd by toiohriH
hulopsN,
FUNERAL or SAMUEL. H. PLATE
The funeral of samuel Il, Plaii took place at 10
O'Clock Yesterday morning at tho Ntolch litH"S-
terian Church in iourttenth-at,, near siAih-iyn
There WAS a large attendance OF Nj fiatts iil.hia
and among them we're many members OI the New
York Yacht lab of winch Mr. Platt was Rear
Commodore The service was conducted ny mo
Rev. Dr. Hamilton, pastor OF The church Neai me
foot of In. pulpit was a floral design representing
the pcnnant of the Ncw-iork Yacht Club, MI.
Plat's individual pennant and his Pennant as
Rear-C onnC Cdorc. hc burial took place at Grcen-
wood Cemetery. Among those present at the
funeral were Vice Commodore f.. r.. Chase, OF the
New-lo-k Yacht Club; j. o. Proudht, C. A. Min
ton. T. Is. Ashton, Ogden Gccrt, r: ID, smith,
Chester Griswold Robert Center +. ". }. hurst,
j. Frederick Tans. John \. Bird and Coils H.
Colt.
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