New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
THE DEED OF A MADMAN.
AN INSANITY EXPERT BECOMES INSANE


ua,rv g. Dodd and his wife, who live on the
..oond floor of the Ashton apartment-house' NO.
GO Ta~inoton.ave. were awakened at 4:3O a. M
,,os,erdav nv a womans screams. Hastily dress-
;nc thew ran down stairs, and in the halfway
.nev found s.rs. Frances Tauszky, the wife OF Dr'
p,,Solnh Tonszkv. who occupied the rooms on the
srst aoor. with blood flowing from tho BACK OF nei
head She told them that her husoanu
had shot her and had then killed. hiins''
The doctor was found unconscious upon ING noo'
In his Office with bullet wound IN tne Ioieho""'
pistol of thriy-two calibre was beside n''i' an
.u,hu,once summoned from the Presbyterian
Hosptal took the doctor away HIS VIE was az
tended at the house by DIR. Leszynsky, OF NO. ooo
Iexpcton-aye. 1t was found that her wound was
not dancerous but she was suffering greatly from
fright -, .;,, Dr
A, officer was sent to the hospital with Dr'
Touszkv as II was at first supposed that MS
wife had been fatally injured, ana ho
remained there throughout the day. Toward noon
DIR. Tauszky recovered consciousness ana reaiizeo
that he was IN a hospital but did not know thai ne
was wounded, and had no recollection OF ,ho
shooting He tried to get up, saying that ne
wanted to go home, but was hduceu
to lie sill by the a',ehu'ps
physician. He kept quiet for some time' when no
Suddenly leaped out of bed and started for Will
dow. He was seized by the physicians and the
ofacer. and after q desperate struggle was taken
hack to the bed and put into stra'eht
Jacket. An examination of the woCnu
sbowed That the bullet had entered the
middle of the forehead and after fracturins 'no
.knllbad come out near the left temple wi'ho".
entering the brain. The surgeons at tue hoSp''" ~
said last evening that they had strong hopes Vi
saving his life During the afternoon he cohVelseu
nationally with his brother-in-iaw ana o'her
friends, but still seemed TO have no idea 'haV "'
was wounded ,,, ,r.u,-..
Coroner MESSENGER who is afriend of Dr IauszKy'
visited him last night and had a long taiA
..;.h hin, The wounded man talked nationally, but
h;s mind seemed TO be an absolute blank as far as
tbe shooting is concerned. He had a delusion that
4ba bospital people wished TO poison him, and re-
fnsed to eat anything there. Consequently Coro-
nor Nessemer ordered that he be taken to Mt. Sinai
Hospital this morning.
SUDDEN INSANITY THE PROBABLE CAUSE
The attempt to kill his wife and himself was pro-
bably due to sudden insanity For some months
past he has been acting strangely ana not long
ago was arrested on q charge OF assauitlng ana
threatening to kill Moritz Witzler of No III
Taat seyentieth-st rhe arrest was made by
officers of the Twenty-eighth Precinct. About SIX
weeks ago DR.. Tausykys father. to whom
he was greatly attached, died, and he continually
worried over it, and made what he called his sad
losso subject of constant conversation. IL peyeG
rnon his mind at night and interfcrcd with his
slsep. and at times he would get up and go out
into the street to take walk TO produce sleep,
he said His wife advised himto take some tea,ien'
for this trouble and called in two or three o. MS
medical friends, who prescribed tor him. but c PEI
eistently refused to take the medicine, and hnted
tbot when the proper time came he had
remedy which he thought would cure him. lie
bas becn taking choral aud other seda-
tives since his fathers death, but nothing
seenned TO give him relief lie lately
took notion that he would figure in the world as
a phiianthrorist, and got up petition TO the
Board of Estimate asking for an appropriation OF
$500 900 for the building of bath and wash-hou
for the poor in the tenement-h0use districts. lie
went TO all bis friends in the city and persisted so
strongly that they should sigR this petition that
many of them came to the conclusion that his mind
was affected.
He was exceedingly erratic in his actions though
for the last few days his mind seemed to be in an
iu,provod condition and he spoke Of taking trip
for his health His wife, though she has noticed
his strange actions did not have any fear of hiIn
or think tnat he wculd ever take his own life. She
IS stouty built brunette about twenty-five years
old and was married to DR.. Tauszky about sixteen
moo bs ago. Her maiden name was Frances hosen-
thai. and she lived with her sister OF No. II East
Seventy-ninth-st. when she became acquainted
with Dr. Tauszky. He was completely infatuated
with her, and exceedingly jealous of any attention
that she might give to any one besides himself ana
il is said that she has resented his iDterfer-
ence with her actions and at times
they have had ouarrels though, far
a could be learned, they were never serious nor
long lasting
WHAT PRECEDED THE SHOOTING.
IN. l,.lk iron hIc hpf them
fore the shooting and they retired about the usual
time on Saturday evening, but Dr.. Tauszky could
not sleep. At IL o'clock he got up,
ard slipping on his SIN oking jacket
went INTO his Office, which is reached
through hallway that runs from the paIlcr to the
kitchen What he did in his office is not known.
His wife went to sleep after lie left her and did
not awaken until about o'clock yesterday morn
ing when seeing that her husband had not re-
turned, she went TO his Office. There are two
stories as to what occurred there One Is
that DR.. TusZky was asleep In his
char and being suddenly wakened, in fit Of
temporary insanity. seized revolver which
he kept in his desk and fred at his wife she was
running away from him in her fright, and then shot
himself The other story is that soon as his wife
appeared in the room he grasped the
pistol and shot himself, and his wife IN the
excitement Immediately following stumbled
and fell to the floor and struck her head upon the
sharp edge of the folding door. Mrs. Tauszky
refused to be seen, OF 10 tell
how the affair occurred, as
did also her brother-in-law, whs had been staying
in the house with her since the shooting The
other inmates Of the house refused to say anything
.. about the matter.
Or. IEszYNszY's STORY OF THE AFFAIR.
Dr. Leszynsky, who attended Mrs Tanszky said
last evening: :" / was called up about O'Clock
this morning by some one from the house in Which