Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-07
Killed His Wife.

TRAGEDY CAUSED BY JEALoUSY-A HUS-
BANDS STARTLING CONFESSION
In Hoboken, N. J,about O'Clock pm. yester-
day short, stoutly-built young man entered
| the Hoboken police headquarters, and, calling
Roundsman Jacobus, who was in charge, quietly
said he had killed his wife by accident. MY
name is George II. Disque,' said he 'If YOU
Will 60 to my house, No. 80 Adams street, you
will find that tell the truth. Here is the key
were sent to the two-story frame house at the
address given. On the bare floor of the front
room OF the second floor the officers dis
covered woman lying. Her throat was hor.
over tbs floor; u ! baby boy about
ting the blood pools with its chubby hand
City Physician Heller was sent for. He found
that life was extinct when he arrived. Lying
found an old-tashioned ivory-handied pocket
knife: The largest blade, about four inches in
Mrs. Disque's baby and two older girls. aged
three and four years, respectively, who were
PLAYING on the street, were given In charge of
on the lower floor. DisQue was arraigned before
Recorder McDonough, and made the following
sworn statement:
,"My name is George Dlsque. I was born Oh
Houston street, New York, and was thirty-one
years old last February I am a rnoulder by
several years. Ny wife was Minnie Stegmann.
Her father Is employed at Peters kindling-wood
factory, on Willard street: We were married
four years; Carrie, aged three, and baby bow
was sober when l went home this afternoon
My wife was drunk. AS I entered the front
room man stepped out OF the bedroom and
went down stairs without speaking to me- I
asked Minnie who he was, and she said he was
all agent for the Prudential Life Insurance
company. She said that he wanted to increase
the insurance upon our children. She said he
went into the bedroom to look for the insurance
books. told her thought she was living
Minnie went back into the bedroom and came
out With an open penknife in her hand TDr
Heller here produced the knife, which Disuue
identined:] Minnie raised the knife at me- and
! struck her with my fist. We struggled for
scuf1ie continued. We both fell to the floor and
the knife entered her throat l threw the knife
on washstand and put the baby boy on the
lounge. Then 1 locked the door and came to
the police station"
Disque before this informed Chief Donovan
thathis wife, after the knife had been taken from
her, picked up chair to strike him. Then the
scuffie was renewed, and his wife was accidents
ally stabbed. Disque was remanded to await
examination upon the charge of murder
Dlsque, during the past five years, has opened
several liquor saloons in HObokell as specula-
lions, disposing of them soon as possible to
DO SO to advantage. His last venture was on
Garden street, near First, where he established
saloon, and resided above it during June and
July. His landlord, Councilman WINES. or
dered him to vacate the premises because of
his frequent quarrels with his wife and conse-
Quent annoyance to the other tenants of the
house. Friends of the deceased saw that she
was of quiet, retiring disposition, and that the
family troubles were caused by Disuue's unre.
sonable jealOuy.