New-York tribune., 1886-08-14
SHOT HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF
DYING FROM THE EFFECTS OF HIS WOUND
SUDDEN INSANITY OF TRAVELLING SALESMAN

SUDDEN INSANITY OF TRAVELLING SALESMAN
WHO WAS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE.
In sudden fit of insanity, Charles Chase of Brook
Ign, shot his wife and then himself Yesterday morning
causing serious INJURY to the former and fatally
wounding himself lie thirty years old and had
been employed a travelling salesman by the
Orange Judd Publishing Company of this city, About
month ago he lost his position and embarked in q
private speculation with what money he had. 1t was
unfortunate and he lost his savings For the last two
weeks he had been at home and appeared despondcnt
and moody at times. His family consisted of his wife,
who is seven years his senior and three boys, tho
eldest about ten years old. Their home is at No.
3l3l2 Tenth-st. near Sixth-ave., Brooklyn.
About O'clock yesterday morning Mr.. Chase sat
down to his breakfast and his wife was arranging q
part of her Dress sitting the ice box outside the
kitchen. Her husband said to her:
Ducky, come and have a cup of coffee"
vi will in minute" she responded. moment
later she heard pistol shot and the bullet entered her
left cheek. Her husband had shot her and then he
walked into the kitchen and shot himself in the cad
lhe servant girl who was In tho front basement
alarmed the neighbors and Dr. C. b. Fowler was sum-
moned He found Mrs. Chase lying on the ground
bleeding prousely from the left ear. The blood was
stanched and she was carried to her bedchamber Mr..
Chase was much more severely wounded in the left
side OF the head the bullet entering the BRAIN He was
insensible from the wound, but recovered con-
scOusness in short time and asked for priest lie
also wanted to his wife When an ambulance ar
rived it decided to take him at once to the Long
Island College Hospital. He made strong resistanc,
to this and it took five to carry him out of the
house. policeman kicked in the face by the in
jured man. At the hospital the bullet was extracted
but there was little hope that the wounded would
live long He kept under the influence of OF ates
and could make no statement. At 4:30 D. he died.
Mrs. Chase was treated at her home Dr. Fowler being
assisted by DIR. Jarvis Wight, OF the hospital The
bullet had passed close TO the carotid artery below the
left ear, and had passed through the soft palate and
lodged in the right cheek 1t was extracted and tho
hemouhage stopped with much liaculty She il
expected to recover
Mrs. Chase could give explanation of her has
bands action except that he had suddenly become
She said that he had seemed like himself FOR
fortnight but she had suspicion that his mind WAS
affected before the shooting She denied that there
had been any disagreement between them. The most
alarming stories of the tragedy We're spread abOnt
the neighborhOod, and which became current was
that man had shot his wife. his three children and
himself and that the bodies lay a row in the street
with bullet holes in their heads The neehbors could
lives of himself and his wife, and far could be
learned they had lived in entire agreement Mr. Chase
formerly Protestant and his wife Roman
Catholic. but he had recently announced bis purpose
financial trouble and had promised pay bill
last Saturday but unable to meet 1t. The weapon
with which the shooting done British bull
dog revolver OF seven chambers. 1t was found lying
the feet OF the wounded man with two empty cham
bcrs. Mr.. and Mrs. Chase last by their
were walking together apparently in aucable eonSer'
satlOn,