The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-16
COINS WIFE TALKS.
snE THINKS uER HUSBAND CRAZY.
Their Separation and ita Cause.-The Would
he Murderer uudSr Many Obligations to
bis Intended Victim sympathy for
the Family-Oohn'S Condition.

Maurice Cohn, VINO on lA1t GEluAyl hltst
falling In 8 deliberate attempt TO murder
IN. Wsrthsn, shot himsalf in the head,
was suffering somewhat yesterday with
pain in his head, in spite Of the opiAtes
under whose influence his mind is con.
stantly kept. When asked how he felt he
placed his hand on the top OF his head
and said; at hurts me there" Evil
IDENTIFY his brain is Affected by the results
Of his injury, The pail is still in his head,
and the wound has commenced to sup
purate. His doctor still declines 70 ex-
press positive opinion in regard TO
COINS recovery, although he says II he
gets well he will be totally blind,
Cohu 1t still in the debtors room at the
county jail, where he was removed i'm
mediRtely alter the shooting.
Mrs, COIN ISTERviEwEo.
The ParkeBburg correspondent Of the
ISTgLLIGEScER sends the following inter-
esiing account OF an interview with Mrs.
Oohn, wife of Maurice COhn, the would
be murderer aud suicide;
The news OF the attempted shooting Of
WRrthen by Maurice Oohn and the would
be murdereI's attempt at suicide created
great excitement here in ParkersburH,
Shich Is COINS old huuie, and has been
the theme Of comment ever since. ,Cohn
formerly resided here and was In business.
He had a notion store in room on Court
Square, now occupied by the telegraph
office connected with Hills Central Holel,
While thus engaged he won the affections
Of Miss Lille RauCh, daughter Of Mr..
Charles NJ. Rauch, prominent business
man. Miss RauCh, VI that time was
known Us the most beautiful yOnng lady
in this city, and COhn was thought lucky
10 have won the coveted prize, From
here they moved several years ago, and
with the exception oiCCcasional visits, and
the sad death OF theiS youngest child re-
Gently, had disappeared from public no.
tice, until about two weeks ago, when
Mrs. Coin, accompanied by her two
young children, returned to her iatheI's
home to live.
Here the representative Of the INTRLLI-
GENcgR found Mrs, Cohn to-day, She had
been told vi the tragedy yesterday, and
was weeping COnyulsIyely when the re-
porter entered tho room, and was evident
ly suffering from nervous prostration, She
Is yet strikingly beautiful, brunette In
complexion and petite in tAurO, aud Is
very engaging in manner. Alter she be-
came calm, in answer to an inquiry US to
the cause Of the attempted murder she
replied
"Maurico certainly Ia insane. can as.
sign no other motive. He was indebted
TO Mr.. Warthen In thousand ways and
had always seemed TO regard him as O
brother. Whenevsrhe wanteds favor he
was the first man hs went TO, and he al.
ways reCelYed 1t. He has spoken 10 me
OF his kindness q huudred times. Maurice
has been very peculiar In his actions for
the pa8t two years, and told him just Il
short time before we separated that was
sure he was becoming insane. lie replied
that be WAS down In the world and that !
need not be surprised to hear that he had
committed suicide. | thought very little
OF the threat at that time"
Further Inquiries developed the fact
that for two years past Cohn has been 20.
ing TO the bad. Ills wife reluctantly told
how she had actually been Ii In want Of
food for herself and children, and Cohn
took no steps 10 secure 1t, He pawned
her diamond wedding ring, her watch, her
silver ware and Wedding presents and lost
the money at poker. Hu seemed 10 DO q
monomaniaC on the subject OF gambling
and would take the marketing from home
and play II 10 ut some dive.
Mrs. Colin also gaid that her husband
was intensely Jealous, but that he never
Ia all their married life charged her with
uniaithiulness. They never quarreled
excepting III regard to his failing to pro.
vide for the household wants. Mrs.
RauCh, her mother, who was present at
the interview, stated that they had only
heard Of Cohn's unnatural treatment oil
his family within the past few months,
and that they had insisted upon her re.
turn home Immediately.
About three weeks ago, they agIeed 10
separate, as financial matters were getting
worse and worse. She sold nearly all the
furniture, which was hers, and onlysaviug
enough OF the proceeds to bring herself
and the children home, che gave the bal.
ance to him. The amount OF money she
gave him and the sum found on his person
after he shot himself correspond very
nearly. Mr.. Conn accompanied her 10
the train when .she left Wheeling, and
they parted Just as they always had, the
best Of friends, as she supposed.
Mrs. Cohn was positive In her statement
that her husband was insane. He was a
quiet, peaCeable man, and she had never
heard him talk Of fighting, although he
always carried revolver. II Is the opin-
ion Of all his friends here that the man
was insane, and that 1t was an insanity
caused by financial trouble and the very
incorporate use Of liquor, to which he
was addicted. He was q heavy drinker,
but drank regularly without becoming no.
ticeably intoxicated Great sympathy Is
experienced for his unfortunate wife and
her parents.
"woMAN AGAINST WOMAN"
MiIS Etis Ell,Ier in New Piay-An Admir-