New-York tribune., 1886-04-21
WELL-DIRECTED BULLETS.
TRYING TO KILL HIMSELF AND A WOMAN
THE JEALOUS FRENZY OF YOUNG LAWYER -
OTHER ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.

TRYING III MILL hiMcSLr AMI n "O'ih4''
THE JEALOUS FRENZY OF YOUNG LAWYER -
OTHER ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.
stylish young woman who called herself Mrs
Emma Adams, hired the second floor flat at NO. 42
West Sixteenth-st three months ago and furnished
IL extensively. She told the janitor that her nus
band was in Cuba and that she could not live IN
climate 1t BECAME ara 'haS aSam.
went to live with her and they we're visited .SS pS
yonng men who made considerable NOISE N tne ne
house. Among the visitors was Francis tn%.. nne
employed clerk by Assistant Distrlct A'!Srnus s
Nicoll He had been acquainted WIN ~ Emma ina
Adams iSr 40 a%G He had helped
nsh the fat In Sxteenthst, with tue S a.
ing that they were to live there shs bsSsn @ 20
treat him with coldness. His home was ID hemp. pc
stead. /. l.. and he was not able to spend mnoh OF
his time at the fiat He had reason 20 Dv Ss
onarreled with the woman and she said that she
was going to leave him. Notice had been given TO
the woman by the janitor that she must leave 'ne
furniture van appeared at the house yesterday
and men began to pack up the goods OF the ADAMS
of furniture in the van when Wickes entered the
house about 10 a. m. He found Emma Adams. her
sister and young CCorsd woman AIM IN tAS
want you to stay and 1--we with me-"
al have already told you that VIII not sn ,
replied. Nothing more was eaid, Dnt Wlckes arew
n revolver took hasty aim at her head and fred.
The bullet struck her behind the left ear and en-
tered her mouth infiictng serious wound ene
ran nd nfo int '5o pp' m o going to de wokes had
remained in the kitchen and when he saw her fali
he put the revolver TO his own head and sent Dul
let through It, One ambulance carried Wickes
and the woman to the New-fork Hospital lie
was still alive last evening but his wound was con-
sidered fatal The womau Will recover IL is saiai d
Wickes is of an excellent family and Is well edu-
Gated. lie singularly quiet, undemonstratlve 70
and gcntemanlke; lie had been for several y years ar
in the employ Of Mr. Nicoll. and was fa thfu In his
work to such degree that Mr., Nico advanced
him rapidly. His friends say that he had recently
become nervous tendency he alwavs manifested,
and they plead that his nina was getting o"' o'
balance.
Mrs Anna Bell French woman, hired room
on the second floor of No. 231 East lwenty
i'm February and began housekeeping. She was
woman OF refinement and of good educatl0n out so
poor that she was obliged to support herself by
such coarse needlework she could get at hat 1ac-
tories and tailor shops. She said that she had
husband in France, who was physician, one nau
not him for many years. Inc strlct ECONOMY
which ste practscd excited some commehs anu
her actions have indicated that she was suffering
from great mental depression. Mrs Graham the
landlady went to the room at ~ a. IN; yesleray
and found the door locked After knocking severai
times a policeman forced the door omen and Mis-
Bell was found dead in her bed. with pair OF
scissors she had severed the large VEINS on tue Igh
side of her neck making frghtful gashes. In a
trunk were letters ana documents whlcn thTeW
some additional light upon her history ohe had
attended the Cooper Union schools htteen years
ago and diplomas there. one, Tor excellence Ill
mathem atics, was signed by Peter Cooper GER
tiiicate from the Board of Education showed that
she was qualified to teach In grammar school.
She had been employed bv wealthy families IN the
city, within few years. as a private teacher Oh
French German, drawing and elocuton
Robert Connor ace forty. of No. 1872 Third ave-,
went into the butcher store kept by Schwa'holz x
a.ked for some dog meat While the butchers
back was turned ConnOr picked up large knlle
and drew it across his throat cutting frightfu!
cash and partly severing his wndpipe. The blood
Shob oufir n streams.
ing under its loss he made another attempt to cut
the other side of his throat. An ambulance TOOK
him to Bellevue Hospital .
Moved by despondency. August ROmmers cut his
throat in his laundry at No; 122 West Fortieth;st
on Monday night: hut did not succeed rd IN MS DIS
sixty. The police sent him to the New-lorK HOS
Minnie Friedman one of several young women
living at No. 439 Fourth-ave, was sent to Bellevue
Hospital yesterday. suffering from poison which
che had taken with suicidal intent. Her lie could
be saved, the physicians thought.
Thomas Knapp. an insane farmer thirty five years
old, VINO wells in Courtland, Westchester County,
killing %sef e by bses on s
of his mind for some time, having recently been IN
the Poughkeepsie Asylum. lie was missed fr0n the
house of his father where he lived. and brief
search for him resulted in finding him hanging In
the barn. He cut down, and then it was seen
that he had hacked at his throat with knife. max
ing an ugly looking. but not dangerous wound
DR. Strang sewed the cuts and soon brought the
man to consciousness. He could give no e1piaha-
julius Koltzon, age fftyfye. of Palisadss-ave
and Franklin st. Union HILL n. j.. committed sni-
eide on Monday nGht by hanging R hse hi a IN hS 1s
tainted at the sight of it. No cause can be assigned
by the family for the act as Koltzon was in pros
rerOus circumstances and was not known 10 nave
any business or other troubles.
Mrs. Daniel II. Hull, age thirty three OF Bridge
port cut her throat yesterday with razor 3esgn-
ing to commit suicide Her life was saved through
prompt work by Medical Examiner. .Downes.
WHERE DID CARPENTER GET THE RAZORf
Warden Finn of the Tombs says that he is irving
hard to discover how Carpenter the wlie-snuraerer
h,s CELL His own desire to find out has been inten
sifed by request from the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correction to nvesti0ate the matter
and make a full report So far Mr.. Finn has not
found anything that would help him i'll his search
Barber Haber, who shaved Carpenter, swears
him. Mrs. Carpenter, the wife of the murderers
son. who visited him on Thursday. denies that she
smugged the weapon into int the the pf1son; rs Vivid ;rvss.
CATION" said Commissioner Simmons yesterday,
z and we expect to have his report in few days
Until we get it, of course. no action will be taken
But it is the opinion of the Commissioners believe
that the Warden used every precaution with Car
penteI. In fact keeper was detailed TO De Win
him constantly. The mans desperate cunning was
almost super human OF coarse. we could not PIE
vent people going in TO see him; they had that
right Neither could all OF them, women as well as
men. be searched before they admitted to his
presence. think the Board is satisfied that War
den Finn is not to blame"
The body of the criminal Law Yesterday at Under
taker Stolte's No. 255 Bowery. Hundreds OF people
visited No. 1872 RiviDgton-st, where they had
been led to believe the murderer had been taken
Carpenter the burglar, who died in Boston. was
buried on Monday i'll the Holy Cross Cemetery IN
Flatbush Carpenter will probably be buried at the
same place to-day
A BILL AGAINST THE CITYs WELFARE.
Mayor Grace Controller Loew, Corporation Coun-