The sun., 1888-12-07
SIX WHOM LIFE WEARIED.
oyr DhY,s NAMES UPoN TIE ROLE
OF sELF-MURDER.


OF SELF-MURDER.
y-.,r,nr Away from his Child to Dive nom
Inof 10 Pavement-A French Teacher
shoots Horselfin Bee at the Grand Union
-Four OF the List German, Two French.
su;cides are said to be commonestin damp,
s.,ressinQ weather, but II was o fine bracing
dsy Yesterday, and six people In this city killed
themselves, or tried to.
ynKNCH TEACHER SHOOTS HERSELF IN BED.
A little after o'clock on Tuesday night q
voman about 9S years old. and dressed In
h,ack alpaca came to the Grand Union Hotel
IN Porty-second street, and registered as Miss
+. Deyers. Frederick, Nd" She wrote the
letters in q quaint old-fashioned hand. She
wore black bonnet, and seemed to be In hslf-
mourning. She carried little basket She
told the clerk that she had Just come in over
tbe Pennsylvsnia Railroad, and that her
trunk would be- along later. She spoke
v,.h a decided French accent and the
clerk. % he noticed her refined face,
With the curls OF dark hair brushed
nrimly aside from tho forehead and regarded
her precise way OF speaking, made up his
mind that she was q French school teacher.
Che said she wanted o cheap room. and the
oerk gave her No. 267, on the third floor at 81
sdsy. Her trunk came and was sent up after
her. It was o big zinc-covered trunk. tied
around with rope. Miss Devillers did not
cot In the restaurant Once she came down
and made INQUIRIES about boarding places
and respectable neighborhoods whore she
could get sroom ut o moderate price. The
clerk gavo her some addresses, and she went
out to hunt them UP. On Wednesday after
noon abe INQUIRED where she could find the
Belgian Consul, and the clerk gave her the
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alss seS Fiji assaas
house ss
Mise Dsyillerss door. and Miss Deyillers an ap.
while longer. Al noon she said that she would
b up IN few mingMtes M.s ht,I., At l;45 pistol
On eaot Tho hse WAS sha
nsht Dress In both her hands down g'u upon % the
seif in the mouth. the ball going out a. the top
the bedstead where the ball ,rebounded.
s sS bullet tho was ssHaa on hs mfSGs
the police found IN her trunk q portemonnaie
s9d Gs Ssd
kept young ladies' boarding school in WASH
e Re ssSS
Bank showing that she had deposited .s4O0 in
Mississippi bonds, and was debited with sl67.s5.
ss Po o asIs
diving Mile. Emma :Devillers permission to
reside there and teach school.
periierS by Mrs. T. q oBrien % of ss3 East East
Forty-frst street It appears that Miss Devil
A despatch from Frederick to The SUN says:
M s.ss vsd II sn, time
only
MI es
% obtain Tor her place as in one the sssooa
The doctors at Bellevue Hospital said last
night that 1t was simply wonderful that Miss
herself as she had.
OWED FROM A TENEMENT ROOF.
CONRAD Burkhardsmaier Of 1877 Allen street
dved from the roof e the
G an Pe aRa
ment He cane to New % York XII from Germany as pass
about fifteen years ago. and was SO years old.
s sl Ed 80 Pf wo was .sSqsn il Re sSs
s% +: sIss.ssss :SpS sss ss%
week he had been threatenlns to tili Himself.
Yesterday morning Burkhardsmaier asked
Fritz Kurt1 to tend bar while he went qp stairs
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his wife down to the bar. and told bis sister-in-
lay IL the psls going to die have
sofa. and tho sister-in; Jaw hastened to tell
Mrs. BprkhardsmaieI Burkhardsmaier arose
and g s1t ths
the room. and followed him. Whom Bnrkhards-
ma,sr went up starS the little boy eriea to his
aaa aa9 esz az
Sand on the third sht and called to % him. Inn HE He
st4PPsd @ @aesi,SS.ed: tS s.I.9S and then went on; -
asq Saa reaehed The feot of fhs sdder ead
ing TO the f3of when her husband stepped upon
mept later herself had stepped, on the roof
With her little con. her husband had disap-
:, The body was taken to an undertaker's at 50
stanton street.
FOUND BLEEDING TO DEATH ON THE STEPS.
"A asn: i.s.loStine Sld man was found lying on
on Of S
blood from . eash that reached half way
hn lie man @ was only k1 ha Sas
but manaEed to say :" iS6 Orchard street, A
while sns he cssd have bm fsd p Ito
Presbyterian Hospital. where, besides tho
wound In the neck stab wound was found In
the stomach and another In the left forearm
The case was put down 10 the. police
blotter as an attempted suicide; The doc
Was kept under ether most Of. the day.
The house at 16e Orchard street 10 q rickety
lived all alone In Q room and bedroom on the
third hoor for two years. The only relative he
was known to have was a nephew, or a cousin
who lived 10 Westohester county. and whom he
occasionally visited, The old man worked In
q piano factory. and won't away to his work
earlyiin the morning, and seldom returned until
after dark. He, was last seen in the house on
Wednesday night.
SHOT HIMSELF IN PARK SUMNER HOUSE
In the Central Park Remble opposite Sew
enty-f9uTth street. at o'clock yesterday after
noon: Policeman Reeves heard q pistol shot, |
and found man seated upon q bench In the |
summer house. The mans head was inclined |
right temple. A S2-callbrs self acting revolver
Wa VA lying on the bench. Four chambers were |
vas taken 70 the Presbyterian Hospital. |
where he died ten minutes later. In his pocket |
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