The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-11-03
HE Died, BY REQUEST.
That Is the Story Jacob
G1euck1ih Leaves Be-
hind Him.
IT BRINGS A WOMAN TO JAIL.
She Is Said to Have Robbed
Him. and Advised Him
to Take Poison.


Mrs. Jennie Gutenberg, of No. 1457
Broadway, Brooklyn, was locked up at
the Hoboken Police Headquarters last
evening i ostensibly as witness, but
before she leaves the Jurisdiction Of
the New Jersey authorities she may be
held to answer a serious charge.
Jacob Gleucklih, an Austrian jew,
came to this country about i've weeks
ago. He landed in Hoboken. and went to
live at Naegelie's Hotel.
He brought with him about So 900.
Now the curious port of the subsequent
story is that Gleucklih Is the authority
for it and he is now dead.
From the story he left behind, It APP
pears that he had been In H0boken but
| few days when Mrs. Gutenberg and her
husband, who claimed to be an uncle OF
| Gleucklih, called upon him. They cor
daily welcomed him to the country, and
upon learning of the large amount OF
money which he had with him, they were
| shocked at his imprudence.
| They told him that he ran great risk
| in keeping the money in his room, and
was in danger of being robbed at any
| moment. They had secure place In
| which to Keep the money they declared,
and would gladly assume the responsi-
| bility of taking care OF it for him.
Ii
| Gleucklih was completely won over by
the Guttenbergs' palayer, and intrusted
| his money to them. He however, kept
small sum, and with it went to Toronto.
\ He had spent all the money he took with
him, and he went to obtain more from
| his uncle.
| He found that Gutenberg had removed
from New York. After considerable
search he located Mrs. Gutenberg In
Brooklyn. She was in apparent deep dis
tress and sobbingly told Gleucklih that
her husband had deserted her and she
| had not seen him for several days.
/ When Gleucklih asked her about his
money the woman looked astonished and
| protested that she knew nothing about1t.
| When Gencklih realized that his money
/ was gone he abandoned himself TO de-
spair. When his aunt saw the frame OF
| mind into which the loss of mis- money
| had thrown him, she advised him, mas
| much as he y&is too proud either to work
| or beg. TO commit suicide,
She also reminded him that the water
| was too cold at this season of the year
for suicidal purposes and that the next
best method of shutting off the mortal
! coil that she knew of was bromide of
potassium. She also gave him quantity
] of the poison.
Gleuck lih then came back to Hoboken
and ON Wednesday engaged board with
Mrs. Barbara Koehler ut No. II Second
| street.
He told Mrs. Koehler Of the loss of his
money, and although he was then PEN
niless he expected renittances from
Austria every day. MRS. Koehler gave
him room.
A MISERABLE END
He was seen about the house during
the evening, and about eleven O'Clock he
went out and mailed several letters which
he had written.
Thursday noon a reporter for the StGdts
Zettu7lg called upon Mrs. koehler and
told her that his paper had received q
letter from Gleucklih, In which he set
forth the facts concerning the loss of his
money, the manner in which Mrs. Gut
tenberg had recommended suicide and
furnished the poison The letter wound
up with the statement that the writer
would commit suicide that night.
Mrs. Koehlerremembered that Gleucklih
had not been seen that morning and sent
for policeman. When the latter arrived
the door was burst in and Gleucklih was
found dead upon the bed.
The body was taken In charge by
Coroner O'Hara, and Dr. Converse took
away the stomach for analysis.
/ THE CORONER INVESTIGATES
When Coroner O'Hara learned OF
Gleucklih's accusation against Mrs. Gut
tenberg, he concluded to get her to Ho-
boken. He accordingly went to Brook
Ign, and after much persuasion sue
|
plea that she was wanted as a witness at
the inquest. While she was waiting for
the inquest to begin the Coroner filled
out a commitment to the County Jail and
sent for constable.
When Mrs. Gutenberg realized that
she must be locked up, she became
almost hysterical and sobbed audibly.
She was, however. placed in q cell at
Hoboken headquarters. When she was
searched there bank books, a handsome
gold watch and several pawn tickets We're
found upon her.
The Coroner says that significant fact
in connection with the case is that when
he found Mrs. Gutenberg she was living
in comfort and some luxury in Hat in
East New York, whereas only few weeks
ago she and her husband were living on
Delaney street, New York, in very
Strengthened circumstances.
Gutenberg can not be found. The
Coroner says that he has wife and chill
dren in Bohemia, where he was known
by the name of Heller.
AN INQUEST TO COME.
Coroner O'Hara will hold an inquest in
the matter on November IA, in Cranes
Hall.
saw Mrs. Gutenberg in her cell. She
was very indignant over her incarcera-
ton, and declared that If there is any
law in the land she will have some one
punished for locking her up. She is a
| short, fat little woman, with pleasant
cast of Hebraic features and sharp eye.
She denied all that Gleucklih said about
the poison, and said that she did not
know him. She believed he claimed to
be cousin or some other relation of her
husband. She denied that she had seen
anything of Gleucklih's money.
She declared that she was ignorant of
her husbands whereabouts and said that
she had not seen him since Thursday.
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