Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-18
TWO DEEDS OF BLOOD
One at Washington, the Other at
 Newark, N. J.
TWO WIVES KILL HID.
And the Murderous Men Follow Their Crimes by Putting nm End to Their Own Ltves-John Henkel's Awful Fury Against His own sweetheart.

Fury Against His own sweetheart.
 WASHINGTON May 1S.-Mrs. Sarah K. Allen, a school teacher in the Jefferson school building, in South Washington, was shot and killed by her husband, Os- wald c. Allen, at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon. Allen then shot and killed him. self.
 Thcre had been some difficulty between the pair and they had not lived together for some time. The tragedy occurred in tho school building.
 Allen showed himself to his wife, who was a teacher, and beckoned her to the door She came toward him, and as she reached the threshold of the cloakroom he drew pistol and shot her In the left temple.
 Turning the pistol then upon himself he shot himself through the right tem- pic.
 .sBoth fell to the floor in the cloakroom.
 The children in the schoolroom, who had witnessed the frightful tragedy, rushed from the room in a panic and spread the alarm.
 The remains of Allen were taken away tc tho morgue but Mrs. Allen was left on couch. temporarily prepared, in one corner of the schoolroom, in which, a short time before, she had been cheerily talking to the pupils. She died at 6.1O o'clock.
 E Mrs. Allen was about 42 years of age and.had been a teacher for many years. She was in charge of a third-grade school, composes of little girls.
 g It Is stated that Aliens murderous work was caused by the fact that his wife had filed q suit for divorce and that the caso was to have como up for action in court today.
 Her father had warned her to be on the lookout for him, as he had used physical violence toward her before, but no such course as that of yesterday was eX- pected.
 Tho children who were present yester- day say that Allen threatened to shoot them If they made any noise or at tempted to interfere.
 NEWARK, May 1S.-A terrible double tragedy was enacted at II Alyea street about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 One of the victims, Lizzie ShurZer, the wifo of John ShurZer, a glass spinner, is lying at the point of death In St. Michaels hospital, while in one of the wards of the city hospital hor assailant, Henry Henkel, is awaiting death, the result which the physicians say must necessarily follow the many frightful wounds which he in- flictcd on himself.
 It was horrible butchery. Fourteen ghastly knife wounds bear testimony to Henkers muTderous attack on his former sweetheart.
 Apparently satisfied that he had tin- ished his work of death so far as Mrs. Shurzcr was concerned he turned the weapon against himself. One vicious slasi. and the keen blade had cut his throat from ear to ear. He then stabbed himself four times in the groin, seven times about the head and neck and twice in the right side.
 The woman's face and body are literally carved. One cut extends from her right eye to her ear, another laid the bone bare from mouth to cars and one Sash reaches entirely across her facn, There are also five stab wounds in the back, the thumb os hcr right hdnd is almost severed, and from one long cut on tho hand it is ovi- dent thnt sLo grasped the deadly we apon in aar struggle for life. Henkel was at one ~inlc n lover of Mrs. Shurzcr.