New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-19
DYING BY APPOINTMENT.
TWO FAITHFUL LOVERS KILL THEMSELVES
AT THE SAME HOUR.
THE MAN. STANDING on An ELEVATED ROAD
PLATFORM, SHOOTS HIMSELF UNDER THE
wOMAN's wINDow-SHE THEN SENDS
BULLET THROUGH HER NEARr.

BULLET THROUGH HER HEART.
BY preconccrtrd arrangement the lives Of two
lovers were ended in dramatic way at Cana-st.
and the Bowcry, almost at the same moment, yes
tcrday morning. The man. Gustavc Koch. a
crayon artist. stood on the platform Of the elc
vatcd railroad station. just under his sweethcarts
| window, and blew ont his brains with n revolver
immediately aftcrward. In the scclnsion Of
her own room she discharged n bullet into her
heart. She Emile Rossi. an actress, and She
planned tic doubl" tragedy
Emile Ros. belonged to Amhcrg's theatrical
company and lately had been rchearsins for a
leading part In now German opera called
Naive She received $50 n month during the
| SKINNER and her salary IN he increased at
| the beginning Of the opera season. She was 4
pretty girl, ninctccn years old. and had at
tracted favorable notice an actress. Her
father who died in Germany years ago. was tai
rnted singer. and her mother, who now lives in
Ncr!in. is novelist of rrpuic. Emile mot Koch
in this city less than year ago. lie was in the
employ Of T. +. faIk. the Broadway photographer.
and boarded at No. ~! East Iwrfth-s. Seven
years ago hc came 10 this city from Vienna. at
the Of twenty. II was saiI that h" belonged
10 good family liz WAS a sturdy workman and
n fnc-loOking man. hut had a nervous tcmprra-
mcn and wa, provokcd 10 angc. or mrlh easily.
Not long after his arrival in this city he was
married to young woman. whp srcnrcl di-
vorce from him three years ago and welded
another man. Koch fell in love with Emile Eos>i
and wished 10 marry her. but she WIS not wlllinG
10 bcrone his wife without the consent Of her
mother. She went 10 IGrlln cnrlv in tho su:nurr.
but did not get thr desired consent Ia marry, aud
she returned TO Ncw-lork month ago. Since
iou shc hal beru h,,rltpr Will Nrc Mar,
Knorrd. who keeps tho Gcrmanin cafe ~ tie
l,owcry and tanal-s. lhr window of Entities
room ovrrlookcl the south end Of the platform
Of thc elevated railroad station the c;r,t side
of the Howcy
Tic troullcs OF tho lover, rvi!ri,ly culmin,,rd
"n Wednesday IN IA" pla I" r"nmit >uirIr.
Koch called to Emile about p III and thcy
walkcl ont to-c;hrf. She returned alone ll,r
III the af'' rn""n That c>rnin. At iir dinner
table she rrrcNrd IL telegram winch she rcm. ami
destroyed without akin- ah"ut it 10 any body
~ p,ir I.>ihly when sh' read The mos .r Later
IN ia" evening she tool. annilicr wal% with Koch.
hui sh" went 10 lcr room :.t an early hour at
II hi.
t'out : \. IN. yesterday k"rh w"ll"i mp IA"
stairway o! fh' elevate .','l"I ..i taia' >i. and
pIicha-"l hr'. 4. II Iri"n'l'"@ I" mi" up
rown. A> hc dr"p~d III" trhr In'r III" h"\
'n "" pl'l'l' I'M. Nv Nd'i - wv ,'''IiI "'''
wr iaNr TN" ,i'l ~ I,st
Iicm lie walked I" The lower cnh II the plat
form and s""'l l"'ninc r.-,lr>' tlr !r:ln=. An
r.i"wn tram paced hui Ia. s,il. remained. Then
tic saicnln itiIc,sl that l." was l""kIn-, up at Il
window. at which the whiip-rohcd iiy,irc Of o
young woman s'opi The ro"m vas dark within.
hut the ihrr st "a" window WAS visible n the
l.ht from tic street anI She wa> looking down
It, her lover II any words wrI" r\chnngrd by
.hc couple. the g,i"uian did not hear them. In
decd h." t""t II" particular interest IN IA" s""n"
until Koch drew u revolver ii"r. hs pocket AMI
shot himself ii rou.l the heal
IS the loih, mans ii,. .'olv ic.l on the
platform iir .afrrIan raN" an alarm I" summon
help. There was u cr"Nd On ~" platform IN a
few minutes. hu, rohoL, SAW tlr w"nan Al the
window. In the confusion tollowin, the young
mans suirilr there was IN" report OF an hhcr
revolver. in her room. hut II was scarcely no'ired
and tie ncann: of it, Ma not i.nown until ai'i
I"li. cnrn carried thc y"nn; mans BODY tr III"
% @ station in ElLrl!-c,, In hl> p""kc's were
."Gnl car!> and paper, "INln, hi> nam" ana "l'
,lir.~ THIS Was written onr oi EnI' R"ssl's
visiting cards,
send word To- Il. r. ralk. No. -" I:r"ad"ay. L"ave
I'm. 10 rn.. "i my rn..r,. a,d send "ycrNthn. els.
;,Iud In m, p,->">.i"n I" Ia, "-i"nr". "" 80: East
lwrllih t. ni>rNE'' 400 II.
There al~, was a card on wiIch WAS written
Wv Drar.,t Hal: / rann"t writ" cannot -p"ah
kt>. ',d.lf ''''' tN!IIE E">>I.
An envelope in ore porlsc, contained o'k of
Fmilirs hair The police did not know who
Emile WAS then. They did not find out until
after n. IN, whru the discovery Of thc girl"
suicide was made by Mrs knorrd. Talk Of
Koch's dramatic death had reached the cate. and
Mrs knorri went up TO f.miir's room. The body
OF the Young actress lay on the bed with red
stain over The heart where the fatal bullet had
entered \ bunch Of hrotr"P' WAS pinned on
the breast OF her nish'-Gown. The revolver with
which She haI killed herself WAS new, Like the
weapon used by korh. They had been purchased
together on "Wednesday evening In the NswrrI
In her room MAS found Il long letter. addressed
to Mrs Knorr and written in German. Por-
,ions Of it were translated as follows:
r,.ld. Evening. IL O'rpck.
,,ucc more pl,r.on. do not desire iO die anyw h"rn
r,c but WIN you. Koch would not permit 1t. told
H. ever, thing YESTERDAY. he dd every thins to fru'
l,rtu,Ir for me- Nothing could prevent me. though
u,tavc has loved me too much to he ,.Iara,cd from
me for "A moment. | do not want 10 die with iln
Ito so, before Peace 10 III. grave. l!Iir lrnr ,"'l
ricr, tins early morning hour 80 that may R BE-
,arilrd away before guests VIII arrive. WON us
Forgive ina, did 1t in your ho",e. but sec.
l.i / among pr"pl. wl,o love me.
rincc have entered ,"nr h"i'c llav" worn mask
You know how often yol have reprarhi me "g
showing lack Of c"uiid"nc. My irtrent nature ir''
ATa, Ten % my N",,t it., .nyy; %rd and il vas IN Germany
that incy bIokc heart and every one lrlprd ai'ns
some WITH their love" "'lr, with 'r,r nor %ae ,ucc she
learned my strength Of viii ana pnrPo,c >lt 'nh,
" @ nSu G d.y y rSare. of % s%r % III. Io
What wa, t" her the cnd ana ann %i en,.trs mcnsar %a
and % rrs I".. but = never G Jared much for the vani,
Of tho life and ,parned the Judgment OF, OF ~" % W"rl r u,
rxi in and since mother wrote to me 10 lay tlat