The sun., 1890-05-30
MURDEROUS JACOB EPSTEIN.
DRUNKEN AND IDLE AND JEALOUS or
HIS HARD WORKING WEE.
ss he shot Her In tho Back In Sight or
Her Children, MottsiIY WoundlnE Her,
aud then shot Himself, but Not TO XIII.

sc he shot Her In tho Back In Sight OF
Her Children, Mottaily WoundlnE HER
and then shot Himself, but Not 60 XIII.
After many weeks idleness and drunkenness.
Jacob Epstein, ltussian cigarette maker, OF
olS Eldridge street. shot his wife Flora yester-
day vounding hor mortally. ard then shot
himself little. There are live children. In n
avorn abatement made to Coroner Hanly. Ep-
stein snid that he had cause to believe that his
wife was intimate with Isaac SachmRn. a lodR-
ar. but Mario Natsky. who also shared their
three rooms on the top floor OF the tenement,
saye that there was no foundation for such
susnicions. The neighbors. too, bear witness
70 Mrs. Epstein's good character and her hus-
bands worthessness.
Tho shootInR was done about7 A. NJ, and was
witnessed by Sarah, the oldest child. who is Z
years Of age. Marie Natsky was asleep on q
soiA in the rear room her baby and the flve
Epstein children sleeping on the floor. when
the sound OF angry voices In the adjoining
room awakened her She got up In time to
see Epstein. in trying to strike his wife. knock
a kerosene lamp from the table. 1t was shat
tered by the fall The breaking OF what she
had paid for angered Mrs. Epstein and she
struck her husband as hard blow as she
could. II was not very hard. for she was weak
from long hours OF labor and little food. Mrs
ing but he turned on her 80 flercely that she
fed from the ROOM she heard two pistol shots
Immediately ana came back. Epstein and his
wife were lying side by eide on the floor. which
was last crimsoning with the blood from
wound in his neck. There was q fast widening
crimson stain on the back of Mrs. Epstein's
The children had awakened long since and
little Sarah. II not ais! the others. saw what
the room. She says that her father, after
knocking her mother down with the butt end
OF his revolver shot ber in the back as she lay
prostrate on the floor. Ito tLen shot himself
The Epsteins were removed to, the Gouver-
penr Hospital The man is likely TO recover.
The bullet lodged in. the muscles on the side
OF bis neck, He shot his wife In the lungs. The
,Ss uSs ower par 5ody is parsyaed s These
are the statements of tha two. taken by Coro-
ner Hanley
kps,en-i shot my.sf At my rt'GenSS this morning
PiciOus Of her having tTtnHsG,r win the 6oArd.T My
Ws s %ss %Ssfnr Win the e1atGsf and eSsFsi
iEnG i ned ma$s esMsy. wss .sle.s shs toia t6s
Ny VIE hsn told Ii" eIid not 10 tell ne she hAd
@ sn Hi 's @ f.ry %%5S
towatch her, They wer. w4!s9ipE , me and soulans
and shs SslIsi him Iie !Sli her 10 Se aa,st as b;
nSsst II. . H to @ p SsH
lie did no me Tgs s STTnS TOD hf SOarde,
sss sigi y pay .Ss +: :" Tsns fSSs
had been the house. | asked hor IL should
go away and she said yes that she SS u month
from him and nothing from me. Thon commenced to
curse her and she called me n bad name and slapped
and scIa.ched me Then made up my mtnd to kill
Mrs Rpeein--My husband Jacob Epstein. shot me 1
my homo this morning Rt O'Clock. lie complained OF
me for nothing. lie WAS Jealous OF Ike SAchmaa who
lives IN tho sAmo house He had no cause to be Jealous
SAchmAn boards with US
Almost the only thing believed to be true In
Fpstein's statement is that his wife told him
to QUIT the house. Mrs. Natsky heard her say
go az well az little Sarah, The latter saws her
ing her mother. and Mrs. Epstein apparently
was not accustomed to retaliate as spiritedly
as she did Yesterday. The Epstens are He
brews. The Gerry society has taken charge Of
the foul, eldest children, and the grandmother
has the baby.