The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-27
LIFE TRAGEDIES.
A Young Actress Makes u Sensa-
tiOnal Exit From the Stage
OF Lite.
Fatalities At a New York Fire,
Killed His Father. Climax of
an Unhappy Home.
A Father Kills His Wife's BE-
trayer, His Three Daug hters
and Then Suicides.

~ ,-... .,;,
| Two sIra''Ho Siloo''i'S c"SeS "i'''''
| the police OF New York are nHeStlSat-
ing took place early on the morning OF
+ho1sth ;,y+ Tha first v,,s thot ~
~ 90 81
Emmy h"SS'' 10 years VI age 0'''
| committed suicide by shooting her
self in the brest with n 32-cahbcr re
volvor IN her room at 1OCauaI street
r,,,,a,,,;o.o,,. .f.o, a., - - ~.
'!'ii'''",'' ,. ~ "'''' ''''
SIrl plS'ol was h''rd' "hS'aNe T.
Koch, who stood on the elevated rail
! road platform almost under her
| room window, sent n bullet through
his head. Both are Germans, and
INST at present il looks as if thev had
agreed to die at or near the same mo-
mpnt.
About davbreak a fair-haired Ger
man, stalwart aud handsome. enter
! eel the elevated railroad station, The
man uaCed uD and down the platform.
| After awhile n woman's voice WAS
| heard 70 sneak q word or two of Ger
man from n window overlooking
where the man stood. The man nod.
dpd and rcnlied Ioud enough for the
gateman to hear him.
"Yes have come EmiEe Are Won
! readv2'
r.ha onswerrrou the window wasnOt
heard. The man turned on his heel
and took something from his pocket
The next moment q shot rang ont
ord tha man foil heavily forward on
his face Before the renort had died
AWAY the stationman. who rushed
forw,rI hoard what seemed to ne a.,
echo nj the shot coming annnrentlv
from tEo window of the house over.
looEiu1 +ba end of tha nIstform where
tbe deed man Inv. No attention WIS
noid to if as they were ATTENDING to
The dead man. Policemen and nhvsi-
c,ons were hurriedIv called but when
thev arrived the man was dead He
had shot himself through the temDle,
While the officers were examining
tha riothin and effects of the suicide
. messenger rushed INTO thc station
house and cried ont that a woman
hnd SHOT herself at 40 CnnoI street
Thn kernar nj the. .Gprmonia cafe there
Ind fonnd Emile Rossi, an actress,
who h0orded in the hOusp. dpod. shot
throuoh tha heart
Tie one window of her room over
oknd the south end Of the up-tOwn
Iatform and WAS the one which the
gateman had seen opened previously,
| and from which the sound OF the sec.
| ond shot was heard. Behind the lace
curtains the woman had sat waiting
| for the trvsting death signal. 1t had
come, and at the signal "Ready" the
man fell dead under the window and
she shot herself to the heart within.
There Law three visiting cards with
| farewell messages over the name of
Emile Rossi. it seemed as plain as
daylight that they had prearrangrd
their suicides. EVERYTHING within the
room had been set to rights for the
tragedy i'm which she was about to
nlaT = leading part. The girI ind
evidently made every preparation for
the event. On the chair by the win
dow Iay herclothing, carefully smooth
ed out. She had been writing, and
the table was covered with small sheets
OF paper, filled with her thoughts as
she sat waiting. The hand was q
neat femme one and did not appear
to be in the least tremuIous. The
g,rl. as she Law on her side on the bed
! was attired in a clean. white night robe,
with lace and frills, and vet there was
not n spot or stain upon it to betrav
the manner other violent death. Only
under her heart, on her barred breast, -,
there was ~ red SPOT. and in the cen
ter a small hole. Not n single drop
of blood had oozed out. She, too,
had died without a struggle. In the
buttouholc of her robe a spray OF
heliotrope was pinned and Law over
her breast. The face was very hand.
some, her figure plump and petite.
They were a handsome pair.
Emile Rossj, aged Is wears. ac-
tress of Amberg's troupe; born it Ber-
lin"
"Gustave G. Koch, 26 Years old,
cravon artist, employed by B. f. Falk.
photographer, at 90 Broadway; Iiv-
ed at 282 East Twelfth street. "
This was the brief official record
made by yy,t,! the police, to which , some ONE one