Evening journal., 1890-01-02
HER ROMANTIC SUICIDE.
End Of Young Artists I'M
happy Love Affair.
DESERTED by LOVER, SHE DIED.

The Tragic End OF Pretty Gabrielle ober-
bauer-sho Killed Herself with Her
Lovers Revolver New Years Day--A
Pathetic Letter to Her Brother.
New York Jan. 2-Gabrielle Oberbauer,
an artist, 20 years old, who has been living
with her brother Otto at 2i0 East Eighty
first street, committed suicide yesterday
afternoon on account Of a disappointment in
love She shot herself through the heart
She was an attractive young woman, and
had received instruction in the best art
schools in the city. She had been also q
pupil Of smille, the landscape artist
The Engagement Broken.
About five years ago Miss Oberbauer opened
a studio at 10 West Fourteenth street. Will
lam Brill, whose glove store was on the
ground floor OF the same building. saw the
young artist and fell in love with her, and
they were eventually engaged TO be married
Miss Oberbauer's family opposed the mar
riagc, and about two weeks ago Mr. Brillis
brother called upon her and said that Mr..
Brill's family wished him to make a wealthy
marriage and had forced him TO break the
engagement
Frustrated by the Shock.
Miss Oberbauer was prostrated by the
shock and kept to her room. She seemed TO
lose all interest in life. and her brother Otto
thought that her mind would become de
ranged from brooding over her troubles.
Yesterday afternoon she seemed to he some
what better, and about o'clock she asked
Otto to carry message TO one Of her friends
As he left the room she asked him 10 return
as soon as possible.
Shot Through the Heart.
Half an hour later Otto entered the room
and found his sister dead on the lounge. She
had shot herself through the heart with a
32-caliber revolver which her lover had left
IN her rooms when he called upon her some
weeks ago. Mr.. Brill had taken the revolver
from his pocket and left it on the bookcase.
II was lying ON the floor beside the lounge.
and Miss Oherbauer's brother thought that
she was sleeping until he touched her hand
TO awaken her.
Her Pathetic Letter.
On the table were letters to several friends
and this one addressed to her brother:
CHnisrMAs DAY
DEAR OTro; thank you for your devotion 10
me ia this time Of need ] regret that will never
be able 20 repay your kindness. Go TO our mother
and tell her how fondly have thought OF her aud
the girls, and Alma. They viii forgive me n /
have wronged them, for | did not do il willingly.
have respected Tillie FOR her devotion to the one
she loved She will believe that I have loved her
In spite Of all our trouble. Ny heart has offer
ached for them all, as / know thehs have for me
Tell them 70 forgive him also for what he hei
done 70 me. They an have kid hearts, and vii
| do Il for my sake. Dear Otto, tell mother how
closely our troubles have united us and how harr
| IL seems 20 me now 20 leave you. Only tn,
thought that this will unite the family once NOR,
gives me a hope that have not lived aud died il
vain. BE as good 70 mother as you have been {,
me and she viii have gained good son and lost
alas nothing.
She Forgave Her Lover.
Go to W. r. and give him my letter: remember
how loved him, and forgot all else. He will
perhaps be glad TO know that you are not hii
enemy. The poor man win need some one &
coufde in, and perhaps he will be grateful fol
any sign Of friendship. Look after him, beg Of
/ you, and be as kind 70 him as you can Remem
Der how he befriended you, and also that this will
be as great punishment as he will be able K
bear. Dear. dear brother be a comfort 10 YOU
mother and beg her 70 open her heart to you a,
she did when she carried you IN her arms twenty
seven years ago. Remember me- love not witt
sorrow, for am at rest gnd feel no grief You
own loving sister, GABRIEfLk
He Was Making Calls.
One Of the other letters was addressed tC
her former lover Il was not opened, and
was sent sealed to his home 100 East Seventy
fifth street. Mr.. Brill could not be founC
last night, and it was said that he wal
making New Years calls. Miss Oberbauer,
family for several years have been alienateC
from her on account Of her mode Of life, anC
the brother Otto was the only one who stood
by his sister. II is said that she was oncl
married, but resumed her maiden nam,
after her husbands death. One OF hel
sisters is the wife of Charles Goldzier,
lawyer at 2O6 Broadway, and living at q
Horatio street.
/ She Took But Little Food.
To a reporter last night Otto Oberbaue
said that his sister had taken but little foo,
since her engagement was broken She ha,
talked very little about her disappointment
Others who live in the same house say tina
she was an unusually attractive woman
| She had class in painting, and found yer,
little difficulty in disposing Of her own wori
at good prices. She was born in Germany
but had lived in this cou ntry since she wa
7 years old
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