St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-19
SUICIDE AT A SIGNAL.
a Young Actress and Her
Lover Kill Themselves at
the Same Time.
Plenty Of Evidence Showing
That Their Taking OFF Was
Prearranged.
The Two Shots Fired at a
Signal "Ready" Given by
the Man.
Opposition by the Girls
Mother Said to Have Led
to the Deed.

New YORK, Sept. 1S.-About day
break, fair-haired German. stalwart
and handsome, entered the elevated
railroad station. The man paced up and
down the platform. After awhile
woman's voice was heard to speak
word or two of German from window
overlooking where the man stood. The
man nodded and replied loud enough
for the gateman to hear him. Eyes, L
have come, Emile. Are you ready?"
The answer from the window was not
heard. The man turned on his heel and
took something from his pocket. The
next moment shot rang out and the
man fell heavily forward on his
face. Before the report had died
away, the station man, who rushed
be an echo of the shot coming appar-
emily from the window of the house
overlooking the end of the platform,
where the dead man lay. No attention
was paid to it, as attention was given to
the dead man. Policemen and physi-'
clans were hurriedly called. but when
they arrived the man was dead. He had
shot himself through the temple. While
the officers were examining the clothing
and effects of the suicide messenger
rushed into the station house and cried
out that woman had shot herself at
14O Canal street. The keeper of the
Germania cafe there had found Emile
Rossi, an actress. who boarded in the
house, dead, shot
Through the Heart.
The one window of her room over
looked the south end of the uptown
platform, and was the one which the
gateman had seen opened previously
and from which the sound of second
shot was heard. Behind the lace cur
tains the woman had sat waiting for the
trySting death signal. 1t had come aud
at the signal. "Readyis the man fell
dead under the windosN, and she shot
herself to the heart within. There lay
three visiting cards with farewell mes
sages over the name of Emile RosSi.
1t seemed as plain as daylight that they
had prearranged their suicides. Every
thing Within the room had been set to
rights for the tragedy in which she was
about to play the leading part. The
girl had evidently made every prepara-
tion for the event. On the chair
by the window lay her clothing,
carefully smoothed 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 neat feminine one, and did not
appear to be in the least tremulOus,
The girl, as she lay on her side on the
bed, was attired in clean, white night
pnho with loo ond fril1c nd
was not spot or stain upon it to betray
the manner of her violent death. Only
under her heart on her barred breast
there was red spot, and in the center
of it small hole. Not single drop of
blood had OoZed out. She, too, had died
without struggle. In the buttonhole
of her robe spray of heliotrope was
pinned and lay over her breast. The
face was very handsome, her figure
plump and-petite.
Emile Rossi, aged nineteen, actress of:
.Ambergs troup; born in BeIlin.
Gustaye G. Koch. tWenty-six years old,
:crayon artist: employed by b. T. Falk.:
photographer, at 949 Broadway; lived:
:at 232 East Twelfth street.
This was the brief official record made
by the police. to which some one added
"They were lovers, and died together"
Koch was crayOn artist of some con-
siderable local note. The name of his
betrothed was Emile Rossi, young
actress of nineteen years, employed in
Amberg's stock company. who had tenn
porarily occupied the room where she
committed suicide. The cause of the
double suicide Is unknown, but it is
supposed to have resulted from the OPP
position which the girls mother had to
EmiIiees Marriage
with the young artist. Emile Rossi
Her father and mother had lived in
Berlin. He was an Italian tenor singer
of note, but is now dead. The girls
mother, who is still alive, is the Ger
man writer and novelist. Emile Rossi.
The mother was ambitious for her child
and hoped that she would make good
marriage. The girl came to this coun-
try two years ago and played prominent
parts in Amberg's theater company.
She went to Berlin during the past
summer and returned here on the 9th
inst. She took the room on the corner
Of Canal street and the Bowery, where
she ended her life. Two years ago she
made the acquaintance of Gustav &.
Koch. He came of good family in
Vienna, and got here about six years
ago. He was then married. but his
wife secured divorce from him
three years later. Emile and he
became greatly infatuated with one
another and were much together. 1t is
supposed that the girl asked her
mothers consent for her marriage to
Koch and that it was refused. She COM
municated that refusal to her lover and
then the two agreed to die together. In
letter left by the girl addressed to her
aunt" otherwise her boarding mis-
tress, under date of the 17th.s she verifies
the premeditated suicide. Referring to
Koch she slys she wonld not let him
die with her. and that he would go be-
fore. Referring to her life in Germany
the writer says the people there broke
her heart. some with love. some with
hate. Her mother loved her no longer
and notified her that she did not want
to see her any more. This was the
hardest blow, and she was happy at the
thought of final rest. "The news of my
death will awaken the old love and
break her heart with sore remorse."
The writer. in the calmest manner. then
goes Oh to discuss the funeral arrange
ments. and concludes by requesting
that her body shall be cremated just as
she was found, as she had dressed her.
self for the grave