The evening world., 1891-07-01
Beautiful Maris Staedlnger Shot
by Her Lover, Who Kills
Himself.
Took a Room at 80 Third Avenue 10
Pu.ill the Suicide Vow.
He First Tried to StrangIe the Girl
and Then Stabbed Her.
She Says Weiss's Deed Was
PromDted by Jealousy.

A shocking tragedy took place this morn
ing In II little room on the top floor OF tn
lodging house at No. 90 Third avenue.
| Alexander Weiss, the German advertising
agent who has been missing since last satur
day, shot himself and his mistress, pretty Ma
re lIadug or Staldlugcr, with whom he ha'
living for the last three months.
The man Is dead and the woman Is 81
| seriously wounded that she cannot live. Sh
is now at Bellevue Hospital.
| II was evidently death tryst, for wheI
Weiss disappeared last saturday he sen
letters to several Of his friends saying that ht
had gone on intending to Kill himself and tn,
young woman with whom he was infatuated
1t was not until ll.3O this morning that ht
| carried out his fearful vow.
At that hour the people In the house at &c
| Third avenue were started by a rapid success
sion OF pistol shots.
The sounds came from the top floor. The
within few seconds the officers We're In the
house.
The door OF the room occupied by the couple
was locked and had TO be burst open. There
| a terrible sight met the eyes OF Policeman
Louis Il. Sahm and the people who had fol-
| lowed him upstairs
Both the man and the woman were lying
upon the floor, wcltcring in their own blood.
The man was evidently dying and the woman
was gasping for breath and groaning plte-
ously.
Dr. Henry ShlpfOrd, Of 80 East Tenth street,
was hastily summoned. The man was still
living when he arrived, but he expired shortly
afterwards
He had shot himself four times. Two of the
bullets had entered his body Just over the
| heart one was lodged IN the right breast,
and he had cndcayored to complete his bloody
work by shooting himsefin the mouth.
The girl, who was a pretty blonde, with
blue eyes, and little more than twenty
years old had been shot three times once In
the right breast and twice In the left, just
| over the heart.
Around her neck a rope was tightly Knotted,
and II was evident that the man had first
| tried to strangle her, and, failing In this, had
resOrted to his revolver.
The weapon was a seven-chambered REM
ingtOn revolver, and was found lying upon
the floor.
Every chamber was empty.
The lodging house is kept by Mrs. Hart,
and Is a threc-stOry brick building In the
middle of the block, between Ninth and Tenth
streets.
The couple came to the lodging house to-
gether about IL O'Clock last night and a room
on the top floor was engaged by the man, who
paid 81 to the clerk at the desk.
They both appeared to be- In high spirits.
VI tnN.
and she also seemed TO be merry and light
hearted.
When they went up the stairs Weiss called
| back to the clerk that he wanted TO be called
| at 10 o'clock this morning. For some reason
or other his instructions We're not carried out
and no one went to the room until after the
shots were heard.
According to the police report, Weiss was
! forty-fve years old and lived at No. 81 East
Third street, and the girl was Mary Hadlng,
twenty-five years old, and lived ut 434 East
Fifth street.
In Wciss's pockets were found a registered
letter from Vienna, two pawn tickets for q
gold watch and four rings, and u small imi-
tation ruby ring
He also had 22 cents IN money, two ten-cent
pieces and two pennies. This was all the
money that they had between them, and the
police believe that It was poverty and misfor-
tune which led them TO die together.
The room occupied by Weiss and his COM
panon was the front room on the third floor.
Mrs. Hart, VINO keeps the lodging-housc,
lives In the rooms directly In tho rear on the
| same floor
When the couple engaged the room last
| night they gave no names. The man told her
that the girl was his wife and that he was
looking for work.
He wanted 10 rent the room for a week and
paid e. on account.
After they retired for the night not sound
was heard from the room.
When the first shot was fired this morning
Mrs Hart was sitting In her kitchen with a
cOlored servant.
She knew that the sound came from the
room occupied by her new dodgers, and at
| once dispatched her servant TO fnd a police
man. Omcer Lain was passing the house AT
the time, and he ran upstairs.
Meanwhile second shot was fired, and
while the policeman was bursting open the
door two more reports were heard.
The voice OF the woman was only heard
after the first shot. She was found lying on
the floor FULLY dressed.
The man was in his undcrcOthing only.
The rope with which he had tried TO strangle
her was piece OF old clothes line about three
feet long,
The girl was carried into Mrs. Hart's room
when II was found that she was still alive,
and she was asked 10 give her name and that
| OF her companion.
She only shook her head, and finally, when
the questions were repeated by the police
man, she said LET me alone; want TO
die" This was all that she could be induced
TO say.
As soon as the ambulance arrived she was
sent up 20 Bellevue Hospital.
when the doctors examined the girl al