New-York tribune., 1891-04-29
Suicide FOLLOWS DIVORCE
LEOPOLD LANDAUER SHOOTS HIMSELF
AND WILL PROBABLY DIE.
ur sA1p III WAS BECAUSE OF HIS WIFE, 10
WHOM AN ABSOLUTE DIVORCE HAD REEN
GRANTED ONLY FEW HOURS
BEFORE.

:, ~ Of anguish. brought on by his domestic
.-,nh,cs. Leopold Landauer a well-hown broker and
,amiliar figure In Wall Street, last night attempted
sicd. by shooting himself with revolver, inficung
wounds from which he win probably die
The story Of Mr.. Landauer's marital complications
mas been before the courts for considerable time HIS
ut Cora charged him with adultery, naming as core
snondents the two nurses Of their child. Landauer
strongly denied the charges against him, but yesterday
Judge McAdam, Of the superior Court, granted Mrs.
Iandauer the absolute divorce for which she had asked
At the same time giving her the custody OF their
child He also ordered Mr.. Landauer to pay an
sNmony Of $40 week.
Their home was at No. 2Oo East sixtieth-st., but
lately Mr. Landauer had lived alone at the Cafe Loeg-
ling. at No. 2Ss East Fifty -sevcnthst
shortly after o'clock last night Mr.. Landauer
snered the bar Of The Cooper Union Hotel, kept
ny puse d Miller, at No. l 81. Marks Place, ana
asked foc a room. lie was assigned to Room No. 8,
on the second floor. For time he ounged about the
har drinking at intervals, until 80 when he went
% his rOom About an hour and half later Mr..
Miller while in The Office of the hotel was
startled by the sound Of several shots which appeared
10 come from the second floor. lie ran into the street
and called officers Newman and James Whalen, and
together they ran upstairs. When they came to Mr..
Landauers room they found that the door was Locked
an the inside Then they broke into the room.
Mr. Landauer was seated the edge Of the bed with
blood streaming from his mouth and breast AT his feet
Law his coat and wastcoat. which he had Just thrown
off, and which were smoking. On the ground rev
PAGES away fve-chambered 3e-calibre revolver
and every chamber had been discharged Mr. lAndauer
yas nerfectly conscious and when officer Whaen asked
him why he had tried to take his life, he replied
calmly any sucde IS caused by the decison OF Judge
McAdam against me in the divorce suit brought by my
wife. MY wife is bad woman, and my motherHA-
law is much the same never want TO see my Wne' DuV
/ do wish TO see my child'
ffIor Mr. i
soeply regret the annoyance and trouble am likely
N hiring TO Won by my act, TO say nothing OF the
lamase have done to your furniture However, my
friend Mr. Rhenhart Is rich man, and Will pay you
In full for your loss"
Then he told Mr. Miller that he had stood in front
pf the mirror and fired two shots into his mouth ana
a third Just over the heart. The fourth bullet had
smashed the mirror while the fifth embedded in
the wall.
Bv the time he had finished his narrative an am
bulance had arrived and he taken 10 Bellevue Hos
pital where the doctors thought that he would die in
response to an urgent message Coroner Levy 'caleu
last night at the hospital ana tooN MT LdiuaueI "
mortem statement.
on the dressing table of the room was large en-
velope covered with writing and addressed 10 Mf
Rheinhart who lives at No. 105 Avenue b.
Mr.. Landauer was born in Munich and came TO
this country several years ago During inS lohs H
career as broker in Wall Street, he had enIoyeo INC
confidence of many OF the leading houses In the CITY,
incnding that Of Henry CIews Co., by whom he was
once employed at a salary of $4,000 year.
Mrs Landauer who granted divorce yester-
day Is now at No eos East Fifty eightst, the mousse
of her father. When the report Of her husbands
suicide was brought TO her and she was told that
he had expressed desire 10 see MS cnila 0eioi9 IG
he died she expressed the fear that attempts would
lie made TO take the child away from her on the
pretence that the boy was 70 be taken TO ms qylng
father and that the child would not be brought bacK.
TaIs idea seems to have been shared by tile othef
inmates OF the house. When Tribune reporter calleo
ho that tioy 90 fFll.
ened bv the fancy that the child Would he Ndpapped
that they had secured the services 81 specldl
nnTccmsn who guarded the house and closely
Questioned ye one tSd Tao ccI sPg9aeneqd oS gnspd ont
sde who assured the woman at the window IN uic u
second story that II reporter who wanted 70 see
her and not hdnapper, that adihsSloh " 'ne "0''
was gained. $1,000 =. +ho o4tamnt al
s,icide and had nothing say about It, NO sorTO"
or symDatbv was expressed for the dying man
Just before going TO the room in Whch ne Si1' b I m
SELF Mr.. Landauer had notary Draw up HIS WILL
leaving all his property TO his child