New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-16
MURDERED FOR HER MONEY.
MOTHER FOUND DEAD AND CHILD DYING.
THE CRIME COMMITTED FOR si5o-oNE ARREST
MADE.

THE CRIME COMMITTED FOR si5o-oNE ARREST
double tragedy took place in Brooklyn yester-
day, when woman was killed for the sum OF
$3.50, and her four-year-old child received In
jures which will result in his death. The scene
of the murder was the top floor Of the three story
tenement house No. 35 Moore-st. The apartments
are occupied by Max Boschinsky. hard-worSing
Russian Hebrew. Boschinsky came to this country
| three and a half years ago, leaving his wife and
infant child be cared for by his father, in his
native land
Shortly after his arrival in this country
Boschinsky found work and prospered fairly we'll
| He managed TO the greater part of his earn
ings, and five months ago sent to Russia fol
his wife and child. When they arrived Boschinsky
| found the apartments in Moorc-st. which he has
since occupied. Boschinsky employed by
| William II. White, a manufacturer of surgical
instruments at No. SO Walabout-st. With
Boschns!y boarded his brother Israel. blacksmith
doing business at No. 10 Leonard-st. Israel occu-
pied the small halbedroom off the kitchen, while
Max, with his wife and child occupied another room
of the kitchen. They had only the three rooms.
In the rear of the BoschinsSy apartments lived
Simon Feltman, while the floor directly under
meath the Boschinsky apartments lived Samuel
Cohen, with his brother and boarder named
Simon Feldman.
Yesterday morning Boschinsky got up at his
usual hour and had breakfast with his wife and
brother Israel The child, Zelda, still sleep
ing. After finishing breakfast Boschinsky bid his
| wife good-by and, with his brother went to his
work. On the street the two separated.
| going in different directions. The two brothers
returned home after their days work together.
At the door Israel said he thought he would go to
a nearby Hebrew restaurant for his supper. and
would be home later in the evening. 1t was then
| 6:l5 o'clock and Boschinsky started up the stairs
| to his apartments
When he got to the door he found it locked.
Thinking that Ills wife had gone to spend the after
neon with some friends he placed his dinner pail
| on the stairs and started in search of her. The
| first place he visited was the home of Jacob
Helfand, at No. "a Siegelst. Mrs. IIefand in
| formed BoschinslSy that his wife had not been
there during the day. lie then ran to the house
J of Joseph Helfand, a brother of the former, liv-
ing al No. "a Moore-st, directly opposite his own
| house. There he also informed that
nothing had been seen Of his wife.
but it had been noticed that blanket had been
spread across each Of the windows Of his apart
ments during the afternoon, which was an un-
usual occurrence.
Boschinsky at back to his apartments
and burst open the door. lie heard the faint
means of his child. Boschinsky struck match.
Lying on the floor in the middle of the room
with her face downward was his wife.
while the boy Zelda lay in a pool
of blood behind the door. Boschinsky
ran to the street. As he passed through the hall
way, his cries for help aroused the other tenants.
| Officer Welsh was standing at the time at
| Leonard and Moore sts., when he heard the cries
and ran to the house. lie raped for assistance
| and Oflcer Decker, Of the Sixth Precinct,
| responded. The first to reach the room after
| Boschinsly had made the discovery were Officer
Welsh and Peter Bcedesbeck. The child was
found to be stil alive, although unconscious. He
| had a would ON the hack of the head. The head
was resting on . pair of trousers belonging to
Boscbinsky. The mother wis lying on bundle
| of rags which had been placed there by the
derer Her arms were drawn tightly about her
| head, as though she had been trying to ward oil
| blows. The base Of the skull was crushed in.
while there was a stab wound on the forehead
The left arm was broken at tie wrist and several
fingers Of the right hand broken. The room was
| in great disorder.
A thorough search of the apartments fliled to
dieclose the weapon with which the murder was
committed The murderer accomplished his work
so clevery that the police are in the dark to
who he may be II is evident that the murderer
after locking the door, left the house by the
stairway, as spots of blood were found
on the stairs leading to the second floor, which
is occupied by the Cohen's. Two shawls were
also found in the hallway of the second floor, be-
longing to the murdered woman. The police
placed Samuel Cohen under arrest.
Cohen has occupied the apartments on the
second floor for two weeks. He told two or
lictnr sfo In hat la KIN
of the murder He said he was
in his apartments when the husband Of the MUIR
dered woman downstairs and joined him in
alarming the police. He had not seen any one
OFFICER Decker says that on reaching the second
floor he saw Cohen throw the shawls found in the
hallway from his apartments When he asked
Cohen where they came from he made no re-
sponse. Cohen also had on clean white shirt,
which aroused the suspicious of the officer.
Tno had Dd1a h% sans about s his dnc nS " % e
declared that he had worn the suit since sun
day. thorough search was made of Cohen's
that that would would assist the police in unraveng the
From an examination made of the body of Mrs.
hd by cn p sd x II wss a .@s
of the body had stifened and it was impossible
to bend the limbs. 1t was o'clock whcn the
examination made by the physician.
Mrs. Annie Braun, who has little grocery
store at No. 81 Moore-st said last night that the
child Zelda had purchased apples from her BE-
TWEEN the hours Of and O'clock The boy
made one purchase and ten minutes later came
back and bought another apple.
There is littl, doubt that the murderer knew
that BoschinsSy had money and kept IL in
bureau drawer; The sum ct Sl3O, which had
been kept in the drawer. was missing. The sup.
position is tnat the murderer was an acluaint-
ance Of the Boschinsky family and had spent the
afternoon at the house II was he IL is believed,
who gave the child the pennies to buy the apples
in order to get him from the room while he could
accomplish the robbery after striking down the
woman. II was evidently not the intention OF
the murderer 70 kill the child but he must have
come into the room just tn, murderer was
about 10 escape and been struck down in order