New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-26
SUICIDE FOLLOWS MURDER
HENRY NIELSEN HAD KILLED THE WOMAN
HE LIVED WITH.
HE TOLD FRIEND HE HAD FIXED THE OLD
WOMAN AND THEN HE USED PARIS GREEN

WOMAN AND THEN HE USED PARIS GREEN
AND REVOLVER ON HIMSELF.
double crime was brought to light yesterday
by the suicide of Henry Nielsen, of No. IL Coles
ST., Brooklyn, at Corona, L. L.: who shot himse
in the head after taking poison Word of hi
death was received last evening by his son-in
law, Eugene Weiss, and Louis A. Olsen. of No
576 Union-st. and they at once went t
Nelson's rooms in Coles-st. They found then
tightly fastened up and effected entrance by
forcing open a hall window. They were accom-
panied by the police.
In the house the dead body Of Mrs. Nielsen, as
she was called, was found lying upon the hoor
Her head had been split open by sharp instru-
ment, evidently an axe. She had been dead since
Thursday.
On that day Nielsen visited weiss's house, and
there met Olsen to whom he said he had quar-
relied with the old woman" and asserted that
he had fixed her' so that she would never
bother him again, as he had laid her out with
mallet" He showed cut in the side OF his
head, and said that she struck him with a piece
of a pot He was known to be boastful and had
frequently quarrclled with the woman, who passed
as his wife, and so little was thought of what he
said 1t is supposed that he then went to
Corona where he had acquaintances.
Nielsen lived with woman named Mrs. Jennie
Campbell. who was the wife of blacksmith at
one time we'll known in South Brooklyn, but now
living in New-York. She had been separated from
him for several years and two years ago began liv
ing with Nelsen who has o wife in Norway, Mrs.
Campbell passed as Mrs. Nielsen, and she made her
living by lace-maISing and owned the house at No.
II Colesst., where she and Nielsen occupied rooms
tba Of fret Nelson
woodcarver and came to this country abont
fifteen years ago, when he was thirty-fve years
old. He and his wife had agreed to separate.
Twelve years later he went back to Norway and
induced his daughter, then twenty years old, TO
return TO this country with him, and she is now
the wife Of Weiss. Mrs. Campbell has no children
living She and Nielsen frequently quarrelled
about the property. She owned the house, and he
put considerable work upon the building and
thought she ought to support him. AS the SON
in-law put it, "1hey quarrelled every fifteen min
utes.' Nielsen drank heavily but Mrs. Campbell
only occasionally. She saved her money and put
it in bank. Nelson's real name is said to have
been Henry Ottcnsen. and he changed it when he
came 10 this country, but the cause for the change
is not known.
In the house were found two badly written and
misspelled letters, the purport of which was
that the killing was committed in selfdefence.
One phrase was, g. defended myself, not to be
killed first" Nielsen was known as desperate
man. 1t is supposed that remorse for the MUIR
der drove him to suicide
Mr.. Weiss, the son-in-law Of the dead man,
who is an insurance agent, said last evening TO
a Tribune reporter: The woman who lived with
my father-in-law owned the house, a four story
brick structure, in which they lived since Oe-
tober 1889, but they constantly quarrelled.
had nothing to do with them for long time
| am not surprised at this result OF their LIE
together"
The body of the woman will be removed to an
undertakers to-day.
Nielsen committed suicide at the home of Thomas
Callahan by taking paris green and shooting
himself in the head Mrs. Callahan says she
heard pistol shot at about o'clock Yesterday
morning. but thought i was laborers blasting
rock. At II o'clock size opened his door and
was horriied to find Nielsen on the bed, covered
with blood a glass of paris green and revolver,
with one empty chamber, were near him.
Nielsen is said TO have been the steward Of the
Castle Hotel, at Observation-Disclosures. and
Amsterdam-ave., this city.