New-York tribune., 1891-04-23
HE SHOT HIS SWEETHEART.
THE woULD-BE MURDERER THEN KILLED
HIMSELF.

HIMSELF.
HIS VICTIM, WHO RECEIVED A SECOND BULLET
WHILE HIDING UNDER A TABLE.
MAY DIE.
A tragedy in which despair played the principal
mart took place at o'clock yesterday afternoon
=, the home Of W. Meeker Littell, at No ia
South Thirteenth-st,. Newark. At that hour
sbot rang out in the kitchen and attracted the at
tention of Mr. Littel retired druggist, who, with
his wife was in a room on the second floor OF the
hriIdinp Mr. Littel ran down the stairs 10 the
d;ning-room Just in time TO overtake his servant
Martha MagowsSy O young and pretty German
Girl as shreking with terror she dashed ouV Vi
the front door and to the porch shouting LOT
,be police. A trail Of blood followed her rom
,.ounds- in the head and hand, which had evil
IDENTIFY been inflicted by pistol shots.
Mr. Iittell opened the dnng-room door, ana
.. be did so a fash and O report followed lie
seos in the room in an instant. just in time 10
catch the falling form of Max Hunger, a uein"n
ubo had shot himself dead. 3Z-calpIe o
had entered the Germans brain MT Li''ei q"
once informed the Second Precinct ponce anu .n'
authorities at the City Hospital, ana an aiiou,
lance was Immediately dispatched 10 'he '''N' -
the tragedy. .,u,. veors
ManOWSKN,
old Law senseess upon the porch' an" up"
arrival of the ambulance was cohVeSeu 20 Wv hoon
s;,ol where il was found that bullet hau oeen
PV' tho loft side of the face and announcer
,nto tho naln of the left hand the latter pasSin7
s;rootly through and embedding itseh III the Up
- y,o1l of the dining-roOm adjoining Az '"o
ttsni,oI il was said that the probaDiiiS oi VI.
80, ,,onan,s surviving the night was eA''e"'-S
sslttr1 Connty Physician WrIghtsoh Nie","
49, hodv of Hunger as it lay on the nooi oi w
.;;,o room and took NUMBER ol 10O ~
lis noclxet. after which the BODY was 'e"'
lsn,s morgue in Westinghouse: H.. .,oiorat.d
ien .artbs 400 Martha Magowsky emlsIS.eU
cavor,, n this country and went W NV
-.-,.L har narents, who had precedeu ner ~
I ,,oors at No 70 Fairview-aVe' o"Oo1 -
eho secpred employment as servant III OuT ,o
M Ijtteu. On Easter Sunday tne fanny w. w.
wore interested in the young woman Oe0'u0o .ao,,
ovist demeanor and lady-like appear"'iIe' It,'
~, with them to the Gilsey House, IL 'iiT 0-'S
Hunger wearing cape coat goiu 'SeS
broadcloth suit, and possessing 'he al an, .o1 IN
nor of a gentleman, appeared au 'ne oI h;,,
hci " ~ Ifoco,vsl,v girl, who introduced MN
= ov,rlovers as her affianced lover, VINO nd"
;,,st orrivad from Germany. Mrs Litteh reaullS
.~orsed the vouag woman for the afternoon Oil"
tho norr,e went for trip TO Central PARK "heie
.hor snent the afternoon. On their return Une
vonng woman smilingy exhibited a ulallonO 4e
on her finger. set with stones represeh'liis o.
,ent,s ewes. and at the same ume also SIN
ber mistress a gold watch and chalh "hl0" ~
lover had given her during then ranh'ie
.ho narl, The couple seemed extremely happS'
and Mrs. Litten allowed them to accompany 'i'
marty back to their home in Rosevne'
Two weeks ago, according to the s'olS Vi
,be voung woman's mother, who had Vlsloeu M Hii0'
Hirtell Hunger went to The mouse "l -
Mapowsky's parents in FalrVlew-aVe' "li,' Wv
influence of liquor. He went afterward In
.iroiIor condition and by the advice Of her parents
.ho younq woman told him that their love cream
,,os over and that they could never be marrieu'
She returned him his gifts, including the ene"s.,
ort yinq The mother requested Mrs' 1A'.'H
N nrevent a meeting between the TWO %V %
house If il were possible to do SO. MIS- AiO'e-i
agreed to this proposition. ..Ao
At o'clock yesterday afternoon hunger' wiz
xvas apparently sober, and who was nun iV1S
years old. thoroughly conversant WIN nVe i'i
puaces and the son of prosperous ho~fNe'pi
of Hamburg entered the kitchen ana askeu Gu PIhi P+ha
mission 10 bid Martha Magowsky goou-o$ I, on Wy
riea that he was about to return to Germany.
Mrs iittel asked the young woman wheuneI saaSS
desired to see Hunger and when the gIli noboU bTr
on assent left the two together. For an hour
Hunger and the girl cOnversed quietly, Dut IL was Vas
evident that Hunger was pressing HIS % sun ~
forgiveness Martha MagOwsky was, however,
obdurate. and refused TO accept his apologles; ~
n moment of intense passion, Hunger graspeg heI
nv the hair as She stood at the sink, drew ms re-
v0lver and holding it against her left temple hfed
noint blank With the blood streaming from th2
wound the girl fled into the dinlng-r00m ana
sought refuge beneath the dining-room table her
left hand was thrust from under the table IN a
niteous appeal for her lover TO deSlst. Inc
murderOus weapon rang out second tlme' ana d
bullet passed through the palm OF the outStretcneu
hand almost directly in the centre Al TINS pOlnt
the girl ran out into the hallway luSt as MI
Iittpll appeared at the head Of the stairs.
When removed TO the city hospital Martina
Magowsky, who had recovered consciousness, tOlu
the story of the shooting substantially as gwen
here after which she again relapsed into uncOn-
sciousness Her condition at a late hour last
night was considered too critical TO allow her 70 be
removed 10 her parents home, in Fairvew-ave.
The letters found i'm the pocket of the suicide
were addressed TO George Gross, at No l5O
Columbus-ave: to a hotelkepper at No 7S Green
wich-st. New-YOrk; 70 Marthas elder brother, in
Farview-ave, and 10 the Chief Of Police OF Newark
The last named letter in English and SAID
he proposed either force Martha TO marry him or
else 10 take her life, well as his own. lie also
requested that in the case of his death by his
own hand that bis trunk and property in the
hotel in Greenwich-st. be sent TO his father IN
SaXony The letter concluded with My last
signature. Max Hunger" Not cent in money was
found upon his person. The body will he kept at
The Niorgue until word can he received from Hun
gers parents in Germany as 10 its disposition.