St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
ALL OVER A WOMAN.
Chris Koran Last Evening
Ended the Earthly Career
Of Morris Weisser.
The Murderer Claims His Vic
tim Was Taking Liberties
With His Wife,
Having Already Turned the
Affections of the Woman
Against Him.
Mrs. Koran Denies Her HuS-
bands Story. and Says He
Is a Jealous Man.

is q jealous Mans
Marital troubles led yesterday to the
preparation of a tragedy at 4S2 Sher-
burne avenue. Morris /. WeisSer, an
architect. forty years old, being shot
dead by Chris Koran, a carriage wood
worker The first intimatiOn of the
terrible affair was made known
to the police shortly before
O'Clock last evening, when Koran
walked up to Police Officer Kruwiskey,
near ROndO street station, and stated
that he wished to give himself up, as he
had shot man, but did not know
whether he had killed him or not. The
officer took Koran to the station house.
and Detectives Enright and Gruber
were at once sent to the house, where
they found that the man Weis-
ser was dead. The witnesses to the
the affair were the wife of Koran and
his little eight-year-old daughter. The
house where the shooting took place is
a very handsome frame residence, and
was built a year ago by Koran and his
wife, WhOwent to reside in it. WeisseT
was an architect, and became acquainted
with Koran, hearing that he was about
TO build a house. The two mother
less children Of Weisser's were
placed in charge of Mrs. Koran early
last year, and In August, 1890, Weisser
himself came to the house to board. The
husband after a while objected to his
presence, and frequent quarrels arose
between husband and wife, the latter
being accused by Koran with having
Illegal intercourse with the boarder.
Mrs. Koran seems to have denied the
charges both on her own be-
half and also for the bOarder,
and two months ago the husband lett
the house. He has frequently since
then called to see his wife and children,
and endeavOred to arrange the domestic
relations Which had been severed. 1t
was on a visit Of this sort last evening
that the shooting took place. Just
what was the cause of the affair is bet
ter explained by the
Stories of Koran
and bis wife, VINO were seen last even
ing soon after the tragedy by a GLOBE
representative.
Mrs. Koran was found at the house.
sS2 SherOurne avenue, and volunteered
to make a statement. She seemed
thoroughly uncOnceTned by the terrible
tragedy which had taken place or by
the fact that her husband and the father
of her children, who were play
ing in the room, was lying
I'm cell at ROndO street police station,
charged with murder. Her pity was
more for the man whose dead body lay
in the next room, for. while speaking
TO the reporter, the undertakers sent by
the coroner to remove the body called,
when she refused to let 1t go, though
finally yielded when told that the law
directed it so, but insisted that the re-
mains should be brought back to the
house later on. Mrs. Koran's story is
as follows:
Il am the daughter of Antoine Wolff,
of Saltwater, and, the niece of Joseph
Wolff. the brewer. of Saltwater. | am
thirty-twO years old, and was married
III Saltwater Oct 80, 1877. My husband
IS a carriage WCOdWOrker. We have
two girls, eleven and eight years of age.
I haue never lived happily with my
husband from the time we were mar
Tied, but few people knew of it. We
came 10 ST. Paul three years ago, and
soon after l went to South Dakota to
settle up MY fathers estate. When /
came back to st. Paul l bought this lot
and built this house out Of the money
/ received from the estate. My
husband became acquainted with
Mr.. WeiSSer one evening In a saloon,
and he introduced him to me and said
he was an architect. He drew the plans
of the house and took charge of the
building. Mr.. Weisser was a widower
with two little girls, eight and three
years Of age, and in June, 1890, he asked
me to take the
Children to Board,
as he said he could not attend to bust
ness and look after the children. / took
them in the house to board, and in
August. 1890, Mr.. WeiSer himself came
to board. Soon after that my husband
commenced to get jealous of Mr.. Weis-
er and accused me of being unfaithful.
Idenied the accusation, for it was false.
He frequently quarTeled with me, and
Oe June l, last, he left me.
"Why did he leave yOu|"
81 will not say, but it had nOthiug to
do with Mr. Weisser.
"Since he left me he has called at the
house once or twice every week to try
and effect a reconciliation. He always
insisted that Weisser should leave the
house, but told him that l would not
live with him again so long as he made
charges against Weisser. On July he
got into the house early in the morning
by means Of the cellar, and in a quarrel
said he would kill me with his Odd Eel
low sWOrd.'
In speaking of the shooting Mrs.
Koran said:
This evening about $50 was sitting
in the kitchen peellng potatoes and Mr.
Weisser was sitting near. He had Just
come in, and was showing me some re-
ceipts of bills he had paid. At that mo-
ment one Of my little girls came in and
said her father was coming. | told Mr..
Weisser that helhad better go upstairs,
and he started up the kitchen
stairs. He had gone but three steps
when my husband entered and shot at
him. l jumped UP and said, why,
Chris, [ did not think you had courage
to do this when he replied, what, do
you want to help him yet" and he
Pointed the Revolver
at me. I thought he would shoot me,
and 1 screamed and caught hold of his
hand. Mrs. Cook, one of my boardeTs,
rushed in and we both struggled with
him until Mrs. Cooks husband came in
and took the revolver away. lie then
left the house."
According to the above statement, it
would appear that Koran shot Weisser
as he was going up stairs, and the in
ference would be that the bullet would
strike the man in the back. WeisSer
staggered up stairs to his room and fell
dead on his bed. and when Coroner
Quinn examined the body, he found
that the bullet had struck Weisser In
front, entering on the right side of the
stomach and ranging upwards.
Koran was found ia cell at RondO