The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-03
AVENGED FORTUNES FATE.
4 Father Murders His Family and Then
Ends His Own Life.
ENACTMENT OF A PlTlFUL TRAGEDY.
ACrcw ofFourtccn Men Drowncd-A Strange
WuI-Bcgulations Respecting Cattle
Go Russia Unchanged.

iIiN luulah AAiie TO AH' A'h'nfi
r--r,rrqr May While the minds Of the
r,rIine classes IN Europe yesterday were en-
,aceA IN the labor problem question, as to
how their position IN life May be improved. u
tragedy mos, ptlul occurred here, all the de
,.qs If which being enacted in an immense
tenement of the city, No. 8 SchifIgasse.
qri.rt, wears ago one Of The most prosper
....s manufacturers of Budapest Theodore
O-.hc-kv. whose cloths are widely known
and ..teemcd. was then in the prime OF life.
74. emily consisted of % wife and daughter
o. lovely specimen ofHungarian womanhood-
0, lore a strong roscm OlanCe each 10 the
other. added 60 depth OF affection that was
Tae onlv being Pauline Orthesky loved be-
SIDES her mother was Oscar COsakN, youth
t.,rbom she had after many scruples pro
missed her hand. Oscar was the eldest son OF
fl Tourishine iron founder. and from q worldly
I..nf If view the match seemed every way u
desirable one. as Oscar one day would succeed
g. father in hus ness.
The daughters wedding day proved an I'M
fortunate epoch i'm Olthesky's career, VINO.
from time onward. whether from grief OF the
loes o. his only child or other reasons, began
"a course of dissipation and neglect OF pu9l-
ness strong contrast between tic CIaI-
meter and habits of the festive ciolh manu-
facturor were those of the 81 nm law. S1IIcu
d. hr0uchtup Oscar was taught that industry
and INTEGRITY were the only beac0ns that
could lead 10 success. and stcadtast obedience
to duty was imperative.
s.RovE TO PREVENT TIE CALAMITY
Thus taught. il may boz imagined with what
anxiety. ho watched Orthesky doWnW@d
course and how he used influence 10 post
plne. # he could not avert, the threatened
calamity iu vain. Three years atter the Gay
IA which the Wedding bells souhucu III MS
e,rs Oscar attended tle funeral of the once
,,r,..,erous man IN business. with the know
f.3re that the fathcrln-law had died ply
ei.'I wreck his fortune had been wasted and
bus factory passed into other hands
Prom that time naturally IT became OscaTs
pleasure t0 provide for Frau Orthesky, who
became o member of his household, which
was soon increased by the birth Of a daughter.
lie assumed the charge of the education Of
his nephew, q son of his dead brother
IL practical justice was meted lmpartally
I'm tins strange world Oscar should certainly
have met good fortune: the reverse was the
case. not long after the death OF Orthesky
his own father was suddenly stricken with
oplplexv. and after a brief illness died.
This calamity was quickly followed 10y the
discovery that poor Herr Josipopy had been
nv~gled in certain land speculauons, winch
seriously crippled ms capital, ana Hlaue ~
almost impossible for the son 20 successfully
conduct the business Oscar struggled long
and bravelv. but odds were against INN.
die could not compete with nl9 rivals IN
trade. and gradually did less and less IN busl-
ness until compelled 20 sell his plant for what
81 would bring. setting MS fanny III l go
.Xuensive locality. COsaky went 10 repair ms
fortune IN Vienna. and for time IL seemed
that he would succeed again 10 providing "a
suitable homo for his dear ones.
THY STRAIN TOO GREAT.
Pu+ IT appears that the continual strain had
been too much for Oscars mind. lie lost MS
capacity for intricate calculations and ms re-
CURED work and was compelled 90 resign MS
position Returning D. Budapest he was
forced TO accept humble employment as served
81 keep the wdf from the door even sucn
work was scarce. Rents being low az
Buda, across the Danube COsaky managed
during the last few years 10y some sort OF
fashion % keep her head and family above
the water About q year ago Oscar had good
Luck He succeeded i'm being appointed JAM
tor in one Of the largest tenement houses IN
the city All went we'll with these victims OF
il-tortune until few days ago, when nouce
was received from the landlord that he could
not afford to give the janitor apartments
sufficiently large for a family of SIX.
AVENGED THE oUTRAGEs or FATE.
Taking advantage Of the absence Of the
rnaly tenements on May day, and the quiet
ness q the house, Oscar proceeded 70 make
final protest against the outragos OF fate. Tie
crushed the skulls Of his wife and baby.
smOthered his daughter chopped of the
heads of mother-in-aw and nephew with an
axe. which be left lying on Frau Orthesky's
breast
oscar mechanically performed certain du-
ties about the house and then wpnded his
way 10 the Danube where his bodywos found
drowned.
Before committing the butchery Oscar
wrote letters t. the press and police, in which
be- told his sad story. adding, Leaving this
only home meant ruin TO all of us.
He described IN detail what be had done,
saving killing the victims had given HIM no
trouble. only the old woman resisting. be
begged that the bodies of the victims have
decent burial but that with his corpse they
might do whatever they pleased.