New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09
ONE DEADTHE OTHERINSANE
THEY BOTH SET FIRE TO THEIR HOMES.
woFFEL HANGS HIMSELF IL HIS CELL-BUCK-
HorZ GoFB CRAZY IN his.

woFFEL HANGS HIMSELF IL HIS CELL-BUCK-
HoIZ GOES CRAZY IN his.
when Bernard ToGel confessed in the Court Of
Oyer and Termlner on Tuesday that he was guilty OF
the crime Of arson he probably had laid careful plans
for suicide. for he succeeded In putting end TO his
life in his cell In the Tombs yesterday morning. He
confessed that he had set fire to bis home No. no
suolkt, in the hope OF getting $500 Insurance his
furniture. WoHel emanded for sentence on Juno
15 On his way back to tho TOmbs he said to Deputy
Sheriff whalen They think III give my friend away
before I'm sentenced but won't" He seemed to DO
IN cheerful mood whea he was taken TO cell No %.
on the second tier OF the prison, which he had occu-
pied since November 60.
He was seen 10 be asleep on his cot at midnight.
At q 80 q. m yesterday he was still on his cot and
seemed be sleeping soundly. Forty minutes later
bis lifeess body found hanging In the cell By
william Evers. q Gay keeper who making his
mOadUg rounds lie wis surprised that Woffel
failed TO greet him usual at the door OF the CELL and
he cslled through the grating, but received no reply
Then no unlocked the door and entered the cell. lie
found Worel's body swinging from pipe through
which fresh afr let into the cell at the The
body was still warm Evers said afterward that he
thought wofrel could not have been dead more than
ten minutes when the door Of the cell was opened.
The keeper cut the body down and called for
sstance. 1t was not until efforts had been made to
rsriscate wonel that the keepers could believe -
dead.
Woffel had hanged himself with ropc which he
evidently had made In his cell With the exception
Of piece Of clotheslnc. about ten inches long, the
rope was made Of small pieces OF Irvine. II was
nearly five feet in length and half an inch thick.
over $50 pieces of string had been braided together In
the rope. Woel must have spent hours in the braid
ing Of IT, and must have saved for the purpose every
piece Of cord which he could get.
Warden Fallon began investigation yesterday to
ascertain II any of his suboinaes had been guilty OF
careessness in permitting WoGel TO hoard up the sup
ply Of string. 1t is surprising that the Irvine was not
found either Wofels person, when he searched
before he sent to court Tuesday, in his CELL
which was search6d IN his absence.
woffels mother went TO the Tombs yesterday and
asked 70 her son. she seemed To be overwhelmed
with grief when she Informed of his death.
J. L. BuckhoZ, who was convicted last Friday, In
the Court of General Sessions Of arson In the first
degree for setting fire TO his home flat. at Ne 348
East Forty -ninthSt., and Is awaiting sentence.
became violently insane yesterday IN the Tombs. The
prisoner has protested his innocence from the first
and his excitement has greatly increased since
his conviction that his mind is completely unlnged.
II has been found necessary to him so that
his limbs are strictly confined. His wife has just
gwen birth to child and this has probably increased
III, mental sufierngs. She az the Tomhs yester.
In a lysteIical and half-crazed condition.
Buckholz 70 have been sentenced tomorrow,
but In all probability commission Will be appointed
to inquire Into his mental condition.