The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-09
HAD SAID HE'D SHOOT HER.
CHARLES & QUACKENBUsH CARRIES
OUT Hrs 1HREAT

CHARLES 4 QUACKENBUsH CARRIES
OUT Hrs 1HkEAE
Ne Send. q Bullet Into HIS w,ss,s Mead
and Then Kins nimself-A Hum Crank
who Was Kindly Dealt with By courts.
Charles 8. Quackenbush. formerly OF Al
bany. who was arrested In Newark some time
ago for threatening to kill his wife. returned
to his home there from Montreal at o'clock
last night and shot his wife and himself He
died instantly and she is In st. Michael's Hos
pltal with bullet in her brain.
While Quackenbush was in Albany he lived
a life Of leisure. having inherited considerable
money from the estate OF his father. who had
been Mayor OF Albany and was wealthy
man. Quackenbush had a wife and three
children. and when in his cups he made their
lives miserable. He frequently threatened to
kill his wife. and was once prevented from
| running a sabre through her. He went to
Newark over year ago and took fve-room
| fiat at ISL Warren street, furnishing 1t rather
mcanly and living there with his wife and
children when he was In Newark. but often
going away for weeks at a time.
| One day during October he returned from
Albany and showed bundle Of bonds to his
wife. He left the house and started for the
Market street station Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. His wife followed him and overlook
him In the street. accusing him Of an inten-
| tion to desert her. He struck her and knocked
her into the arms OF hackman. at the same
| time drawing revolver and threatening
to shoot her. Police Commissioner Currier.
who happened to be there. took hold OF him
and argued with him until Patrolman Cornell
came up and disarmed him. He was taken to
Police Headquarters where he said he was
gentleman" and was AZ years old. He was
| mi AZ with Conno1l and fold him
the third he had bought to kili his wife With.
remained there nearly week before Lawyer
Horace y Kenny took w hts case and procursd
sn1S WIS again IT. S
H. 81 NJ Ell sss s5ss:ss
to keep luacEenbush away from Newark un-
the day q The trial MhSh was set tSr We'd
se VIII ana Ne a!aS
81 boeds and
cages for about $1,000 to his wife Annie for
Sn pss: 3 ouaskenbush wrote to his wife
essn and n tse S snG e sad tho other three
Srt hs re sny there seRs yea VIII
e25 ST. St. james anne IS st rect rect Montreal. p u ''
On the following day no sent a telcgraphic
2 box. Also the three o4iidTen Vow stay
Mrs. ouackenbpsh was worried about the
messages. but did not send the clothes OF, the
dsa sss soS ss st W lila os
es to
her usband would be back. At the same time
policemen on the Warren. street beat were told
aariss to ssrn II he hsa Tesurned The
sR al Sy s and was in
baS sRs EN- to sboS ba
O'clock ia the sftsrnoon and vent to McDer-
fe ths ocs sha
turn at 8 O'clock. He had been drinking then.
and probably he drank considerabis more be.
him that that osaeks bush bush was desd TheIs We're
and at hat IS H1oWn Of the tasss
is what the other tenants heard. The Qnack;;
Lauder occupies the first door and an English
man lives on the TOP moor; 9nsck e pa IS
the stairs . Expecting. trouble. tho neishbors
were, listening. and their expectations came
As soon as he entered the room he. began to
roar at his wife and the three children. The
youngest. girl Of Z, began to cry Az instant ant
mIss ssst; ran and hs9xI s Police
Xestisate r. matter: Detective Carroll ap ana
going UP Stairs they found Mrs OuacEenbush
the hand r with
hack. OF her left ear Carroll entered
re Kitchen and saw ~. s2uacksntb Hn lying
instant to assure him that the man was dead.
and but few m e. t the
sass and Sa
%sn fss The sanE
bond and mortgage for $500, and q lot q
shs
his risto! in his mouth and pulled the trigger;
Another bullet wound could not be found. but
In r. sd te
knew nothing about the shooting. beesuse they
shots were fired and were afterward taken w
Issht Tss en heavy s
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erty: He yrs quite well behaved and
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+ iirematurely aged by hard work and his abuse
He gparrelled with her continually. and sh.
many times She could never got rid Of thu
. Impression that he would kill her some day.
I said, but a flend when drunk" They wsrl
married in Albany more than twenty year.
, The motive for the shooting is supposed t.
. be merely his rage at her lot not sending n,
moment he entered the room he began to re