The evening world., 1893-11-22
LAST EDITION
A DOUBLE SUICIDE,
Mrs. Antonio Ledesky Bangs
Herself in the Parlor.
Her Daughter Fanny Cuts an
Artery in Her Arm.
Before Eleediny to Death She vroeo
10 Her brother to Call.

A dou5le suicide occurred in the big
arartincnt-housC. 90 East Eighty-sev-
enth street, some time early this MORN
Ing
Mrs. Antonio Lcleshy, aged sixty
eeven ears, hanged herself to u gas
fixture In tho centre Of the p,rlor.
Miss Fanny Leiesky, th.rty-hve years
old. the only daughter OF the Older wo-
man. committed suicide b. cutting an
artery in her left arm with n razor. /.
Mother and daughter had been in this
country fourteen years. with them. UNI
I'll five years ago, lived Mrs. Lcdesky's
son OTTO, who now has a furniture
store at gor Seventh avenue. He IL
married and ,ives over the store.
Fam" Lcdc3!;y n1rred n living for her
self and mother by making PASSENGER
terie trimmings and giving music lea
sons.
About 10 O'Clock this morning Otto re-
ceivei u letter from his sister Fanny
telling him to call at the house this
morning. where he w1uld find the door
open, and he would also ind some trou-
bic.
The Letter read sc follows:
"FicAse excuse me Tor the trouble I
have mad for you. You will find out
on coming this morning, FANNIE"
On entering tho from; room N was
Mortified to see his moth IRIS body hang
ing in the centre of the room.s-
In tho room adjoining. where the
family did their cooking. he found hfs
sister sitting in = large easy chair. dead
A razor lay on the floor by her side.
A china wash bowl stood on the noor
containing some blood which ad run
from a big wound in her arm.
The son rushed to the E1st Eighty
eighth street police station and reported
the facts.
To an Evening World reporter later
nc said there could he 10 other reason
assigned for the tragedy than that his
mother had been seized with a ft OF
melancholia such as she was subject to,
and arising some time early this morn
ing without her daughters knowledge.
hanged herself.
Fanny. he thinks, must have awakened
and discovered her mother In the parlor
dead.
Size then. Otto believes, got a razor
and ended her own life.
The mother slept in a bedroom adj
joining that of her daughter near the
rear of the fiat. Both beds had been
occupied.
The indications ere that Fanny after
getting the razor slipped on a silk waist
and white skirt. Her shoes were on. but
not buttoned.
Blood on her bed indicated that h
lay there when she cut her arm with the
razor and that she must have dragged
herself to the kitchen and seated her
self in the armchair to bleed to death.
Mrs. LedeShy, in her melancholy mo-
ments had often been heard to say that
she would take her life.
Fanny told hor mother on these oc-
c~as'ons that II the old lady took her life
Fanny would be sure to follow her.
Miss Fanny was heard by the neigh
bors singing at ll.30 last night.
\ little later there were three queer
cries, supposed 20 hav been made by
the girl.
The clock on the mantel in the parior
was stopped AT ll.56.
The widow had 10000 forms when she
came to this country.
The family WEI still in comfortable
circumstances.
A Coroner's permit was granted to
Undertaken Hatton. of 500 East Thirty
seventh street, who began preparing the
bodies for burial.
The Leleskys attended the Presbyte-
rian Church, at Lexington avenue and
Eighth street.