New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-17

BERNHARD WEINBERGER ATTEMPTS Io
KILL HIMSELF ~ WASHINGTON.
PLACING ErrBEE TUBE N HIS MOUTH. THE
EAST sIrE MONEY BROKER INIIALE> GAS
rorXn UNCONSCIOUS WILL PROB
,rLY RECoYEE-THE NEWS Ar

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rorvn UNCONSCIOUS WILL PROB
,r1Y REcoyEE-rHE NEWS AT
MS HOME IN THIS CITY
,..,.,,,,,o, Sent lG-Bernhard Weinberger, an
~, sil. ~rw-York banker, attempted to COM
,, ,,,.i1. in this city last night by inhaHng gas
,v.,,h.roor came to Washington two days ago
and REGISTERED at the Mount Vernon ho'e' u,"e'
"a. name of Fred Klein OF Brooklyn ~ !. ihere
,,,s nothlng peculiar about the mans actlons "ne"
M ,,tir.-l last night. His plan of self-destructoh
, 49,, elaborate one, but will probably prove un-
successful. -, ,,,,
II used 4 roll Of cotton to stop up the cracks
about the door and facing to prevent the escape
of gas from the room. Then the WINDOWS "e,e
.,t,I. closed and rubber tubing was attached 10
IN. gas let and stretched to the ped Inc s"'
,,,s then turned Removing all MS ''o'ii'"s
'',c.r, his undershirt, he lay upon the pea ana
,lI I'm. end of the tube in his mouth. AS the
- oued his lungs ne became unconscious ana
.ick droppiug the end of the pipe from MS mouth
,,out o o'clock in the morning the oior OF gas IN
the halls attracted attention anu Ne'iipeis - re
f',,nI unconscious. lie soon showed sisis ., lS
turning consciousness, ana was taken 10 ''e r''ri e.
g,ncy Hospital wlrr. hrr"c ~ ~ a. now thought
sorted to by the PhysiciahS - - ''"
that ne is out of danger. ~, ,nossad 10 tho
Wclnberger left two letters one adLressen 10 M bne
c,r,n.r giving his correct name, ana hshllE .hdl
otlical 10 inform susanna Weinberger NO. 20 ras
Tenth-st New-York Of thf 70 "H "NewYork; also to
n ~, H~ or his brother his watch and ring: they
MD nav eXDcnseS The other letter was ad-
dressed To- Susanna Weinberger rms letter was
saal lad He had only Il SInan amount oi noHcJ III
his pockets. including several foreign ,Tihoo CONS
can at the hospital to learn from WSlnperEer
his reasons for the act was answered py the state
mont that he was unable to carry on conversation
Rernard Weinberger, who mysterlousy dlsap-
n.ared on August Il. banker and broker at
~ 80 Crand-st No - EsseX-st and No. 32 East
Unuston-st and was also knew as president OF
the Eagle Dstillery Company" Of No. So Monroe
st becoming. as 1t was said pressed for money.
he went away announcing that he was going TO
Hamburg to collect large sum of money trom his
brother Karl. Some time after his departure. his
manager Moses Hlrschdorfer. also disappeared His
depositors. mainly Polish Hebrews. who are said
to have contded between $4,000 and 100000 to his
Keeping then became suspicious OF wrong and being
establishments When last week. his safes were were
opened they were found 10 be empty. MeanWIne
his brother naw. Louis NickelberE, OF san r rair-
cisco came TO New York and the day after ms az .
rival the dstillery company suspehaeu I'D ~ tele
stated by Weinberger's family that letters ana e.s
grams had been received from him dated at fiaf''
Last evening "A Tribune reporter called a, an, ,rie
house No 22j East Tenth-st Neliiuei - I'D nm
ments are on the second floor, wnere ne SIIdran
ost~ntafiously with his wife and three c'l'uIe nj
Mrs Weinberger could not De sen, ,nhor%@r a snid.
io h. IN I'm bed from worry Mr. Nickeiper@S @ Svr S't'u q
The reported suicide OF my pnhathor tb@ man
,oe.n1ttoned in the dispatch Is ME- NelhpeE5sII VI
moi He may be- II Is true tnat ne WIZ ~ i Ia
huro and we have heard nothhs, lIoil. mn .ho
his hrother Karl telegraphed on ssPye,i,oef 'n~'
he was on his way back 20 Ne"AA'