The evening world., 1893-09-21
WITH HER BABE At A WINDOW.
Pauline Werebach Threatens to
Leap from a Midwife's House.
Butcher Wolfe Says 1t IL q Case Of
BlackmniI.

Pauline wercbach. a widow. was taken
to Bellevue Hospital early to-day ap.
uHrently insane and - prisoner.
charged with attempted suicide.
The ambulance took her from
the East Fifth street police
station She had flvc-days-old hoy
baby. She wanted to jump from the
fourth story window OF a nidwirc's
apartments ut NJ seventh street.
Tho woman is thirtv-six years old.
Her husband Is said to be dead. She
ago l'ntil short time age she
Bauer. at 16s Fast seventy seventh
street. Nearly three weeks ago shs
went TO Mrs Angerbauer, midwife, OF
W Seventh street. Her baby was born
Policeman Klein was at tirst avenue
and Seventh street at 40 A NJ. to-day
when man told him that q woman
ns t" lur rem muse, tme T Klein ran an
| there and saw Mrs. Worehach leaning
far out Of the fourthstory window with
her baby in her arms. She seemed to
street. The policeman called to her and
"If you don't hurry up and get me ,
out Of here II, throw nv h sSsy s aETn
Klein raped on the street door. which
was opened by a tenant downstairs.
He went. up for the woman, but met
| they reached the sidewalk the woman
suddenly tore herself away and ran
down the street Klein caught her at
! Avenue A. and took her to the station
house with her infant
| An ambulance was then called. The
surgeon said that the woman WAS I'M
dcoubtcdly insane She was taken ken to 10th, Inc
believe that the woman wanted to
jump out of the window, and charged
her with attempted suicide. Midwife
Werebach some timea ago caused the ar.
rest OF IA well-to-do west-side butcher OF
the name OF Wolfe, whom she accused
Of being the, the father o OF her child Dor she he
give her $500 to settle the case. She
engaged lawyer Of the name OF Wag.
nor, and gave him So to take charge OF
Worriment over her troubles doubt
ing strangely since her child was born
S Snse "a an ondax With her bnsy Su
was prevented. She said that the law
Yer was not looking out for her inter
est
room when the widow got up this morn.
Ing.
MIR. Wolf is proprietor of q meat
market at $50 Sixth avenue. He Is a
Rood-looking young man. and Is said &c
he wealthy and well known among mer
about town
When told OF Mrs. Werebach's NOV.
Ing adventure and the story she had told
to Mrs. Angerbauer. he said that Mrs
| Werebach had simply been making d
big blum at suicide TO brighten him.
she commit suicide!" he said will
n laugh. "She gets toe much fun out
of life to do that.
IT'S another case Of blackmail.' HI
continued. Her husband left her lont
ago. Last Spring she made a charge
against me. and II was dismissed aftel
n trial in Special Sessions. At thai
trial 1t was developed that she didn
know whether her husband was Twin,
or dead.
"She often threatened to make a scan
dial In order to get money out of me. ant
now she has tried 1t. Her game is YER!
plain. After this notoriety she will tr,
to get 81 900. which she has demanded.
Miss Augerbauer. a daughter OF tn
midwife, who has been acquainted will
Mrs. Werebach for two years. said tina
she too was of the opinion that the in
tention OF the young mother was 4
frighten Wolf.
Wolff is rich. you know" she salt
land Mrs Werebach wanted him t
marry her: She told me last year, o
plans she had laid to capture him. bu
] guess she missed 1t. She would hav
been satisfied to get 900 and suppos
that's what she is after now"