Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-27
Murder Followed By Attempted
Suicide at Omaha.
MRS ELLA RUDIGERS DESPERATE ACT.
The Tragic Climax Of Scandal in
High Life.
STORY OF CRIME AND SHAME.

OMAHA, Neb, Oct. 2.-The climax Of a
scandal in high life was reached last night
when Mrs. Ella Rudiger. a prominent and
handsome society leader. walked up to Hen
ry J. Reiser on busy thoroughfare of
South Omaha. fired bullet through his
brain and followed the murder with an ef-
fort at self-destruction.
The victim of the tragedy was a well
known young unmarried man and a men,
ber Of a number of popular Omaha So
cieties. He was connected with the man
agement of John Cudahy's packing inter-
ests IN Omaha.
Mrs. Ella Rudiger is the wife Of a we'll
known Omaha resident. who is also con-
nected with the Cudahy interests in this
city.
1t was s o'clock when three shots from a
heavy caliber revolver startled the hun
dreds of people passing the corner of 24th
and streets. Immediately following the
reports the bodies Of a man and woman
handsomely dressed fell to the pavement.
She was within a foot of her victim.
The first shot. she claims. was fred to
cause the young man to turn around, but
he did not turn. She then sent a bullet
into his body. The excited woman gazed
at her awful work and then placed the re-
Voiver at her head and pulled the trigger.
The ball graZed her hair and daZed her.
The woman talked freely of what she had
done and continually asked: rs he dead
YETI"
.'Yes, 1 shot to KILL" said Mrs. Rudiger.
1T was for my husband to do. but he would
not, and so l did it myself The wretch
has given me enough cause and / hope 1
have accomplished what 1 undertook"
The woman went on to relate some of
her experience with her victim.
Il have known Mr.. Reiser for about two
years, but Intimately for only about on :
year." she said.
Il loved the man at first, and do not
deny it.. My conduct has worked on my
mind until l concluded to make a clean
breast Of 1t to my husband. / did SO. /
then wanted Mr. Reiser to admit our rela-
tons to my husband: in order that he
fused to do. He denied everything to my
husband Reiser used to talk to me about
running away with him. but Of late he had
not l watched for him when he passed up
the street this evening. We met on a4th
street and talked for about thirty minutes
urged him to go to my husband and make
confession. but he refused point blank to
do so.
30 low. so vile and indecent that it
almost makes my blood boil to think
OF 1t. As We were about to separate
he again refused to make a confess
which ! had in my pocket. and fired 9ne
shot In the air, in the hope Of making him
stop. When he did not stop or turn around
fired to strike him. When he fell I
placed the weapon at my own head with
the intention of ending my life, and pulled
the trigger. am sorry did not succeed
No l am not either. I am too good wo-
man to die for such f1end as he was"
The woman wrote long letter a few
hours before the tragedy, in which she ex-
planned that her seducer's influence was the
result of mesmeric power. He had thus
introduced their illicit relations AMI she
could only break the spell by killing him,
which she preferred. She Is now In jail,
but declares that she will yet kill herself