New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-06
A MOTHERS MAD CRIME.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

SHE GIVES POISON TO HER CHILDREN. KILLS
ONE. WOUNDS ANOTHER AND SHOOTS HERSELF.
| Insanity was believed 10 have caused tho shock
ing crime Of IA mother in the fat-honse NO III
West Sixty-eghth-st. yesterday. Mrs. Fannie
Kern fed olson TO her two children and then s'iot
Them wounding OF them fatally. She fms ID
her bloody work by shooting herself twice in the
breast, infctng dangerous wounds.
William H. Bellamy the secretary Of the Re-
publican County Committee, lives in the second
story Of the flat-housc The flat on the third
floor has been occupied several months by Ernest
Korn. tea and ,ofrre merchant at No. Isl
DuaneAt.. his wife and her two children by 4
former marriage. Edwin Warning, thirteen years
old, and Florence Warning, six years old Mrs
Korn's first husband William Waring, died in
IIoboken three years ago Sic was then thirty
years old Before Ter first marriage she
Miss Ernger. her parents being Hebrews. living
IN Tcrrc fIau,e Ind. Her aunt is said to live in
East SiXtytourth-st in this city. 1t was re-
| ported yesterday that she lived with Korn in
Brooklyn for a time after their marriage The
| family lived quietly in the house in Sixty eighth
St. and attracted little attention from the other
families there. The fiat in which the family
lived was well furnished.
| Soon after p. m Yesterday Edwin Waring
ran down stairs 10 the rooms Of the Janitor in the
basement Of the house, and said he had been
shot Blood was flowing from wound in his
,eg John McCann the jantor, asked who had
shot him.
Il won't tell said the boy, but something
is the matter in our fiat"
McCann ran into the street and shouted for the
police. Two policemen followed him into the
| house and went mp TO the fiat where the shooting
| had been heard Mrs Korn found in the
dining-room reclining in a chair and holding her
hands to her breast She had shot herself twice
in the left side with a revolver that lay on the
floor. On lounge in the room lay tn" little girl
Florence. Censelcss and apparently dying. The
mother had shot the girl through the body.
One Of the policemen and the anitor took the
hoy and girl to the police station in Sixtyeiyhth-
ST.. and a call was sent for an ambulance from
| the Roosevelt Hospital Police Captain Smith
went TO the fiat house and talked TO Mrs Korn be-
fore the ambulance arrived. She said TINT she
had been suffering from nervous trouble and
thought she might die Her first husband was
dead she added, and she did not want his children
to h" left in the Of her second husband.
"ITavc you a servant - she was asked.
NO." she replied. Il could not keep a girl.
because did not want my husband to be too at
tentivc TO her.
She told how she had tried to kill her children
| and herself. She had soaked some matches in
water and made paste with the poisonous mix
turc Soon after noon she had told the children
that they were troubled with worms and must
take some medicine which she had prepared for
them. They swallowed small doses Of the poison
with wry faces and refused 10 take more. As the
poison seemed to have no effect she took revolver
which was in the house and shot az her son Edwin,
intending to kill him lie ran ont OF the sitting
Al. Tb., s<tn harI fla
daughter Florence. and the child fell senseless
on the floor. Sh" placed the girl on the lounge
kissed her and then shot herself
| On the table in the dining room WIS en-
velopr, on which was written. TO who finds
| this. please open" Captain Smith opened the
envelope. and found the following letter which
the woman had written
"Ncw-York May ), ls03-Who finds this let
ter hope will that this is carried ont TO
my last wish, and trust God will forgive mo for
| this. ms have been suffering what call tortur"
since August. Ny head seems as il II were split
ting If 7 had never met this man. my husband
this would never have happened lie is the cause
| Of il all | have no rest anywhere | 90. | am
| afraid Of him, he acts so queer Some one must
lool; after him. His head is not right. either. II"
saws it pains HIM terribly DR. B"ards"y. in
Brooklyn. examined him. AZ any rate. my life
for two years has been perfect hell with him.
am sorry to axe this expression. bnt il Is true
| would not be in this state ii il wer" not Tor
him Nv aunt, I hope will see that We arr look"i
after. and if We die beg that this last wish Of
mine will be carried ont. not To lay lis on lee. ~
| dread 70 be laid on ice Oh tod hop will
forgive me for this. but fear | can't last much
longer II is a pity as I have everything heart
| wishes for only not health or happiness ana
love children so dearly cannot leave them
Ia1 IL