The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09
KRONCKES- FATAL BULLET.
IT Vas FIRED AFTER "A QUARREL
BOU HIS SISTER.

Ne Took The Pistol Up stairs fren ne Ne,
Amer the 0nsrrei hsa stsrtsA. but h
efsts ne Dia.'t Know ~ was Lesses
Frederick Rroncks. the wflismsbursh
saloon keeper. who shot his wife, Wilhelmina,
n the right temple on Friday afternoon Al
their home at 500 Wyths Avenue. was ar.
saigned in tho Leo Avenue Police Court yes-
tsrday on q charge OF murder. He was desthly
pale and could hardly stand.
LAWYERS Robert Payne and z Ii.
Eoehler entered o plea Of not guilty for him
and demanded IN examination tomorrow.
Mr.. Payne asked permission OF Justice Goet-
ting for Kroncko to see the body Of his wife.
The request was granted. and Kroncke. hand
cuffed to two policemen and followed by four
moro policemen. was taken to the Eastern Dis
trict Hospital. where the body Of his wife lay
inthe basement. When Kroncke looked at 1t
his face turned an asben hue and he would
have fallen forward but for . policeman who
held him By one arm. After looking at the
body in silence he pstted the checks several
times and said: My poor wife: my good
Nina"
He asked II the funeral would DO held from
the hospital. The police were unable to toll
him. When the party left the building Kroncke
said: ~ have moi. luck any more" He was
WsSon. and alter alter being aHnestiensd b. suppsrin.
tsndsnt Of Police campbell be was taken to
Drummer. who assisted, the kronckes during
!. .pSsss' as si% frs sysrT sd ksi,s Am nis e 3 soa1d fne
the shooting and heard Kroncke and his wife
Sus.tioned BY m'! Ju stHs1c Go estHle vi Mrs 81 Br aaH
nsr had got over the shock she received when
kroncEe. dying and the baby she had been
purslng lying on the floor covered with blood.
@ @snt a g5s sisiss t ssid i,r that .im wh !" na M,s t Ss0 Ssss
her husband followed a minute afterward and
ned Mrs. drummer. and said to me-: I've had
enothsr quarrel with him about bis sister
1 ssGsq red. ' as Il ieT had 10 BEEN crying. The BABY
began TO cry again. and Mrs. kroncke told her
G hs' sSiG hs shs TO Ss "a. S9I n t Sn STORE .taT:. e She nu5 sish E;
been stAndlns at the end q the bar went be;
;.ss his pcstst: and then saw Si@
s snd put IT i si 6is back e@ pock Ct IL ass salls sif ksI!
ierman to the bar and told him to tend the
up. stairs. and, 10 a few minutes ]. heard him
talking angrily to his wife. and then q shot
, Hsf ,lf x. vI Mhf from | rt sSe p fnod ArS WSs.. w .ss I n.s
she G%oulsn,t answer me; KFoncke told ne
snds n fn aiaf tLe m nisiol 10 %a nI Iond h,s "''e' "s 10
Miss Gaugh said she heard the shot and ran
luLO inc Eltcnen. hrOncke began 10 cry, ana
said to her: I'm awful sorry l did this"
Mrs Brunner and Miss Gaugh were paroled.
and Kellerman wns remandod until to-mor-
row as o witness.
Coroner Dreamer. after empanelling q jury
yesterday, ordered an autopsy. which was held
In the afternoon by DR.. Frank J. Fresl. The
body was then removed to the woman's home.
from which the funeral will take placs to-day.
Ella kopZ. a sister OF Mrs. kroncke, said
yesterday that too much mother.in-law was
the cause Of the trouble between Kroncke and
Fine krOQCke'S mother tried 70 DrAyail Nnon
the dead woman to have her sister-in-law.
kroncke's sister. live in the house. but that
Mrs. Kroncke refused.
Tho house in which the shooting occurred
has been regarded as unlucky for many years.
Old residents OF the neighborhood said yes
to-day that soon after the house was built q
man shot his wife In the same room where
Mrs. Kroncko was shot. The ownor Of the
house. Martin Althans. committed suicide BIZ
hanging himself three years ago. at his home
IN Broadway. .Williamsburgh. During the
last ten years 1t Is said that more than twenty
AAloQn keepers have failed in tho place.