The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-20
SHOT HIS TICKLE EMILE.
MAURICE DE CoRyEIIssEN THEN LAID
HIMSELF DEAD At HER FEET.

Come Vaciilntion, She Had Concluded
TO Return = Two Pretty French Boys,
One Dark, One Blond, Who Belonged
Wholly to Neither En,iiie Nor Corneiissen.
Less than two weeks ago good looking
young French woman. with two pretty little
boys. rented back room on the tor floor OF
tho French boarding houee Kept by Mme
Thuillard at 219 West Sixteenth street. She
said that she was Mrs. Emile Alexandra and
that her husband worked In Prince street.
where no was usually occupied ut night She
was a very quiet tenant and cooked her meals
at homo. Almost every day her husband
called to see her
There was also another man who came fire.
uuently. and he was known to Nine. Thuilard
and to others in tho house as Mr.. Cornelissen.
He was fine looking fellow. with brown hair.
a blonde moustache. and q military bearing.
He always seemed glad to see the children.
and frequently brought them toys. Mira Alex
andre explained that he was the father OF the
Oldest boy. and that he paid her So week for
taking care of the lad.
Yesterday afternoon the nne-looking man
called shortly before o'clock. and. after
a conversation with Mme Alexandra. shot
her with bulldog revolver and then turned
the weapon on himself. He was carried of. a
corpse, to the West Twentieth street police
station. and the woman Is dying at the New
York Hospital.
On the mans person were found q number
OF letters and long article written for publ
cation. In which the story OF his own life and
Of his intimacy with the dying woman are
told without reserve. Most Of his statements.
and especially those relating to his life in this
country. have been verified by Mr.. Louis Alex
andre the woman's husband. and others who
knew tho man.
He was Count" Maurice de Cornelissen.
and, according to his written statement. he
was born in Paris on Dec. %. 1862. His
mother was dressmaker. and was betrayed
by a French noblemau, who deserted her.
Later she met the Count Charles do Cornelis-
sen. q Belgian nobleman. who fell in love with
her and adopted her child. For some family
reasons he could not marry her, but she ADOPT
ed his name and lived on an estate near Tours.
called Les Rosters. She also had fine resi-
dence in Paris at bis Rue Bayard.
Maurice was educated by the Count at the
Jesuit College at Vanguard and later at the
college at Poitiers. When he left these places
he said he wanted to go to sea and had many
disputes with his mother. who desired him to
enter the army. He persisted. however. and
studied to enter the Naval Academy at Brest
where admission was finally denied him be-
cause Of his birth. After this failure he per-
suaded the Count to allow him to go 70
ss e%o and ves ssn HI h %cshsl
persuaded him to leave the sea and to
enter the Third Regiment of Belgian hancers.
with q young woman with whom he ,elopeed 70
America. landing in this city in October 1885
mother and dit It was a hard struggle to support
about a, year later. He taught Froneh in Bos;
az riding m asst or In several riding academies.
But gradually the woman love began to wnne.
eether erwin what e money he could and ali three re-
turned to Europe.
In London he deserted his wife, after giving
mother: There were further family difficulties
and IN 1891 he returned to this country with
take care Of the child. One Of those who an
swered the advertisement was, Nine. Emile
wh1 ssS she but 81
She told him later that she had been married
three months before to Louie Alexandra but
Corr coernelissen iiked the girl and engaged her
fiat in West sixty-third street. and the three
went there to live. Cornelissen supported them
on $40 week. which he received a. p pay fof
Corneiissen agreed to marry Emile il she would
SSoa Sd ss s "a; 's
sr ssasa STs i bu he Hs
dren. who talk sweetly in nothing but French;
In PHILADELPHIA Emile became Ill: and dog
The father tried to make money as travelling
photographer. but he had poor success. ond
e E Sefhe to h bad effect
lery sn tSs ReS@on % s road Il stSplstoa
business was still poor. and q few weeks later
Emile left him. taking the children. and came
N a fG shs sd
a the Hotel de FHyepir. i34 Prince street
to her; and Alexandra asked him what he
~: Il Tant to speak to that woman" he said.
>. You may may not; she is my wife" replied the
II don't care II she Is" said Cornelissen. II
have known her for a long while"
e a" n rsu1 se te ssn
then wanted her To- run away With nm to
ago she deserted him again. .l
gayS up bis sS.a st az a.
work as riding master at Durland's Academy
and also did some odd JOBS for photographer
dag aP III y. MSre Emile R
iren were living with her. and he still tried to |
persuade her to leave Alexandra and go to |
Europe with him. She persistently refused, |
and on Tuesday he told her that II she would |
not come he would kill her |
The woman became alarmed at this. and on |
he following day went to Jefferson Market
Police Court and secured summons for Cor |
aelissen. made returnable at o'clock this
Cornelissen had q package under
his arm with toys for the children He met
Nine, Alexandra In the hallway as he entered,
md greeted her pleasantly Nine Thnillsrd
Ice court summons. The landlady saw
he two converting, and discreetly re-
ired. She had hardly closed the door
when she heard three shots. She ran out and
Jaw the man lying across tho hallway on his
yall., with blood streaming down her face
ms sing around under the ear. had buried It.
elf In tho back OF the neck. She gasped. and
uddenly ran up stairs. She found the youngest
hid there. and picking II up rushed down
tairS again. She tottered into tho rear parlor
md fell fainttng on the sofa.
Maurice. the 5-year- old golden haired boy.
hots. and ran in to find his father dead on tho
loor; He looked at him. but did not under