The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-20
THREE SHOTS AT HIMSELF.
sUICTDE OF LOUIS r. AHoRsENTHAU
IN MADISON AVENUE HOTEL.

~. wire was ~ the Thsa,rs with = Frisud
,pd He was 60 Have Hesn OF che Party.
ant Hsd cot Hous Too Lsts-Hsd Heen
ssiIins New England Short, Apparently.
Louis r Morgenthau and his wife Minnie
had been living at the Graham House. Eighty
,inth street and Madison avenue. for q month.
hut no one there knew much about them. Mr..
Moreenthau was % years old. and was vague
4, cataloeued in the hotel as something in
wall street"
Mrs Morgenthsu IL an EnRlish,woman. Bhs
selebrated her twenty-secopd birthday on
Monday. and told the clerk about 1t. This was
Of general interest in the hotel because Mr..
Morgenthsu had repeatedly said that his wife
vas worth G160 900. and that her father had
made a fortune in the Kimberley diamond
mines The MorRenthaus had a friend in f
Noetzll OF the Bartholdl Hotel. and 1t was their
purpose to celebrate Mrs. Morg n thaus birth
dsy with theatre party.
Morgenthau, according 10 his wife. was born
In Msintz. and after receiving a university
training went TO London with his brother and
started in the wine business There he met
and married Minnie Rientezen. Mrs. Morgen-
thau said that any more Information about her
must be obtained ut Sons rset House. London.
where wills are registered. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
senthau came to New York on the steamship
Teutonic. which arrived on Nov 10. They
made Noetzlrs acquaintance aboard the ship
Mr. and Mira MorRenthau spent their first
night in New York at the Madison Avenue
Fotel. and then they went to the Graham.
They occupied one room In a wing o. the MOTEL
M Hoezi ocessiopsy saI hsSn on notieed at the
hotel that Mr. Morgenthau has been drinking
heavily. He sent this telegram to his vile on
Monday afternoon:
No o oe ehss shall come late Louis
Il is gathered from this that MorRenthau in
49, "A 70 IN HIS wife that ha Ind ROld
tintil she received that telegram Mrs. Morgen-
cab about ( o'clock and he and Mrs MoTgen-
reached the hotel about o'clock and did not
seem to be angry because his wife had gone
and had several drinks. Then he went to his
room. - =.
good night at the door. She nodded to the
night clerk. and went ID In the elevator to her
CLERK hsard Mrs. MoFSenthsu scfssm Think:
NJ &ss No &SrsenthsS was IS IL the han 'u n''''
MY husband 10 dead" she cried. " He has
Thinking that she was simply historical.
the night clerk led her to the parlS2,r and then
went IN hs
and trousers, sat In q rocking chair facing the
mirror In HE folding bed. His head rested on
on the right side OF his head. DIR. L. J. Palmer
OF ,343 Lexington avenue was summoned and
said that Morgenthau had been dead at least
an hour. There was bullet hole In the CELL
ing over the chair In which the dead man was
sitting and another bullet hole In the corner OF
the room. There were three empty shells in
the self cooking pistol in MorRenthau's hand.
Capt Pickett was unable to get any informa-
ton about Noetzli except that he was an ac-
ouaintanoe that the Morgenthaus had made
on the steamship coming over. Mrs. MorRen-
thau also said that she did not know anything
about her husbands affairs. They came to
this country. she said. on q pleasure trip and
Intended to go to Africa She has a brother
about Ii years old here.
The clerks at tho hotel said that Mr.. Morgen-
than was still interested In the vino business.
for he wanted to sell wine to the hotel. Mr.
Graham got back from the bank yesterday u
check for S25. marked IN. o." which Mr..
Morgenthau had given him for board. Mrs.
Morgenthau. however. said that she had plen-
IT, OF money.
Mr. q. Noetzli has been at the Bartholdi
Hotel for month. Mrs. Morgenthau sent for
him yesterday. and he arrived at the Graham
Hotel about 5 o'clock. He is about 80 years
old and seemed to be dazed by Morgenthau's
suicide. He said that no and Mrs- Morgsn-
THAI had waited for Morgenthau on Monday
nlght until $50. and then had gone to Roster
4 Balls He knew them only through meet
Ing thsm on the Teutonic, and he has several
times taken supper with them. Mr.. Noetzli
said that Mr.. Morgenthau hAbitually became
dependent after drinking heavily.