The evening world., 1894-08-18
SHOT A WOMAN
AND HIMSELF.
William 4 Vosel, Son 81
Clothier Henry Yoeel,
a Suicide
Miss BARTLETT his VICTIM.
She Was Living with Him and
BE Was Jealous of . Man
in the House
ONLY RECENTLY 'DIvORcEn
Miss Bartlett Used q aatksss q
a Shield Against More
Bullets. IS
ONLY RECENTLY ,DIyoRcen.


son Of Henry Voge.. the big c.othier, Of
$40 AMI 225 Third avenue, attempted "a
murder the woman with whom he livei
and then killed himself In the boarding.
house l23 East One Hundred and six
teenth street q few minutes before
o'clock this afternoon,
The woman he attempted to XIII b
Louisa b. Bartlett, thirty-two year,
old. a handsome blonde. who 10 said d
have come here from Boston. a
Miss Bartlett was removed 70 tn
Harlem Hospital with bullet q
the lower part Of her spine, and II h b.
lieved that she will not recover.
Vogel was married some years, ana
about three weeks ago his wife pro.
cured divorce, Miss bartlett, e
said. being named as correspondent.
Mrs. Emily Robertson. who kegs ~
boarding house on One Hundred anl
Sixteenth street. was In her sittipg.ropa;
at Lbo o'clock this sfteEnoan Nh4n.fss
heard the, report Of p nuaabuf - pfGS9
shots After moment OF silence ~
heard scream from Miss Bartistt.
II am shot! 1 am shotr' she cried.
| Mrs. Robertson was too much ffigft,
|
covered her presence Of mind Edward =,
Johnston. Of liz East One Hundred ana
Eighteenth street, who had been sittine
in a bootblack's chair across the street
rushed into the house and upstairs to thu
front room on the second floor.
| He found the room In great disorder
t In one corner of the apartment close b,
the wardrobe he saw Miss Bartletti
lying beneath a mattress. which
/ she had pulled from the bed. and tbs
I body OF Vogel lying on the mattress.
! vogel was already dead. Johnston
dragged the body onto the carpet, Their
he pulled the mattress on Of Miss Bart,
lett and assisted her to arise. She waf
In gerat agnoy and hysterlcal.
/ She said that Voge. had got out OF bel
shorty after noon. and that shortly be-
fore the shooting she followed. As she
approached the wardrobe he was stand,
ing on the other side Of the bed. which
stood In the centre OF the room. WhIls
her back was turned he fred at her
The first bullet missed her. bat the sec,
ond Edged In the lower part OF the .spire
She screamed and turning caught thu
pulled It over her. He fired, and tie
shot lodged in the wall over the nantet
piece.
Miss Bartlett said she heard two mors
shots, and then vogel exclaimed az b
threw himself on the mattress:
See. Louise. ! am dead!"
Sss on mao ns w VIZ his s.sr one
the left and the other In the right side.
When Policeman Lawrence L. Har
pref. of the East One Hundred and
the scene. Miss Bartlett told him ths,
she had quarreiled with vogei at tbs
house this morning.
tons to young man who Is q lodge,
in the same house. This man, she said
is employed as q clerk In the Comp
trolieps once. His name could not Be-
Miss bartlett told the policeman thai
during her acquaintance with yogel h
had threatened to kill her at least foui
times. ~
One Of the occasions was when the,
were stopping in milwaukee,.
w Srs E rspsrtsr that 81. az Sssa
, acquainted with yosel about three weeks
ago. She came there, she said. with
Mss Bartlett: a, and in nroaSS her =.
nicely furnished room. Mrs. Robertson
gave him the front parior which Is very
: Handsomely furnished. They Remained
one morning Yogel said he had re,
ceived an invitation from his sister fol
f; himself and wife to spend q few day
, at the seashore. M
Vogel and the woman went away with
a promise from Mrs. ROBERTSON that shs
I would reserve the room for him on hi
return.
f.; Vogel came back witu Miss Bartlett
) last night They ordered a botti,
OF brandy. and Mrs. Robertson says Is,
: heard no further from them until tn
!. fusillade OF pistol shots this afternoon.
I; Mrs. Robertson also stated that Will
/, Vogel and the woman she supposed wa
his wife remained in her house the,
! conducted themselves in an exemplar.
manner.
4 The revolver with which Vogel did IN
E shooting was a six-chambered bulldog
y; evidently brand new. for when the po
4 liceman picked It up It stiii bore IN
o The unfortunate mans father. Henr
n Vosel, who lives at IS East Eighty
third street. has been communicate
d with. The body still lies where II IA
/; In a pocketbook discovered In n
4 dead mans coat was newspaper eiiI
!. ping con eaining the notice Of the sci
vice OF divorce papers In the case q
!; vogel and his wife. Adele. IL state
Z that on March % last William II. yogs
had been served With the papers issle
!; In the Superior Court by Judge Gildtl
) Another clipping bore no date. ~
y stated that the divorces had 30