The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-06
A SWISS SAILORS CRIME.
KILLS HIMSELF lFTER FATALLY
SHOOTING A f-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

SHOOAh@'U n ~ M
Ht wrote Previously to His Mothsr sNst Ne
Was Tired ot Li~Iug, ard would Ne in
Heavea sy the TIrae she Got lIi- Letter,
Fritz Nolte . Swiss saloT. aged 40 years.
shot and MORALLY wounded Clara Freund. The
14-year-old daughter Of Charles Frnund at
her home at p5 Vermont avenue. Brooklyn,
| yesterday, and then shot and killed himself.
The murder aud suicide were evidently pre-
meditstsd. for this note. written By Nolte to
his mother. was found in his pocket after the
| tragedy:
M, Lous. Note No fG Ausr,d,t,-. Ba,1 Ssisr'a1i;
On the receipt OF this will be In heaven. l
wish you good luck and good health. l
COULDN'T do anything else.
Your ungrsteiul son."
The note. Il seems was written few min
utes before the shooting occurred.
Nolte was unmarried. and had been in this
country for ten or twelve years. For the past
tWo years he had been employed on . cosling
steamer between New York and Boston. and
during that period. while absent from the yes
sci. he boarded with the Freund family. Clara
was an attractive girl. with dark hair and
eyes, and looked two years older than she
really was. Nolte, II is believed. had long been
in love with the girl. and had annoyed her with
his advances. although so far as known she
had made no complaint to her parents. while
his conduct toward her in the presence OF the
other members OF the family had not attracted
any unfavorable notice by the girls parents.
For some time Clara has been assisting In
the support OF the family and helping Janitor
John Brush to do the cleaning in Public School
No. 40. in Wyona street. While abe was working
in the school on SATURDAY. afternoon Nolte. who
had been stopping at her house for four or Ave
days, called there to see her. The girl was
alone ut the time and was sweeping out ono OF
the school rooms when Nolte caught her in his
arms
She screamed and ran down stairs to the
basement. where colored man named Henry
was at work. Nolte followed. When the girl
saw him. she appealed to the negro to protect
her. This. enragsd Nolte. and he drew a re-
yolver and threatened to kill the negro II he
dared to interfere. The latter seized a. shovel
to protect himself and Nolte then hurried out,
still muttering threats against the girl and
had frequently torn ented her. but that she
was afraid to tell her pa rents about it;
incident at the school Both were surprised
that, almost from the. time he had first come
to the house. Nolte had been annoying her
Iii .p sRe made
Nolts remained at the house al SUNDAY. and
mqst have no,i s TIE change In the manner
parents had decided not 20 admit him to the
house on his return from his next coaling trip
went out early in the evening and did not re-
turn until late at night. when all the members
OF the family had gone to bed.
He did not appear yesterday morning until
after FTeund had gone to work In the Broad
pIoysd Tor several years, About II o'clock he
came into the kitchen, where Mrs. Freund was
xs ssSy K her U % sh ss
Mrs frsana Notss sf roauest CARA l0 8ss
gAn M for N nj mt 0f haaF nd nn haF rat
Eolte and the two women drank It. Mrs
Freund then went down stairs to the yard to
She had not been absent more than fys or ak
inutes when Nolte sprang from his chair and
s Clara q a: f her sG H.
uck aToDDsS hs. baby tnd rushed 70 clsIns
er:d bullet thI0Sfh e.. lei, side q the girl:
sesi nS that II the Suye, had taken effect he re-
parently, dead. instantly he, put the 10 uzzle Of
the revolver In his mouth and; holding his head
simultaneously there was another shot. the |
mans throat: Note now fell dead at the side
Mrs Freand had heard the shots in the
place. Police Sergeant Reynolds and several
officers from the Liberty avenue station were
Moundsd girl to s. Nays H hsI
The doctors said that her condition presluded
they gave no hope Of her recovery ''' "1
M0ltss body stu lay d on n the GSo5 Thsn Ar
restrained from jumping on IL and throwing 1t
out OF the window. He was fairly beside HIM
self until the body had been removed to the
:. The brief letter to his mother which the po-
lice found IN the suicides pocket was ell the
explanation he had left behind him.