The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-25

sizteen.yesr-ois Annie ~Ii-abiaas shoots
Herself In the Heart.

Annie Lindblade. 10 years old. OF 100 Wander
bilt street, Flatbush, committed suicide yester
day morning In the cellar Of her home by shoot
ing herself.
The girls father Is a fumigator for the Brook
Ign Board Of Health. lie Ia nearly distracted
over the occurrence, and the police, at the
famIly's request, have placed him under sur.
veillsnce because he was caught handling his
razors In a very suggestive manner.
Annie was q tall, slender girl, with n good
looking face. For some time she had been
studying under a tutor to pass the examinations
OF the Board OF Education.
According to the story told by Mrs. Lindblade
TO the police, Annie was In love with q young
man against whom her parepts had strong 90
jections. She persisted In keeping company
with him, and on Sunday afternoon she was
whipped for her disobedlence.
Later In the day Annie went out and did not
return until very late. Yesterday morning.
after returning home from shopping with her
mother. she took a pistol from her mothers bu-
rcau drawer and went into the cellar.
She then unfastened her dress waist and
Undertaking. aud lying down on the floor with
her head resting against a deal box she placed
the muzzlo OF the revolver against her left
breast and fired. The bullet passed through her
heart.
The friends and neighbors Of the Lindblades
say that the family laws all the blame on Joseph
Reitmeyer. a truckman, who with his wife and
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said. lie the young man whose attentions were
dlstasteful TO the father and mother. Mr.. Reit-
meyer said last evening:
and my wife have been friends OF the Lind
blades since they moved into Vanderbilt street.
about a year ago. As for the girl. | always
looked upon her as q child. and really never
thought much about her.
THE family say that / am 10 blame. 60 In self
defence | must make the following statement:
Annie and her mother have been In the habit OF
receiving a. the house a young coachman whom
they called Joe. although his real name | think
is jim. l don't know what his last name is.
was because MIR. Lindblade had told them
always came. when Lindblnde was out. aud
l suppose they selected joe because in
telling him who had been there while
he was away they could use that name and he
would suppose | had called. At any rate. last
Wednesday the girl gave me n photograph OF
herself and a silk muller for n Christmas gift.
These | put in a bureau drawer and thought no
more about them until Sunday. when my wife
found them. Learning who gave them to me.
she tore them up and sent the pieces TO Mrs.
Lind blade with a note.
when Mr.. Lindblade read my wife's note he
was very angry. because he had given Annie the
and he gave her a sound whipping. That after.
noon the girl ran away, and they had not found
her at 10 80 O'Clock that night.
whether they caught her with q man In
Atlantic avenue, as some reports say, or
whether she went home herself. | don't know,
but my wife saw the xirl out hopping with her
mother yesterday. The coachman who was in
the habit OF coming to the house used to board
with them before they came here"