The evening world., 1894-08-18
SHOT A WOYAN
AND HIMSELF.
William 4. Yoesl, Son Of Henry
Voeel, Of Yogel Brothers,
a Suicide.
MISS BARTLETT THE VICTIM.
She Was Living with Him and
Hs Was Jealous Of q Man
in the House
ONLY RECENTLY DIVORCED.
Miss Bartlett Used a Mattress as
a SHE'D Against More
Bullets.
ONLY RECENTLY DIVORCED.

William H. Vogel. thirty-two years old,
son Of Henry Vogel, Of the big clothing
firm OF Vogel Brothers. at Forty-second
street and Eighth avenue, attempted to
murder the woman with whom he lived
and then killed himself in the boarding
house l23 East One Hundred and Six
tenth street, a few minutes before
o'clock this afternoon.
The woman he attempted to kill is
Louisa b. Bartlett. thirty-two years
old, a handsome blonde, who Is said to
have come here from Boston.
The Bartlett woman was removed to
the Harlem Hospital with bullet In
the lower part Of her spine, and 1t is be-
lieved that she will not recover.
vegel was married some years, and
about three weeks ago his wife pro-
c,iysd divorce, the aBrlett woman, 1t Is
said, being named as correspondent.
Mrs. Emily Robertson. who keeps the
boarding house on One Hundred and
Sixteenth street, was In her sitting-room
at l50 o'clock this afternoon when she
heard the report of a number of pistol
shots. After a moment of silence she
heard a scream from the Bartlett wo-
man.
1T am shot! am shotw she cried.
Mrs Robertson was too much fright
cred to go upstairs, and before she re-
covered her presence of mind Edward F.
Johnston, of 172 East One Hundred and
Eighteenth street, who had been sitting
In bootblack's chair across the street,
rushed into the house and upstairs to the.
front room on the second floor.
He found the room in great disorder.
In one corner of the apartment close by
the wardrobe he saw the Bartlett
woman lying beneath a mattress, which
she had pulled from the bed. and the
body Of Vogel lying on the mattress.
Vogel was already dead. Johnston
dragged the body on to the carpet. Then
he pulled the mattress off of the Bart
lett woman and assisted her to arise. She
was In great agony and hysterlca..
She SAID that Voge. had got out of bed
shortly after noon, and thai 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. While
her back was turned he fired at her.
The first bullet missed her. but the Sec
ond lodged In the lower part OF the spine.
she screamed and turning caught the
mattress, and dropping on the floor
pulled 1t over her. He fred and the
shot lodged in the wall over the mantel-
piece.
MISS Bartlett said she heard two more
shots. and then Vogel exclaimed as he
'hrew himself on the mattress:
See, Louise. ON dead!"
'ogel had fired two shots through his
breast on line with his heart, one in
'he left and the other In the right side.
"heh Policeman Lawrence l.. har-
pref Of the East One HUNDRED and
t"ehty-sixth street station, arrived on
'ne scene. Mrs. Bartlett told MIN that
she mad called with Vogel at the house
this morning.
ne was Jealous Of her alleged atten-
nohs 10 young man who Is lodger
~ 'he same house. This man, she said,
employed as clerk in the Comp
"o'ef office. His name could nol be
sseertained.
Aiss bartlett told the policeman that
uurihs her acquaintance with ogel he
uaa threatened to kin her at least four
times.
v Sne Of the occasions was when they
"sss stogpi,.e IN MilwauKee.
W.T.. Robertson tod an Evening
scons reporter that she nrst became
s ya With Voge. aoDut three weeks
E.r,,.ne came there, sne said. with the
his astl woman. and Introduced her as
nicswh WE. he said ne wanted to have a
sav.' furnished room. Miss Robertson
SandshiIh the front parlor, wnicn is very
In M furnished, They remained
| ons nouse about week.
cejysd morning togel saIdw he had re-
6lmsaa un invitation from his sister for
al tbe ana wiie to spend Few days
a ISL ISL ana the woman went away with
wani Ia,hlse from Mrs Robertson that sht
feturn. WIG ioo"' io' MN on Ms
possl came back with the Rart,s,,
az h nan last night. They ordered a DO tie
and MTs, Robertson says she
fusllsdan no further from them unit 1.-THE
Gae OF pistol shots this afternoon.
Ara Robertson also stated that Will,