The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-28
HER SWEETHEART DON'T CARE
Went on Eating When Told Tillie
Meyer Was Dying.
No One Knows just Why She Tried
to Kill Herself.

Exactly why Tillie Meyer of 1877 East
FouHh street, tried to kill herself last
night is not quite clear, in the absence
of a statement from the young woman
herself, but that she made desperate
effort to do so Is evidenced from the
quantity of Paris green she took.
Title is a. pretty, buxom young Ger
man girl of twenty-one years, and she
has been living recently with her mother
sister Lizzie and stepfather in the third
story of the tenement In East Fourth
street. She and her sister, who is seven
teen years old, have until lately worked
as domestics. The last place they
worked was at 125 East Houston stree,
for o. Hausser, a baker
the girls had been well liked and had
given satisfaction when they worked
there, but that their mother was the
cause of them leaving.
her daughters money" said Mir: Haus
ser. land scolded them so and made
such fuss that l had to discharge
them to get rid Of hey; TITLE had a
see once a week and every other sun
day. She said she was going to marry
him, but not for four or five years, as
she wanted to give all her money to her
Last night Titles mother, who is a
stout German woman of forty-hve
years, scolded the girl for sope tritiing
said, Struck her. Tiiiie went into her
bedroom and called to Lizzie to come
to her, but Lizzie did not pay much
attention and did not go.
Tillie groaning,, and, on going to her
pain, and lot Of Paris green strewed
on the floor and bed near her -. r,r.,
street, was called, and he promptly ad-
ministered an emetic and later an anti
dote for the poison. The girl was taken
where she now lies in critical condi.
ton. Although conscious, she may not
be out of danger for week.
Lizzie Meyer said this morning to an
II cannot tell why my sister tried to
kill herself. Last Saturday night she
said laughingly to me: Let us take
poison and die, but only Ut thought nar It 1T 1T
night, but she had often done that be,
fore. Tillie had sweetheart named
Traukot, and mother did not approve OF
him; Maybe that was why she wanted
The neighbors in the tenement say
that the mother often beat the girls cru
ely. The mother called at Bellevue this
morning to, inquire about Tillie, and
seemed much affected at her condition,
While the girl was suffering last might
the mother went to 149 East Fourth
street, where the girls sweetheart lives.
He was not at home and she left word
to tell him that Title Meyer was dying
and wanted to see him.
The young man, whose name is Trau-
kot Ludwig, and who is only nineteen
years old, was told by his landlady at
the breakfast table about the message.
He did not answer and went on eating
his breakfast, after which he went to
work.
"Why. Ludwig never cared for any
girl" said Mrs. Lies. his landlady. this
morning. HE often said that he had
no use for them, and was going to be
an old bachelor. He Is sober and indus
trious and saves his money, but he is
only a boy"
Mrs. LESS daughter said that young
Ludwig did have a sweetheart about a
year ago, but that she threw him over
board, and that since then he has fore
sworn girls society.
DIR. Leyendecker said he thinks that
Title simply tried to kill herself be-
cause she thought 1t would be ro-
mantle thing to do.