New-York tribune., 1895-08-31
HE MADE SUEE OF DEATH.
GOLDMAN sLASHED HIS WRISTS AND
THEN JUMPED FROM \ WINDOW.

THOUGHT TO HAVE LIVED ABOUT A HALF An
HOUR AZ FER TIE TERaIBLE INJURIES WIRE
INFrLcTEp-sArD To HAVE BEEN De
PRESSED OVER FINANCIAL TROUBLES.
Barnet Goldman. ifty-three years oit' committed
suicide in horrible manner at his home In the
fatfousc No. 1so East One-hundr- dr-d-and-eghth-st
cary yesteriay. His mangled and almost hfeiess
body was fouhd about oc!ock in an area In mont
~ the house He stood in the front window Of his
an rtments and flor cutting both wrists with
razor leaped fror tho window ir'o the area be
meath distance Of thirty i've feet lie was ter
rbly bruised and rnanged by the fal. and ne lost
Almost all Of he blood in his body through sew
cred arter, IN the left wrist yet such was his vital
itv that ne survived the desperate ceed for some
time
Just wh,r the fatal committed is not
knoNn but at $40 o. clock yesterday morning Rob
er, raghael who lives at 3. l5s Eas- 'ne-hundred-
and-sixth-st was passing the house. when. by the
dim light of a leishborins gas lamp ne saw Gold
man lyng, in the area which is about four feet be
low the level of the sidewalk. ATpro1 hg the
PROSTATE man. Raphael noticed tha he was breath
ing heavily and that hs limbs moved spasmodically.
Raphael climbed over the iron railing into the
area and upon nearer view ;nat Goldmans
scalp was cut in several places. and that his cloth
ing was covered with blood. There were small
pools OF blood on the stone aagginG around him.
Raphael shouted for aid aAl Policeman Eannan.
If the East nchundred- -anG-iOlftl-sl station,
sponded. The officer found that Go oman was alive
bu: unconscious. and BY the hick, ring light of a
match saw that his head crushed and both Of
his wrists gashed in several places. rs II by some
sharp i..,rument
An ambulance was summoned from the Harlem
Hospital. when it arrived the man had brcathcl
his last; As II was evident that the had
leaped from one OF the Windows ~ the house. the
people in the house alarmed hv ringing their
bells. The Goldman family. consistirg of wife two
sons and a daughter. were sound aseep when their
bell was rung They rushed downstairs to the
street. after missir the husband and father. and
were then for th' nrst time aware OF his terrible
When Mrs Goldman saw the mangled body o. Ter
husband and realized what had happened. she VAS
prOstrated with shock ond grief. she tainted, and
was carried upstairs unconscious. ana ater the BODY
OF her husband was also carried upstairs y physi-
clan was summoned TO attend to Mrs Go.dinin. ana
he says that she may not survive. ON examination
OF the Goldman apartments. razor, smeared win
blood. found on the floor IN 'front.' o. an open
window on the sill Of which were great spiashes ot
blood The carpet in front OF the ee TndoT was m $50 80
front Of the house and great pools Of blood on
From the circumstances OF the case. the ambu-
lance surgeon Of the opinion that the deed was
found in the area Goldman must nav s.oou N III
he window and. after eashins his wrists win
m oder to accomplish his purpose. must nave
ihei thrown himself from the window lie woud
have bed TO death from the severing OF me artery
II he had not jumped from ne window .., ..,
The sons and daughtsr 9 'ts suSae tSnT ber haS
committed suicide but had fallen from the window
accidentally They insisted that he had no reason
for killing himself. and had given no indication
Of such an intention.
II was lean ed from the neighbors ana throusn
other source that Goldman had been dIshesrtened
and despOndcnt for some time. lie had Deen ou'
OF work for some time, ana had been much sU"'-
ened for means OF support in consequence
He had been unable 10 pay the rent pr ms Lldl
and expected to move 10 other quarters this week
To add 20 his trouble his daughter was engaged
to be married next month. and. 1t was said; ne
had not means to furnish her ;rousseau IT -
believed tn - these troubles weighed upon ms mni
TO slch Ar c-tent to develop m@ianchola, am
that he v.,s ,.boring uf,.fr temporary alteration
of mind Nhef he elIrd he ne