New-York tribune., 1895-08-30
SHOT HIMSELF IN A HANSOM
LEONARD GrTMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE PARK.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ny MRS. BELLA ALLEN
A wrtJpREssgD YOUNG woMAN-Thhf
vrpr o,.T WITH PARTY THAT HAD
TAKEN DINNER AT THE CASINO
TAKEN DINNER At TIE 'NSINV'


Leonard r. Gutman wel-kno"h youns ,'' "'"'
about town. who has an once a' ~ w. w. %., ',
and lives At no i0i5 Madison-ave., attempted SUI.
cido a. 10 20 nclock last night 10y shooting hlh3'l
as he rode through the PARK IN manson" o"u WV
a Young womansas companion lie na' 'o'' Wv
young woman a few hours previously u''' S,''' ,'.,
g., ltd hin, ,r.,nlv and that he intended to XIII
himself In tho morning. The woman VINO "'Io",
panled Cutrnan It the time he attemp'e' '"'''
,.yo hor n,me "a BELLA Allen twenty-five yeh'S
old married and living at the lmperhl ho''' "'
was Handsomely .lressed ana wore """''' "
,cweil.d rings Gutndn and Mrs Aheh' w co"p"',
,,h \Il.s I,eriha Leonard twcnty-four years o'''
,vho also said sho lived at the Imperial ana ''''
whose name could not be learned II ~ sai' '''
a.. Immortal Hotel At O'Clock last night IN TWO
s,,s,,, cobs They went to tho Casino In central
PARK where they h,d dinner. 1hey met Two n''
.,o,, uu,man knew, and the pair were invited 10
t,ko dinner with t;utman and his party
A,,,r dinner the couple started to 20 to Mount
9, Vincent. and invited Bertha Leonard and her
,,,c,d and tho Two men who had dined with tnem
~ accompany them. ~ the party l'ft inc w
.too pcrth, Leonard with her companion took the
,o,d I'm a hansom cab In the second cab W'r"
Gutnan and Mrs Allen. The third cap 'ohtAhe'
the two mer who were In The parry ht "hh'''
The hanson cab I'm which Miss Leonard was was
rorhans two hundred yards In advance or the one
occupea rs GumaH and Mrs. Allen When MISS
Leonard heard Mrs Alien cry out. MY God' Len
has shot h.mscfr' The pistol shot rang out 81
multaneously with the exclamation OF MIS- Aheh'
Mrs Allen sDrang out Of the cab anc falhtcu away
on The Driveway Miss Leonard sprang from hsr
cab and went 10 the assistance OF Mrs A4.rh, "nnS
her compar.o- got into the cab with Gutman Snn q
ordered tn cabman to drive TO the trespy teIlil'
IospItal but. Instead OF doing so, inc capiiiail
drove 10 'la German Hospital Ihe huthori,lr, :,
there refused 10 take Gutman In. The capian lei'
hIs seat 10 cok for n policeman. ana In the mean
time Gutmans friend disappeared Policeman
BRAY of ne East Slxty-seventh-st station was
found ant he directed the driver Of the hanson
cab to 60 10 the Presbyterian Hospital. TO "hich
place tho 'nlcd man was taken. ,,,
When II arrived at the hospital poticeman ~ annn'
Bray aske ,iutman II he shot himseit or II Some,
body shot him, Gutman replied Il sho, mySei. 70.
BRAY askea HIN why he did II, ana Gutman re-
pied again, 'None Of your ID bqsness % :s, io, An
Examination of the wound showed that the bullet
fired nv Guiman had struck just above the righ'
eve and ploughed furrow for about nNe lnches
along The ton OF the head making scalp wound;
Nrs Allen and Miss Leonard were taken TO the
Arsenal and subsequently sent To the East sixty
srvenfh-st station. Mrs. Alien was detained as
witness until morning and Miss Leonard was dis
charged The latter asked permission TO remain
with Mrs Allen. and Captain Strauss allowed her
to do so. ..,-,. ,--,-, -. .
other Mrs Allen or Bertha Leonard lived there. or
thai ANYTHING known OF them ny the man
agement by any or the guests