New-York tribune., 1896-07-29
FURIOUS HUSBAND SHOT.
crny IN A WEST THIRTY-FIFTH-sr.
BOARDING HOUSE.

.rcHAEL l. LEhMAiHH
WOUNDED BY MAN WHO SAYS HE Is
,. ,rHMA1ER's BROTHER AND
THAT HE SHOT IN DEFENCE OF
THE woMAN-rHE COUPLES
MANY TROUBLES
Iehmaier an advertising agent.
80. and probably fatally wounded by
~ Johnson In the clearinghouse at
S"" 90 west Thirty-ffth-st., early yesterday
~" According TO the man who did the
.,,a ne is the brother of Mrs. Lehnaier but
s .h,,a saws Johnson was formerly mar
" 81, woman The shooting was the cul-
"eN =, domestic discord. brought about by
~.o,.r.s insane jealousy. His mind had been
, ~, business troubles and overindul-
sence In morphine
ros a great commoton in the neighbor-
-. tho shooting occurred II was only
,,,u,es after 3 o'clock in the morning
.ha block between Fifth and Sixth aves.
..or,,ed from sleep by the sound Of several
49,, sho,s IN rapid succession, followed by the
=, O woman Then. windows were
-,.os ard heads appeared. a policeman was
-,rr,ns Nd the street, rapping his night
..o sidewalk to call assistance. He
,oa before No 49, where n man had rushed
.,,uous, the front door Immediately after
The shooting to call the ponce
o-ou,d Quickly gathered. people coming from
broadway and Sxth-ave. and few minutes
,.- an ambulance from the New-York HOS
IT,, orr,ved in response to a call. Policeman
r,,..,,, Carev went TO the door Of the Lehmaier
.,o,,s and entered. He found Lehmaier
,r,,a on the floor in a pool of blood streaming
,,orn three wounds He was calling feebly for
.,r In a corner Of the room the wife OF the
n.,,,rd.d man was crouching In terror. and
...,a,ns before her was Johnson, the smoking
pistol still in his hand.
JOHNSON ADMITS THE SHOOTING.
"Who shot this man." demanded the officer
"I did," replied Johnson. 1T was in self-de-
fence had TO protect this woman. my sister"
The woman nodded assent, while clinging to
the man. The officer placed both under arrest
As he took Johnson before Lehmaier. he asked
the wounded man II the prisoner had shot him.
Yes" groaned Lehmaier: 'he shot me. got
up at o'clock TO get the morphine powders to
put me to sleep. They were IN my wife's ROOM
Knocked at the door and heard a mans voice
Thinking that he was assaulting her, smashed
IN the door to go to her assistance. And then
he shot me-
pointing to Johnson.
NO: he is not her brother" gasped Lehmaisr
"He used to be her husband"
Then the wounded man was carried to the
ambulance and taken to the New-York Hospital
There the physicians pronounced his case as
hopeless One bullet was imbeddel in the groin
another IN the side and the third in the leg.
Either the first or second was fatal, the doc
tors said.
The officer took his two prisoners to the West
Thirtieth-st police station. When arraigned be-
fore Sergeant DAILY. johnson and Mrs. Lehmaier
repeated the statement that the shooting was In
self defence. Both held to await the re-
suit of Lehmaier's injuries.
At the house where the shooting occurred 1t
was said yesterday by those who had observed
the discord between Mr.. and Mrs Lehmaier
that the husband was morbid and recently had
appeared to be much troubled over business af
fairs as the number and value Of the advertis
ng contracts handled by him fell off. He was
Jealous for years Of alleged attentions shown by
o.her men 10 his wife. and. 1t was said. he be-
rame furious whenever an admiring glance was
bestowed by man upon Mrs Lehmaer.
Lehmaier's brother was formerly Commits
sioner Of Accounts. Michael studied in Europe
before entering upon his business career in this
city Athletic sports attracted him In earlier
days but he began to indulge in morphine. and
II was not long before he became almost
physical wreck while his mental condition suf
fered greatly. He grew despondent and queru
lous and then came the frenzy Of jealousy
which dragged his name and that OF his wife
into the courts Last May the woman brought
suit for non-support. They had then been mar
red only three months. She charged that her
husband had not contributed cent toward her
support since their marriage She also accused
him Of beating her while he In fit OF
jealousy He was fined on the charge Of dis
orderly conduct, and then husband and wife
decided to separate. She remained in the
brownstone house in West Thirty -fifth-st.. which
rhe conducted as a boarding house. and he en-
gagged a room in West Forty y-fifth-st., nea1
exth-ave.
RECONCILIATION MADE.
A month passed and according to the state
nents Of boarders in Mrs. Lehmaier's house
yesterday. Charles A. Johnson. now under ar
rest managed TO bring about a reconciliation
between husband and wife. and Lehmaier
changed his address TO the Thirty-hfth-st-
house. Afars seemed to run with comparative
snoothness there until the morning OF July l,
when signs Of trouble appeared Mrs. Leh-
mailer went to the West Thirtieth-st. station and
complain ed that her husband was again annoy
Ing and terrifying her with threats Of violence
because in MS jealousy. he imagined other men
We're paying her attentions. She asked that
polceman be stationed at her home to arrest
Aamaer In case he attempted any violence.
9as request was granted. Two days later an
outbreak occurred While the officer was stand
ing al The door Of the house about 8 O'Clock IN
'ne morning. he saw Mrs. Lehmaier leap from
a Second-story window into the street. She was
:" Her night gown. Her eyes were blackened
S SSnu bruised. and her hair was torn and DIS
eseAed She told the policeman that she was
o m,hs 70 escape from her husband, who was IN
w ue Vi MS fits Of Jealous rage. Lehmaier was
S.e''eu IN court he attempted suicide by saw
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