The morning times., 1896-11-13
BETRAYED BY DELER1UM.
Young Wife's Folly 1ay Cause Her
Death.

New York, Nov. 12.-Mrs. Pauline Bar
nett, aged twenty-four years, living
at No. IL st. Marks place, who was
mysteriously attacked in her own apart
ments late Monday night, is likely to die
The matter was reported to the police as
a robbery, but investigation shows that
the case is similar in many respects 10
those OF the two women OF the street, who
were recently found murdered in East Side
apartments.
Barnett found his wife unconscious when
he returned home from the theater Monday
evening with his sister. His apartments
were in disorder and Mrs. Barnetts ear
rings, valued at ST so, Were missing. She
was lying on a couch, seemingly in agony.
Her throat was marked and swollen as if
it had been gripped very roughly.
Detectives VINO had been on the case
for three days learned from the neighaors
that Two men had called upon Mrs. .5ain"tt
shortly after her husband and sister In-Iaw
left the house. When this statement was
made he remembered that his wife Tad re-
fused to accompany him to the thcater re-
cause she was going to receive soine friends
that evening.
she frequently moaned: Don't hurt me,
Schultz, love YOU"
This she repeated at intervals during the
night. With this as clew, the police ar
rested Max Schultz, twenty-srN years old,
of No. 232 East Twenty-sixth street, who
admitted that he had called upon Mrs
Barnett.
when asked who was with him he said
Joseph Gordon, aged twenty one years, OF
No 6l Chrystie street. He refused to have
ANYTHING more to say and within an hodr
after his arrest retracted his statement and
denied that either Gordon or himself had
called upon Mrs. Barnett. Gordon, how
ever, was arrested.
After Capt. Herlihy, who brought the
prisoners to the Essex Market court this
morning, said that from his investigation
in the neighborhood and the statements of
tenants he was convinced that Schultz
made a practice of visiting Mrs. Barnett
| during the absence of her husband.
None of the people living in the house
occupied by the Barnetts heard any TN
usual noise Monday night, nor did they
| notice anything suspicious about Schultz,
| whom they recognized as frequent visitor,
/ and a strange man when they left the
| house shortly after 10 O'Clock.
Magistrate Wentworth at the request OF
| Acting Captain Herlihy remanded the pris-
oners back to the station house until tomor-
| row afternoon.
| Captain Herlihy, it is said, has learned
| that Gordon had a diamond stud which he
| got in exchange for two diamond earrings.
which he said, to use his own language,
.'he swiped."
While the police captain was In court 4
| request was sent to the coroner's office to
| have the apte-mortem statement OF Mrs.
| Barnett taken Coroner Dobbs at once
| went to the St. Marks place house.
| The coroner got a statement from the
woman during an interval of conscious
ness. 1t was in effect that man. whose
| name she says-she does not know, came
with her to her home, and after staying
for a time. beat her into Inconsistencies,
| stole her earrings, and took 50.
She said she had met the man on other
| occasions. She was led to believe that
he owned drygoods store on Third ave-
nue. She described him as being twenty
four years old, five feet eight Inches in
height, and dark complexioned. She
said she would he able to identify him
Ii she saw him again