The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-14
BREWER M0SNERS SUICIDE
sHoT HIMSELF AFTER III 10
kILL Hrs MISTRESS,

She und Refused GO Marry Him-He wa.
wecovering rroHs - Debauch, and, IL IL
supposed, HeIievcd Hs Hna Killed Hsr
whsn He Turned His Pistol on Himself.
William M0sner. a German brewer, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself In the head YES
tcrday morning while lie lay In bed in the fiat
OF Emma Welton at 217 East Twenty.afth
street. Before he shot himself Mosner urged
the woman to marry him, and on her refusing
to do 30 he fred a shot at her. II did not take
effect.
M8ener was recovering from a debsuch when
he fired the shots, and II Is thought that he be-
lieved that the woman was dead when he
turned the pistol ON himself.
Mdsnor came to tliis country four years ago.
lie got a place in the zoltner brewery, aud had
worked there ever since. A few months after
his arrival In this country he met an actress to
whom he became engaged. This love affair
lasted until last October, when Mosner met
Emma Welton at a dance. lie became intimate
with her. and was a frequent visitor at her
home. She Is about 30 years old. aud lives with
q friend named Lena Miller. Soon after she
met MOsner he began to urge her to marry him.
She promised that she would. but whenever lie
pressed her to name a day for the wedding she
contriyed to put 1t of indefinitely.
In January the welton woman and her COM
panion moved into the ground floor front fiat In
/ WAC tA-sbDI pEtCk houso ~ Slf hhbt AWbht1
NTH street. Mosner. who boarded with Mrs.
Emma Blaser at 3,729 Third avenue. not only
spent q good deal of his time with the Wslton
woman, but gave to her all the money he re-
ceived a. pay and what he received from Ger
many. He was thoroughly Infatuated with her,
and as she constantly postponed the date of
their wedding he became dependent and began
TO drink. ON several occasions he called upon
her in an intoxicated condition. He had been
drinking heavily during the past two weeks.
On sunday he told Mrs. Blaser that she would
hear lad news on Wednesday. On the same
day no showed a friend a new pistol and said
that he Intended to kill Emma Welton and then
himself. On sunday he ate:dinner with her and
during the meal he talked about committing
suicide aud killing some one else. lie left the
On Monday he wrote q letter to the woman
urging her TO marry him at once and asking her
f. Tns So%s h to sso hhs w Se n,s S SP".e'a as h hi,n ssy,
ling that she " as sick and could not come to him.
About 10, 10 s,elock s. on n. Tuesday night rs MSsnsf
his demand that the woman should marry him
at once. She asked to have the wedding put or
to bed. About 2 O'Clock in the M Jrning he got
up and walked around the room; He talked
ton woman go to his home with him In tho
morning, SO that he might give her sone money
for some clothes. About 4 O'Clock he awakened
her by leaning over her and staring at her. His
look frightened her, but he went to sleep soon
work about the room. At II o'clock Mosner
called her to the bed. He said:
k"Will you marry me now Z"
She replied:
"Wait a little WHILE. WILL"
He then said:
"Well, kiss me now"
AS she leaned over to kiss him she saw that he
had q revolver. which he had pulled out from
beneath the mattress. She jumped away from
the bed and ran to the door. As She did So MOS
ner fired at her. but he missed his aim. She
locked the door on the other side. and. as she
turned the key. she heard another shot. For
some time she was afraid to open the door.
When she did. she saw that M0sner had shot
himself in the middle of the forehead. Death
was instantaneous.
The woman dressed and called In Policeman
Mcycy, who summoned an ambulance from
Bellevue Hospital. Capt. Smith OF the East
Twenty-second street police station took tho
woman's statement. Coroner Fitzpatrick and
his physician. DR.. O'Hanlon. examined the body.
II may be buried by the dead mans friends.