The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-25
DEADATHERLOVER'S FEET.
PL4CIDE SAITTI SAYS MRS. KING
KILLED HERSELF.

A opc limo German Actress. who Figured In
r.cnpades Abroad and LED n Gay Life
ucrc. Found mead In Her Brooklyn Flat
Tho Man known ne "Mr. King" the
only witness OF Her Denth-He says
She shot ut Him ana Then Sent n
bullet Into Her Temple - Her Career.
Mrs. Olga King, n tall. handsome brunette.
Ubo had occupied a fiat on the third floor of the
.nartment house ut liza Union street. Brooklyn,
,or the mast year, was found dead In her bed.
room At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She was
living face downward in u pool Of blood on the
eoor A few feet from tho footboard of the bed.
She wore only a chemise and a pair of stockings.
There was d bullet wound in her right tomplc.
and about a yard away was a pistol. 1t was q
heavy 4l.calihre weapon. and two OF tho i've
cartridges had been exploded. The police broke
into the hat at the request Of a woman who
lives in the same house, and who, not having
seen Mrs. king all day, feared that something
had happened to her.
After working for several hours tho police
came to the conclusion that the case was one of
suicide. They sought in vain a mar who is
known to the neighbors as " Mr.. King" because
he was a more frequent caller than any Of tho
yoman's other friends. They had about given
him up. when " Mr.. King" surrendered himself.
He was locked up for tho night in the Adams
street police station. In the meantime facts
about the dead woman were slowly coming out.
1t developed that Mrs. King was q fictitious
name. and that the weman was in reality a one
time famous German actress, known as Ottilie
Eiraly, and that she came to this country whom
cast oil by her husband, Lieut..Col. Heinrich
Ritter Won Schwarz, an officer in the Thirteenth
infantry. Austrian army.
Mrs. Kings career had been a romantic one.
Her escapades abroad wero published far and
wide, and when she came to this country four
years ago she didn't modify her conduct to any
marked degree. She was about so years old
and very pretty. She had lived in a number OF
places in Brooklyn. but the first one that the
police have been able to get track of was in the
Columbia flats at 400 Fourth avenue. There her
conduct was such as to cause the landlord to
request her TO move. Her callers were too
many, he said, and the other tenants objected.
So Mrs. King moved. She engaged rooms In
. fiat on President street, near Henry street.
The fat was run by a Mrs. Edelmuth. Mrs.
Kings callers did not discontinue their atten-
lions and finally the landlord gave Mrs. Edel-
muth the alternative Of getting rid Of her
boarder or giving up the fiat. so Mrs King.
was obliged 10 move again.
This time Mrs. King went back to housekeep-
ing. She hired the third flat on the left-hand
aldo OF the apartment house at liza Union street.
and speedily lost favor with her neighbors. Her
callers were all men. and they made their visits
ut all times of the day or night.
While living with Mrs. Edelmuth Mrs. King
made the acquaintance Of Placido Saitta. an
Italian. who is in the produce commission bust
hess at "a State street, this city. and who lives
ut l59 President street, Brooklyn, which Is q
few doors from Mrs. Edelmuth's homo. Saitta
Is SO years old. over six feet tall and very
handsome. He has been In this country several
years, but speaks English imporfectly. He
became Mrs. Kings most ardent admirer. He
lowered around Mrs. Edelmuth's fat, and FIRE.
quently took Mrs. King out walking and driving.
Saitta came to be known as MIR. Rlng
around the new fiat in Union street. Mrs. King
had never said that he was her husband, but
the ~neIghbors had taken it for granted. He
seemed to be the most in favor. so he was always
referred to as "Mr. King" There were other
callers, too. and Mrs. King was not inconsolable
when Saitta was not around. There were many
gay parties at the fat when he was absent, and
ne inquired in many that Mrs. Kings other
friends didn't know were taking place.
Mrs; King had few attacks Of melancholia. the
nelgnbors say. On account OF her conduct few
81 them ever had anything to say to her. but
they observed her closely. as neighbors do, and
who A ewef s5 SeS@ eo b hspPy; one Gep@ Of 1n iiT Isw w on iS0
floor above. On Monday night Mrs. King told
TINS woman that she would meet her yesterday
morning and go shopping with her. Mrs. King
was then apparently in the best of spirits, and
laughed and chatted with her neighbor.
IL was this German woman who, having re.
Reatedly knocked at and rung tho bell OF Mrs.
hlng's door. told the police that they had better
make an investigation.
rooms were handsomely furnished, and thorc
%as not the slightest sign of confusion in
body was found is next to the parlor
AND only separated from it by a blue silk
PPSSe e niTht a ns9 !, S %Ss had sSiss been fr occupied K. GoS during
OF the body that Mrs. King died a short time
Giter arising. The wound in the temple was a
planned by the fact that, the pistol had been
ned ned very close TO the head, The pistol was
MOI mol. 80 y rar away from the body as TO
thrown It there herself after firing the fatal
Not The fact that there were two empty
There was only one wound in the woman, and a
nSaty examination Of, the room failed to show
S%onGiudeG that one of the cartridges must have
zen exploded some time before, and they gave
out eIst that the case was. to their way Of think,
The police had, however. heard in the mean
s ssHf, OF Mr.: King" Several Of the neighbors
night others said that they saw him leave
TbUer1Isy before z o'clock yesterday morning;
embr6 7 dnSndkerchief with the initials p. &"
SmorolusFed IN one corner was found in the
nat, and by the exercise OF q little detective
SS sItf the officers got on the track OF Placido
thCy NcuL W MI. ohlllh b uOHSo
nc was not at home. They got a picture of him.
anu a dozen detectives were sent out TO get him.
20 Que could get the slightest trace of him, and
me police were beginning TO get uneasy. when
LAWYER Emanuel Friend OF this city sent word
R&them that Mr.. Saitta was @ client of his, that
ntr; saitta knew the police wanted him, and
tt "a he would surrender himself to q de-
sectVe at 1880 o'clock II the detective would be
p Ine corner OF Fifth avenue and Union street,
D,ooklyn, at that time. Detective Mulvey was
Sont from Police Headquarters to keep the APP
Roinl9ent, and at about . o'clock Lawyer
are1d and Mr.. Saitta came down from the ele
vS ntte railroad station, Mulvey placed saltta
ppn n arrest and the three men proceeded 70
tTice Headquarters where the prisoner told
~ Story; He had met Mrs. King, he said. when
sue !iyed on President street, and became init
maze with her. He was q frequent caller al
nr nat and occasionally took her out. The
woman. he said. recently showed q disposition
ogoYern him, and he resolved to break of his
ssehiatlons with her before matters got any worse
one became Jealous when he didn't cali on hel
mith his customary frequency. and they had one
or l quarrels. On his side the quarrels didn't
amount to anything, he said. They opened his
Syes' however, to a condition of affairs that he
hGd not suspected the existence OF, and made
MN 81! the more determined to quit che woman
n, n MONDAY, he said, no sent q boy from hi,
piate OF business in this city to Mrs. Kings fla
HHh u message. asking that she give the boy all
~ ms letters and ono or two pictures Of hin