New-York tribune., 1897-08-25
SHOT IN A BROOKLYN FLAT.
AN ACTRESS WITH HISTORY DEAD AND
HER LOVER ARRESTED

MURDER OR SUICIDE HAS BEEN COMMITTED
THE WOMAN ONCE NOTORIOUS IN
VIENNA WHERE SHE WAS III
voRCCD FROM Az AUSTRIAN
LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
Mrs Ottillie Kiraly. the divorced wife of a
lieutenant -c6lonel Of the Austrian Army, and
formerly a favorte actress In Vienna playhouses
apparently tried to shoot her Italian lover. Pla-
cida Saitta. produce merchant OF No. "a State
ST., who lives In a handsome house az No. 1J9
fresldent-st Brooklyn. with his brother. and
failing. shot herself through the right temple
early yesterday morning. The shooting occurred
in the woman's fiat at No ia Union-st.. Brook
lyn Her body not discovered until BIO
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, when policeman
broke into her apartment and found her in her
nghtgown Al the foot OF the bed.
Satta lives nearly opposite the fiat occupied
by the Kiraly woman. looking across the backs
Of the yards. He had been keeping company
with the woman for some time. and had tired OF
her. He told her so. and on Monday he sent
boy 10 her fiat for his letters. She was much
mortified over her lovers decision, and showed
her anger but gave up the letters. however. re-
tanning only a photograph of him. which she dis
figured. Saitta himself tells the story from this
point He was arrested last night near the
home Of his brother in Brooklyn, and gave him
self I'D on the advice Of his counsel Emanuel
NJ Friend
TRIED TO SHOOT HER LOVER.
when got up yesterday morning" said
Saitta II went to the back window. as usually
do and looked across to the fiat occupied by
Ottillie soon saw her at the window, and she
beckoned to me- hardly know why | went
around To her fat. after we had parted, but
did So and had little chat. Ottillie was
CRYING most Of the time, and told me | was
cruel 10 part from her after we had been friends
so long | told her ! could not love her any
more and that was not going TO see her again
she was in her nghtgown AT the time. and
sprang away from me. saying Then Is 1t all
between us?
Yes I said
Then" continued Saitta. "she grabbed up
revolver and shot at me. The report filled the
room with smoke, and she evidently thought
she had shot me. thought she had. too, as
she aimed straight at me Then she placed the
revolver against her head and shot herself
was so frightened tha. did not wait to see
whether or not she was dead locked the room
and left the fat going TO New-York When
got to New-York ! walked about wondering
what was the best thing to do. | knew was
not guilty Of doing wrong. and finally went 10
my lawyer Nanny Friend and told him about
the case. He advised me- TO give myself up ana
I got my business affairs in shape so that
could do so tonight I have no fear OF the out
come All wanted to do was to break away
from her should not have gone to her fiat
if she had not beckoned to me-
This was Saittas story. told ~ detectives
from the Brooklyn Central ONCE. who had been
detailed on the case He was with his counsel
at Fifth-ave. and Union-st. when the ofrcers ar
rested him. Detectives Sergeant Mulvey took
him to the Adams-st. police station, and locked
him I'D He will he arraigned before Justice
Brenner in the Adams Street Court this morn
ing. sait;a is one If the handsomest prisoners
who have been brought to Police Headquarters
in Brooklyn for long time. He speaks English
fuently. dresses in the height Of fashion. and
his story is apparently believed by the de-
tectives
The police will Investigate the shooting
further however. and make sure that there was
no murder. The fact that saitta went to the
woman's fiat yesterday morning and was the
last one to see her alive is considered suspi-
cious circumstance. and the authorities will
doubtless hold him for most searching ex-
animation.
THE DEAD WOMAN'S PAST
The Kiraly woman's history or as much Of it
as could be gathered last night. is an interesting
one She was native Of Austria. and when
younger was a beautiful girl At the time of
her death she apparently thirty-four or
thirty-fve years old. She of medium height
and Of olive complexion Her hair was deep
Titan red and heavy and long. She first came
into prominence in the concert halls Of Vienna
where her singing and dancing and beauty maze
her a favorite. She had many suitors. but her
favorite, If her stories and number OF docu-
ments left behind can be believed, was Lieu
tenant Colonel Heinrich Pitter Won Schwarz' or
the Austrian Army. a well-known figure in the
fashionable set in Vienna Much tc the chagrlh
of the Colonel's family and friends he ran away
with Ottle and married her
They were happy for awhile. and then came
uuarrels incident to intrigues by the rich rela-
tives of Colonel Won Schwarz flhaily' 1t was
said in the Vienna papers. the actress received
20 OOO gulden to get out of the country VIII" "e'
girl baby. This she dill by taking passage for
the United States on the Bremen Line steamer
Sorrento. commanded by Captain Jurgenson
She sailed from Bremen about four years ago IN
great state. with trunks filed with finery and
draft on Now-York for small fortune. on the
wav over she sat at the captains table and ne
sboved her every attention. She led gay life
in Nevyork for few weeks and then settled
down in Rrooklyn near the scene of the shooting
Yesterday Her friendship with Captain Jurgeh-
son continued until late date. the heighoorS
say
INvEIGLED AN OLD MAN.
The woman some time ago made iot OF ''ou-
hle for Edward Endner. an o!d snip ca'pen'e'
NJ No oo3 Carroll-st.. whose plant Is al 'he r'i'e
Basin. CAPTAIN Jurgenson and Mr. Ehdher were
old friends and the Captain made Ehdher s'-
between on different occasions. when NE hau
ANYTHING to say to Ottillie. she ihNeleleu ON
,.bo was then about eighty years