The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-05
THREE DEAD FOR SPITE.
TdILoR'S SHREWIsH WIFE KILLS Hen
CHILDREN, DYING WITH THEM.

Locks the Door and Turns on the Gas After
Quarrelling with Her Husband Until
He Leaves Home-Says in n Letter He
"Drove Her to Death" hut She Forgives,
Mrs. Johanna Scbilllng. 33 years old. COM
mitted suicide Yesterday at her home sos
East Eighty-l'fth street, by inhaling llumi-
mating gas. In the same room with her were
found her two daughters. Gertrude. 10. and
Edna. years old They were both dead.
Mrs. Schilling lived In four rooms on the ton
floor with her husband Otto a tailor. and tho
two children The couple came to this coun-
try ten years ago from Germany. For the
last Ave years husband. and wife had not got
along well together. The nelghbors said yes
terday that Mrs Schilng had an ungovern-
able temper and on that account she and her
husband had frequent auarrels.
Trouble began In earnest last Christmas
when the husband insisted on bringing some
beer into the house His wife objected and
vowed that she would have her way. week
ago they had another violent quarrel and after
1t the husband left the house saying that he
would never return. Mrs. Schilline went to
one OF her neighbors and related her troubles
On the neighbours advice she obtained a war
rant in the Harlem Police Court last wednes-
day for her husbands arrest on the charge OF
abandonment. Perhaps Schillng heard Of
this. At any rate he kent away from home
Yesterday morning Mrs. Schilling chattsd
with Mrs. Kaufman. who lives across the hall.
They talked about Mrs. Schillng's two daugh-
tiers. the mother saying that she hoped no
harm would ever beiall them. After bidding
Mrs. Kaufman goodby Mrs. Schilling re-
turned to her household duties in the best Of
sririts.
Robert Kaufman was sitting in his parlor
al n 1nIE rJa ufi tatl.I
his brother law. Antoine Smith, when they
both detected a strong odor OF gas Kauff-
man traced the escaping gas to the SchillinR
APARTMENTS. and standing small step
ladder peered through the transom over the
kitchen door. Noticing that the windows
leading from the kitchen into the parlor were
dark, he burst open the hall door OF the parlor.
The gas rushing out almost knocked him
down. Mrs. Schilling and Gertrude were lying
lengthwiss Oh folding bed dead. The
younger girl. Edna. lay on the floor In one cor-
ner Of the room near tbs front window.
Kaufman threw open oil Of the windows and
called Policemen Ball and Scully OF the East
Eighty-elEhth street station. An examination
OF the rooms showed that the windows and
doors were, tightly closed and the, creyices
stuffed with rags and paper. Mrs. Schilling.
after taking, these precautions. had attached q
piece OF rubber hose about five feet long to one
the bed Then she had either Induced her
children to die with her or had locked the door
and turned on tho gas before they realized
that ANYTHING was wrong.
=, Little Edna's body was found in half-s!t-
ting position the chids feet twisted In the
frRhttuy discolored, and apparently the child
man Bible lay open on the sewing machine
On It was a yalentne in The share 81 two hands
new hats Of the two II little girls we're cseus
laid out on the bureau and their toys were ar
Rs m o Pile LEFT e the S Written in
translation OF which reads:
"DEA Ar OII T9 You drove me e death. 1
YOU viii regret that You called me tn the uriy
as ever ?D You ' always called o me bad q namss,
but was never what you said and you knew
it, | love you more than all the money in the
P'Sse see that Ar BY hurried on m. birth;
Nothing now can make me happy; thank all
who have ever helped me or who have ever
II with sal and bitter memories that I
death viii viii end ali. thousand kisses from
me and tho children. ] know you have had to
suffer :on my account but the end 10 here
Another note. written in German on a soiled
envelope. asked that her children. II they
the addresses will Rourk. 533 East street,
Mex iaysn GCnH and Mrs S StorW ln Eat
address is that Of Mrs Schillings sister. on
another par Of the envelope was a request
that the rhildrens hats and toys be given to
lIilda and Paula. children OF another sister.
who is in the Isabella Home at Fort Lee.
The police were INCLINED to believe at first
that the woman had poisoned her children
and then led herself, but no trace OF any
poison could he found.
SchlllinC called at the house soon after the
bodies were discovered: He threw himself
across the bed and cried: "Oh. mamma. why
did you do it, lie left the house after STAYING
there few minutes The neighbo said that
he had always seemed to be a steady and In.
dustrous man.