The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-21
JEALOUS LOVER MURDERED
NAV HE THRdSHED RETURNED TO
EIGHT dG1IN WITH A KNIFE.

wounded His Antagonist and Fied-surEeon
Let the Injured Man Go Homo to
Die After an Operation Performed
Hours Lnier-The Slayer still Mt Liberty.
George Waldvogel. n prosperous fish dealer OF
900 Second avenue. and Philip McDermott. q
Rasntter OF 2l2 East Twentieth street, had
the misfortune to love the same girl. On
Monday night the two mon came TO blows over
this young woman and the upshot OF IL was
that McDermott whipped out knife and
stabbed WaldVogel In the abdomen VALID
vogels injury appeared so slight to surgeon
OF the Post Graduate Hospital. that he was al
lowed to go homo after having 1t dressed. al-
though warned to keen quiet. Later in the
evening the mans wound became so painful
that he decided to go to Bellevue Hospital. He
went there. was operated on. and diod at $3.50
o'clock yesterday morning.
The innocent cause OF tho trouble between
the two men was Jennie Kleeneld. the daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Mary KleeGeld. who keeps the
boarding house at 2lG East Twentieth street.
where McDermott lives. Wadvogel has been
the young woman's lover for some time Every
thing went smoothly with the couple until
McDermott came on the scene and began to
show some attention to Miss"Jennie Then
Waldvogel became jealous and told several OF
the nsiGhbors that he would thrash McDer-
mott II he didn't keep away from his girl. Mo
De-mott heard OF this and on Monday night
when he care home from trip to Coney Isl
and on his bicycle and found Wa,dvogel seated
on the front steps talking OF Miss Jennie. who
is in the country. he Immediately invited him
to carry out his threat
Waldvogel. who stood head and shoulders
over his opponent. lost no time in getting to
work. he administered n sound drubbinR to
McDermott and then smashed his bicycle.
Crazcd With rage and mortiicalion. McDer;
coming gu: again, tackled his rival once more.
Tho tn Two meN had been lighting "a about min.
ssei qsea r 1ne a sae
Waldvoge went to the Post Graduate Hos
pital to get his injury dressed; The surgeon
went home; sat UP with his brother. LOUIS. ior
called doctor. The physician advised tic
man to go to a hospital and an ambulance was
summoned from Bellevue. There the nscessi-
ty for an operation was seen at once and Void
y9Esi Wa i,s put under sther ne beeame con
The police of the Fast T wenty cond street
on Waldvogel and detectives were sent out for
McDermot at once, but the man had escaped:
him. however, and expect to catch him soon:
-, suIp si, At Alexander T. CendlIsh Of
e give the name OF the surgeon who allowed
Waldvoge to 20 away with SO serious an In
Jury.
1t is against the rules OF the hospital" he
said. but hn'e seen the surgeon ard can ex-
plain the matter in few words. Wnldvoge
and anot her man came in here at $50 o'clock
on Monday night. regular member OF the
house staff was assigned to attend the INJURED
man The flow Of blood from the wound
stopped as soon az the cut was was he'd and the
surgeon concluded that the knife had not PEN
sf1 int y tod hs Se SoG to
the, hospital: The man refused TO stay and
said he didn't want TO 60 TO bed. He said he'd
have to go TO work in the morning and wouldn't
listen to the surgeons advice to stay In bed for
a div He even refused to ride home on a car.
although advised not to walk He could have
STAYED here and had every attention but he
preferred to go home That's all.there Is to'it."
Cr!ticisns OF the course nursued by the sur
Reol az tho Post Graduate Hospital were made
by ,Wadvngers friends, ths polics and by the
Bellevue Hospital peop a Yesterday. The lat
ter said that 1t should have been clearly evil
dent 70 any surgeon that Wodvogel's case was
one for immediate operation and that lana
r,otomy should have been performed without
delay The police said that II: the Post Gradu-
ate Hospital surgeon thought Waldvogel's in
luries serious he had perfe It right TO make
him stay at the hospital and take treatment
whether he wanted to do SO or not.