New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-16
R0BBER SUICIDE IN CELL.
TORE JEWELS FROM EARS.
assaulted aged Woman-LOst Al
at RdcetrdckS.

Isaac Weiner brass fnisher living with his
wife and three children at No. 1853 Lexington
ave was locked up yesterday on a charge OF
robbing and assaultng Mrs. Mary Gode. a white
haired woman. living at No 146 East Seventy
eighth-st. and taking her diamond earrings valued
at 500. According to the police. Weiner not only
admitted the assault but showed them where he
had secreted the diamonds in curtain pole
Weiner. they said. confessed that he had been
playing the and. having lost all his money.
had become desperate
Soon after noon yesterday Mrs. Code managed
TO attract the attention Of those living underneath
her fat by pounding the kitchen floor. The
neighbors found her lying half unconscious the
floor, her white hair clotted with blood and the
lobes Of her ears badly lacerated. She told them
that she had been assaulted and that her diamond
earrings had been torn from her ears
When she had partly recovered she informed De-
tectives Ryan. Duffy. Devlin and Vandreau. of the
East Sixty-seventh-st. station. that about 80
o'clock Weiner. whom she had known for several
years called at her fat and asked to some
rooms explaining that his son was about TO be
married. and that he wished to engage apartments
for him. She offered to rent Weiner the rooms she
then occupied. and showed him through the fat
While IN the kitchen. Mrs. Golde said weiner
getting behind her. feed her TO the floor with
heavy stick he carried in his hand. Mrs. Golde
said she did not know her diamonds had been
taken until she recovered from the effects of the
blow and felt the pain in the lobes Of her ears
The physician said Mrs Golde was suffering from
shock. and that. while she had received a
blow on the head she was not seriously injured
The detectives found weiner home playing
With HIS children. He first denied the assault and
while he admitted knowing Mrs Golde. declared
that he had been her apartments Later
brass fnisher confessed the police assert. and
showed the detectives where the diamonds were
concealed in a hole he had made in curtain pole
Before being locked UP Wener taken 20 Mrs.
Codes fat, where she Identified him as her
sailant
v7efner-s only exp1arstfon. the police say,
that ne had lost considerable money at the
record. He has. his neighbors say. always been a
hard working mechanic until few months ago,
when he began to play the races Since that time
he has done little but visit the track and talk
said Weiner made two three good winnings. at
which time he liberal to his family. purchasing
clothing etc. but that lately, when losing he had
been moody and bad tempered
cell at the East Sixtyseventh-st station by hang
ing. He could not face the charge Of having as
Seulted and robbed white haired Mrs. Code. and
decided TO end his life. He tied his handkerchief
ends. Tie then tied his stspenders the handker
chief. and standing his rough cot. fastened the
loose ends OF The sgspenders iron water pipe
that runs through the cell. lie then jumped from
discovered and cut down by Doorman jeremiah
OConnen.
At go o'clock. OConnen says the doorman
Weiner sitting quietly in his cell. OConnen then
was called into the driroom and told by Sergeant
ReiLh to bring UP prisoner who had been ar
rested for excise violation. and for whom ball had
been offered. OConnell went to the prisoner, and
confined. noticed the mans body swinging from
the pipe.