The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30
shot His BRIDE FROM ODESSA.
COUPLE, PARTED AT ALTAR, HAD
BEEN REUNITED 2 DAYS.
Sacks Came Here to Make Home-Three
Bullets for Woman and Two for Hims
self-B0th May Die--Letter Tells OF
Domestic Grief, His brother Says.


Morris Sacks, a weaver, living at 1881
Second avenue, shot his wife, Anna in
Stuyvesant Park yesterday afternoon and
then turned the pistol on himself, infiicting
injuries in both cases which, the doctors
say, will prove fatal.
Five shots fired in rapid succession at
tracted the attention Of Policeman Kassing
Of the East Twenty-second street station,
who ran up in time to see the man stagger
few feet away from the bench on which
h Q had been sitting and fall on his fac
in the grass. Before Kassing could reach
the place the young woman raised herself
to her feet and with a supreme effort threw
herself on the man who had shot her
Both were hurried to Bellevue Hospital,
where 1t was decided to operate on the
woman at once. She did not regain con-
sciousness and the doctors gave no hope
for her recovery. She was shot near the
right eye, through the right cheek and
through the neck.
Sacks was shot near the left eye and
behind the right ear
Children playing in the park said that the
man and woman had sat for long time
talking with no appearance Of a quarrel
The man had jumped to his feet without
warning and fired three times at the woman.
! Then he placed the pistol to his own head
and fired twice.
When the woman threw herself beside
him Sacks caught her in his arms and sobbed
out her name again and again.
In Sacks's pocket was found a letter
addressed ITO my brother, Bernard Sacks,
1881 Second avenue"
The brother was sent for and identified
Norris who had been placed in the prison
ward. He said that he last saw his brother
and his wife at noon, when they ate dinner
together, and then. started downtown.
apparently in high spirits. They had every
had arrived from Odessa, Russia, two days
ago and although she had been married to
Morris for six months it was really the
beginning of their honeymoon.
my brother married Anna six months
ago in Odessa said Bernard Sacks. -and
as soon as the ceremony was over he started
for this country to prepare home for his
wife. He is weaver and quiet indus
trious man, but with rather quick temper.
He is SO and his wife is ten years younger
and he was as happy as boy when he
had saved money enough to send for her.
She arrived two days ago, and with my
brother made her home with me at 1881
Second avenue, where have drug bust
ness: can think of no cause for my
brothers act unless Anna told him Of some
thing that had happened in the six months
they have been ser arated from each other -
When Bernard Sacks read his brothers
letter, he turned very pale and refused to
say more than that 1t stated that family
troubles had driven his brother to shoot
himself and that he intended to kill his
wife first. The letter was hastily written
In lead pencil.
Morris Sacks was still conscious when
taken to Bellevue, but he refused to talk,
He may recover
Bernard Sacks, the brother. when seen
at his drug store, at 1881 Second avenue,
late last evening, refused to give out the
text OF the letter which Morris had written
to him. He said, however, that his brother
stated in the letter that he was worried
by family trouble.
my brother, said Bernard. was married
to the woman In Odessa, Russia, m ore than
six months ago. Immediately after the
wedding ceren ony he left for this country,
the understanding being when he separated
from his wife that she was to follow him
to the United States Sept. 1. She failed
to get her passports on account Of an eye
trouble. but succeeded Later in getting
across the border and took pass,g
for America. She arrived in this country
four days ago. NY brother told me then
that he had reasons for being jealous"