The evening world., 1904-05-03
If Koenig Receivers He Must
Face a Charge of Numbering
Mrs. Emma Kaufman, d
Young Married Woman.
FINGER MARKS ON HER
THROAT GIVE THE CLUE.
Other Tenants in the House
Where the Couple Lived Also
Tell of ouareIs During the
Night.

In the same room with the body OF
the woman whom he had taken from
her husband. evidently murdered by
strangulation. Adolph Koenig to-day
stabbed himself in the abdomen in the
fiat at Nc. sls West Fortieth street.
At first, when Koenig was sent to
Roosevelt Hospital in a most serious
condition. he was charged simply with
attempting to commit suicide. but the
pohce said that later he would also bo
charged with murder.
The woman was Mrs. Emma Kauf-
man, a tall, slight blonde OF unusual
good looks. twenty-tour years old, and
the mother OF three children. the eldest
OF whom is eight years old.
About 1 o'clock this morning Koenig
reused the flat-house with his cries that
the young woman was dead. He was SO
excited that all he could say was that
he had awakened a little while before
to fnd the dead body in bed beside him.
After a consultation 1t was decided
that Koenig should remain In his fiat
until morning and then the police were
to BIO notified. The other tenants retired
again, and until long after daylight all
was still.
The janitress, knowing there was
dead woman in the house, went to
Koenigs door and raped. There was
no response and she pushed the door
open.
Sight Staggered Her.
The sight which mot her gaze at first
staggered her, and then she ran back
through the halls screaming at the top
of her voice.. On the bed was the dead
woman. but the bedclothing was
smeared with blood. Near the bed on
the floor where he had fallen was
Koenig. unconscious from loss of blood,
with a great, gaping wound In his alb
domen.
BY his side was butcher knife.
Koenig vas butche. and had kept
several OF his sharp meat-cuttinE
knives in his room. 1t was evident that
after infiicting the wound on himself
he had thrown himself across the body
OF the woman. AS he became weak
from loss OF blood his body slowly
slipped from the bed and dropped to
the floor.
Kaufman, the husband, was now
working with the detectives, who until
this time had overlooked the examina-
ton OF the woman's body.
When the bedclothes were pulled
back the deep indentaton Of finger
marks on the throat were apparent.
The tongue protruded, the eye-balls
were popped out and the face was dark.
These were considered certain indica-
cations that the woman had been stran-
gled to death in bed.
Kaufman said that his wife had not
been satisfied with the rather small
wages he earned as II cab driver, and
that some time ago she informed him
that she was goipg to get more money
In their fiat. in Fortieth street, where
the tragedy occurred Mrs. Kaufman
took in boarders. Koenlg was one of
them. Kaufman said he frequently had
occasion to condemn his wife's conduct.
not only with koenig' but with other
to task about these things, he said. that
she Informed him that she must have
more money than he could give her to
dress and live the way she desired.
Husband Forced to Move.
An open rupture occurred In the Kauf-
man family two months ago, the hus-
6and says, and. as Koenig would not go,
be himself moved.
Found Important witness.
After finding a most important Wit
ness to-day the police decided 10 make
the charge of murder against Koenig.
Harry Hayes, employed in the Army
and Navy Club, roomed with his wife
in the Fortieth street nat. He said to
Capt. Hussey. OF the West Thirty-sev-
enth street station:
when / returned from my work a.
O'Clock this morning my wife and my
self heard Koenig and the woman quar-
relling In their room. Several times We
heard him say he would kill her unless
she gave him more money.
During the quarrel he left the room
and went to the kitchen, and we heard
him moving the things around in the
drawer where he kept his butcher
knives. Soon he went back to his room
and the quarrel was continued. In
minute all was still and we could hear
her choking We heard her gasps for
breath. the struggle and finally the
rattle in her throat. Both my wife and
myself were certain that she was be-
ing strangled. but we kept still for fear
koenlg would come in and kill us. We
felt he had procured butcher knife.