The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25
Suicide FIRST KILLS WIFE.
SHOOTS HER on HIS RETURN
FROM A HUNTING TRIP.
Then sits Down in Chair and Blows His Head
10 Pieces by springinS Trigger With
His FoOt--French Employee OF Music
BOX Factory Seeks Peace In Death.


r,1zApErH, y. j., Sept "a. Louis Bor-
,eaud, SO years Old Of Linden, returned
home about 9 o'clock last evening after an
absence Of few hours in the fields. where
he was shooting, and deliberately discharged
a load from his gun In the face Of his wife.
She must have died instantly for her face
and head were frightfully mangled. She
was 40 years old, good looking and, accord
inc to her neighbors, an accomplished
woman
Borneaud then sat down in a rocking
chat, placed the double barrelled gun be-
tween his legs so that his chin rested on
its muzzle, and sprung the trigger with his
foot. The explosion almost blew his head
oF Some of his teeth were driven to his
skull
The Borneauds had no children, and there
was no other person in the house at the
time except Mrs. Joseph Zapp. the wife OF
the landlord, who was in the opposite end
Of the big house, on the ground floor.
Bo1neaud lived on the second floor. Mrs.
zapp heard the shots but failed to locate
the sounds exactly She thought Of visit
Ing the Borneaud apartments, but became
suddenly afraid and decided to wait till her
husband came home. Then she went out
10 look TOR her husband.
Ninette, pet dog belonging to Mrs. Bor-
neaud, meanwhile led to the discovery of
the bodies. August Jacote had two COWS
pasturing near the borneaud house, and
when he was driving them home in the
evening the dog was on the veranda,
whining and yelping. Ninette jumped
down from the veranda and caught him
BY the legs Of his trousers, then ran to the
house, and repeated the performance,
Jacote followed the little dog upstairs
and into the kitchen. There he saw the
woman lying on her back on the floor in a
poo of blood, with q carving knife In her
hand The body Of her husband was in
the rocking chair, his head leaning to one
side, and apparently almost falling from the
body
The knife in the hands OF Mrs. Boneaud
Is accounted for from the fact that she was
preparing dinner Her husband was al
ways kind to his wife. according to his
friends, and never quarrelled with her
Drink is supposed to have led to the deed
Bomeaud was known as man who
drank a great deal, although he was
never seen badly under the influence of
liquor. Thursday night he visited the
home Of friend with his wife, and there
they were treated to some hard cider. Bor-
neaud drank almost a gallon. When he
went shooting, as he frequently did, he al
ways carried flask OF liquor with him, and
It is supposed that he was similarly sup
piled yesterday afternoon.
He had been employed by the Regina
Music Box Company Of Railway for sew
eral years, but about twelve months ago
lost his job on account Of his drinking
habits. His neighbors say that he earned
then from $50 to $40 week as an expert
tuner. Last winter he was glad to accept
a job at 81 rs a day He was reinstated by
the Railway concern in the spring, but his
salary was not as large as formerly. He
told his friends and he worried over the fall
In his fortunes.
Il think will kill myself, he said to Mrs.
Zapp yesterday morning. Il have no re-
volver, but have gun upstairs. l guess,
II l sit down on a chair with the gun be-
tween my legs, can spring the trigger with
my foot"
The words were spoken in German, in
which Borneaud was proficient as we'll as
In English, and his native language. French,
Mrs. Zapp thought he was joking.