Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
MURDERS WOMAN
WHO REFUSES KISS
New York Florist Becomes crazed at
Goodness Of His Friends Wife
and FrantIcalIy Fires
Pistol
Special to The Herald.


West Eighty-second street last night
one woman, shot twice through the
body and her throat cut with a razor,
was arrested, and another woman and
two men were shot and slashed with a
razor. The second woman. who receiv-
ed a bullet wound in the head, was
| taken to the Roosevelt hospital where
It Is said that she will die. One of the
men, who Is accused of the murder
was shot in the head and also received
| a razor cash in the neck The other
man was but slightly injured.
The murdered woman was Mrs. Lena
! Weidman, 30 years old, who had a mani
cure establishment in the Hotel Endi-
colt at Eighty-first street and Column
bus avenue. The others were:
Miss Pauline Ratel, 25 years old. a
mantcurist and boarder at Mrs. Weld
mans. shot through the head.
George Fallon, a florist, charged with
numbering Mrs. Weidman, shot through
the head and suffering from slashes
with razor in the neck.
Fred Braman of 261 West 153d street
a married man and a friend of Miss
Ratel, slightly cut with the razor and
| lacerations of the head
SO far the police at West Sixty
to get the complete details of the trag-
edy except from a statement made by
the murdered woman just before she
died, in which she said that Fallon had
struggled with her because she had re-
| fused to kiss him.
She drew a revolver in self defense
and shot at him and then, she said. he
drew a razor, and after slashing her
seized the revolver and shot her and
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to her assistance
For several years Mrs. Weidman had
had manicure Establishment in the
Hotel Endicott. Her husband John.
Kept a newsstand at the corner of
Eighty-first street and Columbus ave-
nue. underneath the elevated stairs On
the opposite corner, the southeast, Fal-
lon had flower stand. Fallon had a
room with the Weidmans in their apart
ment In West Eighty-secon street. He
had no meals there and seldom was in
the house. Miss Ratel, who for about
year has been employed by Mrs
Weidman, also had a room in the apart
ment
Yesterday Weidman sold his news
stand and at noon he told Fallon, who
apparently, according to those who
have been questioned by the police, did
not like the idea of losing a friend and
a home.
Shortly after o'clock in the evening
Braman, who has known Miss Ratel
for several years, visited the apartment,
and he and the young woman were in
the front parlor when Fallon entered
the house.
After they had been there for about
half an hour they heard Fallon and
Mrs. Weidman in a heated argument
Miss Ratel went into the dining room
to inquire about the trouble. Mrs.
Weidman smiled and said that Fallon
was angry because her husband had
sold his newsstand and was going to
New Jersey to build an embroidery fac
tory.
Returning to the parlor Miss Ratel
remained with Braman until about 10
o'clock, when they were startled by the
report of a pistol. Neither moved from
the room until they heard the second
shot. Then a struggle ensued in the
rear rooms. and both shut the door and
held 1T. The struggle continued for
several minutes, and they could hear
the cries of Mrs. Weidman, and then
more shots followed. Chairs were over
turned. and then there was silence.
They cautiously opened the door and
saw Fallon standing over Mrs. Weld
man with razor in his hand. Miss
Ratel ran through the hall of the apart
ment. AS she opened the door leading
out of the apartment Fallon ex-
claimed:
"Where are you going?"
AS she turned he raised his hand and
fired at her. The woman ran down and
fell at the door of the apartment of
Paul Wilstock, who says he is theatri-
cal manager.
Braman quickly followed Miss Ratel,
and as he jumped toward the door Fal-
Ion struck him with the handle of the
revolver and also cut him slightly with
the razor
In the meantime the entire house had
been aroused by the shots and the
struggle. Everybody ran to the street
and raised a cry for the police.
Policeman Robert Levins of the
West SiXty-eighth street station, who
was at the corner of Central Park
West, heard the cries and ran to the
house. He found Fallon still standing
over the Woman's body with the razor
in his hand. AS the policeman ap-
preached him, the man seized the wo-
man by the hair and started to pull her
body away.
Levins went at him with his club in
the air. Fallon raised his right hand
which held the razor, and made a dash
for the policeman who managed to
strike the man over the head with his
side unconscious.
Without delay Levins telephoned for
the reserves and also to Roosevelt hos
pital for an ambulance.
Levins then returned to the apart
ment and found that Mrs. Weidman
was not dead. He lifted her to bed,
and discovered that she had not only
been shot twice over the heart but also
had been slashed twice about the head
with the razor.
The cuts reached nearly from ear to
ear. In almost a whisper the woman
said to the policeman:
"He tried to kiss me. would not
let him, and when I persistently re-
fused he started to attack me. / then
got the revolver and we both shot"
Then the woman became unconscious.
She died a few minutes later
The account Fallon gave to Police
man Levins was that he had knocked
at Mrs. Wiedman's parlor door, and
that when she opened 1t and saw him,
she slammed it in his face. Thereupon,
he said, he forced his way in, and was
shot by her as he crossed the thresh-