New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
SUICIDE PACT ATGRAVE
MUSICIAN KILLS HIS WIFE
IND THEN HIMSELF.
-4ged Couple Select Cemetery Where
TFoman's First Husband Wns
Buried to End Their LiUes

Charlie. A Orar1under a we'll known 1nusi-
clan. shot and killed his wife and then himself
at the grave of her first husband in the Hoboken
Cemetery, in North Bergen Township, n J. last
evening.
From the position of the bodies It is thought
that the woman. who cripple, must have
been leaning forward ON her crutches in front
of her husband when he shot her in the left
side of the head
The mans body was found in sitting posi-
ton bench in the cemetery plot His wife's
body lying face down In front of him
After shooting her he probably leaned over to
wipe the blood from her head. hloodstained
handkerchief found in his pocket. Then he
probably shot himself in the right temple
John Satter, superintendent of the cemetery,
heard shot about O'Clock, but paid no atten-
tion to it. When he heard a second shot shortly
after he hurried in the direction from which the
sounds came
In the plot where Diedrich Iohlman. Mrs.
Orlamunder's first husband, was buried he found
the woman dead and he breathing his last It
is believed that Orlamunder and his wife, be-
coming tired of life. had formed a suicide pact,
The musician sxty-five years old.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. orla-
munder hired cab at the West Shore ferry
house at Weehawken. They drove along the
Hudson Boulevard. which leads to the cemetery,
I
Orlamunder got out and invited the driver to
have drink. After taking drink Orlamunder
took a drink to his wife. Then he paid the
driver and dismissed him. and he and his wife
went on to the cemetery.
II Mr.. Satter informed the North Bergen police.
and Chief Nolan and Captain Marcy hurried 10
the cemetery. on the arrival of ambulance
Oramunder and the body Of his wife we're
placed IN 1T and a start was made for the North
/
der died before the hospital reached.
The two bodies were then taken 10 Sharte $
morgue. in Union Hill. In one OF Orlamunder s
pockets were found the change OF dollar bill
which he received after paying for the drinks
at the hotel and a hve-dollar bill and a ten
| dollar bill
Orlamunder had travelling bag IN which he
had carried the revolver and many cartridges.
There were toilet articles that had evidently be-
longed TO Mrs. Orlamunder. and some small ar
! tices Of dress. In the bag also was letter in
German addressed 10 Mr.. Sharte. the under
! taker. Bury Us. and whatever the expense You
/ will be paid" II said.
The letter written or the stationery o+
/ the West Shore Hotel 42d street and Eleventh
/ avenue. Manhattan ana II is thought the couple
I had been living there. There vas also found
! the card of Chris. Sciorlak a PEAL estate gent
of No. IA Ninth avenue Manhattan. On the
| back Orlamunder had written in German that
| Mr.. Scforlak would pay the burial expenses.
Diedrich Pohlmap had pavilion in Jersey
! City for many years and Orlamunder was the
! leader Of the orchestra there. Some time after
! Pohlman's death he married the widow.
In the travelling bag carried by Orlamunder
/ was the deed to the plot in the cemetery where
! tho shooting took place. Everything seemed tc
! indicate that the aged couple had agreed 10 die
together. and had made all necessary prepara-
| tions for the care Of their bodies