The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-11
Henry Watjen, West Hoboken
Carpenter, Planned Triple
Murder and Suicide.
FILLED UP ON WHISKEY.
This Put Him in a Congratu-
latory Mood and He Spared
Girl and Boy,

A most matter f-fact and selfsa,is-
fed murderer Is Henry watJen, car.
penter. OF West Hoboken. who killed his
pretty young wife last night. lie went
about the work of taking HIS helpmate's
life as placidly and methodically as he
might go about the work Of shingling
n house and he made most complete
job of It.
After killing his wife he determined
to Kill his two children, a girl, aged
nine. and a boy aged seven and com
nit suicide But he first filled up on
whlskey. which had the effect of max
ing him take congratulatory view OF
what he had already accomplished and
the lives of the children were spared.
Waiter saws he killed his wife because
she confessed TO him Yesterday evening
that she had been unfaithtnl, Her
mother and her friends say that she was
as true as steel 10 her husband. He has
been arrested several times for beating
Ms wife, and has the reputation OF be-
ing a morCse ana VlOlent man
Children Found Body
Watten, who has been out OF work
Ia,ely. lived at No III lloboken street
West Hoboken, In a small frame house
lie was arrest ed there to-day by A po-
llcemnn who was sunomnedd by Mrs.
Hemlich. the mother OF the murdered
i,h Cd
the crime by the Watjen children, VINO
tot out OF bed 10 find their mother dead
md their father In drunken stupor
wing across a table In the kitchen.
II suppose I'll go to the electric
chair for this" said Watjen TO the
police, but | am willing to die. !
came pretty close to wlplng out the
whole family last night
MY wife told me she had been un-
faithful had been suspicious OF her
Tor some time and her confession did
NOT surprise me. didn't ask her any
questions and gave her 10 understand
that ] had forgiven her. she went 70
bed but she didn't go 10 sleep unt'l
after | o'clock. -
Il sat up waiting lpr NJ -
sleep, had bottle of whiskey and
look a drink every once in while
because had determined TO Kill her'
AT two o'clock this mornng-just
after the clock struck tiptoed to herr
room and found her asleep. Then /
went to the Kitchen ana got a heavy
mallet and hit her on top OF me heaa
with 1t. | am sure the first blow Killed
her because she didn't even move-just
kind Of moaned-but | hit her again to
make sure
Slashed Her Throat.
Then took my jackknife out OF my
pocket and slashed her throat and her
was to drain all the blood out or her
body, and | guess ! did, The enid
were asleep in the next room and did
After she was dead went out and
washed my hands and took a drink.
Then | wrote four letters-one to my
mother. one to my brother and one to
was to XIII the children as they slept
and then kill myself. because We were
ali disgraced and would be better OF
dead.
But. somehow. after drank more
whiskey, felt that II would be wrong
to kill the children j thought thai
everybody would see | was justified in
killing my wife and they might set me
free. Now, when the whisky Is out OF
me, know that ! was foolish 10 think
that way, but I'll have to take the con-
sequences
when the children got up and found
their mother dead they ran around to
the residence OF their grandmother. Mrs.
Hemlich hurried to her son-in-law' 8
house. burst into the bedroom and salts
fed herself that the story the children
had told her was true. Her screams
aroused Watjen who stumbled into the
room rubbing his eyes,
MY God, Henry. what have YOU
done?" shrieked the distracted mother,
i've killed Minnie" he replied Don't
get excited about Il. I've been here since
o'clock this morning Go get the police.
III wait for them"
Screaming in terror and grief. Mrs.
Hemlch ran to the street. When the
policeman who responded to her call
reached the house ne found Watjen talk.
Ing the last drink out OF a quart bottle
that had been full OF whiskey at mid.
night