New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-30
SHOOTS WIFE AND CHILD
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began 10 cry. Mrs. Neuman started to
pick the child up. and her husband said:
ri take him; you needn't mind
The brother offered TO take the child
and quiet him, and reaching over, picked
il I'D from the bed. Without word,
Seuman jumped up and drew 32-cali-
bre revolver from his HI pocket. Be
fore the brother realized what he was
doing, he seized the baby, threw it onto
the bed and fired two shots into its head.
Then he turned the revolver toward his
wife
Solomon had risen TO his feet by this
tine and threw himself on the mad
.5ened man. He threw Isidor to the
floor of the little ROOM while the wife
threw herself on her knees and prayed
for her life and that OF her baby, whom
she clasped in her arms, while her
lorother-in-law and husband engaged in
a terrific struggle on the floor, each
striving 10 gain the mastery.
Made a temporary maniac 10y his in
sane jealousy. the husband proved more
than a match for Solomon, and finally
was successful in throwing him off and
reeairing possession of the revolver. He
Immediately turned toward his wife, who
held the lifeless body of the baby in her
arms. and fired three bullets into her
brain The woman dropped dead across
the bed without a murrnur, and then
Isidor. having emptied the revolver,
threw the weapon to the floor and
glanced wildly about the room. Solo
mon. thinking that his brother was go
ing 10 attack him, again made rush at
isidor and threw him to the bed.
The man seemed to have lost his
strength by this time and was as weak
as a child in his brothers hands Al
though Solomon tried to ask him what
reason he had for killing his wife and
ba by. Isidor would not answer him, and
appeared to be in dazed condition He
made no attempt TO escape from the
room and awaited the arrival of the ro-
ice with calmness.
Nathan Neuman, father of the muir
derer. and his wife were sitting with
a friend at the dining table. drinking
coffee when the first shots were heard
They ran at once 20 the bedroom, ar
living lust IN time to see Solomon over
power his brother and call for help. The
visitor ran TO the street, where he got
Patrolmanf Shields, of the East SSH
street station. who sent III a hurry cal
fer an ambulance and made the slayer
a prisoner. DR.. Evans, of the Presby-
terrain Hospital, pronounced the wife and
baby dead Shields was on his way Il
the station house with Neuman and hi
brother whom he arrested as Witness
before the neighbors found out the rea
son for the shots that had aroused them
To Lieutenant Kuhne, and later Il
coroner Holtzhauser, Solomon NeumaI
todd his version Of the affair and all h
krserr Of his brothers domestic troubles
lie said that Isidor Neuman, after serv-
ing an enlistment in the cavalry brancl
~ the army and spending some time
with Buffalo Bills Wild West Show, hat
become salesman for the provision
house OF Halstead e Co. Of 9TH street
Jersey City Five years ago he married
Blanche Solberg. whose mother has q
meat market in Eighth avenue. between
ssth and 3sth streets
The couple Solomon Neuman said. had
few il any quarrels. so far as he knew,
except that his brother was continually
charging his wife with having eloped.
She denied this. he said but her denials
did not seem To satisfy the husband, al
though the latter did not seem TO take
the matter very seriously
Coroner Boltzhauser expressed himself
satisfied that solomon Neuman had told
all he knew OF the case and said he
would not have him held by the police
He Intercepted the father. Nathan Neu-
man. who is a retired butcher. also. but
ne could throw 40 additional light or
the case except 10 say that Isidor had
seemed 10 change greatly since his wife's
return from Washington.
Coroner Holtzhauser WAS able 10 ge
little information from the prisoner
Neunan simply shook his head wheI
asked Why he had shot his wife ant
child. and appeared to have no recollec
ton of the double killing. He gaZed witt
no sign OF emotion upon the bodies of hi
wife and baby as they lay in the room
before him. and was puzzled by the CUES
tions the Coroner put TO him. His mln6
appeared to have become a blank afte
she shooting The Coroner held him on
barge Of homicide. and he was locket
IN a cell for the night cclosely guarded
for fear lest he should attempt TO harm
himself.