Evening star., 1922-12-01
Charles ]. GIauback SIasheS
Himself After Butcher-Knife
Attack on Wife.
PLUCKY SON LOCKS HIM
UP IN STORE BEDROOM
Mother Expected to Recover From
Assault Enacted in Shop
at 81 H Northeast.

! A long butcher knife from the meat
block of little general store at 81 IL
| street northeast early this morning
carved trail of blood and tragedy.
As result, Charles ]. Glaubach.
forty-three years old. lies in Emer-
gency Hospital with his throat cut by
| his own hand. in a very critical con-
ditton," with physicians holding on.
| little hope of recovery: Mrs. Glaubacli
| is at Casualty Hospital with her throat
cut and right hand badly SLICED. but no;
| in serious condition. while their son
Nathan Glaubach. aged, Thirteen years
/ is thanking his lucky stars that he es-
capped by a hairs breadth from the
same knife.
Asked Wife to support Him.
According to Eathan's" story. his
father had been quarreling with his
mother, asking her to support him:
had entered the store about 1:3O
O'Clock. cut his mothers throat.
| started after their son. missed the
son. and later slashed his own throat.
! GlauEach told the police that h.
! cuar.eled with his wife, had been at
| tackled by her, and in wrestling the
knife from her. had accidentally cut
Eer. Nathan fatty denied his fathers
version of the story.
Police reported they had a warrant
for the arrest of Glauback. charged
I with having threatened his wife.
! Records at police headquarters show
, ed the warrant had been sworn to by
| his wife, on November "a. and the
warrant sent TO precinct No. 2. Al
/ No ? police said they had not seen
| the warrant.
/ No charges had been filed against
Giauback up to noon today in con-
nectlon with the cutting.
Boy Tells Story.
| 1t was a grim but thrilling story
Nathan told of his escape from the
knife
The boy was still in his nightclothes,
! according to his version of the
tragedy. Through the glass window
/ of the door separating the bedrooms
! from the little store. which belonged
| to his mother. Nathan saw his father
! enter. call his mother. and engage in
a controversy.
Il couldn't hear all that they said
Nathan told representative of The
! Star. but | understood my father to
tell mother she ought to support him.
Then there was an argument. and he
took the butcher knife and cut her
! throat.
| The lad then stepped TO the little
counter. where still lay the meat
/ cleaver and saw. and enacted the
| tragic scene between his father and
mother. "He held her like this" the
boy said. holding his hand over his
| mouth and chin.
Father Pushed Door Open.
! Mother ran screaming into the
street for help the boy went on.
''and through the windowpane I could
see father make a dive for me behind
| the door. held the door as tight as
i could. but he pushed too hard for
me. / jumped back all of sudden
and he stumbled and fell through the
/ door" Here the boy indicated a
deep step from the store into the
| living quarters in the rear.
When the father fell into the bed
| room. with the knife. Nathan said he
then quickly sprang through the doc:
into the store and slipped the lock in
place. With his mother outside
screaming for help. and the neighbors
clothes held the door while his ia
ther, he said. frantically tried to get
out of the bedroom. BloodStains
F; trailing through the bedroom and out
into back room full of trash indi
Gated. police said. that the enraged
| man had evidently tried to escape by
the back door and failed. He re-
| turned to the bedroom. the boy said,
and. as the crowd gathered. leaned up
against the door and cut his own
| throat.
Little Sister Safe.
The injured were taken to the Emer-
gency and Casualty hospitals. The
boy was escorted to station No. s,
where he awaited the arrival of
friends. ii. Goodman and family, who
operate a grocery at 2639 l street.
Nathan's little sister Frida was safe
at the Goodman home last night and
was spared the narrowing experience
at the II street store this morning,
The Goodmans today indicated they
| would shelter the two children and
ent.
The Glaubachs had come from
Newark, N j.. Nathan said. a few
weeks ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Glaubach
were natives of Austria. their chill.
dren were born in this country. They
first lived here with the Goodmans. al
! 2639 l street.
Police revealed that friends of Mrs
| Glaubach had some time ago com.
| planned of the actions of GlaubacfL
| The husband, who had left his wife,
| friends said, had been walking back
| and forth by the hour in front of the
! house, and at times had parked his
| automobile there. to sit in 1t and
glover across the street. Continued
complaints resulted in the warrant
being issued, but it was never served.
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