A PITIFUL STORY FROM BERLIN.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 147, 23 June 1894, Page 2 (Supplement)

A PITIFUL STORY FROM BERLIN.

The following story of the end oi a sad love affair is relatod by the Berlin representative of the Dailj News :' — The other day, at a courl of justice in the German capital, a clog-maker of about thirty years oi age was accused of having killed hi* intended wife at her request. Ht attempted to shoot himself afterwards but only succeeded in destroying the sight of one eye, though he will probably lose the other. The accused acknowledged everything that he was charged with. Hit mother obstinately opposed hit marriage with the girl because he had " kept company " with anothei young woman who gave birth to a child. Finally, they resolved to die together. On October Ist last yeai they went to Berlin, and lodged a\ an inn. The accused stated that the girl on the night they arrived begged him to shoot her first and then himself, but he had not the courage On the following day she renewed her request, and she herself placed the loaded revolver on her breast and begged him to pull the trigger. He did so ; butsheentreated him to fire again, as she did not fall mortally wounded. He again fired at her, standing a short distance off, and she then fell down. He now pointed the revolver at his temple and fired. The inmates of the house, startled by the shots, hurried into the room, and found them both still alive, but the girl died soon after. The aged mother appeared as a witness, the declared that her duty and conscience forbade her consenting to the union. The Public Prosecutor pointed ont that the accused had not only bi'ought misery upon others but also upon himself, and he therefore considered it sufficient to sentence him to three years' imprisonment. After the trial mother and son met in the waiting-room.