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Show TRIPLE MURDER IN NEW YORK Herman Auerbach Kills Two Daughters and Wife and Himself. New York, Jan 31. Hermann Auerbach, formerly a wealthy real estate operator, today shot all but one of his family as they slept In his home In an exclusive apartment he on e owned at 386 Central Park West. He then killed himself. The police believe be-lieve he was driven desperate by approaching ap-proaching poverty after having lived a life of luxury The tragedy Is remarkable because of the weapon. It was a W inchester repeating rifle loaded with .44-calihcr dttm-dum bullets, to which was a.f-fixed a.f-fixed a Maxim Bllencer The attachment attach-ment permitted the slayer-sulclde to move from bed to bed, firing one death shot after another with no sound louder than the click of the weapon to warn the next victim of approaching death. Only Son Left Alive. His wife Claire, 34 years old, his daughter. Beatrice. 18, and another daughter, Daisy, 16, were Auerbach's victims. Lester, his 14-year-old son, who slept In an adjoining room, was the only one to escape death, his father fa-ther sparing him so there might be some one to notify relatives and the police. Auerbach arose and crept into the bedroom of his daughters adjoining the room of his and his wife, just as dawn was breaking. The time is fixed by the condition of the bodies when found and the general condition of the rcom. According to Coroner Feinberg, pre viously he had scribbled a note, which he slipped under the door of his son's room, and which read' "When you wake up telephone Uncles Un-cles Leopold and Joe and grandpa." Slays Wife and Daughters. Stepping between the twin beds in which his two beautiful daughters lay, Auerbach placed the weapon close to the head of Beatrice, who was in the bed nearest the door, and pulled the trigger. There was a single sin-gle sharp click, the Maxim silencer muffling the report of the rifle, and a bullet leaped Into the brain of the sleeping girl, killing her instantly. At the time the other daughter, Daisy, was sleeping undisturbed There was no outcry', no mo e noth ing to warn her. Auerbach then placed the muzzle against the brain of his youngest daughter and fired Only the click of the weapon broke the silence. Entering the room of his wife, a single shot and Mrs. Auerbach was dead. Murderer Kills Self. Getting into his own bed the crazed man prepared to make the tragedy complete The butt of the rifle, a 3hort weapon, was placed against the bed of the dead wife. Sitting Sit-ting up in his own couch, the hus band placed the muzzle against his head, and reaching over pulled the trigger. For the last time there was a scarcely audible click and four lives had been wiped out in a few minutes, and neither the son nor the maid, 1 ottie Schliep, who slept nearby, had tho slightest inkling of the crime. Auerbach was 49 years old Ho was the son of David Auerbach of D Auerbach & Co., wealthy candy manufacturers. Ho has been twice married, the wife he killed today being be-ing the offspring of his first wife, who died about ten years ago About one and a half years ago AAierbach began to get into financial finan-cial difficulties and was compelled to unload his' valuable properties at a loss Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning the telephone rang and the man an awered It. A voice inquired for Beatrice. Bea-trice. The maid said Beatrice was still asleep. The person then asked for Lester, who went to the telephone. He told the maid it was his cousin, who wanted to make an engagement to take Beatrice skating later in the day, "I guess I'd better call her," he said. Knocking on the door of his sister's sis-ter's room and receiving no answor he opened the door and entered The next instant he bounded out of tho room and shouted to the maid: "My God, the are dead." Running to the room of his parents for the purpose of notifying them, he entered without knocking, and the maid again heard him cry out. "They're dead, too." With hi3 face ashen, the son rushed down the hallway toward the telephone tele-phone and as he passed his own door he saw a note in the doorway which he had overlooked when he came from the room. Its eontonts gave the bo an insight Into what happened. Cutting Cut-ting off the cousin, who still was waiting on the telephone, the hoy showed rare presence of mind and In the next few minutes sent out twelve telephone calls to relatives and ph -slclans. Coroner Feinberg announced it was a clear case of murder and suicide No arrests were made fr |
