Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-08
ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN BROOKLYN.
A Man Shot Dead 1y His OLD vccthcnrt
.-rhe Mulsiercss Alleges Seduction us
tho Causc--Slae Surrcntiers IIcrsctf to
the ROllee
From the N. Y. World Of Saturday,

tho Police.
From the N. 7. World Of Saturday.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Il dispatch came from the Fifth Police
Precinct, which, on being received al
the Central Office, read as follows
"About 10 o'clock to-day Fanny Hyde
aged eighteen years, residing at No. 3(
Wythe avenue, shot and killed George
W. Watson, at his hair dressing manu-
factory, corner of South Eleventh and
First streets. She was arrested. She
came to this station and gave herself up
Her husband came with her. Watson
boards at H. Wilson street." It ap.
pears that Watson occupied one floor o1
the large f0ur-story brick factory on
the southeast corner of South Eleventh
and First streets. He was o manu-
facturef Of silk nets for ladies' CHG
mons, and had employed several shop
girls to work for him. j., The factory is
on the third floor, and the other floors
OF the building are occupied for various
manufacturing purposes. Fanny Hyde
has been in his employ at diferen,
times for several years, and during tha,
time they have been on terms of init.
macy. Indeed, she alleges that he il
was who first ruined her. They quar-,
relied repeatedly, and during these
quarrels she says that Watson made
it practice to call he allthe vile names
he could think of, and cast in her teeth
acts of shame of which he himself had
been the cause. Fanny says also thai
she begged and entreated him not, to
expose her, and to cease
to torment her further, now
that she was married woman. These
requests were only met by Watson'a
jeers, however, and he still continued
to insult and abuse her until she finally
resolved to put stop to it in some
way. To leave the place would be to
lose her employment, and this she
could not afford. to do; so she told
Watson that he must not interfere with
her, or she would tell her husband. He
did desist for time, but on Thursday
Watson renewed his coarse conduct
towards her, called her names, and
finally threatened to discharge her.
The quarrel was kept up all day, and
yesterday, fearing violence at his hands,
she brought her pistol with her to the
shop, as she says, for the purpose of
protecting herself against outrage. The
quarrel was renewed, and Fanny again
begged Watson to let her alone. He
continued his insults, and she
finally became SO enraged at his
conduct that she pulled the pistol out
of her pocket and shot him in the hall
way outside of his own shop door, at
tie head of the third fiji ght Of stairs. -
Watson staggered and fell down to the
bottom OF the iron plated steps, and lay
there ifeless. Mrs. Hyde's father, MI.
}. Windley, was the first to find him.
He worked at the same business in the
building, and on seeing Watson living
in pool of blood at the foot Of the
stairs gave the alarm. He first entered
Watson's shop and inquired what was
the matter, when Fanny frankly stated
to her father that she had shot him, and
added that though she did not intend
to kill him she had just cause to do so
She Immediately sent for her husband
who is employed in Appleton's book
bindery, in Kent avenue, only a few
blocks distant. When he arrived sh,
walked with him to the Fifth Precinc
Police Station, and gave herself up tt
Captain Waylon.
Watson was q man apparently abou
45 years of age, and has son nearl,
20 years of age. It is said that hi.
family are in Boston, and that he wa,
very dissipated in his habits.
The ball entered the left side of tn,
neck, severing the jugular and causing
immediate death.