The sun., 1873-11-11
4 Tragedy ~ srEUBEv coryrr.
Business Man Commits Forgery Then De-
scrts his Ramii, Wife shot Dead at
Midnight by ~ Woman.


On Tuesday last man named Lyman
Arnold, business man at Avoca, Steuben conn
", y, Y" lett the town without informing mis-
wife or friends of his departure, aud b@f"r.
night IL WA discovered that he had forged nutcs
and checks TO the am aunt ~ $-", nnd obtained
the cash on them. lie was tho husband OF a
very esiinalc woman, his second wife, and Is
the father of four or i've children. From some
words he let drop the day before, II wa. thought
mat NJ Ind started for Detroit, and telegram
was sent here. THE chief OF Police gave the
.as' o. pgtec,'Ir bish%p, nl me detective be-
the route taheH 10y Arnold was more exactly as-
cerialncd, and D,plty sheriff 4. y. II ssins, Of
ANuel, stated on the trail. tie was fortunate
70 ana thc lur@er az Niagara ais Jus as he wa,
prel airing 70 como West, and h. took him uu,a,
10 Ayoca. arriving there Thursday, to ind that
a my terious murder had been committed dor
ing his abSence.
Living in the village was n young woman
named Emcllne Tower, who had once worked
the two were more Intimate than thoy should
have been. and the vlirrr rossip h,td Created
unpleasnntness In Arnoid's fi-iiy. so that Mis-
Tower did not visit the house and was mot IN
speaking terms with Mrs. Arnold. rucrc We,
however, no suspicion - 4 separation between
husband aud vile, ur uf the horrible crime to
grow out of the scandal. Arnold wts sup,oH.d
10 ne an honest man, and there were those VINO
tooA me- slIe ahd deienIed him. wednesday
night ABOUT midnight Mrs, Arnold, who was
shot into her head, witch passed out Of her
mouth A. she sprang up u person IN the room
ur'd iNo more shots, bOth taking effect Ia Mrs.
a "a 'l4 hndy, ana bolh producing tAtal uuuds.
lhcre WAS no light IN the rouui, nat IN tLr dark
ness Alf7. Arnold heard the rustic of a dress aud
saw female figure. As soon as the WIFE fell
back diving the ngurc fed.
II was some lime before anv ~ the children
came down stairs they having been chlorufOrt.-
cd, as Was aftcTward Il. certaincd. They arol. ed
the neighbors at once, aud the dying woman
made her statement about the female ny,irs
though Ht the time II was thought she was out
Of her mind ana was speaking AT random. It was
found that the person who had committed the
deed hhd ELECTED au entrance by climbing uuuu
tho Kitchen roof and then Raising one of the
chalubtr windows uf the house. Miss Tower
knew Of thiS route, but no one else outside Of
the family.
On Thursday morning after the murder had
become known throughout the village, aud
with others, Miss Tower took the cars Tor De-
troit. Ihia circumstance, In connection with
lhs hnt dropped 10y Arnold that ne Was coming
this way, led to the belief That the two were
connected with the murder, and were going oH
together.
\ telegram was sent hero asking that the
woman be watched, She arrived here on Sltur-
day morning ana registered herself At the tt,,s
House under the namo of Mrs. iiunt. 1ht .tne
molnlug "a trulk belonp ing 10 Arnold arrived by
express marked Mrs. l.. Hunt, Cass Hotel. Do
their plans together and were u meet hero,
Arnold, OF course, dis not roach here, Il, Ing m
der arrest. luo woman waited until Saturday.
and then perhaps thinking that he had been cap
tured, She took the tram to Dexter, and from
norm, In thc town, nip Of Lind n. Detective
hlehop had .cpt track OF her movement, and
when caerE Higgins arrived here on saturday
MAhl tLt drlt i've ""7 re.u5 10 go with him,
Ca Sunday they went 10 DoXter, and tLon pro-
cutil- It carriage drove To Linden, reaching the
house whore Miss Tower Was stopping two hours
aftei tl,v tumily had retired. Shu vas called up
aud arrested, but was the least excited of tne
lhtte bearing herself cuolly, and not even cx-
hihitiug any curiosity 10 know the charge
h3alust ber. In her frank was found u revolver
WIN throt clnlty cnNml CTS, and the bnli brought
along from the scene OF tire murder was an cx-
act lt Tor the wcupun. Further tlau this, sue
htd bottle plrlly hUcd with chlOrof iriu.
On lcr way into the city sho WIS informed ot
me murder and Of the arrast Of Arnold, bst ,hs
had Few luestions 10 ask, no excuses 10 ohsrfC
leF conduct, aud up 10 yesterday noon. when
sho started for Now York, s,e had not shed a
tear, The woman Is twenty-six years Of age OF
medium height, aud quito handsome. Tho
hnern - positive that she 10 tho midnight
stranger who did the shooting.