The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-12
CHICAG0'S LAST TRAGEDY.
a HUSBAND SHOOTING THE SIAN
BERER or ms WIFE.

VII hNphNu1 NNttlihEs III uloul sbU . ClOtk,
Mr.. Francis lIanford. Principal of the North
Division Hish School, was shot In front of his
house at 2Gi Oak street, by Alexander Sullivan,
Secretary of the Board Of Public Works. and TIA
aboat half au hour afterward died Of the wound
sullivan was Immediately placed under arrest
/ The tragedy WIS the result Of u charge made by
/ HaufOrd that Mrs. Sullivan was at the bottom
/ OF alleged corruption In the School II Jard. Mrs.
sullivan Il a young IRISH American Of twenty
four, who has been for 1--WE or six years an edto-
rial writer on the different Chicago dailies. She
IL an aOlc and versatile journalist, and ENJOYS a
| person i reputation that has never been aasailed
! 10 the reinotest way. Mr. sullivan has also been
ajOurn Hist Out in 1913 was appointed Secretary
/ Of the Board of Public Works 10th I'm. IAN,
and wife are members OF the Catholic Cuurch,
ana are prominent IN that denomination ON ac-
count OF their superior abilities ana tine social
| qualities.
THE PRovoCArIoN.
! Yesterday afternoon. at the Council meeting,
while the question Of confirming the numinl-
| lions o. tue gentlemen whom Culyin had recum-
/ mcnded TO be members Of toe Board ~ Educa-
| ton WIS netng discussed. Aideru an Van Osdel,
| VINO argued IN the NEGATIVE. was pressed Tor
| proof ot certain charges OF corruption upon the
/ school Board and produced. vita great roluc.
! lance, letter winch charged that the School
/ ip"rd was controlled by ning.in which Mesars.
Blnthdrdt, Goggin, Olesou, Nchherg. Hoyue,
/ 9ud others were actively concerned; that tni :
! KING controlled appointments aud fashioned the
| n"u'I "i lue uo!td' tndt the acts OF tue
| board 10y reason OF the kng.wcre of % chara ser
! designed 10 THROW the ScuNuls into the han D. II
! the homau Catholics, aud thai Mrs. Sullivan WAS
the handspring If the liing. who furnished the
sugs, Iinns, VI rather issued orders Tor all tadt
ihe most Objectionable passage in this letter,
| which was ANONYMOUS. was - follows:
lhs school King has plotted aad cs.slatod 10 cripple
tue scuv1a tnu TO use tue position ~ iurtN,r pri
and sec,ai itn int,res iua r. Of history the past
mn VI i ga. best men ami women connected VI Ia
Tue schnos The iustisal or aul eng crirchir Of al
Il 'ila -yuu, wlc OF the secretary tue Board uf
| luuIc WORKS. ier iunuence with GOWN W. provch
| pout d IA Al- stead.
Alderman Van Osdel. during the discus ion
| wnlcn loil0Wed the reading Of this eXTdurdi-
nary letter. was Vrosscd 10 the nime Of inc
writcs' ano, finally, NJ gte reluctance, stated
/ that as au,nOl Mas VI HtniJfd, the PiiuctpL
VI the North Division iiign school.
TiIE MURDER.
! Mr. sullivan. who VS. accidentally in the
! CoUnca roOn at ms tin'e, ~ IS scandiLed at tue
! use 40 &c ot ni, " fc's h,tne. lie REQUIRED from
! reporter "a copy Of ihe uArl Of tue letter wntch
! related 20 hi- wife. When ne went nome iu tnc
/ CNcutug thry cluv4ssed the ma or botn sen
/ taViu. and ties s..rted Tor tow with the lnteu-
upn OF Nisitng Tue newspupcT IN tcs ~ nave the
have tnonl to tht puplic tnis ming ACCOM-
/ p-hitd - a dtnii over vrs. : IltiNan's sigus-
/ tutc. Iney soc ai SO pak sire {. about iour
tluCas edst " Al IA ord = uUu-c, and ON the way
/ solved to cail upon that person aud ash re-
J Traction.
/ Il was abou 7.3O o'clock when Sullivan drove
+ up W haniufd'. hous3. a cos,N neat-ioohlng
+ tlck, o. tWu stories aud hl-e futut. win lrunt
B Nai4. e iil-u stone - lrH AN. lut Nlg IS DDS
/ IT. A. Hr-. IL ,uIvrd was ritilHS nn tac upper
! steY, ANA AiI. "a ntYtd Wa W.leftAs hs grass
/ plti aui ile walh aud roadway WITH ewIeu
/ ,se "n,h thc Ncuicie Cuutaining Alexander
/ sullivan. t,r-. Margaret SIiiytu. ui- VIE Law
! renee { sullivan, Mt brotAcI. ana Jonu MURRAY.
/ tue driver, came a. 10 tue euro igotn an east
] cry erection, amt stopped cl l-e to " .acra
! hsniuri was standing. sullivan Jumped nut.
/ and pIling out uisc, uf p.prr contain.
M e stutenCc Of Hl.turl cuuuIuui. zion
/ TO the Council, rejecting on Mrs. : inviu. de-
meudcH TO kuuW II uo was the author, ana calf
an. f.H H la. HaI.HN|
! lord ieiH-ru 10 rcpN turtuer tuan uS -aSIu- that
"nen the pro1er umc .rriNed it NuuiL oe tiine
! cuuAgl tnr That. rnuiyan therPupla struc.1 nim
/ ~ vac Ice and Nnn' kcl Tim down. As ne taii,
DAVID :. AcldHlien. Of tue P,gi, caugut Sullivan
around the neck witu one arm, ala triou O. pre-
! vent iurtner blows with tue o,her. SULLIVAN
however, reached bis right hand mo hip
! = chc,. and drew a revui,Ir. about No. as.
ana hfed AZ tue PROSTATE uan' tue Uali taxing
euec, Ia the fiEht side, close T. the nave, cut
ting through tue vital portion Of tne oowe,s
Win Al ch"ct. sullivan deliberately walked
toward the carriage jus, A. McMuiien released
hI- .o'. II nim ~ 20 @ tne wounded man as-
ssttuce. and ~ the homicide reached tue We
hicie anu MAS ABOUT to helo us vile IN, Mc.dni-
20. At that moment Oiiccr l. 4Win -. uackett
came ~ and look tue PRISONER IA Gus
toly, and iocAed uim lp in tne Chicago avenue
neinlldered man WIS carried into mis- house
by his hcignoors. amid TIC most neartrendiLs
erie, and lamentations Of hia " ife ana th.ce
wee cali, /. but tho, SCI uid render n1 ser.ir,
tnat wuulu save n.- TIE, aud NJ. Hnai0rd oil. Il
l 900 "a tlffil AllAi' sur 1AAAtA - NJ IAN
ly mi .l.ui5 ir'uu-.
FDnfe T5nnG
sULLiNAS's STORY.
Tine following count q the tragedy was
EN % l' " t'utNt Ietuil ~ ff sun Van Wuiie
be- i,.l. "nd before ue Lad heard of ar. hanlOrus
death:
the roDil v.grs the 80 ~ Il EduC4ttou wa 3D.
session. u.et several people WHO toid ne that
an anon. iduus CONTAMINATION mad just bean
rad, H. witch n4y Niic. o.- cnaracier.xed IA Tue
West | inst ..IfIF N4T \ tl-ls l.
wA1, "s,, told, hhd o. 1seuted a., hlt tee f-ius "a
that II a. had present . cli4 iuUnicltiou .--
sailing ladf. aud refused go XIV h5r Auau,il I
t'e name al the author, uc was m1i innu -Ae
wa. simpb DO. itr .'i' hr 0 la anout as
o. don, assuil hHr' iu4t Wueu 4tW la rlNi-
municatiun would say rp. Ant 40 tine proper
time ne would tell nae tlc au.u,r. iie hu.li,
told ms "a II w.s Air. II inf.rl. j mai D,ger
seen tne luan-knsw nntning aoOHt ma. EXCEPT
tHt ma heard thtt ne held tne position oi
ASSISTANT ~ 1erhteut en- ~ Nc. ui, az one time.
"tfter tne Council tdl 'urutd went 10 tue re-
pcriers de-e' ana eot itulI Mr Al nus of th
Imies a pdge OF the letter. could not get the
whole letter because tue pages were scattered
arouu4 among tne uircren. report. r.. Tue pa-e
gJt nau o. paragraph which stated tnat th- re
was a cofTup. Riusiu the Board of Education,
ana thai Ail-. suliis. q, wife II Mr. Sullivan, o
the Hoard of Pduhr orks Was Inc ruiel
engineer OF an the deyiltry OF the corrupt RING.
| II went ON 80 say tnat tuongh hcc influence
with Alr. tolvin, she controlled -. and tnat
through her influence with sir. COlNn,
BAILEY. the former secretary OF tle
| Board. had been removed ana hcr husband
Works. The statements were UNANIMOUSLY fast.
and 80 utterly uuc ,lltu Tor that determined 10
have IL stopped. went nome 81 AMI TOLD M
| wife about -. she fclt WY nucn g1ev'd. ant
said Wc h hotter try 10 hseu II Oul of the
newspapers; tuat sue dld not th,uk auyD. dy
connected Win TIE paprra would allow tie
| communication to be published, u wase tufan-
Gus. Ana we lett nome ia Il carriage with tue
intent,oa Of gJiug 10 the various Newspaper
oloe- ANA requesting tine supt rc-siIn # tie
mat cf a. least un,il We could get nearing
Al tuis moment Mr. Jane, Mc,lullcu, ol tue
| Post, came up 10 the cell and hhouA hands Aitu
| Mr. SULLIVAN. VINO inquired, How Is nc geltiug
| along r. MI McNulien, who had not been
| cautioned abOui Cnucca1ng the death Of
| Mr. Haniord, replied, 80 ON, he died long
| ago he effect OF TINS rcnlars upon
| Mr.. sullivan cannot ne described. le star, u
~ If to avoid blow from some wcap,n.
and exclaimed. ION, my Goal 1t ~ fe,u-
fIl. uad no ldca OF ~ aud then, turning to
the repor,er, he SAID; "Why didu't YOU tell NOR
TIE la es-enger vino was ia tlid iuo nc " .s
mucu bet ,r, and felt 40 nucu relieved. |
naq no ilrt OF i' Ihe word. werc accom-.
panied with soos, and 1t seemed is j. his heart
We ild break
Afte alunse 90 a quarter of an hour, dmiug
w .lcn dine lE Sulnv. ~uunel and crl eel uui
cN lWcd. "On, uy Goa !uH God! n. 'utedA,
hc ctu' 90 the -rtiiu- ana r'-niueu hi, ~t.f"-
uienf, bar nut wish tnv UHliurritcuc-- winch
nid $50 ~. cterlKed the rnuinit urrment. lie
was ulno-l he.dr hiin- ~ WIN gref.