New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
r,rr suoorNG nr MARY REILLY.

THE SHOOTING OF MARY KELLY.
.1coyERY OF TIE WOUNDED GIRL CONSIDERED
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE AOhDENi-N
AND OTHERS.
There WAS much excitement yesterday among
fAe poor people living in the neighDorhoOd OF NO 400
West sfxteentlst where Mary Kelly ana her t"o-year
Id obud lived with her mother and brother, over the
sbootuc OF the girl by Eugene Christ ON Thursday morn
ing The girl had been taken TO Bellevue Hospital,
Prof f. Hamilton visited her yesterday, ana touilu
bef condition SO critical that 1t was not deemeu
wise to probe the wounds to ascertain the oire0ton
taken by the bullets she was wounded 1our UineS' On
hail entered the body the right sde anu ano'noi ~
At the lower end of the breasl-oone' E'tlri
M these wounds would be pronounced fatal Ihe otner
two shots one An the right and the other IN the Iel sue
ansed Iittle more than flesh wounds The grls hotne
,was with her all day, and she also was Vsiteu ny
Catholic priest. ,
tier i'm the male prison the TOmbs BE shares the
cell of another prisoner who is awaiting tra' lie su
that he was native fAlsace and came to this country
about 1--WE years ago He is about five feet eight mches
in hight 22 years Old and has very black halr ana
black eyes. He appeared much eXclted over ni0
sitnation He stated that a short time a1ter no
reaehed this city he obtained employment IN the
saloon OF Frederick Newman, Seventh ave-, between
seyepteenth and Eighteenthsts, as bartender MIS- J
Kelly was aferward hired to come 70 tlS saoU % % e0
SaarS of e was able to eke out living for hcrsel her
sson and her daughter Mary Tue daughter Who was r.
tbe same saloon Here Christ became acquainted WIN
the girl few months aftcrward ne sScuseu that
he and her daughter were living together as
husband and wife. Finding tna5 NAT oSTeavoTed SIS
10 induce Christ to marry her. but ne reiuse, anu ba
her child was born frequently came can S .ne of f6e
police was solicited year ago last March CrSI WGn, M
to Portland Me- where he expected 70 oO snpSot the
girl or her child, and was IN custody ior spn some
When he returned to this city year ago lust June nc
hrongbt some money with him, and then he trled 10 IN
ssting bst she knew him TO be idle, dssoue 1eOW'
who could not even support himself respectaDy, a
sometimes lived there for several weeks at tine lie
obtaiued work in the umDeIyard OF JaeOG Le1cA sb az
No 5I9 West Nineteenth-st. He was empoyed mere
uutiI last September but snce that Jle mas uee o' VI
work He became jealous OF ne gri on SeSof I Oa o Of
late threatened 10 shoot her Chilst Slu 5 &
ne hsd reason I nussS 70 S II be followed her around
ON Tuesday Christ again went TO Mrs kc'y ROOM
and AGAIN asked the girl TO marry him. She refused.
Tep he drew his pistol and tired her the bullet bury
ing itself i'm the wall behind her. Sne sezed ui p the
tbToaf and held him. he trying place hemuzze of the
1sto aainst her breast but she struck down mis- hand
and the weapon discharged haflnleSsIy' hciIluS
somebody coming, ne opened the door ana ran Gown
Stairs The ease was reported to Capt. lyman aud de-
teeve was sent to arrest the assaanl Inc pIoneL
the girl accompanied the officer 10 every paCe
was thought likely he could be found, Dui us huihs
place was not discovered. 49,, ,,..,, .o
on Thursday morning Christ met the girl on Nnt-aVe
near Eigbeenth-s He stated yesterday hal he asked
her TO allow him TO 90 and the child She ahsttHH
refused and he became excited ana Determined 10 mn
he and then commit suicide In his excitement ne fired
all four of the shots at her and when he found hIse
without means of destroying hnhsell ne Iesiteu
himself 10 his fate. He confronted VITA ms Nctin
AT Bellevue Hospital Thursday and fully lSehihed as
the man who fired the shots -. - -,
MARY Kelly is decatc pretty girl, not quite II years
of age She has a clear complexion, hgnt eyes, ana
hroTSu hair and as she lay in her bed IN the h0splta
ward Yesterday appeared more like school gfl tlah
the mother OF twOyear-Old boy blrs kellys nome is
a room on the second floor OF miserable tenement IN
SIxeentst The furniture consists OF two PLAN wOOueh
Shair and small stove. pallet in corner was the
gny bed and everything bore evidence OF extreme deS