The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-15
MURDERED BY HER LOVER.
YESTERDIY'S TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
IN VEST IULNTILTH vt.
Young Mary KeIl, shot Down on the ~ide-
walk by Eugene thri-i-~cductt"n. III
Treatment. jealousy. aud the Revolver
The Ante MOttem Deposition Of the ttri'

y
IN Twentieth street near Tenth avenue,
slight. delicate young eifl. was hulr' ing away
ffJm a tail, dark yuung man, In the dress Of
lluorcr, who followed her pcr-istently, aud
seemed to be ploading with her.
Suddcn, be ceased his cntrcatics. and drew a
small Snaflts four-chambcr revolver from
ms pocket \ report, quickly followed by
second anl a third. rang through the air;
the gtil shriobcd ana fell. Then her a-.ailont
stood oven hcr and fred fourth shot. II c
mex, minute argIng the pistol from him, he
throw himself ho-lle tine pru-irae form OF the
gtl ans ki--cd her asan aud gain. lie made
~ ,npft TO csc pc, and when oniccr Mcclure
arrested hlm he went readily to the Twentieth
street Police station. Here he said he
Ifenchman. bis Iamc was Eugene Christ he
w., TWENTY-FIVE years Of axe. He worked as
iaborrr when BE- could get anything TO do, but
for the most part be h d been idle. lie owned
at lncc that he ue. 1T to murder the girl lie
had made up his mind T. do 1t long ago, lac
bal !, aud he seem I'd to exult in II.
Four years ago Eugene Christ, then hardly
eirhtcen years old, and but recently arrived
from Asacc. 81 = a bartender IN an up-town
nluor store. MIR. Kelly. crippled with rneuma-
tism. between nifty and sixty years Of ago, lived
iu single room in West Seventeenth S rect, and
thea nard to earn bre d for her Young son and
daughter hy scrubing. The girl at that time
not yei tuitleen yen old, and her brother
about twoye RS her senior. chance TO place
MARY servant gtl IN the house OF Eugene
Chfist's cmyloyer was gladl, welcomed. Thus
the Di as'rou- 1ntW cy between TIE Young Al
sut.itn and tine llil BEGAN.
Eulcnc -il.wcd hi. edmirltion for Mary. then
hitc Wute thou 'hiid, III rlpus way ava
wren, snnh tlcTN"r thcy nuth leit tnelr situ-
n,tlns. he Induced Mrs. Kelly 10 allow hiu 20
hoard ~ lcr ni,,. II Wa very coon under
stood n> t4r inmates - me nous that Ed- -'ne
Christ, nineteen. and Mary kelij, fourteen, were
lting as NUS ud and wife.
-4urth before tIc hlrtI, II her child The girl
;iti 20 tuIrlt EI-ene ,O marry her. out hc tc.
fu.rd. ar..,.iug io the Wumcu's story, hc had
he.I one "a drlnkeu. idlc fellow. contributing
npihiuE To tlr support OF the family, vino were
often on the verge II starvation. lie even Ill
fteA.cd Maj, 81, shameful, that Mrs. Kelly was
mos than once uuliscd to call IN tile police.
Ailer ms cNilo, "a little bOf, was bciu. Christ
went t. fDiu.ud. Me-, Ostensihl, &C. work upon
tr ilruad. promising to send part uf his tirn-
iiss to tNe u,. .ltutr family ~ seventeenth
slieet. licf' re he mad teen gone many months
Mary received q cohtrlte letter from him, IN
which he tx res,ed himself willing md anxious
to marry hcr. Meanwhile ne WAS serving out
Germ ~ iul ior Stealing a wAtcn. But tne sirfs
Se.timeuiH W-rd her beuayer had changed.
pniins his imprisonment ne wrote 10 hei iegu-
iu!V. and a. soon .s he was released he returned
,.rs. k,lly nou eycs, positively refused to
allow nm - enter uer room, aud, for tiinl AL
us Efforts - see Mary were ifuiiles-. The Eiri
W., IN poor health. and unatle to outun INV
'h'ns TO DC. Finally the rupture seem- 10 have
be u hcIlcd, aud Eu-ene CHRIST was .Elin
H owed to I've with the family. lie tiicd L. in
iuce MARY 90 marry nm, out size would MOI con-
ren', ard rer mother also oDi-cteI on III,
1toul that - " TOO yong. Shotoli Cirist
to " ait until he was aole u suppor Mifc aud
she wuuia thtn consent To tie inatch. lie
Lecnmc VI LENT. ami iil-traated the girl. Once
he a TIER tN The throat AMI tried IL str ugie
her Tur tal. Mis-. h, lly had hia. arrested. out.
- no one apla req against INN, be Wus llS-
IA ir-ed. AG.in the couple lNcl t"Iether AS
hu oand aaa wife, M"'. ri ",r. ir''a u,d -
Own hfc as welt as her .ughter's was IN
dauccr,d ~ tuiists drunkenness aud brDtsliN.
TUNED Liu out aAd reiused 10 t!low t'N TO
como a. she Ioon auy more. 1hcy a lett
ncyenteentA street. AID three or four q. ontis
ago Mte. ne y. Win ncf daughter ami her suu
Patrick. uuNtd 10 room on the second ncnr
VI 40 Mt-i sixteenth street.
Z ,fist soon found cut where they were hvins
aud Icne we'd his aitemI & To induce Mary To be-
come hi- wife. She gave MIN NJ euc0urhg ment,
and desirei him not To sIeak 10 her again. sun
lac went 10 the house every other uaN' only -
una lhe uuOr d., ktd. More III IA once ne saw
the girl IN ine street walking win anothe' man.
lie heOimv fsuuI-ly jealous. aud often went 10
the door 81 tie room and shouted thttats at
the inmates. Again and a-ain he vowed thtt lie
would eli ot NJ. ~ II she ters.stei N per refusal
to marry hlm. Ouce, not long ago. he found re
door open and Mary alone ~ toe room. He
ptpn'i-,d tn rciurm II sne woulj b. ms VIE,
bOth her and Llnl-elt; lie would kiI het. what :
ryer the conscqA, ncts might he. sue aid " II
ypI do, YOU VIA ne hanged IKE ID Jan
q picmoniu ~ that she would be murdered. lhe
40 iiuing room tu the tenement house Was oc-
cupied h> a Mis-. Murray aud hei two dsu.li ers.
Ohe of the latter. Mary Ann, was warm Fri nd
of May Kelly, uu' Wac ar Id 10 70 ,ui "alklng
with her /. - ihey should he attacked hs Chr-t.
L. II week. Mary asked her ID ACCOMPANY ner TO
sneighbor's mouse. and. when she declined me
younger tir sad; Well, II does not matter. !
kuoN he Win shoot me a. all events, whether /
" alone or with itu.'
On lue-d,v sftcrnoon last Christ again sit.
ed the house ia sixteenth street. and found
MIS- keiN door vnen' aud t,e mOtner ana
daughter alone IN the room. LutenuR, he re-
new cd hls pr, po-al To Mary 70 marry nm, and
she agiiu refuse d, telling him tnrt ne wa, to
violent aud TOO iedl ~; We'll be sad, " If
Vs.ftfi l. "a ff..i IA
lie had made the threat 50 Oiten that she did
not suppose he Was going to Try to .rfy II into
Huout nj ueiur hanged If he murdered Ter. lie
raid, " l'm wlliln- 10 NJ fer YOU, May and
drew ui-i the : ne one " Mith " nhleh he az
tNuiu -lti uel~ irum his ptcA I, A nc iniut-
cot al trr size -Irsng toward MN ana struc h
ule weuou "l.n nrr hand. lis pulle NE NJ
Ger lWrki', a4d tue bullet nnngI ltseli ia tie
L. uta. t.c N,Or. Mary Ann Murray, lu the
ncAt room. he'ld tha report buI sup. sol 4
thr t.os-'. uflH -l- heard hDr friend scfcalu.
Nh~ VIA. nlan T." H., p's age JA't .s & ri-i Was
h' inc aiu, sNnna her out OF the way, and
ru,htd down stalls.
10 went INTO au adj dining alley and rkulked
tnrt, until evening. when he again entered he
house, ala kn. ched at Mrs. heili uuoI ine
tuutrs le+u-e1 u "ptn IL "hu he chlei
through the htl .oie that be was SONY inr what
hc Do 4 II u'. ilut hc was drunk az the uua
nn1 n Mar Womd foIgiye MIN and be MS WIo
st,r up DllhAug. Nr-. Kelly went into h'i
cl,-ct au0. ep, "hing thIOu-n the tAln buara
kl- MuiIll. 4uc ihtcr went to her door ana
a,scl Ch.i-l Why he was making 80 uucn uui 80.
III muti.fcn SluetnlnR. and, thfn-tiu! hrI
aside. went down II IFS and luy uuWh ln tit
halL h.I-. holN then went to me pDhDcr .tioi
ami made t cu.npIaint, hut when the III ic,
Ts.D.Inu fl' hDn-e tuli,t hal dl~hupe irrd.
Nr,lrfla, morning loind III, ituilN without
- n. lhe la!t iatrick, was unohl" TO Obtain
.Ih, tuI utILuci tuOihcr nor udusu'rr uad
e.in+d a. k'iih. ini -onc daNr. But .u5 lN-
ius tn i.NrI. .lr .lutt hdI Promised tO iNtaitri
ic. srlI 90 -.,.Il- ie -ttl % y Hcc, and, ldli,
IN tIe a., H,V 100 A sue h4u been 81 e.. --lnl, N.t
urif Nlu 90 NIcH a. g.iilu- -uHt food tth'
tO irI NOV md irpthci, fihil -ia fc4 ia 'hl
lutl-e nt lrr trnclhctft ~, Mtr. ktiA tis.U
.DE,tu-tt oi Lcr daughter. ar iu, tait = Na-
li NtA &C., Ilc Aralth, 1ut NIb W'u.u %.
D.. CO.'S t.r haIdD aOle to Ne.n Nitt
Al ,.lfu venue and Eighteenth street tl
-. .uIE Ein ll4u 90 brmuI hrf, 40 ou tte or
riir .lit do. rii'.t Ndlking IapidN il'r usI.
titH fN -..Ni .ii-i. r.t Nu- Lr,Afk irl- q
Hu %, Hul .t..tfltl uu. SO u YlIt. l.lu Wa- ii
-l .lN, auI -.r nh7 l.id to dccp-l % f.'-s l-ut
NtIl I't h.it tl ahr Ga. ~, iri,nt. u, ,,-t
hHfl.f h .Ir4.l oNtIto .h hri, shr llu'.li IA
IA iWrH'. % slir tut Ia .IDt i4i-. Ni-
IulttD rl N'rhlIt. ht mt r,lrN tuaf ..IJNrl
W. tho iast unI INC relrrt tu.t eyer ll1, llarr
boinoc4 tDtiu, lie rnid, ~, "lll lutt fu..riN
uie unN - Au1 eue TrpiieI, "N NItnOu,
.na4hiue ann iilrr Wurd TO Grew thr IrNo wen
from ii- I. .ck '.oud as che trird ~ iuu aWa} ne
hleu 0.li rns Ian OL, lac FOLLOWING anA Arn.
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