The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-07
CLARK'S TERRIBLE REVENGE
ALMOST MrRDERING THE Wo"iN WI"
pr.JrCTID ms ITTENTIONs'



Home The wo"ld-be ,...n.,
for Her for "eeA
An attempt was made ny ue7pc'"'o
,,,i,,r nj nbout 81 o'clock yesterday afternoon
~ KIN Mrs. Frank Holmes. n young WIDOW NY
ing nj 2o9 Lexington avenue. Inc woulu- o'
na.n-sin was Thomas Henry clark oi East
Ninth street. Mrs Holmes had been OUT en-
;oyiug promenade and was returhlhE
10 her homo. While she was Ill the Nes'lpu'e
Of the house and had Just given the
door bell a ring. Clark sprahg upon
ter from behind. He had been lylhg III
wait for her appearance, ana followed her up
IN, steps Of the house, and the hrst warning
That she had of his presence was 'errlple oloW
on the head with heavy hatchet. The plow
felled her to the vcstihule basement ana ozark
Act eanod over her and struck her repeatedly
on tIc head with the edge OF the weapon. She
= .f, struck on the right arm in trying to
~ ~ .t, ti,,.s ,rb, n,,o.k ,xas sn sudden
ward OIL ll' o'oNS' i"V "''''" was ''
that she had no opportunity u scream. Nheh
d., .,,l,r,d servant of the house opened the
w ~ IN - -, NJ
door IN response I" 'hc pch' S"c 9'" 't'9'
Holmes lying PROSTATE and unconscious he-
=, ,i,, ,utar and inner hail doors Clark
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had disappeared.
, Officer Gum Of the Thirty-ffih street police.
to.tDuad to the spot but it was some minutes
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before any one III the house knew now the as
saut had been committed. The particulars
So. t.,rrad from, John WRIGHT "A color.d rnnn
WI - ,,,
employed IN stable on the opposite size oil inc
avenue He said that he saw "A middle-sized
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n'nn WIZ, "." "''' s'',. "''" nj.
tnche, follow Inc lady lnto the mousse lh'y
ennmp,l 10 be- sruf1ling and the nnxt he saw was
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ih' nlhh N'lAlnE inpi'S INV" Wv S''P' Nv
fsappear'd INTO Ihirty second street. toward
ThirI avenue
N., L. .l,,.s ,cos ,,lor ~, s,oirs nrd Dr
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Charle~ T. Bruce was summoned lie found a
dangerous fracture of the skull and three very
serious scalp wounds. II, removed piece OF
skull about two and half inches in diameter
Coroner Flanagan was summoned by Oalt
Murphy and when Mrs Holmes recovered con
scinusue-. her nnte-mortem statement OF th,
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hilalr WIS tahen ny u mlier' deputy 'vIoh'i
She said that she had known Clark for abou
eighteen months H. kept "A large shoe stOr,
in sixth avenue near Thirty mi rect when
she first formed his acquaintance. She went
into b employ as hookkeep"r and remained
with him unit about n year ago. when b" failed
H. aftrrwnrd resumed business in Eighth ave-
lur. near Ihirty-tourth street, but wis unsue-
o,--ful there and was sold oui by the Shpr-
in Mr. Holmes said that she hadn't the
rrnntN-' suspicion that Clark intended to q
her any harm. He had been nayin her aitrn-
tNn~ and asked her 10 marry him. and She re-
fused. She said that she did not dcsire to Say
further about the affair.
The place IN which Mrs Holmes was NJ
Il krd j. iour-St9ry brown stone man sion
and Il kept by a Mrs. Howard. Mrs liolm'-
h., uO ether inmates besides Mrs. Holme-
anl her uncle, ana ths serNants Mrs. How
ard- y ry was that clark had been annoyinL
Mr., Holmes with his attentions Tor sevsra n,
HM M w reh and Der r92d 10 d"rr max her. 5app 5ayG
sae ted him that she did net Ike him wei
snogs, 10 n",In. mn wi Hmn ," inn ronu
Ell IN his attentions. and wrote her all"ttlonat'