The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-07
STABBED IN A CHURCH SEAT.
COMMUNICiNTs At MASS IN sT. FRAN
CTS XIUIER'S STARTLED.
Mary Lyon, Mistaken for u wire. Followed
by an EnrnRed Husband, aud Wounded
The wires Warming the Night Before.

Mary LYON n ,nodcst hard ,vorl,ip,, ,.,,,,,,,,
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woman, started IRON inc norman House, where
for two years. she has been n laundrcss Mt i
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c ~ w. wy =" "'''nu '''iS h"ss III
~ frahcls AaNlcrs Church. IN sixteenth street
near Sixth avenue. In Sixth avenue she met two
female friends md ne tbcv ,volLod ,,n,art a.,
church they noticed short, heaviy-built man.
about 40 years Of age. decently dressed whose
,a'o ue'oNehed that no was hard drnkcr
nc huu black moustachc. and they thought
that ho rescmblcd politician. He WAS ON Tho
ot,,,,si,,, sito ,b, s,,o, 1 81 - Va Wv
o'u's',o S,uo VI inc street ana the reason they
houceu MN was that he looked Mt them so
sharply and seemed to be following theu uia
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SUI was 80 po'h'eu 'ni although Mary walked
between her two companions, they could sec
that 1t was she that was engaging his attention.
rbo,, b,,rri,, ,a...i ~, '''- 10 nv ,''Yn
,,a,a 49, ~. ~. ""i", anu nc pu'Vheneu MS
pace AS they approached the church entrance
he was close uton them Ono Of Nnrv's com,
roniona .,o,,,oI oa,,t, ~, a.. ..,... 80,
b"n'VnS suPpcu "slue NJ the entrance anu
with tho other Mary ran down the steps and
into the basement. whore the mass was holm,
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,"i9hnratcd by Father Thyry. In addition
waa IA 49, a., ~ Wv i INN .lnIs' !lo ,nnSl.ht
Tbc ,, ny rnc nl,nr ,ahniG1 ~ iuil ul'H'
imu,,y. i1eink thnt shr was closely pursued
n ', u, NM , WY ny inc middle. n""r whch
"rin, n sc,,n ,rb rG VII sn',nsi DissoI
women, she crowded past two OF them and sat
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nsa, ia onv aHr"ng: y" sctt'e was litrtly be-
u.a'h y lilhung OF Chrlst bearing the ross.
in, Sne nad been driven to shpn The man only by
~ VIZ hsun trrror ihsplrqd ny US eouW,hanr'.
XXX ~, ILL, 'N'l SUI MN uciprr hhI had no
40 40 WIN he oue'l wis; iiaruiy mao she tukeh
pnnf,n, n t ~, Wiz MIN, w ,nu ~ W." e,.
ron oi the sritee he 9randished a butchers
hnd no ~. MI 1,av y hSr III nI rifnt SIG
fi eyh inches long and the handle about i've
AnIrcrr Nur,b,. nm, .,,,,. .,,...,.. ,...,...
lecs near by o protect the woman rom further
nJur5, ne e ~ Faihgfr naikeu rapldy doWn me
front OF MN WIN ne knife as menace e. his
Euif" AMI ram mnnr ne ,'Iw nMry s tno
nG the niSht ana pursuit. arrested him Just as
In ibe nenn ,ir TFn;,o Thee, ,,tt,, -,
,h,, fatal mnnt ~, a., ,i,,h i, ~,
, XVII ~ N 1nir IN ne ynutrh whlch was WIN g.
ii'r. i,s I, y, $500, ~ w. ,unis ..o, !,"i lly'
vi'a r,. a. ruuS , \, .uE ,ilv 81
Th"y suunosaI ib.I s'n a"u lun,1 or,m ,rro,
-, l,, , ", eY',o nl"iih"h ~ il'l'IN
u.iinS WI ur LII haI u'en s u, *
,oru, "piru w., n"S.iy seht I3 htner l'le,
Wv, ~ 7' i ""t Muih"ii nhu n''h slh""',i
n i &c Il lux ne cnlv ioWIl WIN aii I',rl
H., u'iu 10 nlsur 70 n't we iis,
49, ~ We m.Ion' IN ehHrlhE ne louil
Mn MN h h, pHoh nurt Mary WIS polnted ou' '.
nlh, uut ne iouhd her sly, ng IN IN nor seat
~ 'i '.r EFT Ni,'' li' ,h,h M',i gui 10
W. Snt'M ,t Wire uY met andrew Murphy,
IT, t, ,' 70" ~, u Man''" 10 =" III anu ring OUT
w" Nh!uTSu woman .,, .v
10. ,lnrr i'lNti,r san. on stay out
nert'. anu VIII hrlnE ier out, II You lnll
20 IN anu 10 50 al.r what mas occurred II
nv, 't'H,',A hhhl'n
MNIy t.l fih't I'llrtlor tNnt she was n
much Rurt and Al ms suggestion sh" arose AMI
W1h"d ,"ut ~ inc church without mum a. NJ
cuiiN' ~ soon rs Sh', saw me man Vnl'"r 90,
helly i,hd arrested she declared That lac hal
sln,uueu ler .,
- le Vt lSoh'r star''l ~ h'r Wlh,ll' hhu lh"n
Sn,H'. H4"u' mistake THOUGHT il WIS ny
WIZ 49,,
w p,lhg Hu'sl loheh nc Wouid not alinlt mat
n nai stauhTd h.r; Shc walkgt L. thc NV
iprN ,sIlhl. ny lhr uWhy. Ihe attending
Kll-i'lhu rINS uiHl WI Signs are lhNoihn"t u,
h't recovery uut ,tilat th'r" Is an element ~
danger. lie would not allow her 10 converse
VIVA hhli",iy y.s',tlnf' ne kullr brhctrhtei
70 uc wal OF the hplointh uut ala not per
i1rate H., ,
IN tne ic1'rsoh Marker follce (our, inc prs
ongr sMu nay M name was yonh 'arpenterj
anu VA" ne hNru on IN hViulhWrht corner 81
utunl anu lhtoh Slre''ts. Ills lhst st'xly Or
GupRuon was that 81 lhnltor IN me Nmhan
hullulhs, IN W"hy -lhiIu str"et ~ told JUS
uc. sl1rkhh tnW Iie hau MOI slaop.iu uir Woihaui
nut hau run out ni me chutch WIN 1thrfs ana
"u 10y, u''n ntIeston ~ n.iI'.H". oour con-
iAihih- Nnlshey WHs iuulu IN ,'he pl is p,'k'ls,
Nv N,'. VIZ i.sri' ~ nls ILL.,, "
,,h ~, IT,, ,t ' ~ ", a.. ) ~
vas unnnl,. - a,,rear in c6urt and Carnant,,r