The daily gazette., 1878-12-14
A Jealous Lover.
a Young Man Shoots a Young Lady
because She Wa not ReceiUe His
Attentions.

a Young Nan Shoots a Young Lady
because She JI'W not Receice His
attentions.
Anothercase of jealousy has just shown
itself in which a young lady has 20 suffer
from the rash ac ion of fool. The
scene OF the transaction is Irvington,
situated near Chester, Pa. At that place
there is cotton mil owned and operated
by Mr.. Jas. Irving, in which there are
large number of employees among
them being Michael Fe-ley, aged 1S
years and Mary Jane Hagarty, aged 16
years. For some time past Feeley has
admired Miss Hagarty, but as will be
seen by the sequel she did not return the
mans affections.
Feeley used every means to force his
attentions upon the young lady by writ
ing her letters, which she soon refused to
receive, but rs the idiot was not to be
outdone, he employed a young brother
of the girl TO carry his missives. To this
action she demurred, and then the man
| would put them in the boys dinner kettle
so that she would get them when she
put up her brothers dinner. Finally
the young lady informed her father, and
/ lie met the young man at the house of
Father Timmon's and talked the matter
| over with Feeley but could not persuade
him to cease his objec ionable attentions.
| The irate father then informed would-be-
accepted lover, that if he did not cease
his attention that he would break his
head. Thus the matter stood until
| Thursday morning, when Feeley deter
mined to do something desperate.
On the IN ,ining alb We nam-d. Mary
with two other girls, came to the mi to
wolk. Michael saw them coming, and
when hey wtr. near the mill door he
stepped up 70 them, drew from his pock-
ct revolver. and po ntad it at Mary's
head. He pulled tie trigger, but the
weapon mis- ec fire. Mary's companions
ran and left the poor girl, in whose face
the instrument of death was pointed
alone with the ti.nd who sought her life,
She thlew up her b ,nds exciaing "Don't
kill me-" He paid no attent on to hel
en- reat,es, but with firm grasp of the
pistol pulled tue trigger a second time
and 1t went off. The girl FIJI in the dool
way if lifele-s. She was removed t.
her home, physician called, and upot
exam nation It was found the ball hac
entered the right cheek b'lpw the eye
passed hown to the left side of her mouti
an ,lancing of one OF her Jaw teeth il
went up Ito her head.
Feel y fed over the fields in the direc
ton of Avondal' as soon as he saw wha
he had done. He told couple OF m l
who he net at he had shot a girl a
the mill, and lie asked them wba' h
should DO. They told him to go bacl
and give himself up, but he did not, ant
he has not been hrard of since. Th
wound is an ugly one. and the girl is il
a prec ,rious coalition, though tue docto
thinks she Is OF fatally wounded. Th
greatest excitement prevailed, and sh
had the s, mpathy Of the neighbors, a
she was well liked by all tho,e living il
the neighbour, +. 1t was a daring at
t .mpt at murder and narrow escap
, f ON d-ath.
The young man is he same who thre'
a spintle at ano her young man in Bros
SIR, ct mill f ur or tive years ago, and in
ljured hlm severely. He was pursue
some distance by Mr.. Irvng's clerk an
some of the operatives, bu' they kept at
, respectable distance from him, for fea
, that he would shoot them.