The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-10-24
A Double Tragedy
MARY ANDERsoN's MANAGER sHor-AsUI.
'i," , eide OF THE MuRDEREss. r. ii.

iIHT 4.0m OH ~ III r. Il fi,''...y
Sunday afternoon a ahandsomely dress.
ed woman entered the Bennett House
Cincinnati, and called for s. M. Hickey
the advance agent of Miss Anderson,
the actress. Hickey seemed o little an.
noyed, but entered the reception room
A moment later Hickey rushed from
the room, blood streaming from his
head, exclaiming: "'She has shot me
arrest herl don't let her get away!"-
and staggered into the arms of a gen.
tleman. Another shot was heard. 7Ar
empioye rushed into the room to see the
woman fall to the floor, dying from Q
shot by her own hand. The woman
was Miss Florence Mcdonald, Of doubt.
full reputation, from Syracuse, N. Y,
also the home Of Hickey. Since he left
Syracuse, Miss Mcdonald has been fol.
lowing him, endeavoring to persuade
/ him to return to her. Hickey refused
and told her he hoped for something
better, possibly a marriage with Miss
Anderson. This seems to have enraged
her beyond measure, and she determin.
ed to take his life. She died an hour
after she shot'herself. He is still living,
and there is prospect of his recovery
He is conscious, but talks little. lie
gave the woman's name, and admitted
that nc had been trying to get rid Of
her" In a diary found on the girls per.
son are daily entries made during the
year. They allude to the relations
which existed between Hickey ana the
girl! Later dates show that after his
business relations with Miss Anderson
began, his attentions to the writer grad.
1al1y lcssencd and he finally sought to
desert her entirely, telling her he loved
Miss Anderson and hoped to make her
his wife. Miss Anderson says the sup
position that Hickey was making love to
her was entirely unfounded. In Miss
McDonald's left stocking six-inch dirk
was found with the word " Florence -
engraved upon the handle. She also
wore q lockct containing Hickey's pic.
ture and hair. ''" - 'i -
Another report states that Hickey will
live unless Inflammation supervenes,
In her diary Miss Mcdonald speaks OF
seeking refuge in a Buffalo convent
She says she would rather have Hickey
on earth and then endure the torments
OF hell for endless ages than not to
have him for her lover. '- H'if -
The murderess was sporting woman
/ In Syracuse, and Hickey's mistress when
he was managing a theatrical circuit in
that section. Her right name is Flor
ence Smith, and for six years she has
been notorious woman. Her parents
formerly kept a corn-hulling establish
ment in Syracuse. They sent her to a
convent at Buffalo, but she ran away to
Canada, and there lived with car con-
ductor named Mcdonald. Afterwards
she returned to SyIricuso and led life
Of shame. She Joined the ballet al
Hickey's opera house, two years ago,
and became enamorcd of Hickey, whose
life she has threatened several times,
He tried to shake her off, but she kept
following him. II is said she has child
in Buffalo, supposed to be in care of O
convent. Miss Mcdonald is about
twenty-four years old She left Syra-
cuse, Wednesday,, stating that she was
going to see Hickey at Cincinnati. p o.
Hickey was formerly q real estate
broker in New York. He afterwards
had a saw-mill in" Williamstowii, Os-
wego county, which he exchanged for
the Academy Of Music In Auburn. He
afterwards managed the Oil City opera
house, and the Barton opera house in
Syracuse, but was unsuccessful in his
ventures until he took Miss Anderson's
management, in which he was very sue
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