The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
ANOTHER FEMALE TRAGEDY.
ONE YOUNG GIRL SHOT BY -ANo:i'En-
TIE CELEBRATED LILLE J. rl'RC 81
I kCLIPsEb IN ELNiRA,

ONE YOUNG GIRL SHOT BY ANO.rEn-
TIE CELEBRATED LILLE -.sE
kCLIPsEb IN ELNrKx.
From the EIm'ra tNh Y}Hz f1tJ =.
Last night Ay.,u ,c girl !, Mere ttnr
fourteen years Oi = e shot a. 4 .aIi2c.o' ~
ly wounded anv l,ergtrl A ie.. rt,r u.
this paper, la rider 10 gatll + f., pl..n-
ulars of the sins uixr Mia. s;ol ped flo.
At the Recorders (Uur. On king I !,
inforina jon the reporter vas ieicned 10
a young lady wLo W. $ si'' % int "f.
d"o.siid who Ia l come to make ccni-
pl-int IN tha mat,er. So p.uvc ! To b
a sis'e- ot e gil VIII Ia *ei slrt.
On eng a 'estionei Sc briefly rcla' cd
the pArtIc;.lirs If Ia as size ..ile"' +. en-.
STATEMENT oE THE lXLr'GED GIc..'s
.f I.. .r. SISTER. b.
Miss h II Cures, sister % the 'i.i1e.!
girl, stat j 10 GaZtt;e reporiri:- - I've
at Latta Brook. uave y ~ II in; in
Rlmira for III last two yea at variou
places, AMI have ,a.e.i NO kin. iu Mr
Haas, who kee. ~ the me mark i Oil /, t.
corner Of High and Caurrh sir els. NJ,
sister Annie v as VOL king + II NJ. liiGdlr
bach, on High stre.., TIN. list house b..
low Mr.. aass', .st Ia K Of NJ Wk t. La I
evening, about ,lfii.e o.. ock, my s'sIr.
Anna went across / street 10 Mr.. klrh-
lands house. SHE went there tU see
Jennie Lawrence, who lives there, Mr..
Kirkland being her grandfather. When
my sister went there there was young
lady named Lizzie Hannum. This girl
/ fnId into Mrs Ripk q nhfc
when my sister came and said, "Latta
Brook is on your stoop." This Hannum
girl then went out on the front stoop
and stood up. My sister was standing
on the lower step. This was on the front
stoop. The Hannum girl said, "Jen,
your mother wants you" (Jennie was in
the front room at the time). When she
said this she raised pistol and fired at
my sister. The ball hit her just below
the right shoulder. / was sitting on Mrs.
Hass' stoop and heard the report of the
pistol. heard some one laughing. My
sister after she was shot yelled fearfully.
The Hsnnum girl after shooting my Sis
ter ran through the yard of Mr.. Owens,
who keeps q grocery store near to Mr..
Kirkland's. They looked for her, but
could not find her. ran over and saw
my sister laying on bed in Mr.. Kirk
lands house. My sister was crying.
They had taken off her dress. Her uu-
derclothing was all bloody. There were
two doctors there then-one of them was
DR.. Chase. My sister was in great pain
and could hardly talk. She said to me,
"that Hannum girl shot mer' There
had been no trouble between my sister
and this Hannum girl. My sister will
be eighteen on the 30th Of September.
.. THE HANNUM GIRL IN COURT.
While the above statement was being
made to the reporter the Chief OF Police
arrived with the Hannum girl in charge
She was accompanied by her mother, u
nice looking, middle-aged woman dress
ed in black. The Hannum girl is appar
, emily about fourteen years of age. 'Sh'
+ is bright looking girl with very fai
! features, rather stout bui Id and compac
1 form. She took her seat rather uncon
! ,;ernedly. Her mother, however, wa
| murh embarrassed and evidently keenly
felt the unpleasant situation in whlcl
her Il lughIer was placed. The Recorder
,tAt-d that he would have to make out
temporary commitment In OrIer to
give time TO summon witnesses and in.
vestigate the matter. At eleven o'clock
the dannum girl was C0mmltted 10 1al!
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
A reporter called at Mr.. KirkIand's ~
noon and learned the folio wing aim-
tional articulars:-Jennie Llwr Lc.
states that about nine O'Clock there wer.
at Mr.. Kirkland's, on High street. III
second door from Church, Arthr H.,
Adams, q boy about fifteen year; Ia,
self, aged sixteen; Jimmie Gro iii, &c"
otf fvhfaot. ond Anna Gnrae IT, IL
had just come across the street lr,'n Nr
Riddlebach's, where she va K ii "A thu
Adams and myself and I. az, lianup !.
we're on the front stfop. Miss Ii hru:'
| came to our house about ,lrre u',lu..l.
| and stayed till the Ian ~as over. n.ve.
knew the girl; sh- IL "a Rir! w,no has irie
to scrapo my arqu:Iu'anct: hn, waut-"
nothing to do Ai:a her; Adams III no
know her eith-I; wr dn't Aant her a.
our house, and toli her to e ':oa
twice after the storm s..i lint 81
Ought to 60 hone. T.ey catl ser "Cr.'
~ LIZ" Mr. KirkI,ni whsn ii c'u..
IL supper HI no, iko 70 III. atra.se gir
around. When ANA c-uie over n.
sto 81 On tue fro2t stop. A lam hat q
pistol. viii b he l,orr)"cd. ~ 60 tie.
pistol o hoo dog. H. hat i. N L.'
hand, cleau.ng the rnst IF, wlicu Anna
came. She hllu !ecu AT o. ~
moro IMAM HliuVtc W't~P - t.'..l' iri'
girl grabb Il II o,r OF ais hnnd.. Nj u
said, "Be eA .fu; 1t X ',.:t." Sh'
said, 81 dDu't Car a-d r'h into tw
sitting room with tic ist..l Then ,in
came to the ID Jr .,ni > "a, = 'J.nur,
mother vans YOU i'~n h y l-r ,yt.
giared and she lYo.e' envas. " at Ann?
and fred righ; q. H. I. S'i III nel rank
then and laug Lel AN ran away thro' e.
the house into tie bIck yard II Nj
Owens. n ni N tr-.. ..fs
WHAT THE INJURED GIRL SAYS.
The injured girl say :'-''I felt .'.c ia'i
MY arm tingled. came into he t.ipe
room and saw the bloUd Vn my sacpur
aud dress. do not know why she shot
me. l have meyer dOne her wrong. i
never knew her, and lever saw her In
my life before. .t. -.....
COMMITTED TO JAIL.
At two O'Clock the defendant was
brought from Jail by Police Constable
Kelley. She was accompanied by her
mother. The complaint was read, to
which she responded not guilty. Through
counsel she demanded an examination,
which was set down for Monday next at
ten q. m. Bail was placed at $500, and
Mrs. Hannum left the court room to se-
cure bendsmen. Bail will probably be
given this afternoon and the defendant
released. When arrested at her mothers
home this morning she declared that she
did not know the pistol was loaded.
He Fsand two Pearls I'm . Clam
NJ a aus las nf tho UuahiuutNp T,h