New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-17
SHO1 BY HER SISTER.
THE FREAK OF AN INSANE WoNA,

THE FREAK OF AN INSANE WOMAN.
SERIOUS BUT NOT FATAL AFFRAY IN BROOKLYN
-vAGARIEs OF A WOMAN WHOSE MIND Is DE-
RANGED
shooting ARRAY in which woman was seriously
wounded 10y her sister took place ea,ly last evening
at Marcy and Gates-aves.. Brooklyn. In rooms
over grocery store live John Carberry and
his wife and the sister of Mrs Carberry,
Mrs. Ann Wilkins. The latter is ,ffty-three
years of age and has been widow for several
years For some months she has been deranged in
her mind, and has Exclusions in regard TO prop
erty which she asserts belongs to her in this city
and Jersey City. Dr. Corey was called to see her
two three months ago, and he said that her
mind was slightly affected, but not enough so TO
warrant her commitment TO asylu m. He recon-
mended that she be watched. however and pre-
vented drOm following her whims. Yesterday she
went to gun store in Fulton ST.. the Court
House, and purchased small pistol, for the pur-
pose. she declares. of killing h-r sister, who she
thought was wIonging her. Fearing that the pistol
would be too small for her purpose, she went back
to the store after aving it and exchanged it for
q larger one, secondhand Smith d Wesson re-
volver of the largest sze carrying a ball nearly
half an inch in diameter. For this she paid SO. and
she also bought ten cents worth of cartridges.
She loaded the revolver herself after getting hOme
and concealed it In her dress pocket.
About 6 o'clock Mrs. Carberry and Mrs. wilkins
sat down to dinner in the back paror Mrs. Car
berry had invited few friends 30 spend the
ing and this seemed to disturb and disquiet her SIS
ter The two women were left alone at the table by
the servant, Joanna Nash who went down to the
cellar for coal. While there she heard the report of
a pistol and hurried upstairs. She saw Mrs Will
lins holding the pistol, which she had Just fired, in
her hand, ana heard Mrs. Carberry eXclalm Ann
has shot mep Mrs. Wilkins had got up from the
table and gone behind her sister. From that posi-
ton she had fired the bullet striking Mrs. CarbrrTy
in the lower part of the back of the head, where it
was detected by the skull and passed around be-
meath the skin below the left and over the cheek
bone until il lodged in the lower part OF the socket
of the left eye.
The report of the pistol and the screams of the
women heard In the Ninth Precinct Police
Station. which Is close at hand, and Policeman
Br( ply, who was near the door, rushed into the
house. He arrested Mrs Wilkins while she was
still holding the loaded pistol. which was of "a
callbIe. Drs Palmer and Burdlck were speedily
Summoned, and the latter declared the wound OF
serious but not necessarily fatal character. lie
prObed for the bail. which together with small
piece of bone Clipped OF by it in Its passage, was
extracted from below the left eye and Just above
the cheek bone. Inc doctor slid ina the eye
would no. probably lie hurt, and the wound Ought
to heal speedily. Mrs. wilkins was taken TO the
police station after her arrest To Captain Nc
Laughlin she admitted shooting her sister, and said
that she wished she bad killed her: if she had
chance she would shoot again. She also gave
rambling story of her alleged grievances and told
how she had been cheated out of $4,000 by her
sister, who had taken the deeds from her. She was
apparently unsettled in her mind and after being
placed IN cell she refused TO have anything to eat
and sat stolidly in corner. Mrs. Carberry said,
before she placed under the influence of ether
for the purpose of probing for the ball. that she did
had been living together for year. Mrs. Carberrys
husband keeps dram shop IN Marcy-ave.