New-York tribune., 1882-04-27
SHOOTING A SISTER-IN-LAW.
DELIBERATE AND UNPROvOKED MURDER
MRS. FANNIE vERMILYEA INSTANTLY KILLED BY
EDWARD HOvEY-wHAT LED TO THE SHOOT

DELIBERATE AND UNPROVOKED MURDER.
MRS. FANNIE vERMILYEA INSTANTLY KILLED BY
EDWARD HOvEY-wHAT LED TO THE SHOOT
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Edward Hovey, age twenty-five. shot his sister
in-law, MIS-. Fannie Vermilyea age nineteen
thr Ough tho heart just before o'clock last night
at No. 273 West Thirty yeighth-st. She died within
two minutes. The room where the shooting oc-
Cured was on the second floor back. There were
present at tie time Mrs. Hovey. the wife of tho
murderer and the sister of Mrs. vermilyea, and
Sophia Mccullough, age eighteen. another sister
Mrs. vermilyea was sewing. Hovey, who sat on
the opposite side of the room. and took from
his pocket singe-barrelled pistol of % calibre,
and said to Mrs. Vermilyea:
Don't you want it ~
"No" she replied. it is only candy"
Hovey. who standing some eight feet away,
then deliberately pointed the pistol at her aud
fired. The bullet passed through her heart or very
near 1t. Mrs Vermilyea rose with cry and rushed
to the back stairs. Mrs. Burns, the land.ady. who
keeps a notion store below, heard her cry and
hastened into the back room, where she met Mrs.
Vermnyea w1o exclaimed:
"Oh, Mrs Burns. save me"
She fell into Mrs Burns's arms, vomited quantities
of blood. and he'd without saying anything more.
Two men who were in the store gave the alarm.
drove TO the Twentieth Precinct Station and
brought back Officer Martin Finery who found
Hovey about to make his escape. Hovey ran back
and hid himself under the bed in the front hall
room The officer dragged him out, whereupon
Hovey said:
Il IN sorry | have not another chamber for you
If had Ia shoot you too"
The fellow was taken to the station hOnse and
locked up. The pistol was found in his possession
He had six cartridges in bis pocket also;
The maiden name Of Mrs Hovey and Mrs. Yer
still younger sister All of them are attractive
lOok ne. and have pleasing manners. Mrs: YER
mIiyea was OF medium height blond, ana had reg
ular, pretty features. hOvey Is man ot ugy dls-
position He has been sent to the island three
times for different offences. About seven months
ago he was sent there for ak months for stealing
clothes from the surgeon at Bellevue Hospital.
While be was serving his sentence his wife,
who had young baby was engaged by Mrs Burns,
at No 273. to assist her, and she had room on the
second floor with her sister ana husband, HpNey
had treated her shameiully ana had provided moth
ing for her support Tor three years N1en he got
out of prison this last time, lew weeks ago, ne
begged his wife to take him back. Mrs Burns said
decidedly that he should not come into the house.
He was in the store when he made the request.
Mrs Vermilvea who was q woman of mild nature,
believed there was.some coed left in the man. and
begged Mrs. Burns to let him come saying: Do
take nm BACK am sure ne Mn VI 90 qelIer' peter
HOyey then began living there. lie had been a
painter but he secured position M putting up tel
egraph wIres lie bought then this One-chambered
pistol Two weeks ago he shut himself IN closet
adjoining the living and fired two shots at the
wall. He gave no reason for 1t. He frightened
his wife and siser-in-law, and threatened then TO
shoot the later. He did little work and did not
contribute the support OF his wife. He was lazy,
shlftess and ugly He ate dinner with his wife
and his two sisters-in-law. At o'clock yesterday
Mr. Vermllyea dined with them and then left the
other three, gong 10 his work. ioveys child, age
eighteen months. lay sick with scarlet fever last
night and 1t was thought it would not recover.
William Mccullough. a brother Of the murdered
woman. called on Captain Washburn late last night
and delivered M pistol with which. he SAID,
Hovey tried 10 Kill Mrs. Vernlyea Tues
day night, when he fired shot at her. She
fled and escaped him Mccullough started out
for an officer 10 have the man arrested, but in
tercepted by his sister, who begged him to say
nothing about it, Mccullough also stated that
three weeks ago Hovey fired a shot at Mrs. Yer
milyea. Officer Kennedy was then called IN and
took Hovey in custody, but rs Mrs. Nernllyea re-
fused 70 appear agaInst him he was disc harged