The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-30
SHOT BY HER LATE CALLER.
THE ATTACK UPON MRS. LAURA H.
THORP BIZ GEORGE 8. WALSH.

THORP BIZ GEORGE s. WALSH
The Lady. Ha.s...s n...s o. the West side
"A Diverse ssis that Made her Name Ne
terisus-DHer Salt Against Lloyd Pheaix.
Upholsterers and tradesmen took possess
sion Of the neat brown-stone house at 200 West
Twenty first street last fall. and truck loads Of
handsome furniture were carried into It The
windows were drapsd with lace curtains. and
the pounding Of carpet layers was heard for
several days. When the upholsterers and
tradesmen went away the neighbors saw large
trunks carried In. and afterward we'll APP
pointed carriage. drawn by span OF hand
some bays. SGT down at the door
slender. fair-haired woman. who took pos
session OF the house. A few days later the
neighbors learned that 208 was occupied BY
Mrs. Laura M. Thorp wealthy lady. whose
husband was in the West. Gentlemen visited
the house. but not in unusual number. Mrs.
Thorp made no friends In the neighborhood.
On pleasant days she drove up the road behind
her bays. sometimes alone and sometimes not
Shortly after II o'clock on Friday night q
man wearing light overcoat and Derby hat
ran up the steps and rang the bell. Mrs. Thorp
let him In. She wore a blue wrapper. Less
than Ave minutes after the front door was
closed pistol was discharged In the front par
lor. There was slamming Of doors. and
woman shrieked. A servant girl ran out OF
the basement door and darted up Seventh av-
enue till she came to Twenty-third street. She
the hurriedto the Maison Doree. restaurant
kept by II. II. Thompson. at Ill West Twenty
third street. Mr.. Thompson was standing at
the door. and the woman spoke rapidly to him.
They went together back to Mrs. Thorp's house.
Come into the basement" said the woman.
Stretched on the kitchen floor lay Mrs. Thorp.
her blue wrapper soaked with blood all about
the left shoulder. There was track Of blood
from where abe lay out into the hall and up
stairs to the parlor. Mrs. Thorp was conscious.
WHO shot herr" Thompson asked.
He's up In tho parlor now. " said the servant.
Thompson ran up stairs and into the paror.
Ss @sn ae ,fs ps easred
w ths r, wsri have you done he said
Then he pushed him, close to the wall and
Ss sfna se In
WELSH go seemed sT ana
met Policeman "a carpen,e ssi IN seysntS avenas.
nd him Tbre she soSd d
her excitement, asked her what the trouble
was. and she told him that man had wounded
h x An9ther same s
Walsh was arrested and taken down stairs toi
came much excited when she saw him. and
VT & l. ,t ,ss M map who shot mel Take him
ston In Nv t. sSss S
that he lived at 227 sixth avenue. lie did not
said fi that he was IS Years old. and Unmarried.
The police took from him $40 In money, some
An ambulance was sent to take Mra. Thorn to
81 s%R;y Ri
sos ibed den strange 1Rs' had sh' sa
sh %sG Of hsr and
physician thought that death was Imminent.
very weak: and spoke with difficulty. She
''1 was S Very lonely she said, and was sit
ting In my parlor. when heard the front door
bell dTns to the d91I mse wash
CONS in. told him to Come IN, and we Went
into tho parlor together. Almost the first thing
-. Lot US so to your bedroom
"T NSo said dwili 40 nGtth,iing 81 the kind
and drawing pistol from his over 81 ont Docket
said l am a man. and shot mo-"
This was all that she would say. She made
ther insisted that tho shooting waslentirely I'M
Coroner Martin then examined Margaret
the house when the shooting took place. The
girl testified with reluctance. She said that
heard hear the front door bell ring She arose ,e.
dressed hIrrlediy; AMI Was going e the door
and e sas hsso She
no noise noise for q few moments. H., , A..
lsss Se s i TeSrs Tsn nS d hs
SMs,sEis. MAGGIE: ! an s, shot. George Walsh
aid not know. XiterHard went after Dr..
Thorp nearly the whole, night. :, Yesterday
morning shs was removed q from the kitchen
pro6sd for tho bullet. He found that the 6uI.
| let. after passing through the arm. had entered
ing a rib had glanced around and lodged under
the left shoulder blade. He removed the but
Tsorn He says The Is M sia sss
sarily fatal but that Mrs. ,Thorp may die from
oss Of bleed the 6;
greatly iattened and distorted. 49,. 49,,
Walsh was taken to Jefferson Market yester.
say bna He has IS red sa ann s
| and wears q small red moustache. His hair 10
| thin and worn at the temples. When arraigned
before Justice German his eyes wandered aim
bend what WAS going on. The Justice asked
him II he had any explanation to make. Walsh
| said nothing. and the question was repeated.
| 80! don't know anything about 1t" he said.
| Il don't remember anything"
| Justice German committed him to await the
result Of Mrs Thorp's injuries. Before he was
| taken into the prison Mr.. James Dunno. q law
yer Of 34G Broadway. and three other gentle
men talked with him, Walsh told Mr., Dunno
Cured in Mrs. Th95P's house. In THO after;
In the Jefferson Market Prison. Mrs. Lalor.
-" give you my word" he said. that have
| not the faintest recollection Of what occurred
last night. I was perfectly dazed. aud have
been dazed up to short time ago I am the
too much Of coward. I never carry a
pistol and don't know what possessed me to
| carry one last night"
Where did YOU get tho one you carried last
II have two. Ono OF Thorn has boon In my
trunk In my room for fifteen years. and tho one
more than q year. II was loaded by Gus Full