Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-21

l ago with this woman and her friend,
 named May White, an abandoned
 woman of that city, and went to
 Canada on a protracted debauch. They | left Toronto two days ago and arrived in this | to the house No. 104 North street, kept by 8 woman named Pearl Snow. Hazeltine had 8 couple of revolvers with him, and handled 1 them in so reckless manner that the women l in the house became frightened, and while he was out for few moments they took the cartridges from his pistols. He discovered this and reloaded them. About five o'clock this evening he went into the second story front room, where the girls were sitting, locked the door and demanded of his mistress diamond ring that he had given her. She refused to give it to him and he threatened She still refused, thinking his pistols were
 unloaded. He pointed the weapon at
 her, and without another word fired. The first ball struck her in the left arm and shat tered it. She threw herself into his arms,
 when he coolly placed the pistol at her heart and fired again. She fell to the floor and died almost instantly. While he was shoot ing her May White attempted to interfere and he fired one shot at her, the ball striking her in the face and going into her neck. The other women in the house heard the shots and screams of the women, and rushing up stairs burst open the door. He was sitting on the bed with a pistol in his hand, while at his feet lay the murdered woman. They then called policeman and Hazeltine was put under arrest. He acted very coolly when he reached the Central station house, and gave his name as George F. Lenhart.
 An inquest was held this afternoon on the body of Mamie Thorpe The case has created great excitement and there was quite crowd in the neighborhood of the station house all day discussing the shooting The first wit ness was Samuel E. VanWitzen, a young lawyer of Baltimore. He had known Hazel tine, the prisoner, for three months They went to Toronto, Canada, two weeks ago and stopped at the Queens Hotel. They met Mamie Thorpe and May White at the latter's house. They all arrived in Baltimore Satur- day morning, going to 104 North street
 Knew nothing about the shooting he being in another room asleep when it occurred
 Emma Woodruff, inmate of the house.
 testified that she heard two pistol shots, ran down stairs and burst open the door of the room where Hazeltine and the two girls were. Saw Hazeltine with two pistols, one in each hand, and May White, at whom the two shots which she heard fired had been aimed, hold ing his hands. Mamie Thorpe ran out and threw herself on the bed in an adjoining room where she expired. Miss Woodruff swore she saw Hazeltine shoot Miss Thorpe. The prisoner was then brought into court and she identified him the man who did the shootlng. Omcef MllIs test1hed to hnd1ng Hazeltine and the girl May White struggling togather, that Hazeltine had two pistols in his hands and that Hazeltine was not drunk.
 The jury rendered a verdict that Miss Thorpe came to her death at the hands of MT. Hazeltine, and he was committed The prisoner is but twenty-two years old and son of wealthy parents residing in James, town, N. Y. He has retained ex-Governor Whyte as counsel. May White, the injured woman, is in an improved condition to-day. MT. Jackson of City Island, L. l., the father of the Thorpe woman, has been notified by telegraph of his daughters sad end, but no response has been received