Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-27
A JEALOUS WIFE.
,uur- uuwN ASK surrusEp RIVAL.


N uNcIt,ug -cOnc in the Room OF u Hochcs-
tar, y. u, Hotci-A scandal
In Hign life
Toe he'll boy 90 the second floor of the
Whucomb house, Rochester, n. Y, heard
pistol sho; ut half past eleven o'clock
Tuesday forenoon. 1t was followed by a
loud shriek llc saw emerge from cno OF
the rooms moment afterwards young
woman, with blood streaming from "a
bullet hyle in her forehead. The boy
hasteued to the office, informed the pro
prictor and was dispatched Immediately
tor policeman, The young woman who
was shot said her name was Ida Brown,
The revolver was 10 the hands of Mrs +
IL. BussCy, whose husband is the son Of
Z Bussoy, OF the firm of Bussey, McLeot
~ Co rich stove manufacturers, OG Troy.
BussCy and his wife aud Ida Brown were
soon under surveillance of polce officers
and AL three were taken to the police sta
Iiuu. where Ida Brown told her story. she
said she had received u note from gentle
man fTioud who had quarrcled with BuSsoy,
asking her e. go to the hotel aud talk tue
matter over With Busscy. She went to
Busscys room, which was vacant, aud
walked in. Sue had hardly entered when
Mrs Bu,sey came in, with u revolver IA
her baud. they had few words Of con
versatiou aud then Mrs. Bussey put the
revolver within four inches OF Miss
Browns forehead aud fired, Slyng that
she had sh her husbiud's mistress, The
ball struck tho girl betwocu the eyes near
the top of tho forehead and would have
made fatal wound had not the revolver
been one Of tho fancy species aud carrying
ball Of only - calibre. The bullet was
removed by the physician and Miss Brown
will recover.
Ida Brown came % Rochester last Fri
day with q woman named Nellie Irving
| They stopped a. the Clinton house, aud
! said they were from Auburn aud were
about to open a fancy dry goods store
! aud actually engaged rooms for pevn anCnt
| living quarters. She is plump, good
! looking. styHshy dressed girl, but her
| language, manners aud looks Indicate au
absence Of refinement or modesty. Sh3
was formerly travelling saleswOman for an
Albany corset finn, and met Bussey while
hc WAS living in Troy. She refuses 10 pros
ecute Mira. BuSsCy, which is regarded as
coufrma.ory of Mrs. BusSey's statement
Young Bussoy retained ex Senator Haiues
to defend his wife aud her examlult,on
was postponed uutIl Friday on account OF
her complete nervous prostratiOu, Dor
dering on insanity.
MIR. Haines says BusS3y married his wife
about two years ago. She has b .u O.
for over year aud is physically i W 10
tally iucapagi.ated. He says she " t- al
GUS OF tho Brown woman, who INC. e.y
went TO Bussry's room to endcavOr 10 con
vince Mrs. Bu-soy that she was wrong tC
suspect any intimacy with her husband
Mrs Bussey, who had carried the revolver
two years, IL moment of insane despera
tiuu shot the girl. BusSey has been iO
soma time manage Jf the knitting mill'
at Perry, in Wyoming county. His wife,
uDw uuGcr pJllC3 watch and the care .
physiciauS, is ut tn' hotel Ida Brown IL
at another hotel, wl.ro she refuses 70 tail
a. all.
Mrs. Bus-ry i, sml1, delicate and pretty
She was attircd IN an elegant dress auc
sealsk,n sarQun aud her fingers wer,
covered with diamond rings. Whel
placed under arrest aud takeu to tn
police stag,ou aho mO&Ted and sObbcC
Historically aud Ciaapcd her husband af
feCtIUuatIly about his neck, repeatedly
requesting MH - kiss her. wllCh hi
frequently G.G, at tho same time frautiCal
ly tcIlius lag a. keep stli, LA Brown
sat within tlrno feet Of them Guj.ug thes,
suouts aud watched the proceedings viii
perfect GOODNESS aud without moving
muscle OF her iaoo, except to snile occa
si0uaily. The shooting caused an immcns'
| scusatiou aud messages have been hylu.
back and forth between young Busse
, and his aristOcratic Troy relatives regard
. ! iug the case. Police Justice WhCele
fixed her bond at 5000 and Bussey
attorney is endeayOrluS to get some of th
Troy people 70 execute il.