Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-24
SHOT BY HER Old LOVE-.
A Pretty Cigarette Maker Fatally Wounded.
NEW York TImesl

A Pretty Cigarette Maker Fatally Wounded.
New York Times.l
Lena Stone, q very pretty young cigarette
maker. eighteen years ~ ace, of slight
buiid, blue eyes. and blonde hair, was YES
terday shot and probably fatally wounded
bv her lover. Joseph Rice. Lena worked
in on uptown cigarcitc-fact0ry and lived
with her parents at No. J30 Mulberry
street, where her father, Louis stone. an
old retired seaman. keeps a candy-store.
Rice Is twenty -Onc years OF age, the son OF
cobbler, while his mother does odd Jobs
in washing and cleaning,
The young man himself, who i described
bv the police as loafer, works very sell
dom and lives on his parents. dressing
stylishly and spending most of his time
about the streets. He looks both dis,ipated
and desperate, and when brought into court
seemed 10 be about the most uuconccrncd
man there. IL and his victim had known
each Other from childhood, and at an early
age thcy were engaged 90 be married. The
girl. however, grew tired Of Rice on ac-
count OF his laZ;ncSS and ShiitlesS h ibits,
ana her parents made the same objections.
Two Years agOthcro WAS rupture between
the lovers, and one dly. n Lera va, sitting
az home in company with Mrs. Mccarthy
cd into the room. and, pointing a revolver
ri her, said "Wili You marry me nov
II you cont, you're a dead girl in two
minutes"
Lena got up, took the pistol away from
him. and ran out of the room with il. \
reconciliation was elected and Rice gave
her a diamond ring. About a year agO
Lcra attended picnic with the employees
81 a cigarette-iactory, and danced with
several OF the young men there. This made
Rice frantiCal,y Jealous, and his behavior
toward her became 30 threatening that she
was thol roughly frightened and sent him
lack ms ring through Mrs. Mccarthy.
Her parents sent her ont into the country,
and She did not return until recently.
4 lille after So'clock Yesterday morning,
rs old Mr.. Stone was attending 10 the store,
Rice walked in aud said that he wanted TO
see Lena. The old man called out to hi,
daughter, who was in the Kitchen, Lena,
come here; Joe wants 10 speak 10 you
The girl came in. and Rice remarked
tauntinglv, &" l. that the way you treat ne,
-ending back my ring by Mrs. McCAr-
thy"
II don't want to have anything to do
with you, and wish you would leave me
alone. Didn't | tell YOU that my father
and mother didn't want me TO have any
thing TO do with yoli" replied the girl
The old man added: Il told you two
years ago that did not want you to keep
company with my daughter
"That settles it," remarked Rice.
The girl tuTned 10 20 back 70 the Kitchen,
and Rice followed her. The father, imlg-
lining that he wanted 10 speak to his d1ugh-
ter privately, offered no opposition. Al
s.,,,, "A falp fsar no haar
Of q pistoI.shot and scream from his
daughter. H. rushed in, and saw hi,
daughter running away, and Rice standing
with 4 smoking pistol Ia his hand, which
he was levelling for another shot. Quick
a. a fash the father closed in with the
assassin, and seized him by the throat
The wounded girl meanwhile had run out
into the back yard, and reached the street
through the rear allcyway.
Her brother, who is employed in shop
across the street, saw her running with a
deathly pallOr on her face, and heI mother,
attracted bv the shot and her screams, also
ran out. The girl staggered across the
street, tired TO get into the building where
her brother was. and Tell on the stoop IN a
swOon. The mother caught her In her
arms and sent her son 10 intercept the
assassin. lie found him engaged in a
struggle with the father for the pistol. The
father and son soon dsarmed the ruillin
and turned him over TO the police. Dr.
Franklin smith, OF No. 15I Grand street,
was summoned. and he found that the bal
had entered the girls back and had lodged
| In the region OF the heart. An ambulance
removed her 10 The hospital, where she ar
/ rived i'm a cOmatOse condition. No ATTEMPT
ws- made TO probe for the bullet.
/ Rice was taken to the Tombs Police
| Cont, where he refused TO say ANYTHING
and was committed by Justice VIII te Z
aw, the result OF Lena's injuries. JOSEPH
Dellert. one OF the neighbors, said that Rice
| formerly made love to his daughter. an'
wanted her to marry MIN. Dellcrt, how
ever, warned him TO keep away from tn
/ girl, and he left her alone.