The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-13
IN PRESENCE OF his FAMILY
A YOUNG Pennsylvania r.. r.. BRAKE
MANS DRAMATIC SUICIDE.

After n Two Days Silence that Follow
Quarrel with His Wtfe-A struggl,
Between the Suicide and Has Family
For the Ptstol--An HI Mated Couple
George Evans, freight train brakeman
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and residing
with his wife ara infant boy at lI6 Rail
road avenue. walked into his fathers tailor
shop at 50 Gregory street at sever
o'clock last night, to see the Ole
folks. he s.aid there but short time and
seemed to be in Respondent mood. Being
asked the cause of his dependency, he
simply replied 81 have no happiness OF
peace of mind and might as well be out Of
the world as in it, He had been Ia;d of
last evening and had been drinking. He
must have visited several saloons thereafter
for he did not reach his home till $50 p. M.
He did not sp ak word, but euter ! his
bedroom, took off his overcoat, coat and
vest, which he threw in the middle of the
floor. Then he went to the bureau drawer,
took therefrom an ivory-handled % ,libre
revolver and opening his shirt, s!andi ag in
front of the looking glass, pointed the
weapon toward his left nipple and fred
His wife and her sister saw the last act and
jumped forward simultaneously to stay his
hand but the weapon had done its work,
and the wretched man fell to the floor
between them. bleeding from wound 10
the breast. The lall struck within two
inches of the left nipple, DETECTED and
lodged in the left lung. Although he
coughed and spit bleod his pulse was good
at ten o'clock last night; his life, however,
is despalred of. 1t is a singular fact that
two years ago last 4th of July Evans's wife
was accidentally shot with the same wea-
pom, the bullet having struck her left mem
DRY gland. The ball is still in her body.
Dr.. McGill told her at the time to throw
the pistol away, but she failed to do as she
was told, and last nights tragedy is the re-
suit. Evans was "a years old on thu Sd
day of June last, and was married some
thing over two years ago. The child is
about two years old. Evans had two
brothers, both of whom met with tragic
deaths, having been killed ID railroad accl-
dents one four years ago and the other
two years ago. The reason assigned as the
cause is the fact that Mrs. Eyars was a
German, while Evans himself was of Irish
extraction.
A TArTLER reporter called on Evans's
loenck, dJ LIS nhOP AZ 0AO6uAy Stiocts Adbc
last night, to learn If any additional facts
could be cleaned. Mrs. Evans was almost
beside herself with grief Several of her
neighbors dropped in during the evening
to see how "George was. Mrs. Evans
was wringing her hands, and exclaiming,
i" My beautiful boy my beautiful boy e
His father said that difference in nation
atty was the cause of the difference be-
tween his son and his wife which finally
drove the former to commit the rash act
that may cost his life. She was contin-
ually throwing it up in his face that he
was Irish, and these continual taunts made
him low-spirited, and kept up spirit of
luminosity between the two. Mr.. Evans
said that his son was as good husband
and provider as one could wish for.
Another gentleman who knows the family
substantiated the fathers statement, and
added Theirs was perfect cat and dog
life" Nothing could be learned at the
suicides house on Railroad avenue, "a his
wife refused to talk.
Evans had not spoken to his wife for
two days.