The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-12
MURDERED BY HER LOVER.
BRUTAL CRIME IN THE OLD
LIBRARY BUILDING.
Annie Stocks KILLED BY stephen FOy
In Drunken Quarrel
The Inquest.

Annie Stocks, q aisreputable white
woman, was murdered by her para
mour, Stephen Foy, Wednesday night.
The scene Of the murder was the old
Library building, at the corner of
Third and Jefferson streets, and the
first inlimt ton the authorities lad Of
anything wrong was yesterday morn
ing, when Foy walked into Justice
Qdigley's office, told him that his wife
had died during the night, and stated
that he would like TO have an inquest
held. Justice Quigley, In company
with Foy, at once repaired to the
building, and mounting the stairs, en-
tered room -, where the evidences of
terrible crime we're only too appa-
rent. Lying on the bed was the body
OF the murdered woman, clad in her
night clothes, and covered with blood.
A large cut over the right eye showed
the cause OF death. The room was in
disorder, articles Of clothing being scat
tered over the loor, and the walls and
furniture spattered with bleed.
THE INQUEST.
After making survey of the prem
Uses, Justice Quigley impaneled Jury
and proceeded with the examination
Of witnesses, OF which there were but
two--a woman named Mary Hurley
and DR.. Willett. The doctor testified
that the woman, whose name is Annie
Stocks, sometimes called Annie Pin
gen, came TO her death from the loss
of blood which was caused by the
wound in her temple. He also stated
that had she received medical treat
ment at once her life would have been
saved,
Minnie Hurley was next examined,
and etated In substance as follows:
About o'clock last night Foy en-
tered the room and was told by Annie
Stocks that she bad another man, an
! Italian, up stairs. Without saying q
word he grabbed up tin bucket and
struck the woman q bard blow over
the right eye. The blood spurted out
and covered the wall and in fact
everything in the room. F0y wanted
10 got a doctor, but said he had no
money, and therefore could not get
one. She, however, got a piece Of
sticking plaster, but Foy would not
allow her to place it on the wound.
The blood kept oozing from the wound,
saturating the bed clothing, and at
about IL o'clock the woman breathed
her last"
After hearing this testimony the
jury returned a verdict that the
woman had come to her death by Q
blow received at the hands of Stephen
Foy.
THE MURDERER AND HIS VICTIM.
Annie Stocks, or Annie Pingen, as
she was sometimes called, was hard
character, and had been frequently
arrested fer drunkenness. She had
been living with Foy for seven OF
eight years.
Stephen Foy, the murderer, is a man
about fifty yearsof age, Of short stature
and gray haired. He is laborer, and
was in the employ of the CIT zsns'
Street Railway Company. When seen
by an APPEAL reporter a. the Station
Hou;e last night, he denied all
koawledge Of tho crime. He faid he
had been working at the polls in the
Third Ward at the election for Mayis-
trate and took a number OF drinks. He
came home about o'clock and laid
down and remembered nothing more
until he woke the next morning and
found the dead body OF the woman on
the bed, when he went to Justice
Quigley's Office and told him that she
was dead.
After the inquest he WAS arrested
and committed to jail on the charge oil
murder.