New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-23
FOLLOWING THE MAN FOR TWO YEARS.

FOLLOWING THE MAN FOR TWO YEARS
When, where and how she met Mr.. Pettus
cannot be declared with certainty. This much is
aSsured-that for two years she has been the banc
of his existence. 1t can hardly be doubted that
their relations have been intimate She alleges
that he made her his victim in most dlabolical
manner. His friends retort that she Is an
adventures. Early in this year she brought
suit against him for 900 for drugglng ana
asSaulting her. He pleaded the statute OF lmlta-
tions and the court dismissed the case. OE the
2sth of March, say her counsel, she met Mr
Pcttus in the hallway of No. "a Broad st, and
he struck her. Next day she waited Tor MN
in SandS-St., Brooklyn, near the offices OF the
Union Elevated Railroad. Her patience WAS
rewarded by the arrival Of Mr.. PettuS, and his
brother-n-law, Joseph Elliott in a carriage; She
bclabored beth the men souIdly with heavy
umbrella. She was arrested, and the late Justice
Walsh fined her $50.
She did not, however. cease to dog the foot
steps of Mr.. Pettus, and supplemented the efforts
Of her personal vindictiye eness by second appeal
10 the courts suing Mr. Pettus in heavy damages
for the assault which she says he committed IN
Broad-st. The sequel Of all this was yesterday 5
tragedy.
THE COURSE OF THE BULLETS.
The body Of the dead man, while the murderer
WAS under medical attendance at the Tombs, was
living in an undertaEnr's establishment at No.
l 63 Bowery, awaiting the knife of the surgeon.
Deputy Coroner Jenkins, assisted by DR.. Weston,
conducted the autopsy. He found the cause Of
death to be four penetrating pistol wounds.
Three OF them made IA triangle of stars below the
dead mans left shoulder blade. The fourth was
further down, in the lumbar region All the
bullets were located. Four were found. 1hat
which struck the left wrist had passed clean
through. Another, the which smashed the
watch, had also torn through the body. Several
ribs were broken. Mr.. Pettuss coat was slnged
around the bullet holes. Frederick Uhlman, the
president of the Brooklyn Union elevated road.
and o. T. Nichols, the chief engineer, were
present at the AUTOPSY. Both bore warm testl-
mony to the worth, the manllness and hgh
character of Mr.. Pettus who had been secretary
and treasurer of the company since It, reOrganlza-
ton in 1884 Mr. Pettus Mr. Uhlman said, was
about forty years old He was born IN Kentucky,
and, after the war in which he was in active
service for the Confederates, came North. His
brothers and sisters live in Tennessee. lie was
good business man, and made money 1t is SAID
that he was worth about 81 100000. lie was
one of the most active and successIul
Of the group of men who revived the shaken
fortunes Of the Brooklyn elevated road ana
brought il out Of it's difficulties In private life
he was a man of great amabilty. He was lover
of horses and kept a fine stable. He was one Of
the charter members Of the new Montauk CLUB.
He was a man who above all delighted IN his
own freside, and he kept open house for his
friends.
To Thomas Clarke, undertaken, Of No. "a East
Third-st was given the care of the body after
the autopsy and he removed it to Mr.. Pettus
home last night.