The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-23
KILLED BY A WOMAN,
The Treasurer Of the Brooklyn
Elevated Railroad compaSy
SHOT DEAD IN THE STREET
In New York City-she Alleges that
lie Had Wrouged Her-The Cool
Act or a Nervy GIrl-Five
Balls Take Effect,

New YoRx, Nov. U.-Slephen l.,
Pettus, Secretary and Treasurer Of the
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, aud
member Of the tirm Of BulIard, Pettus
& Co., OF No. o. Broad street, this city,
was shot dead here this morning In front
OF No. 10 Fulton street by Miss Hannah
lSouthwolth, who refused to give her
address to the police when arrested,
Just before 10 O'Clock, while Fulton
street was crowded with people who had
Just landed from a Brooklyn isrry'boat,
u young woman wearing sealskin sack,
trimmed with long black lur, was seen
hurying along behind a well'dressed
man, wearing u derby hat. When in
front OF No. 10 she pulled a large Smith
4 WessOn revolver, 38'calibre, from be.
meath her dress and hred five shots in
quick succession at the man In front ol
her, although he fell at the tirst shot, In
iaCt, the woman continued firing until
every chamber Of the revolver was
empIied. AS the victim writhed aud
tossed In agoAy on the sidewalk, the
woman looked calm and self,possessed
and actually smiled with apparent salts.
faction. lu u short time u great crowd
had gathered, attracted 10 tue spot by
the repeated pistol firing.
now sHE SHOT MN,
An officer made u rush for the place,
His first impulse was to take the smoking
pistol from the woman's hand. When
she saw the officer coming, raising her.
self to her full height and assuming a
somewhat dramatic position she hissed
out between her teeth, pointing at the
now liieless body on the sidewalk the
while:
"That man betrayed me and have
shot him. He has ruined ne and my
family"
Officer Goodwin didn't stop to parley.
The crowd WIS becoming greater aud
every moment. Taking tho woman by
the arm the officer led her 10 u side
street. This was accomplished with
some difficulty, US the crowd kept clos.
ing in OH the officer and his prisoner.
Finally they reached the Old Slip station
house, where the woman gave her name
as Hannah SOuthwOrth; that she was
80 years OF age, but she persisted In re.
iuSing 10 give her residence. 10 the
sergeant at the desk Miss SOuthwOrth
repeated the statement that the dead
man had betrayed her and ruined her
and her family, Then the woman was
locked up.
During this ordeal Miss southworth
never WINGED, but on the contrary she
appeared TO, II possible, become more
calm and digniied. Upon examination,
the body ol tue dead man showed that
all i've Of the bullets had taken effect
Three bullets had lodged 10 his buck, one
in his neck and ono in his right side.
Either one OF the bullets would have
caused death. Hannah SvuthwOrth,
who committed the murder, Is the wO.
man who attacked Mr. Pettus 10 front OF
the elevated railroad office ut " Clinton
street, about year ago. She WAS ar
rested AZ the tiuIe aud taken before the
late Judge Walsh, who placed her under
bond " keep tue peace.
Thrstory Of Miss Southworth's trouble
with rettus is that some years ago lie
drugged her with wine aud assaulted
her, Afterwards to hide her disgrace
he persuaded her to consent 10 submit
to a malpractice. When she recovered
he made promises OF restitution and
6ually discarded her. Afterwards he
circulated false reports regarding her
character and the effect on hNr WAS RIirh
as to drive her almost mad.