New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-20
4 JEALOUS HUSB1NUS AIU
HIS WIFE'S FRIEND SHOT THROUGH THE
HEART.
THE MURDrHrR AN ACTOR. HIS VICTIM An
ENGINEER DEATH RESULTS ALMOST NJ
oNcE-rnE CRIME CONFESSED.

ESGINFER-DEAT RESULTS ALMOST NJ
oNcE-rIIE CRIME CONFESSED.
Robert Mcneil. an engineer AT no Union
S,,nare who lives ot w. 3pl West Twcniy-flrsi-
S. was shot and killed at . o'clock last even
ing by Charles Crumey. an actor. oi NO. ""' -
West Twcnty-sccond-s,. in the street in front oi
Ccumleys home
Crnmlev's stage name is Charles Webster and
no last orneored in The White Slave" troupe.
He married an actress ten years ago and his
domestic life has not been happy one. Mrs.
Crumlev is "a good looking woman and her aI-
neoraucc attracted attention wherever she went.
Crun,lcy was exceedingly Jealous, and every time
that he foun. lis wife speaking 10 any of her
male friends be would fl into passion and
threaten all sorts of things. He has told his
wife 80 many times that hc was going 20 XIII
her on account Of her actions. (which. so iar "s
cond he learned last evening. have been per
fectlv proper that size ceased 10 pay any "ttcn-
ton 10 them Crumlcy has also Threatened 10
Lii several of Nrs Crumley's friends IN the last
wear. but nothing ever came Of II. No one caTed
ANYTHING about his threats. and he was Known
among his friends as a "hluncr.
ucN,lIs acquaintance with Ms. Crurilrv he
gan several years ago, before She was Married
lie often visited her at her home, generally dur
ing her husbands absence. because he did NOT
desire 10 have any trouble with him on account
Of his jealousy. Last June. when Crunl'y came
home al the end oi the theatrical scaS"n som"
one told him that Mcneil had been ~ his home
during his absence He flew into a passion, ne
cused his wife of being untrue to hiin' Threat
cucd 10 Kill her, and ended the business hN ""'-
in- her The separation did not l's' long, '"r
~ soon as his anger sulsidcd he went T." s"e
his wife. asked her forgiveness, acknowledged 'H'
10 had made fool Of himself. aud they went
10 live together a2ain
They had frequent qTarr'ls aiicrwaId 'rnn-
lev forbade his wife Speaking 10 men. ard she
would not be bound by thc.c cast-iron rules. and
TOOL, pa.us 10 nave her TREND, cali upon her AT
hcr home 10 annoy lirn McNclll was one OF
the visitors, and Crimlcy got wrought mp 10 snrA
il pitch last wccl. tlat hc got revolver, and
said hr would Kill McNcIl on ,lslf.
Robinson Irish. broihcr-in-lnw Of Crm'ey.
told McNcil Of the threats that Crumlcy had made.
and advised him =" keep away from trumley un-
I'll his passion cooled McNcl said that hc was
not afraid 10 ucct Crumcy, ~ be- had not done
ANYTHING Wrong ana his relations win MS
Cruncy had been proper. He WAS advised 70
keep away Oh Monday 10y aLotler friend "i
Crnmey, as the latter had begun 10 drink ana
was acting If insane.
Last evening McNcill met Sylvester Brown,
who is in the iron business NJ No. - Elm-st
and asked him TO 90 10 Cruml"y's house with
him and try and settle the trouble arncably
/ hc two men went ~ trimlcN 5 house, ana iouHd
tnut hc Was out. They waited an hour Tor him
70 return al the house OF his hcr-in-law, and
then went 70 look for bin at the lipnor Stores
i'm the ncighboThOod. They did not ma MN
there, and went back 10 Ms housr ana MI OH wv
stODp.
In the meantime Irish had found Crnmley and
had a talk with him about reconciliation with
Mcneil, and they went hoin" together; rum
ley said thni he would meet Mcneil Ike
man and have talk with him. Wien CrnnlcS
rot near his home and saw Mcneil Sitng on
tbc stoop he was rrazed with passion for a
moment and wanted 10 attack him. Irish caught
him and held him until hc got control 81 ms
temper. apparently, and then Crunlcy said MAJ
hc would 20 into the house. see his wife, ana
then meet MCNciU
lie walked By McNeiIl without saving a
word and I'm about ten minutes returned with
n revolver in his right hand. lie said 10 McNci
and Brown: ~
Brown replied tha' he did not do II; ana
Crumley said You are the one. then. Throw
ND your hands" and he pointed the pistol at
McYcill did not stir, but gazcd fcarlcSsly at thc
weapon thinking. no doubt. that trumley al
not have courage enough 10 shoot
There was br2ht flash, sharp report, and n
hullc. grazed MoNells skull. Mcneil jumped
toward Crumlcy To- grab the pistol. rs he ircd
il again The aim this time was true and the
bali entered McNcills heart lie fell on the
Sidewalk after staggering the width OF two honseN
and died in lees than five minutes. DR.. Camp
hcl who lives AZ No. 3ll West Twenty second ST..
was called t. attend Mcneil, but nothing could he
done for him. ~ q,
Policeman Lynch, of the West Twcnticth-st
station, heard the shots while hc was patrollIng
Eiohth.avc near Twenty first st, and ran around
the corner lie found Crumlcy sitting on me
stoop in front of the house with the pistol in ms
hand. =, At,
us he dead" said Crmmley 10 the oilccr
Yes replied lynch.
! ilanq me- then. 10 the corner amp-nost, az
once for | am guilty." said CrunleN. dn'naii-
! cnuv He was taken 10 the Twcntrth,st. S,4
| ,inn where he talked and acted hyscrIcallv. ii'
| said that hc was sorry that he had not killed his
| wife and himself lie fought like a madmall
when Doorman Manning took him downstairs 10
| lock him M and said that hr would kill hirset
| before daylight. He told the doorman that ne
| had taken poison. and hc was examined ny q =
nbvsician who did not discover any evidence o'
| poisoning McNcllrs body was taken 10 an uh-
| dcrtakers hy his friends.
DROWNED ~ Az ADTRONDACR LAKE