The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-30
SHE. FOUGHT FOR HER life.
He Wanted to Board at Mrs. Tracy's
and Tried to Kill Her.

The shooting affray between Sidney G.
Stamp and Mrs. Annie L.. Tracy at No. 45
Kenyon street. reported in the NEWS Of
yesterday afternoon, has been found to be
far more serious than was at first sup
posed. The theory of accident has been
exploded and it has been discovered that
as far as Stamp is concerned the shooting
was premeditated.
Mrs. Annie l.. Tracy, one of the vic
Tins, is a handsome young widow OF per-
haps 32 years of age. She, with her sis
ter, Miss Minnie Lewis, moved into the
house on Kenyon. street Thursday fore
noon. Stamp has been intimate with the
family for a long time, and, 1t Is said,
boarded with Mrs. Tracy during her resi-
dence on Wendell street.
About 1. o'clock yesterday forenoon,
Stamp, who is machinist at the Brown
g. Sharpe manufacturing company, left
the establishment and proceeded to the
new abode of Mrs. Tracy. On reaching
the house he complained Of severe head
ache and was cared for by the widow who
strove to make him comfortable. During
the conversation that ensued Stamp drop
ped suggestions regarding his boarding
with her again, but Mrs. Tracy declined
to allow him to do so, and 1t was then
that Stamps real errnnd- became appar-
ent. 1t appears that you~g man ap-
piled for board at the house Kept by the
widow on Wendell street, and was taken
In. Stamps jealousy was aroused by this
innovation and the departure of Mrs.
Tracy to the house occupied by her aunt
at o Aster street soon after only served TO
intensity his anger.
As Mrs. Tracy refused to countenance
the proposition advanced by Stamp re-
garding his boarding with her. he became
enraged, and pulling his revolver fired
shot at the dazed woman. The bullet
sped by her head and buried itself in the
woodwork of the door directly behind the
woman. Terrified by the event and not
knowing but what her next moment might
be her last the woman hastily snatched
up n small revolver that was on the
mantel and started toward the bathroom.
On the threshold she slipped and fell, and
in an instant Stamp was standing over
her with his revolver In his hand. AS
he sought to fire another shot, the wo-
man pulled the trigger OF her weapon
and the bullet struck Stamp In the face to
the right of the nose, burying itself in his
cheek near the ear.
Realizing the great great peril she was
in and knowing that the infurated man
would stop at nothing she hastily dropped
her weapon and .grasped the revolver
held by Stamp which he was endeavoring
to bring TO bear upon her. Then COM
menced terrible struggle, the man
vainly trying to shoot the woman she
attempting to save her life. Miss
Lewis attempted to assist her
sister at this point, but was almost pow
erless. Twice did Stamp discharge his
weapon, the first ball tearing through the
fipgers OF the woman, aud the second
crashing the bones in her hand. Mrs.
Coffin, the occupant in the other part Of
the house, heard the shots, and summoned
the police Of the Fourth station. On
their arrival the man was placed under
arrest, and the woman sent tn the hos
pital in the ambulance. Later in the
evening the woman was also placed
under arrest. and both parties were
taken to the Central station. Both were
arraigned I'm the Sixth District Court this
morning, Mrs. Tracy, for an assault with
"a dangerous weapon, and Stamp, with as
sault with IA DANGEROUS weapon with in
tent TO kill. The plea of mot guilty" was
entered by each and they were held in
$70O surety for trial Tuesday.