The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-29
TRAGEDY AFTER THE BALL.
,r.,oUs EYE AL MONT ON MRS.
sTOCKER'S GAYE7IES,

,v.,oUs EYE ALI MONT ON AhSs
sTOCKER'S 0AYETIEs,
-. All Mer>ins On the Csreusai AZ Mer
ASS Az s,octer kills HIS WIFE ss Last
~" xyoonds Her Sister The'r Com
.,,,ons IN Reveiry Esespe.
NJ. ,obnL Dunno Association OF the Fourth
III, Jersey City Heights. gave reception
a''umsdnseday night. It is q strong political
on .I,atinn. and nearly oil the conspicuous
s.,.I,ns in the county were present
poh', hs women In attendance we're
amo" Vote stocker OF 90 Zabriskie street
A h.r sister. Mary Tierney. They
an. Moth remarkably handsome women. and
se' .,.,, mink silk ball dresses attracted a
10 Wv. d.ai OF attention. Tho mother OF the
IT, rom.n was there with them. Arthur
tso w.. ths husband Of Mrs. Stocker. was
e.oo. ~. hall. but not with his wife. They
Ss.on IN bad terms for about two months.
M... 1.-The Young mon In the ballroom were
...i,e 70 Mrs. Stocker and her sister. but the
wv. Nv. tho Gained most favor In their eyes were
wv, " Dunnc nftcr whom tho association Is
W.. md George Bremner. formerly the
n ,.. shsreprer OF Jersey City. The four were
.. nearly oil the time. They danced
,s.cther. went to supper together. and after
.unn.r danced together again until the band
sI.yad Home. Sweet Home" between and U
o,olock In the morning.
n,rlnr all this time Stocker was In ana out
=, the ballroom. lie took no part In the fes-
tvties. hut stood near the door or leaning
.vajnst tho wall. Every time his wife passed
,.,nina on the arm Of either Dunno or Brem-
nan no elared at her. but she paid no attention
him. stockor paid frequent visits to the
Nv down stnIre About o'clock he won't
60 "a xrif Ia
.nd her sister reached home about o'clock.
N.Y., were escorted by Dunno and Bromner.
Tho house Is q two-story and basement
,,sms. and is owned by John Tierney. the
,.,h.r Of the two women. Mrs. Stocker. Miss
Tlornsy and tho two mon won't into tho front
,oom. which is lifted up as parlor They had
hotte Of whskcy with them. and whom that
vas exhausted they sent out for beer They
,.Ited nbout tho ball and the people who were
thcre, and drank and sang.
At $3.50 o'clock Stocker came down stairs
ard went into tho dining room. which is just
luck Of tho parlor., Mrs Tierney. who had re-
home with her Ns,o dsus it"s d bad his
thetabie no took look INTO the front room and
saw the party there ENJOYING themselves. He
ss he ssrtod 70 go to Work
t f ayenae about two blocks away from the
Ats Ats o'clock he returned homo. telling his
uother.ln law It was too cold to work The
visitors were not yet gone: They and their en-
rarud by Mrs. Tierney. and had returned to
ihe front room. stocker sat down in the din
Ing room and tried to read, but he was owl
he would get UP. stride into the Kitchen. where
Ills mother In flaw was attending to household
s rs would S1S sf eoe Se
s'u ie Of laughter and singing reached him
from the front room he would get UP and pace
Tho carousal in the front room continued I'm;
iii sfter II o'clock Mrs Tierney had prepared
Stocker wont up stairs TO his father-in laws
room. There was 80 calibre flve-chsmbered
seIf.eockng revolver hanging up on the wall
eaadses II his pocket and went down stairs
His mother. in-law asked him to sit down to
p but h. yyb s ysss Wnkn inn Yer
s:ss .Ss% sassS fss 81 S III he
ssT sa
Tssrs was an immediate stampede. The
two men. got down the front stoop in two
ofer ana soward MIS-
hersefin broad alleyway between the Tier
As stOcSer came out on the front stoop he
discovered Miss Tierney erouchinR near the
the IN snd sd shot Inc at hs
het about 200 feet from the house, He fired
sho sas sT anf n s he rel Side "
head and the other in tho elbow.
The mex. moment Stocker saw Dunno walk
ed after him. Dunno looked ovor his shoul-
GER and seeing him coming. broke into u run.
s sonls also logan TO run. Before st2cker
grocery store Mt 1853 Summit avenue. Mays
ia9yli i've in the rear OF the store.
Mrs: May was behind the counter waiting on
france. Shc was too much startled to say any.
thing Her husband was just coming out OF
e %hSn pS1ne SHn %s Gsn tsf
that moment stockcr dashed open the front
@V %d aoIIi; 81 the revolver and shouting:
nh ay X seized wn Rupns and said Il he wanted to
room. md May tried to push i'm out. In the
s Struggle they got turned around 50 that when
t tween 5 ran in with his rTE2lver May was be-;
She back room. and TIA. he s' and DS Ms
sEs s4s came out Sw sa TG1a: stes
Stockcr went back down Zabriskio street.
, wtIro hls witc's body was stll lying in The
was crying bitterly when Richard White
stepped out from the crowd that had gathered
sHuu arrested nm. Stocker went quietly to
sne sixth precinct police station, and on tho
wsy surrendered his revolver to White. Four
lhe Hyc chambers We're empty.
an lew minutes Police Captain McNulty
snu several policemen were at the scene OF the
murder. Can't McNuty had Mrs Stock or body
s onrs into tho house and 1t was laid on Il
.i;n.nee with the feet resting on q chair. Her
S,sIter was taken to Christ Hospital In an am
Setsnce There 1t WAS found that the bullet
aSSa entered her back Just under tho right
sa9u!uer and lodged in her mock. Her wound
eva aGgerous. but she has u fair chance OF re-
,totce Superintendent Smith was notified OF
uS Tragedy and reached the house about 2
&c Sci SSk He and Capt McNulty took Stocker
st losrtal M f. hayG him Identified by
NAL S9t In ono OF the wards Sho Identified
'tStef NJ once and said he had shot hor.
nv t2I Needn't deny she added. "you killed
~ ont deny Stocker answered sullenly.
els,nUcu We're always fighting with her" ex.
thronte.u me wounded woman. II heard you
sSlS'aten to Kill her several times. and now
1--we We done II. you couldn't live with her
'iase ea why dldn' you leave her2'
NuIttyrs s SSd4pssrintendent Smith and Capt. Mo.
Elm. Y tho police station. The prisoner de.
Wsusa 70 make any statement.
vcr e ctoSEer was rs years old, three yeurs
vsser thmn her husband. Her sister is "a
sVu. Inc couple were married five wears