Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-05-02
TRIED TO BLIND HIM.
Mary Throws vinioI In a
Fireman's Face.
SHE WANTED REVENGE.
Both Victim and Prisoner Have
Enjoyed Good Reputation.

Boston, May q The old saying that
'Hell hath no fury like woman scorned,"
was illustrated at the corner of Chardon
and Merrimack streets, early last evening,
When William +. Lally, hoseman at
assaulted by young woman, who threw
a canful Of vitirol into the frsman's face.
Lally threw his hands up to cover his face,
and both hands, as well as his features,
were terribly marred by the fluid
Bystandsrs, who saw the woman's ac-
tion and heard Lally's
Cries Of Agony,
took him into the drug store at the corner
of Portland and Merrimack streets, while
others ran to the engine house and in
formed District Chief Cheswell Of the af-
fair.
The woman disappeared from the scene
front Of the Revere House by Special OFF,
GERS Abbott and Gilmore of division 8. who
escorted her to the station
District Chief Cheswell drove to the
drug store and, taking Lslly into his team,
carried him to the Massachusetts, general
hospital, where his face was bathed In an
alkali.
IL was found that both eyes had been
affected by the vitriol, and he will
Lose the Sight Of the Right Eye,
IL not OF both. His forehead was also ter
ribly burned, and the fluid had SCARED
his cheeks and his upper lip. His hands
were also badly burned by coming in
contact with the vitriol on his face. After
everything that was possible had been
done for the sufferer at the hospital, he
WIS removed to the eye and ear infirmary,
wheie an attempt is being made to save
his eyesight
Tie woman in the case Is Mary Mo
Guinness, 90 years of age, and she lives at
70 South Margin street, at the West End.
LAZY is "A years of age and lives at l3l
Charlestown street.
He mas been attached to engine for
nearly two years, and the couple have been
keeping company for the last Is months.
Miss McGuinness was employed In
Wheelocks paper box factory at IL How
ard street, and as Lally's meal hours cor
responded somewhat with her own, the
couple nave been In the habit Of meeting
on Chardon street and going home to-
gsther.
The girl claimed that Lally succeeded In
getting her into trouble some time ago,
and after doing 80 refused to keep his
Promise to Marry Her.
Her trouble wore on her SO much that at
last she made up her mind to either end
her existence or to 60 away somewhere
where she W aid not be known. Before
doing anything Of the kind she made an
other appeal to Lally to marry her and
was again refused.
Yesterday afternoon she went to the
West Boston bridge determined to end her
life, but while standing on the bridge
made up her mind to first revenge herself
upon the man who she claims Is the cause
of her trouble.
Going into drug store, she purchased
q bottle of vitriol, which she told the
druggist her father wished to use In b Is
business.
After obtaining the stuff, she emptied 1t
Into can and then went to await Lally's
supper hour.
When he left the engine house, she saw
him and followed him to the corner Of
Cbardon aud Merrimsck streets: where
she stopped him and asked him to
Give Her Money
enough to take her to New York or some
where else, where she could begin life
anew.
When he refused her plea she raised the
can and dashed the vitriol I'm his face.
When the Off cers arrested Miss McGuin-
hess in Bowdoin square, she said that she
WAS glad that she did 1t and would do it
again.
A few moments later In the station she
confessed sorrow for her act aud asked
how badly Lally was injured. When in
formed that the latter was to prosecute
her she said that the was glad of It and
hoped that she would be sent to prison for
DO years, so that she would be away from
her friends a others who knew of her
disgrace She also said that II Lally had
only married sr she would have
Made Him q Good Wife.
and he would never have been sorry for Il.
III she had not been arrested when she was
she would undoubtedly have committed
suicide In the Charles river.
The girl In we'll known and respected a.
the West End and was always thought to
be very nice and respectable girl. For q
number Of years she has been passing the
engine house daily, and its inmates, who
had come to know her by sight. say that
the never looked into the windows or at
tempted to fiirt with the hremen.
As for Lally, his comrades and superiors
I'm the house were much surprised when
Informed Of the occurrence His superior
officers say that during the two years the
young man has been In the house he has
always been active and attentive to duty
bnd was never known to be anything Of q
lady's man or to be a fiirt.
He had almost no callers at the house,
Ind altogether was q very quiet fellow.
They knew that he had at one time kept
company with the girl, but of late thought
that he bad tried to avoid her.
II will be impossible for a day or two to
BELL what the outcome Of the affair, 30 far
hs Lally's Injuries are concerned, will be.
The girl was committed to the city prison
for safe keeping, and will be held TO await
trisl, and will have preliminary hearing
IN the municipal court today.