Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
WOMAN SLAIN BY WOMAN
Mrs. Fitzgerald Shot and Killed
 Mrs. Pearsall.
SHE LAY IN WAIT FOR HER VICTIM.
The Dead Woman Was n Police mans Wife.
 and Her Slayer Is Sister or Inspector McLaughIIn-Insaneiy Jealous of Her Husband-Gave Herself Up to the Police.

The Dead Woman Was n Police mans Wife, and Her Slayer Is n Sister nr Inspector
 McLAughIIn-Insaneiy Jealous of Her
 Husband-Gave Herself Up to the Police.
 NEW YORK, Oct. Airs, John Fitzgcr- aid, the wife of u lawyer and n sister of In. spector of Police Mclaughlin, while crazcd with jealousy, si~ot and killed Mrs. Carrie Pearsnll the wife of n policeman, yester- day afternoon.
 The killing was carefully premeditatcd because Mrs Fitzgerald lurked in a hall for an hour or more waiting for Mrs. Pearsall to come home Mrs. Fitzgerald Is the wife of Lawyer J. ]. Fitzgerald, an examiner in tEe office of Corporation Counsel Clark.
 The Fitzgeralds live in nicely furnished apartments at 25l0 Eighth avenue and have four children. They have lived there three years.
 The Pearsalls lived at 5l5 East Eighty sixth street, and their quarters are fur nished in better style than persons with much larger incomes than Pcarsall enjoys They have been married Ii years and have one child. Mrs. Pearsall was n handsome, showy woman, with an unusually fine fig urc.
 At 123O o'clock yesterday Mrs. Fiizger- ald put on her hat and coat and told her eldest son that she was going down town and would return about o'clock. Her manner was cool, and she kissed her chil- dren before departing.
 After buying a revolver and a small hand bag to carry it in, she went to 515 East Eighty-siXth street, and learning that Mrs. Pearsall was not at home. left Mrs. kalka- hoff, who had given her the information. and pretended to leave the house Instead, after coming down stairs, Mrs Fitzgerald stopped to wait for the return of her sup posed rival.
 Lay In Ambush For Her Victim.
 It was about o'clock when she left Mrs kalkahotf. She lay ambushed in the hall near the foot of the stairs, for about la hours. At 4:3O o'clock Mrs PearsalI an tered the front door and advanced up the hall. Mrs. Fitzpatrick faced her and quick ly fired four shots, three of which missed their mark, but one struck Mrs pearsall i'll the left side of the neck, severed the jugular vein and passed down into the body Mrs, Pearsall seemed to have been shrink ing when the downward shot hit her.
 Mrs. kalkahofT, hearing the shots, looked down from the third floor and shouted, Stop that shooting, down there!'' She sup posed the shots had been fired by boys. Mrs, Pearsall sank on the floor, while her life blood spurted against the wall.
 Mrs. Fitzgerald coolly replaced the revol- yer under her coat, and leaving the house went directly to the Eighty-eiShth street station. Sergeant Dean was Ut the desk. She poked the revolver almost into his face. He said. For heavens sake put that pistol down." She laid it on the desk, exclaiming, "I did it, did it, but did it in self defrnsc,''
 Mrs. Fitzgerald Wildly Excited.
 Dean then called two policemen. whu caught and held her. She was wildly vN- cited. They took her into Captain Pick etts room. She was too excited to talk but Pickett learned from her rambling sentences that she had shot some uue ut 5l5 East Eighty eighth street Pickett sent Detectives Farley and Burner to the place. They found Mrs. Pearsall still lying in the hall. surrounded by about 50 persons
 At that moment peas-sall entered, and Farley asked him, Do you know thi, woman:" It was dark and Pearsall couIC not see distinctly, so he said. No, do no know her" Then he stopped, and recog nizing her lace dress exclaimed. My God It's my wife She was still alive. II, Clasped her in his arms, and she died min ute later.
 Deputy Coroner O'Iare gave q permit t, bury the body. Fitzgerald came hom, about dusk and was worried to find that hi, wife was not there, for she scarcely cvci remained out after nightfall. Present., Dr. Haviland. who iS the family physician came and told him his wife had killed Mrs PearsRll.
 Haviland and Fitzgerald went to the po lice station, where the husband had d >hor interview with his wrctchrd wife. Sh remained in Captain PiCkett's room al night.
 Cause of the Tragedy. Mrs, PcarSall and her dau- -S ter spent tn summer at the Glen House, Shoholn Glen Fitzgerald and his family suuumrrrd a I.ackawaxen. ;Artsort a few miles from tn , Glen, On July 21 Fitzgerald drove over L the Glen House xnd WAS introduced to Mrs . Pearsall. They became quite friendly, am were eating iCe cream ou the piazza whel Mrs Fitzgerald, who had followed her hus band, drove up.
 The instant she clappcd eyea on Nil, Pearsall and Fitzgerald she flew into a pits sion. railing at the woman until her hus hand the lawyer, bundled her into cal riaEe and took her back 0 Lackawaxen Mrs. Fitzgerald kept her wrath warm b nursing it in secret, though she from tim to time pestercd her husband by aCcusin : him of being fonder of Mrs. Pear>all tha he was of her. Fitzgerald tried to convinc her of her error, but she refused to hcliev him.