Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-08

Lew Brown, - wcIi-known Sporting Man
OF Newark, n. D., Killed by Emma
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of Newark, N. j.. Killed by Emma
Woods
NEwARK, N. j., June lew Brown,
the well-known sporting man, was shot
and killed by Emma Woods, shortly after
3o'clock this morning. brown was the
proprietor of saloon known as Tam
many Hail."
rhe murderess is one Of Ncwark's we'll
known demi monde. The couple had
lived together for the last four months
and the shooting is supposed 10 have been
the result Of a jealous quarrel. No one
was present at the tine Of the shooting but
Brown and his mistress.
Daniel Geraghty, employed as bar
tender by Brown, when interviewed by q
reporter shortly after the shooting, said
that he was asleep in the saloon when he
was suddenly awakened by the crush of
glass and the shrieks OF q woman. lie
recognized the voice of Emma Woods as
she shouted, come up, come up, Lew is
dead ! shot him"
Gcraghty hurriedly left his cot and
opening the door, saw the woman in fren-
lied excitement. wrinGing her hands and
moaning, Lew is dead,
Gcraghty at once went to Browns apart
ment and found his employer lying dead
on the bedroom floor, The revolver with
which the deed was committed lay close
by. A small blood spot on the dead mans
shirt, directly over the heart, showed the
place where the bullet had taken effect.
Death must have been instantaneous.
Officer Wakeman was sooh on the scene
and he seized possession Of the revolver
and placed the woman under arrest.
When the woman apparently realized the
enormity of the crime, she denied that she
did the shooting and said that Brown had
killed himself after attempting to shoot
her AS proof of her assertions she showed
q slight cut on her left arm, where she said
the bullet had struck her. The wound,
however, does not look as though II had
been made with u bullet, and it is believed
that the cut was caused by her breaking
the window glass.
Several times during the recital of her
story she contradicted herself and the i'm
| preston she gave was that she committed
the murder in jealous passion and then
| Tepented her act. She would not at first
believe that Brown was dead and she
| begged the officers not to take his body
| away.
| When she was told that Brown was dead
| she became almost frantic and screamed
| and cried ut the top of her voice. She in
| sisted that it was a case OF suicide and told
story Of how Brown had tried to kill him
self about six weeks ago by shooting. She
| said that the bullet did not take effect, but
buried itself in the wall.
En- Woods, as she is famiiurly called,
| is a well-known character in Newark and
| Trenton, She came of an excellent family.
She was born in Bloomfield about 80 years
ago, is very pretty and is a blonde Of the
| beached hair type. She has lived at a
number of houses of questionable charac-
ter, and lattcrly kept u resort on south
! Broad street. She was married to
| William Aunstein about four years ago.
About a year atterward at the solicita.
ton of his family. lie left her. Shortly
before this he tried to kill himself by tax.
ing poison and She also tried to Kill herself
at Trenton. Her maiden name was Riker.
She was addicted to drink and when under
the influence of liquor became vicious. It
is probable thar she was in this condition
! when she committed the deed this morning.