The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-02
BROWN KILLED.
NeWark's Famous Sporting
Man Shot By His Jeal-
GUS Mistress.
speeial to Tbs JERSEY cstg Ne,os.

Special to Tbs Jerseu CITY Ne,os.
NEWARK. June Q, 1S93.-"Lsw" Brown,
| the well-known sporting man OF this clty,
was shot and instantly killed shortly be-
| fore three o'clock this morning, by Emma
Wood, a well-known member of the demi-
monde of this city. Brown was the pro-
prietor of '"Tammany Hall" and his muir
deress, who was his mistress, is we'll
known in this city and Trenton.
The couple had been living together for
| the past four months, aud the shooting is
| supposed to nave been the result OF a Jeai-
| Gus quarrel, the weapon being a 44-cal1bre
! self-acting revolver. They lived together
at s17 Warren street, two doors below
Browns saloon.
Daniel Geraghty, Browns bartender,
| said that he was asleep in the saloon when
! he wrs awakened by the crash of glass,
i and a woman's shrieks. He recognized
Emma Woods voice as she shouted:
81 SHo HIM.
ssCome up! Come up! Lew is dead, l
shot him!o
Geraghty jumped hurriedly from his cot,
and on opening the door, saw the woman
in frenzied excitement wringing her hands
| and moaning:
Lew is deadp'
Geraghty hurried into the house and
saw his employer lying dead on the bed
room floor. The revolver with which the
deed was committed lay close by. A small
| blood spot on the mans shirt directly over
the heart showed the place where the ball
| took effect. Death must have been lnstan-
famous.
scene, and securing the revolver, placed
| the woman under arrest. The county
physician and the ambulance We're sum-
mOned.
The couple have been living together for
the past four months, although report mas
it that they were not married. Brown
was a widower, his wife having been dead
about q year. When the woman appar-
emily realized the enormity of the crime
she denied that she did the shooting, and
said that Brown killed himself after at
tempting to shoot her. As proof she
showed a slight cut on her left arm, where
she said the bullet struck her.
REMoRsE AFTER THE ACT.
The wound did not look as though it
| had been made with a bullet, and it is be-
| lieved that TIE cut was caused by her
| breaking tina window glass. Several times
| during her story she -contradicted herself,
and the impression she gave was that sh9
committed the murder in a Jealous pas
| sion and then was sorry for it. She would
not believe that Brown was dead, and she
begged the officers not to take his corpse
away. Her son, only about ten years old,
| stood beside the bed gazing with wonder
ing eyes on the scene. He looked with
| awe upon the bluecoats who were In the
room, and would ask Nrst one and then
| another if the man was dead.
II hope b. amt" the lad sobbed, las he
was awful good to me-
When the woman was told that Brown
was dead she became almost frantic and
screamed and cried at the top of her voice.
She insisted that it was q case of suicide,
| and told o story of how Brown had tried
to kill himself about six weeks ago.. She
said the bullet did not take effect, but
buried itself in the wall.
.Geraghty was seen after the shooting
and he told q straightforward story, bear
ing out the statement made o about
the way he had been awakened. He was
sure that the woman said Come up, Lew
is dead. I shot him.
Monday night the couple went to
Miners Theatre, and last nlgnt Brown
went alone, but it is not known whether
this led to the quarrel and its tragic re-
suits. She claimed at the police station
thai she was Browns wife.
Brown at one time was a lightweight
boxer and fought a number Of battles in
the ring. He left the pugilistic field to
enter the saloon business. lie was q very
handsome man and was well liked in
sporting circles. He was well-known as a
trainer of pugilists, and had a number of
game cocks and fighting dogs.
He leaves a son thirteen years old.
II WOMAN's REASON.
I'm" Woods, as she was famiiarly
known, comes Of an excellent family
in Brooklyn. She is thirty-three years old,
and is a 'bleached blonde. Her maiden
name was Riker
She has lived at a number of different
houses OF questionable standing and lat
terly kept a resort on South Broad street.
She was married to William Runstein
about five years ago. About three years ago
at the solicitation Of his family he left her.
Shortly before he tried to kill himself
by taking poison. She also tried TO kill
herself at Trenton. This was about two
and a half years ago.
She was addicted to drink. When under
the influence of liquor she became vicious.
It is possible she was in this condition
when she committed the deed. She has
been living with the murdered man but
four months or so. They appeared to be
fond of each other. The woman is about
five feet four inches tall and weighs about
100 pounds.
Brown was a painter by trade. About
seven years ago he married q woman
named Katie Trainor, and had two chill
dren by her. Both children have been
widow, and has two married daughters
and three other sons, Henry, John and
Charles. John is q policeman.
HBrown had taught the woman's bOyhow to
use the gloves. and the little fellow won a
medal for good boxing a.. q recent exhibit
tion at '.Tammany Hall" Brown was
training the boy to be an athlete.
bears evidence Of former ARRAYS. There.