The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-28
MACBITTIE WAS JEALOUS.
OFTEN sAIp HE'D KILL HIMSELF AND
AT LIST HK DID.

Mrs. Maebittie Was Preparins 10 onit Him,
ne She Had Done Before, when She
Game Upon His Body-A Hundr~d-po pnd
weight Helped Charles Brewer to Drown.
William II. Macbittie. q carpenter. living at
III West 1880 street. shot himself in tho right
temple with 3S-calIbre revolver yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Annie Macbittie. the suicides
wife. said that ever since their marriage. two
years ago, her husband had been insanely
jealous OF her Several times he had threat
ened to shoot himself
lie had bought rs many as six revolvers all
OF which Mrs. Macblttie took from him and
disposed Of On two occasions Mac bittie
bought laudanum, and. going into his bod
room. rubbed It over his face and sprinkled
more OF 1t about the room. until the odor Of
the drug penetrated the whole place. When
his wife found him he was stretched out on the
bed and feigned to DO unconscious
Mrs Macbttie grew tired OF living in con-
slant dread that her husband would take her
or his own life. and she left him and went to
her fathers homo in westchester county.
Macbittle followed her. and begged her to re-
turn home. This she refused to do. and he
went to the barn and began to fire of his
revolver, Everybody ran out OF the house. ex.
RSecalnG t2 hni HIN dead Bnt he greeted
bnpt VIZ" hoes sm in the sna ,a nqnssH door to
Macbittie consented to 20 back homo with
Nm. They had been back only week when
brdclothes on fire. Her husband stood beside
the bed and admitted that he had started the
IRE. Perhaps IL burn you little you won't
be SO handsome. he. said, and then he set
ABOUT putting out the fire. u,
lesMterdsy morning they guarrelled again:
ma Mrs. Macbiitie went to her mothers at
l33 East Thirty street. She made up
her mind to leave her husband and returned
homo with her mother about 3 o'clock with the
intention OF pa king up her effects and found
her husband dead on the floor as she entered
Charles J. Brewer delivery clerk who had
been for fifteen years in the employ Of the
American steamship line at Pier 43. North
motnns Shortly Ssiore s O'Clock efBs fe%sr
walked out on the pier speaking pleasantly to
a ss nssssa 1e ss .psS
in the water. and. followed by the, Waterman.
ran down the pier to see what had hapnened;
worn BY the delivery Clerk, Alter waiting on
further Madden and the Waterman decided
river. About o'clock Policeman Dugan was
gested that an attempt be made to find the
body A grapplirg iron was dragged along
caught on something. and with considerable
difficulty the heavy body was pulled on the pier.
-. It was found that Brewer had tied about AZ
pounds Of small stones. Brewers friends say
they are unable to &C count for his suicide
Brewer was n general favorite and never
seemed to worry about anything. He was "a
years old. and lived at 81 Grove street.
William Kilsly OF 3 q Amsterdam avenue an i
engineer at the Corn Exchange went homo
yesterday noon and took dinner with his wife.
After the meal Mrs. Kilsly went out for few
minutes to see a neghbor. When she returned
she found her husband lying dead on the
kitchen floor with rope around his neck.
kilsly had fasten ed the free end OF the rope to
the transom over the kitchen door and then
swung himself off u chat After the man was
dead the rope broke and the body tumbled In
u heap on the floor.
The body Of Mary Muldoon OF 81 West
Fifty fifth street was found in the river at the
foot OF West Twenty eighth street yesterday
morning. Mrs. Muldoon committed suicide
about week ago by jumping from the ferry
boat Erie.
Charles Murray entered the Kenwood HOTEL
at 81 Bowery. enrly yesterday morning. regis
tered from scranton and went to room 40.
About four hours later an attendant going
through the hall smelled escaping gas coming
from Murrays room and the door was forced.
The lodRer Was found lying on the bed uncon-
scious. He had turned on the full flow OF gas.
An ambulance took Murray to Gouverne
Hospital. The surgeons say he may recover.
A poorly written letter lay on the abls In the
room Murray had occupied. 1t said:
Beng in Jersey CITY last night and in company with
variety actress is the cause for this act IL might
to shun her r"r she is deceitfu But for would
be alive to-day. Nv advice 10 the and attend.
ants to shun her for she 10 dangerous business
so IND out and the reason Is this. MURRAY.