Evening journal., 1893-06-02
EARLY MORNING CRIME.
Proprietor Brown Killed By
His Pretty Mistress.
BECAME FRANTIC WHEN SHE SAW

The Enormity of Her Crime, as the
Ohicers Took Charge of Her and Her
Victims Body-The nIurderess. Emma
Woods, Comes From an Excellent
Family.
NEwARK, n. j., June 2.-Lew Brown,
the well known sporting man. was shot
and killed by Emma Woods shortly after
8 o'clock this morning. Brown was the
proprietor of saloon known as Tam
many Hall The murdersss is one of
Newark's Unknown demi-monde The
couple had lived together for the last
four months and the shooting is sup
posed to have been the result of a jealous
quarrel. No one was present at the
time Of the shooting but Brown and his
mistress.
Daniel Geraghty, employed as a bar
tender by Brown, when interviewed by
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
woman. He recognized the voice of
Emma Woods as she shouted Come up,
come up, Lew is dead, l shot him.
Her Victim Died Instantly.
Geraghty hurriedly left his cot and
opened the door and saw the woman in
frenzied excitement, wringing her hands
and moaning, Lew is dead" Geraghty
at once went to Browns apartment and
found 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 dead
mans shirt directly over the beart,
showed the place where the bullet had
taken effect. Death must have been in
Simultaneous.
When She Realized 1t, She Denied 1t.
officer Wakeman was soon on the
scene and he took possession of the
revolver and placed the woman under
arrest When the woman appare ntly
realized the snormity of the crime she
denied that she did the shooting an
said that Brown had killed himself after
attempting to shoot her.
AS proof of her assertions she showed
a slight cut on her left arm where she
said the bullet had struck her. The
wound, however, does not look as though
it had been made with bullet and it is
believed the cut was caused by her break
ing the window glass. Several times
during the recital of her story she con
tradicted herself and the impression she
gave was that she committed the murder
in jealous passion and then repented Of
her act.
Begged Them Not TO Remove Brown
She would not at first believe thai
Brown was dead and she begged the
officers not to take his body away. WheI
she was told that Brown was dead sh'
became almost frantic and screamed anC
cried at the top of her voice. She in
sisted that it was a case of suicide, anC
told story of how Brown had tried Il
kill himself about six weeks ago By
N shooting She said that the bullet die
not take effect but buried itself in tn,
wall.
Murderess Comes of Good Family.
''Em" Woods, as she is familiarl,
called is a well known character il
Newark and Trenton She comes of al
excellent family. She was born il
Bloomfield about thirty-three years age
She is very pretty and is blonde of tn
bleached hair type. She has lived at
number of houses of questionable char
acter and latterly kept resort on Soutl
Broad street.
She was married to William Aunsteil
about four years ago. About a yea
afterward, at the solicitation of hi
family he left her. Shortly before thi
he tried to kill himself by taking poison
and she also tried to kill herself at Tre1
ton. Her maiden name was Riker. Sh
was addicted to drink. and when unde
the influence of liquor became vicious
1t is probable that she was in this COZ
dition when she committtd the deed thi
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