The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-21
A Physician Had Looked at His
Wound and Pronounced It
q Trivial One.
TURNED IN THE STREET TO DIE.
Takcn In by Another Woman and
Finally Sent to Bellevue
Hospital.


Fox's Little Trooper company, now at
the Casino. is in Bellevue Hospital, with
a bullet in his head, the result of an
attempt at suicide, made about mid
night last Wednesday, in the board
ing-house at 261 West Thirty-seventh
street.
The physicians at the hospital say that
Ripley cannot live, and word has been
sent to his parents who are said to be
respectable and wealthy, at Terre
Haute. Ind.
Actor Ripley was removed from the
furnished-room house OF Mrs. Kate
Burt, 206 West Thirty-eighth street. He
had visited her place under peculiar
circumstances between and 8 o'clock
last night.
Ripley had been living at the Thir-
ty-seventh street house for two weeks.
On account of the great secrecy main,
tanned as to VINO the real proprietress
of the house is, the true inwardness OF
the attempt at suicide is difficult to
obtain.
On the front doorplate is the name Of
the misses Palache." but no one in
the house responds to that name. Some
body else says that Mrs. McKenna
keeps the place, and a boarding house
keeper two doors away says that a Mrs.
Reilly is the one in charge.
At any rate about midnight last
Wednesday one or two shots were
heard by the alleged Mrs. McKenna,
coming from Ripleys room. She didn't
investigate, but went to bed.
The next morning Ripley came down
stairs with his head swathed In ban.
dages and blood patches on his face
1t Is said that Ripley wandered about
all day yesterday with the bullet in his
head. Frequently he went back to the
Thirty-seventh street house and tried t.
have Mrs. McKenna take him In. Sh,
refused, however, and sent him away
neglecting, the while to report the matter
About o'clock last evening youns
woman, who gives the name Of Alice
O,Brien, music teacher but whose
address is not positively known, me
Ripley on Thirty-seventh street. He hac
revolver in his pocket and appeared
to be insane.
She took him to DR.. ]. ]. O'Sullivans
office, at 266 West Thirty-eighth street
where she told the physician that Rip
ley had attempted suicide. ,, :,
the right temple and concluded that tn.
pn!let had not penetrated the skull
he dressed the wound and recommends
that the man be taken to lodging
house.
Miss O'Brien took Ripley to Mis-
Burts house and then left, saying thai
sne would get physician.
She told Mrs. Burt that Ripley hat
been In fight and that somebody hac
After the woman had gone RIPPLE,
grew hilarious and began TO sing. II,
sat on the stoop and about the hal
singing Two Little Girls in Blue"
he played with the little daughter O
theatrical man named Fletcher as /
IN good spirits.
x Mrs. Burt was alarmed. however. ant
ner that Ripley had taken some powders
anu that when he went to bed he would
steep all night.
Nothing was said to Mrs. Burt abou
hiPey's attempt at suicide.
she returned home and Ripley wa
maqeed to go to bed;
u4A6out II O'clock Policeman Brown an
,MSaitzfelder came and told Mrs. Bur
Snst she had a man in her house VIII
~ nad & COMMITTED a crime. They had bee
| ~ MRS. Mckenna's house and foun
as they described It.
when was aSen nearly oeoek this mor mir,
investlgation, so carefully were tn
tN@ets guarded. Then they called at %
PR,eeSt Thirty-eighth street and foun
sscious condition. The bullet had the
hours ~
Hastily ringing up an ambulance, tn
man was taken to Bellevue, and ther
Tor the first, time Ripley's real conditio
was ascertained
Mhat convinced the detective that III
~ toI mad really attempted suicide wa
e discovery of this note in his rool
al Mrs' McKenna's:
To Father and Mother;
n, uste Is no one to blame. I am simply llr
an. al unequal struggle. The life insurance
CIaim It. WILL.
1,At z o'clock Ripley was still aliv
ans rs NOT known as yet In what insu
The ae company he had taken out polio.
WIZ VIE Police VIII try and communicai
o,IPhe policemen had also found Il
Srinnlteh woman. They scored her Il
siShhging Ripley to the West Thirt,
ma. droped to the effect that 81
X De arrested she hastily left.
Rini: W sullivan to-day said that whe
NIL came to his house last nigl
pos ss ~ Brien had the revolver in h,
i've session 1t was a Colts, and hi
u chambers emptied
ana ra ook the weapon from Miss OBI,
cama etused to give II to her when 81
Or. S aSk and asked for II.
SULLIVAN made a careful exam
tCO"finSsd on SsssnA pssa.)