The evening world., 1894-09-22
Says She Tried to Wrest His Re-
volver from Him When He
Tried to Shoot.
BOTH WOMEN WERE ARRESTED.
Their Faces Were Badly Bruised
and Their Clothing Bespat-
tered with Bleed.

Two massiveiy- built women, with faces
bruised and cut from blows evidently ad-
ministered but recently, were arraigned
before Justice Hogan. in Jefferson Mar
ket Court, this morning.
One OF the women. the younger, was
charged with having Aired two bullets
into the skull OF her husband, George
Joseph Young, who died in Roosevelt
Hospital at SIS O'Clock this morning.
The other woman was there under
suspicion of having been concerned in
the shooting. She was certainly q wit
ness to IT,
Tn, wife. Ellen Young. IL twenty-five
years old, but too free indulgence in
drink has aged her, and left only faint
traces Of the comeliness with which she
was evidently once POSSESSED.
The other woman, Mrs. Catherine Fos-
ter, is fully six feet tall. and the sodden
look she carries in her face. shows that
she. too. Is addicted to drink.
She is Mrs. Young's mother. but she
stands In the position Of her daughters s
accuser
The killing Of Young occurred shortly
after midnight this morning in the tene-
ment at 3o3 Ninth avenue.
pSSea 9Sens BY whS the New YORK Ssnra sd
Hudson River, Railroad Company in one
of Its west-side freight yards, had lived
at that address with his wife ever since
hsg Tg were rss bu ysars The
the fact that both husband and wife
drank, they would have lived In COM
Young. who was thlrty-three years old.
promised to take his wife on a little
pleasure trip yesterday afternoon. In
ha hnK ArttE II s.aN
long before midnight. His mother-in-
law was there, and the two women evi-
IDENTIFY had been drinking also.
Sounds OF scuffie and high words
were heard by the other people In the
house few minutes after Young came
home.
a mans footsteps tramping' down the
stairs followed. A moment later three
pistol shots rang out from the head of
the stairs, They were followed by a
falling down the steps.
Policeman Munson. OF the West
| Thirty-seventh street station, heard the
shots, and. bursting in the hall door.
AT the foot OF the second flight he
stumbled over the body Of a man lying
Munson stepped over. the body and
| ascended to the floor above. The door
OF the Youngs' apartments was open
Mrs Young and her mother were in
the living:room, their faces covered with
blood and their clothes SO dIsordered
that 1t was evident that hand-to-hand
Who did the shooting7" demanded
Munson.
" There she stands" said the elder
n on RRotherF RohF 'S Why Mr' aid iCHns Soa give me
away" was the wife's only remark.
Munson placed both women under ar
rest and sent for an ambulance.
nr ('nmstnrk arrival RnpQauaIf
Hospital with the ambulance. He found
that Young had been shot twice. Both
bullets had entered the skull from the
rear and taken a downward course. as
II fired from above.
Young. who was unconscious, was re-
moved to Roosevelt Hospital, where he
The women were taken to the West
Thirtieth street station, where there Is
a matron. Neither would talk about the
shooting
When arraigned before Justice Hogan
this morning the women would not ad-
init that they knew how Young met his
death; asked to explain how the
smoking revolver, found by Policeman
Munson. in a bureau drawer. under a
pile OF rags, came TO be there, neither
would answer.
Justice Hogan assigned Lawyer Moran
to look after their interests.
In order that the women should have
every chance Of defense Justice Hogan
ordered Policeman Munson to take them
to a photographers across the way 10
have their pictures taken showing the
bruises on their faces.
An Evening World" reporter talked
with the women while they were waiting
TO be photographed Mrs. Young said
that her husband came home drunk and
attacked her mother. He knocked her
down and then turned to strike his wife.
His mother-in-law got between them
and Mrs. Young says he pulled a revolt
yer from his pocket.
Mrs, Young said she Grappled with the
then almost-craZed man, and tried to get
possession of the revolver She got hold
OF the weapon and her finger caught in
the trigger. The pistol exploded and the
the bullet hit her husband.
Mrs. Young was shown how foolish
this explanation was, in view of the fact
that her husband was shot twice in
the top of the head.
Asked II she didn't fire one shot at
Young, and on his fleeing for his life,
follow him to the head OF the stairs
and fire three more shots at him. Mrs.
Young at first said she didn't remember.
Pressed TO tell the truth she said that
maybe that was how 1t happened, but
that she was so excited that she couldn't
recall the circumstances very clearly.
Neither the wife nor Justice Hogan
learned OF Young's death until after
the case had been temporarily disposed
Both women were held to await the