The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-14
IS IT WIfE-MURDER ?
Saloon eeper Gillian Taken to
Long Island City Under Arrest.
His Wife Was Shot and Killed in
BIissville, l. l., This Morning.
IL Is Supposed that He Killed Her
During . Quarrel.

LONG ISLAND CITY. l.. l., Aug. IL
Thomas Gillian who keeps a saloon at
Borden and Greenpoint avenues. Bliss
vile, was brought to the Second Pre-
cinct Station-House at 10 o'clock this
morning on. n charge OF wife-murder,
Mary Gillian. his wife. was shot and
killed some time this morning In her
home. as alleged, by her husband. Gil
Ian when arrested refused to make any
statement. The Coroner has charge of
the case, and is making an investigation.
From what can be learned among the
neighbors Gillian and his wife had not
lived happily for some time. and 1t is
suspected that he shot her during a
quarrel.
lillian $. saloon is located at the en-
TRANCE Of Calvary Cemetery. The ia
loon-keeper is forty years of age and hi :
wife was forty.
She was u widow with one child and he
widewer when they were married ten
months ago.
Ever since their marriage they have
lived uuhappily. Mrs. Gillian has beer
before the police several times for war.
rants for her husband. charging hin,
were settled. however, before they went
to trial. 49, sen.
This nhornihs, about TO o'clock, Mrs.
Gillan's thirtcen-year-old daughter. by
her first husband, Estella Roman, went
to her mothers room and knocked on
the door. She received no answer and,
opening the door. went into the room
and was Mortified to find her mother
lylng dead upon the bed. partially
on the bed.
The revolver was her husbands The
ther OF the finding OF her mother dead.
Gillian Went to the door and called Po-
liceman William Parke. and told him
what had happened.
locked him up In the Second Precinct
Police Station and notified Coroner
strong. The Coroner took charge of the
case and will perform an autopsy this
The police think that Mrs. Gillian
committed suicide, while many OF the
neigftbors say that Gillian murdered his
Gillian made the following statement
to the police after he was locked up.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
my wife got flask of whiskey from the
bar and went to see friends. She re-
turned about . o'clock last night under
the influence of liquor. She sat around
the bar for some time. and then started
about midnight to go to her room.
closed up the saloon and started to fol.
low her. She, turned upon me and said
that ] could not occupy the room, and
IL 1 attempted to do SO she would shoot
me.
ITO avoid trouble. az / knew that hel
condition was such that any little thins
would make her angry, l went down.
stairs again to the barroom where
slept all night on chair. The first
thing ] knew OF my wife's death was
when her daughter told me. The way
In which the child happened to go 10
her mothers room was that Mrs. Gillian
was To call her to go to early mass, but
the girl awoke before her mother and
went to the room to see why she was
not up yet. / know nothing about my
wife's death. The revolver found near
her is mine. She also had a revolver.
Both were either kept In the saloon or
in the bedroom In the upper story OF the
building"
Stella the dead womans child. has
not been seen since she reported finding
the dead body of her mother. 1t is
said that she went to Brooklyn to notify
relatives of her mothers death.
Gillian protests his innocence, and ap-
pears to be very cool under the cir
cumstances. He told his story with
out showing any signs of nervousness.