The evening world., 1894-09-17
She MEANT To KILL.
Three Shots Fired at Her Hus-
band by an Infuriated Wife.
Held the Pistol Close to His Person
as He Lay IN Bed.
All the Bullets Lodged in His BODY
with Probably Fatal Effect.

Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning
three pistol shots rang out through the
tenement. 425 Union street, Brooklyn.
They came from the apartments OF
Daniel Coakly. motorman on the
Seventh avenue line of the Atlantic
Avenue Railroad Company. The shots
were followed by cry of pain.
Coakly's wife, Marian, had shot him
three times. Two of the bullets entered
his left hip, the third entered the body
in the rigion of the lower ribs.
Mrs. Coakly was about shooting her
seven-month-old girl when Patrolman
Faley and Detective o'Rorke, of the
Butler street station, arrived. An am
bulance call was turned In and Surgeon
jacobson, Of the Brooklyn City Hospi-
tai, dressed the injured mans wounds.
Coakly was found lying on the bed.
bleeding profusely, dressed in an urider-
shirt and trousers. The revolver had
been fired so closely as 20 burn and
blacken his clothing. The pistol was
lying on a table,
Mrs. Coakly and her baby were taken
to the station-house. She and her hls-
band give different versions of the Shoot
ing. s
old. She was very pale as she stood be-
| fore Justice Tighe, in the Butler Street
Court TINS morning with her babe asleep
untidily. After her plea had been taken
she sat in an adjoining room. She smiled
at the baby, and did not seem to realize
| the seriousness of her position.
Mrs Coakly has been married twice.
! Her first husband, whose name was Sal-
vatore left her with Ave children, the
Oldest GIRL now nineteen years old.
| About four yeas ago she married Coax
ly. She says that during the past two
years he mas abused her shamefully.
She says that he has struck her almost
| every day, and that he Is hard drinker.
She has had him arrested several
times for non-support and assault. She
says that of late he has been so cruel
With which she Shot her tormenter to
| protect herself
She says that Cookey did not work
yesterday. but dressed in his best clothes
and left the house early in the day, say
ing that he was going to see some girls,
and that all the girls were stuck" on
him. He did not get home until about
Mrs. Cookey says her husband was
struck her, and finally threw himself
Sn ON ne the bed Hp OF She
strated with him, but his angry retorts
drove her nearly mad. She says she
does not remember what happened after
| that until me officers came in and ar
| rested her.
Coakly says he vas not drunk. He
down on the bed, and began to play with
the baby. He says his wife was giving
him tongue-lashing all the time. He
did not pay any attention to her, and
did not know what she was about until
| he heard the first shot.
| The police say that they are convinced
that Mrs. Coakly has had her share Of
abuse, but that she was probably
prompted to the shooting by Jealousy.
Coakly Is younger than his wife, and a
good looking fellow. The starter of the
Seventh avenue line says he Is one OF
the most faithful men on the line.
At the hospital this morning 1t was
said that Coakly is in a very critical
condition. He has been semi-conscious
since his arrival there. An attempt
will De made to recover the bullets to-
day,