Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-02
Fred We'll Shoots His Mistress and
Kills Himself.
LIFE THROWN AWAY
Jealousy and Crime in a Division
Dive.
DIE D IN S T A n T L Y


VISION" was the secene Of double tragedy
sulting from the imagined unfaithfulness of
a negress, who is the inmate of the alleged
disreputable house known as Mahogany
Hail." The man whose jealousy was arous-
ed by this colored girl was marine whose
name is Frederick WSfl. This poor man
was born in Russia, coming here from st.
Petersburg number Of years ago. In'1SS9
he enlisted In the United States navy and
was sent here from Mare Island yard in
California. Two months ago his five-years'
enlistment expired, and he received $500
due him and re-enlisted. The -colored girl
who figured in the love affair is known in
the division" as annie Grandy," although
her real name is said to be Melton. She
had lived at a place called Hartford, In
North Carolina, and had friends in Rich
mond. She had also lived in Fall River
and Boston. Annie is only about twenty
ly we'll educated. She lived here in respec-
table circles some months before she got
in bad company and went to live In a
handsomely furnished house, where she
could dress we'll and figure in the midnight
orgies, which are characteristic of such
places. In this house she probably felt
that she would be free from arrest and in
generation, and that although the law was
police protection, as well as similar places
in New York, no matter whether 1t was
paid protection or whether 1t was the re-
suit Of the police overlooking the violation
of law, for 1T is only once in a long time
that these places are raided and the dis
reputable inmates disturbed.
He Loved Her.
Here in this elegantly furnished house this
damsel met Fred. Well, and the poor man
actually fell In love with her. He told her
that he was a clerk and spent enough
money among the colored inmates to make
them believe that he had told the truth.
This was calculated to make such a wo-
man love any one and she loved him in
this way for the money she could get out OF
him. Wells money was spent reckleSSly,
and now his $500 is about gone and he is
dead. His love for the woman became so
great that he found himself going lower
each day, and when he realized that he was
so deeply in her power that he could not
tear himself away he asked the naval au-
thorities to transfer him to some distant
station. To add to all this trouble he soon
became convinced that the girl loved an,
other marine, ore of his companions, and
this only added fuel to the flames and made
the Russian desperate. He had squandered
his money on her. and had told her the
truth of his station in life, and then for
her 70 divide her affections with another
marine was more than he could bear.
Double Tragedy.
Being satisfied that Annie was receiving
the attentions of the other marine and
seeing no prospect of being sent away in
the near future Frederick We'll determined
that he would send her to eternity and
then he would follow her. He made the
effort with a pistol. but he was first to
leave this world. Last evening was the
time he selected to commit the double trag-
edy. Early In the evening he went to the
Isl n
was about o'clock when he saw the front
door of the house open and the other ma
rine walk out. He said nothing to his
soldier friend, made no attempt to injure
him, but walked directly to the house and
was soon in the room of the woman who
was the cause of his downfall. Here he
remained a few minutes and in this short
while he called her attention to the fact
of her being untrue to him.
Annie wanted to explain, but Fred. had
no time to listen to explanations, and when
the woman's back was toward him he drew
his revolver and shot her in the head near
the base Of the brain. The shock was 50
great that she fell to the floor and the
marine, satisfied that he had accomplished
this part Of his murderous mission. put
the barrel Of the weapon to his mouth and
pulled the trigger. The weapon did it's
work.
Women in the house were attracted to
the room by hearing the pistol Shots and
when the door had been broken open they
saw the forms of the two wounded ones
on the floor. The man was about dead
and the woman, attempting to get up.
arxiously inquired. do you think I'll die %
The police were on hand soon after the
shooting and sent the mans body to the
morgue. The woman was sent to tine
Emergency Hospital
She May Recover.
The Graudy woman, who was shot last
night by Marine Wiel who afterward COM
mitted suicide, may recover The physi-
clans at the Emergency Hospital said at
2:3O this afternoon. that the patient had
rested very easily all day, and, though they
cannot now form any certain Judgment,
they think she may get well.
COrOncr's Inquest.
Coroner Hammett held an inquest this
afternoon over the body of the dead marine
and the jury heard the testimony of several
witnesses who told Of the circumstances
connected with the double tragedy. The
jury rendered verdict that We'll came to
his death by his own hands. The body was
turned over to the officers Of the marine