The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-15
WOMAN IN CASE.
William Delaney, a Prominent
Buffalo Politician Murdered
Shot Down in His Own Room Been
Drinking With Female Companions.

BUFFALO, June 16-About o'clocA
last night. Lawyer William Delaney, ex-
city clerk, one Of tho best known Demo
cratic politicians in Buffalo. twas shot and
killed in his room in the Ribble building
On Main street.
The rooms in the Ribble building are
reached by a hallway, that Is used also
for the rooms over the Gold Dollar sa-
loon. At about six o'clock one of the
bartenders of the Gold Dollar was COM
ing down the stairs from his room on the
top floor, when he was met at the landing
of the second floor by man. who asked
him where Delaney's rooms were. A
woman was with the man. She said TO
the man: ''Well, if they are not there,
well CO."
The bartender went on down stairs, and
The man climbed up TO Delaney's room.
which was on the top floor of the Ribble
building. Another bartender started up
stairs to his room. He heard shot on
the top floor He quickened his pace,
and few steps from the top OF the last
flight OF stairs met a man rushing down,
holding revolver in his hand and trying
20 put q cartridge into it. Don't you
stop me, or I'll shoot you," yelled the
man with the revolver.
The bartender struck the mans arm
aud knocked both pistol and cartridge to
the floor. The fugitive picked up the re-
volver and ran on down stairs and disap-
peared. The woman was not seen by the
second bartender.
Delaney was found lying diagonally
across the door of his room. Just as the
bartender and some of the other roomers
An the block reached the room, two women
came running down stairs and said:
s'We're going for a Doctor" They got
away. too.
Shot at Close Range.
The two women were in the room with
Delaney. 1t is evident that he had opened
the door little ways in order to shield
the women, and that his assailant had
pushed his revolver through the crack of
the door and fired. The revolver must
have been against Delaney's chest, for
there was n large burned spot on his coat.
The bullet went through the apex of the
heart.
The Fitch hospital ambulance was
called, aud Delaney was carried down
stairs. He died before he reached the
hospital, having said nothing, and his
body was sent to the morgue.
The police arrested a man and two
women. The man, who was named
Eteim bach, was alleged to have had some
trouble with Delaney over a woman.
The bartender who met the murderer in
the hall failed to identify Stein bach and
he was released The women were also
released.
Two capes. a pair OF gloves and wicker
shopping bag was found in Delaney's
room. The party had had several glasses
of sherry while in the room, but there is
no one who can say who the women are.
Delaney was IS years old. He had been
In politics since he was n minor, and was
one Of Lieutenant Governor Sheehan's
most trusted lieutenants After serving
as managing clerk in the city attorneys
Office he was made city clerk for two
terms, and since that time has practiced |
law with good deal of success. He was
known to almost everybody in Buffalo,
and was very popular.
The Murderer surrenders
At 1880 o'clock last night, George A.
Bartholomy, a tallyman at the Ontario
elevator, walked into police station No.
and told Captain Taylor that he was
the man who killed Delaney, and that he
wanted to give himself up. He said that
Delaney had been intimate with his
wife, and that he had gone to his rooms
with the express intention of killing him.
He refused to say anything more until he
had consulted with a lawyer.
The police will not say whether Mrs.
Bartholomy was in Delaneys room at
the time hs was shot. They refuse also
20 give the name of the woman who was
with Bartholomy. Bartholomy was
1ocked up.