The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-05
MURDEROUS FRENZY
Thomas MCLaren Shoots the
Wife Whom He Had
Deceived.
A DYING W0MAN'S CRY
"My Baby Will Have No Mother"
Trouble Over a Sister,
in-LaW.

After vainly imploring the wife who had
rejected him to forgive wrongs and return
to her former home, Thomas McLaren lost
his head. and in a frenzy fired four fatal
shots through his wife's body yesterday
afternoon, at No. IS Garden street, Hoboken.
The Young woman died within an honr at
st. Mary's Hospital.
McLaren is thirty-four years old and Is
employed as a night brakeman on the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad at
Hoboken. He lives at No. 65 Bloomfield
street, directly through on the next block
from where he murdered his wife. The wlfe
was a handsome girl of twenty-five years.
When one of Thomas brothers died, Nc
Laran and his wife offered a home
to the widow. She accepted and Thomas
devoted much attention to her. which his
wife resented. The young wife told Thomas
that if he continued displaying SO much
affection for his sister-in-law she would leave
him. The first week in May she left her
home Then she heard that Thomas had
married the widow, and on May McLaren
was arrested by Detective Nelson on a caplas
issued by Judge Hudspeth, charged with
bigamy.
SEEKING RECONCILIATION.
The man plead mot guilty" to the charge
and was acquitted and released last oatur-
dav from Jail. He resolved to amend his
course of life and sought his wife for for
giyeness, calling upon her at the nome
of her friend, Mrs. Mulvaney, at No.
Is Garden street. second floor, yesterday
morning. His wife at first refused to permit
his presence and ordered him away. he
persuaded her, however, and was tod TO
=. 4Ioa fto,s,nn1 AT fIVn O'Clock
he returned and his wife said she intended
gong to New York. Upon her return she
would talk with him, and he might tend
their eighteen months Old baby IN her alb
sence if he wished. Thomas was happy at
the thought. Baby Johnnie was not ready
SO Mrs. McLaren told Thomas to come back
by four o'clock. He went away in a happier
frame of mind and waited patiently for two
hours, when he again called. Baby
was in the kitchen in the same toys he had
on before. with his mother and Mrs. Null
vaney. McLaren was indignant. His Wit
merely glanced up from her sewing as NC
Laren entered the room.
"Do YOU want me to wait all the afternoon
for vouI' he asked in a threatening tone:
His wife retorted that he could wait If she
could.
~ want YOU to come home, Jennie" he
said. his voice resuming It's natural accent
again. "This isn't right, you know 1t
isn't" ,
She made no reply but arose and entered
the bedroom Just oil the kltcnen' taxing ene
child in her arms. -,
"Won't you please come back, JennleE'
the maj entreated.
'No," was the sharp answer.
FOUR SUDDEN SHOTS.
A second later MIS-. Mulvaney heard four
deafening shots from a revolver, and saw
Mrs. McTaren fall to the floor, the baby
elasned in her arms. McLaren fled down
stairs and was gone. Blood Spurted from a
hole in each side of the breast and from two
in the right arm of the half unconscious
woman as she tossed in pain upon the Moor.
my God" he has killed me-" she muir
INJURED.
Young man ran to Police Headquarters and
and shouted that a woman had been muir
dered.
Roundsman Hammond, Policeman Kruse
and Detective Nelson hurried to the house.
Mrs. McLaren had the babe tightly embraced
in her arms. .rp
I'm going to die" she muttered. 'SBaby
will lose its mother. What will my boy
do ~
She was losing blood rapidly and by the
time the ambulance from ST. Mary's Hespi-
tai arrived she had tainted. When she re
covered she muttered, "Oh, my poor child.
1t will have no mother"
She never once mentioned her HGSDauu
name. The four bullets were in her body
and the surgssons ma lie no attempt TO ex-
tract them, knowing her condition to be
precarious. She died calling for her babe.
MRS. MULvANEY'S STORY.
Mrs. Mulvaney, who is also a pretty young
woman, said Mrs. McLaren had been doing
sewing in her house in payment for money
borrowed. She had been there since Mon
day, and Mrs. Mulvahey did not know where
the Young wife had stayed previous to that.
She said Mrs. McLaren was a Sweet-tem-
pered girl. and felt keenly the wrong done
her by her husband, which she had declared
she never could forgive OF forget.
9McLaren has disappeared, and a number
of detectives are hunting for him. AT the
railroad station he is said to be a steady
worker, and is generally well liked. His
brother Richard works in the Hoboken
%roundhouse of the railroad. Mrs. McLaren
will be buried from the Church of Our Lady
of Grace tomorrow.
WAS JENNIE HIS WIFE!
Jennie McLaren met the man who killed
her Yesterday at Mauch Chunk, Pa, and
was induced to locate in Hoboken with him.
Her maiden name was Jennie knittle. She
did not know of the existence of a wife OF
McLaren's when she married him, In his
defence against her charge of bigamy Nc
Laren admitted that he had a wife living.
but said he had not married Jennie Knittle.
He denied having married his dead brothers
widow. Neighbors declare McLaren was
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