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

LONG ISLAND CITY. l.. l.. Aug. "A
Thomas Gillian who Keeps a saloon at
Borden and Greenpoint avenues, Bliss
Vile, was brought to the Second Pre-
olnct Station-House at 10 O'CLOCK this
morning on charge of wife-murder.
Mary Gillian, his wife, was shot and
killed some time this morning in her
home, as alleged, by her husband. Gill
Ian when arrested refused to make any
statement. The Coroner has charge of
the case, and is makins 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.
Gillan's saloon Is located at the en-
trance or Calvary Cemetery. The sa-
loon-keeper Is forty years Of age and his
wife was forty.
she was widow with one child and he
a widower when they were married ten
months ago.
| lived unhappily. Mrs. Gillian has beer
| before the police several times for war.
rants for her husband. charging hin
with non-support and cruelty. The case,
were settled. however. before they went
| to trial.
This morning, about 730 o'clock, Mrs
Gillan's thirteen-year-old daughter, by
her FIRST husband, Estella Roman. went
to her mothers room and knocked or
the door. She received no answer and
opening the door, went into the room
and was Mortified to find her mothel
lying dead upon the bed, partially
dressed, with a bullet hole In her RICH,
| on the bed.
The revolver was her husbands The
child ran downstairs and told her IA
ther OF the finding Of her mother dead
Gillian went TO the door and called Po
liceman William Parke. and told hin
what had happened.
locked him up in the Second Precinct
Police Station and notified Coronei
Strong. The Coroner took charge of tn,
case and will perform an autopsy thi,
The police think that Mrs. Gillar
committed suicide. while many OF tn,
neighbours say that Gillian murdered hi
| wife.
Gillian made the following statemen
to the police after he was locked UP.
my wife got a flask OF whiskey from tn
tSrn.d about . o'clock last night nnde
the influence Of liquor. She sat aroun
the bar for some time. and then starte
about midnight to go to her room.
closed up the saloon and started to fol
low her. She turned upon me and sal
that / could not occupy the room, an
II I attempted to do SO she would shoe
line.
ITO avoid trouble. as 1 knew that he
condition was such that any little thin
would make her angry i went down
stairs again to the bsrroom. where
slept all night Oh n chair. The frs
thing l knew of my wife's death wa
when her daughter told me. The wa
in which the child happened to go /
her mothers room was that Mrs. Gilla
was to call her to go to early mass. blu
the girl awoke before her mother an
went to the room to see why she wa
not up yet. / know nothing about m
wifes death. The revolver found nea
her Is mine. She also had a revolver
Both were either kept In the saloon o
in the bedroom in the upper story OF tn
building"
Stella, the dead womans child, ha
not been seen since she reported nndlnl
the dead body of her mother 1t {
said that she went 10 Brooklyn to motif.
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.