Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-26

A Cincinnati Girl Killed by o Man
Believed to he Mad.

beueVe0 10 he Maos
Mary Gilmartin, a clerk employed by the
Pulvermacher Belt Company, at Cincinnati.
was shot and killed yesterday while on her
way to work. The murderer gave the name
of George Reed, but letters found on him
prove him to be Father Dominick OGrady,
a Catholic priest, who came from Ireland
three months ago. Miss Gilmartin is from
Sligo county, Ireland. One of her brothers
is Father NJ. S. Gilmartin of Chicago.
Miss Gilmartin met O'Grady in Ireland,
where his attentions caused gossip. Last
September she came to America, and has
been In Cincinnati since January 10. The
girl had got on a street car to go to her
work. but in some mysterious manner got
Off again and was shot almost before her
door. OGrady took arsenic, but 1t did not
Kill him. He confessed the murder Among
his letters was one written by Miss Gill
martin to the archbishop in Ireland, excui-
pating OGrady from any wrong doing with
her.
Miss Gilmartin's brother in Chicago, Rev.
Father NJ. s. Gilmartin is one of the priests
In charge Of Holy Angels Roman Catholic
church, on lakewood Boulevard. He left
Tor Cincinnati yesterday afternoon on the
first train out Of town, after receiving news
of his sisters death. He first received q
message to break the news, to the effect
that his sister had died suddenly, and later
killed by an insane man.
he was almost FRUSTRATED by the shocking
news, as the sister was a favorite with her
brothers.
The men Of the family are all reiigiousiy
inclined. One of her brothers is professor
or ecclesiastical history in the theological
seminary at Maynoth. Ireland, where Arch
bishop Feehan first entered on his church
career. Another brother Is a student in the
theological seminary at Baltimore Father
walsh of the Holy Angels Church said
that the Gflmartins were among the most
respected of the Irish clergy in Ireland.
MISS Gilmartin was a very pretty girl of
twenty. She was educated in a convent in
Ireland. and was in every way an accom-
plished young lazy. 1t is believed by her
,rlends that O'Grady is nothing more or
less than a mailman.
Both the priest and the girl were residents
OF Sligo county, Ireland. The girl was sent
to college at Weymouth. There the young
priest, Dominick OGrady. paid attentions
TO her. The girls mother died, leaving her
daughter in charge Of the young priest.
Miss Gilmartin came to America. O'Grady
followed. They travelled as man and WIFE
Went to Chicago where Miss Gilmartin' s
brother. Father Gilmartin, has a parish.
O'Grady was deposed by his bishop. He
wanted Miss Gilmartin to exonerate him.
and on his person was found letter from
her to the bishop. saying it was not true
that the priest and she left Ireland together.
Among the letters from her to him was one
assuring him that she did not care for Eos
ley; that she loved him. O'Grady alone, and
would marry him in two years. He haunted
her; took a room across the street and
watched her movements. She tried to avoid
him, but yesterday asked Mrs. Libles to go
with her, as she feared O'Grady. When she
took a car, Mrs. Libbles returned, but had
not been home long before the tragedy oc-
CURED. The priest boarded the car and the
girl left 1t. He followed her, seized her by
the hair and fired at her head. After she
FELL he fired the remaining balls at her and
then ran. His effort to poison himself was
unavailing.