New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
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JEALOUSY THE MOTIVE.
A YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED BY HER
LOVER.
WHEN HE REALIZED WHAT HE HAD DONE. HI
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF. But NOT Sue
CEEDING GAVE HIMSELF UP
TO THE POLICE.

TO THE POLICE.
While the tenants Of the fathouse at No AZ
West Forty-ninth-st. were sleeping peacefully
early yesterday morning. Richard Leach mid.
dle-aged florist cut the throat of the woman
with whom ne had been living, in their
rooms on the ground floor. Afterward,
shocked at the awful consequences of the fit OF
jealous rage which had impelled him to the deed,
Leach turned his weapon on himself. After cut
ting his own throat in a horrible manner. he lay
for nearly twenty minutes watching her dying
agonies. Then finding himself still alive he went
out and gave himself up to justice.
The first intimat'on Of the tragedy came to
the West Forty-seventh-st police station in
startling manner Just after a. m, when every.
thing was quiet in the ytation-house. the street
door opened and a mldle-aged man, hatess and
coatless with his face and neck dripping blood.
and his boots coat and bloody penknife in his
hand, strobe in.
Il killed her; alone am 10 blame" he gasped
out
Sergeant Kean took the man into the back
room. There he saw that there a deep
cash on the left side of the strangers neck and
rang for an ambulance. which removed
the man to the hospital The injured man man.
aged to tell that his name was Richard Leach. and
that he had come to give himself up for the MUIR
der Of Mary Hope Newklrk. girl who FOR over
two years had lived with him as his wife. Leach
rayed about his love for the woman, ana alter
nately accused other people of causing trouble
between them and blamed himself for it,
The police at once went t. No Az west forty.
nnth-st. The janitress was ava kened ana
opened the door of Leach's fiat. In the bedroom,
in which a Eight burned terrible scene was
presented. Lying the bed. half covered by
quilt was the body of "A pretty woman, APP
parenty about twenty-five years of age. Her
throat had been cut almost from ear to ear. and
in her death struggles the blood from the wound
had saturated the quilt. hangings and clothing
Of the bed. The furniture in the room was IN
confusion. and also eavily despatched with
red. as If a wounded person had run wildly about
the room
There were two pieces of writing in sight IN
the room. Both wer" blurred scrawis in Leach's
handwriting. and they must have been WI written tsi
while he suffering from the pain of his self
inflicted wound The first statement was a
hurried scraw On slat'. IN the upper part or
which were several memOrandums evidently or
bills to be paid It also made some statements
about the girls unc.e. ; H. Moore. who lives at
No 1872 West Sixty-secOnd-st.. and laid the blame
for her death him. There were other mes
sag.s which read like the wild rawlings Of an in
sane man. and We're much 10 the same effect.
one 10 Moore
The writing ended in an indistinct blur The
police sent for Moore who is a foreman in the
Street Cleaning Department. and Is married
man. He came u the West Forty -seventh-st:
Of the tragedy When shown the statements writ
ten about himself he vehemently denied that
there any truth in them. The dead woman,
he said was his niece. Her parents died when
she was young and he adopted her and brought
her up. Leach. who was wild, harum-scarun
sort Of fellow became her lover. For some time
they lived at his house. but Leach became In
saney jealous and about two years ago ne had
10 have him arrested for disOrdery conduct ana
for assaulting his wife the girls aunt Leach
was sent 10 The island for six months. When ne
was released he persuaded the girl to go and hve
with him. and since then he had lost track OF tho
pair until the presen; time From what he knew
Of Leach however he would believe that in an
insane iii u jealousy he had killed the girl In her
sleep and then. overcome with grief, mad at'
tempted 10 Kill himself
None of the people in the house heard any noise
in the apartments occupied by Leach. inc
couple. the janitOr said yesterday had nVed mere
Tor about seven months They were quiet people
and were never heard 10 quarrel.