The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-14
IS IT WIFE-MuRDER ?
Saloon. Keeper Gillian Taken to
Long Island City Under Arrest.
It Is Supposed that He Killed Her
During u Quarrel.

LONG ISLAND CITY, l.. l., Aug. a.
Thomas Gillian, who keeps q saloon at
Borden and Greenpoint avenues, Bliss
Vile. was brought to the Second Pre-
cinct Station-House at 10 o'clock this
morning on a charge OF wife-murder.
Mary Gillian. his wife. was shot and
killed some time this morning In her
home. as alleged, by her husband. Gil
Ian when arrested refused to make any
statement. The Coroner has charge Of
the case, and is making an Investigation.
From what can be learned among the
neighbors Gillian and his wife had not
lived happily for some time, and it Is
suspected that he shot her during a
quarrel.
Gillan's saloon is located at the en-
trance of Calvary Cemetery. The sa-
loon-keeper Is forty years Of age and his
wife was forty
She was a widow with one child and he
a widower when they were married ten
months ago.
Ever since their marriage they have
lived unhappily. Mrs. Gillian has been
before the police several times for war
rants for her husband. charging him
were settled. however. before they went
to trial.
This morning. about 73O o'clock, Mrs.
Gillan's thirteen-year-old daughter. by
her first husband, Estella Roman. went
to her mothers room and knocked on
the door. She received no answer and,
opening the door. went into the room
and was Mortified TO find her mother
dressed, with a bullet hole in her right
temple and q revolver lying at her side
on the bed.
The revolver was her husbands. The
child ran downstairs and told her ia
Their of the finding OF her mother dead.
Gillian went TO the door and called Po-
lieeman William Parke. and told him
what had happened.
Park took Gillian into custody and
locked him up in the Second Precinct
police station and notified Coroner
Strong. The Coroner took charge the
case and will perform an autopsy this
The police think that Mrs. Gillian
committed suicide, while the Gillans
neighoors say that Gillian murdered his
Gillian made the following statement
TO the police after he was locked up.
About 40 10 oslofk Yesterday NOR morning
bar and went to see friends. She re-
turned about o'clock last night under
the influence OF liquor. She sat around
the bar for some time. and then started
about midnight to go to her room. l
closed up the saloon, and started to fol-
low her. she turned upon me and said
that | could not occupy the room, and
II | attempted to do SO she would shoot
me"
TO avoid trouble. as knew that her
condition was such that any little thing
would make her angry. l went down
stairs again TO the barroom. where
slept all night on a chair. The frst
thing l knew of my wife's death was
when her daughter told me. The way
in which the child happened to go TO
her mothers room was that Mrs Gillian
was TO call her TO go to early mass. but
the girl awoke before her mother and
went to the room TO see why she was
not up yet. / know nothing about my
wifes death. The revolver found near
her Is mine. She also had a revolver
Both were either kept in the saloon or
in the bedroom in the upper story OF the
building"
Stella. the dead woman's child, has
not been seen since she reported finding
the dead body OF her mother. 1t is
said that she went 10 Brooklyn to notify
relatives OF her mothers death.
Gillian protests his innocence. and APP
pears to be very cool under the CIR
cumstances. He told his story with
out showing any signs OF nervousness.