The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-14
A WOMAN KILLED IN A HovEL.
THE ONLY WITNESS To THE CRIME
A BOY OF IA YEARS.

He Says n Man Who boarded at the
Place Fired the Fatal shOt-The
Motive for the Crime Mystery.
The Murderer Disappears The
Dead Woman Recognized at the
MOrgue by Her Husband and sons.
The Woman May Have Led a Dual
Lie.
New Orleans, Oct. 1s.-A mysterious
murder was committed last night in the
French part of town. The victim was
a woman who could not be identified un-
til to-day.
The woman was cruelty slain at di-
lapidated and dirty hovel, No. PIG Cnatres
street, and as far as known the only
witness to the crime was a 14-year-old boy.
The murder was committed between
and o'clock in the afternoon. but was
not made known 10 the police until 9
o'clock. When the police reached the
house they found the corpse in a sitting
position on a rocking chair. The dead
woman wore a loose wrapper. Her left
temple showed the blue mark of a bullet,
and on the other side her dress collar
was soaked in blood where the bullet
had come out.
FIVE children, the eldet of whom is the
boy witness.
There is a boarder at the house named
Michael Nealon, who occupied one of the
rooms This man was formerly one of
Boylans police force, but was discharged
recently. Mrs. Nugon is addicted to liquor
and Nealon was said to be her friend.
The boy says the dead woman came into
the house about o'clock and went to
Nealon's room and sat down. His mother
passed through from the rear without
speaking and went out with her baby.
Shortly afterward Nealon came in and
went to his room. The boy does not know
what occurred between Nealon ana the
strange woman. In about fifteen minutes
he heard shots in Nealons room ana fush-
ed in. He saw Nealon aim his pistol az
the woman, who was in the chalr, anu
fire This shot killed the woman. Nealon
walked up and down the room while ana
went away. Some time afterward the
boy went to his uncle's and told MN OF the
killing and the uncle notified the police;
When Mrs. Nugon left the house she
says she went to her sisters, and did not
return home till O'Clock, when she touhd
the police in charge. She stoutly denied
all knowledge of the killing.
The dead woman was conveyed 70; tne
morgue. To-day she was identined az
Mrs. Purcell, a married woman with
several grown children.
Her husband and two grown sons called
to-day at the morgue. one look at the
corpse and all three uttered cries of hor-
ror. They stepped up beside the wife and
mother and cried pitifully. The scene
was extremely pathetic. Ii seemed i'm
possible for the husband to recover from
the shock. He repeatedly kissed ana press
ed his hand to the blood-stained cheeks
one of the sons said he could not ac-
count for his mothers presence az the
place she was slain unless she went there
to solicit work. She was a dressmaker
and manufacturer of artificial flowers
Nealon was arrested tonight and is
ton.
He says the dead woman is his wife,
from whom he had been separated four
years. He denies the killing and re-
fuses to make any other statement.
Coupled with the Identification at the
morgue of the dead woman by her hus-
band and sons as Mrs. Purcell, this state
ment of Nealons certainly further COM
plicates the mystery. Can the woman
have led a dual life, is the question.