The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-18
KILLED BY HER LOVER.
HORRIBLE CRIME OF JAMES p.
GENTRY YESTERDAY.
In a Fit of Jealousy, He Fires Three
Shots at Madge YorI>e, Who Dies
Almost Instantly.

Philadelphia Pa, Feb. T.-Madge
Yorke, a, soprano singer with The
Baggage Check" company, was shot
and almost instantly killed tonight at
Zeiss' hotel, this city, by James P.
Gentry, a comedian of Golfers "Back
Number" company. Gentry escaped,
and up to a late hour had not been
captured
THE Baggage Check" company,
which opens at the Empire theatre to-
morrow night, arrived here early this
morning from Chester, Pa, an a num-
Der of the members, including Madge
Yorke. registered at the Zeiss hotel,
Miss Yorke taking a third-story back
room. 1t was said that Miss Yorke,
whose home is in New York City, took
a $50 train for that city. but she re-
turned to the hotel about O'clock this
evening and remained there.
About 8 o'clock Gentry walked into
the hotel office and asked to be shown
to Miss Yorke'S room. Being unknown
to the hotel attaches he was told to -Yait
a few minutes. A message was then
sent to the girls room, but Gentry
did not wait. He walked into the hall
| stairway.
Miss Yorke and Miss Ida Clark, a
member of the company, were in the
formers room practicing songs when
Gentry opened the door and walked in
Unannounced, Miss YOKE manifested
some surprise at seeing him and in
troduced Miss Clark. After hastily
acknowledging the Introduction, Miss
/ Clark says Gentry turned to Miss
/ Yorke and in angry tones demanded;
"Why did you not meet me today?"
Fired Three Shots.
| Before the girl could answer, he
! whipped out a revolver from his pocket
and fired three shots at her, each bull
Jet taking effect. one over the right eye
I one in the center of the forehead and
| the third close to the left temple
! Gentry Immediately rushed from the
| room and nothing more was seen Of
| him. The SuppOsitiOn is that he rar
! along the hallway and descended by
| means of the fire escape at the back OF
the house, making good his escape by
| one of the numerous alleys in the rear
The shots we're heard throughout the
J building. a patrol wagon was sum
moned and the girl was taken to tht
Pennsylvania hospital. about blocl
distant, where she died Immediately
upon her arrival.
Charles F. Blayney, author OF tn,
Baggage Check" and Manager Coop
er said that it was generally under
stood that Gentry and the girl we're en-
gagged to be married, and no motive TO
the deed other than a fit of Jealous!
can be imagined. Gentry has AWAY
been regarded by his friends in tn
profession as thoroughly good fel
low, while not a word could be sail
against the girl Gentry, it is said, 1
originally from Richmond, Va. Hi
friends in this city are of the opinion
that he viii commit suicide.
The Murdered Girl.
The murdered girl was we'll know
in the profession. During the Seaso
of 1878 she was a member of tn
New York Casino Opera company. @
late years she has been with Nature
Cas- 'HOSS and HoSS," where sh
first met Gentry, and a number c
lOther prominent companies. She VII
engaged by the Baggage Check con
pany last season, and has made sna
vance her position and to this end WI
J writing for her the part of an lf,. te
date-girl in '"Fhe Chattel MOrrea ge.
which is to be produced in New Yor
next month. She was a remarkabl
, ipretty girl. decidedly brunette, an
about % years of age.
| Gentry is described as tall, tril
sallow-faced man Of about So years {
| / age and is said to be a, clever 'scha1
acter'' comedian.
: Miss Clark was FRUSTRATED " the o.
7 currence and could not be seen.
! Detectives We're at once put upon tn