New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-16
DID "HER FRIEND, KILL HER!
BESSIE MARCOw'S DEATH IN THE TEN
DERLOIN
MGILIGAH. AND 1T is THOUGHT A BEAT
ING ny HIM CArSrD HEP DEATH

PERsEcUTED AND ANNOYED ny A MAN NAMED
MGILIGAH. AND 1T is THOUGHT BEAT
ING BY HIM CAUSED HER DEATH
Bessie Marrow alias Bessie Franco. and Bessie
Maynard, died in her room. No. 1862 West Thirty
hfth-st, about noon yesterday under circumstances
that warranted Coroner Hoeber in ordering an i'm
mediate investigation and issuing warrant for the
arrest OF a man whose name he refused TO divulge
until the arrest made. The Narrow
told the landlady OF the house early Saturday
morning that this man had brutally assaulted her
the night before. although at the time she did not
appear to be suffering much from her injuries. An
examination of her body yesterday showed sew
eral severe bruises notably one under her heart,
death. The man suspected is well known to the
police Of the Tenderloin precinct. and also to the
was mainly on account Of the stories told by them
to corSner Hoeber that the latter ordered , M the ar
yesterday afternoon. he went 10 the house and
bruises Questioned % the inmates According orc to the
landlady. the man for whom the police are looking
has been the Narrow ,or some ns
placed under bonds to Keep the peace ana 10 also
ton Of his various visits to her he alleged that she
Owed him money and this & WAS aways ro gwen e.,
when she poured fourth her tale OF woe to SYM
pathizng neighbors
landady. went TO the theatre with him Friday
The next morning she repeated the oft-told
story Of her friends abusive treatment, and said
he had kicked her in the side; and hit her With his
fists She appeared be in the best OF spirits dur
ing the day and talked TO a policeman a, about ,t
stoop She was well known in the neishborhood.
About o'clock Sunday morning sroans were
heard in her room. and the landlady rushing in,
found her lying on the floor and suffering intense
agony. She was conscious, and asked ior glass ss
OF water. She assisted to the PED, ana tne
landlady left her apparently somewhat TsneVeu;
The landlady entered the room again about
md md
The police OF the "Tenderloin" Precinct assert
that the dead woman is believed to have husband
In Washington employed In the Geological Depart
ment, and from correspondence found II Is tnougnt
that she had been employed in one OF the depart
ments in that city herself at time She kept
manicure paror at No. 49l Sixth-ave; and the ponce
say that she is known 10 them only through ae ,he
persistent prosecutions of the mysterious man
whose name was announced late last hgh' as
Daniel McGagah. 49,,
police about McGilagahs actions. but they never
could get any satisfactory explanation from him al
though placing him under arrest three times he ,fs s
discharged in jefferson Market Court: He said
he was a lumber salesman Soon after ms ms mrs. m
arrest he was caught ringing her doorbeil and was
again arragned in court and fined $40; he was
again arrested early In September and placed under
$500 bonds for his good behavior.
Then ne made practice of climbing in the win
dows. Last Monday she opened the manicure par,
that McGasah was running her business by
repetition of his annoyances The police say that
she did not go to The theage s Win him b rrGay &
her she was going to dinner. and Knocked her
About midnight Saturday she met Patrolmen
Huke and Rohrs at Broadway and Thirty -nfth-st.
and told them that McGilagah was annoying her
again. and asked them to protect her. The officers
mentor had gone away.
The woman is said 10 have come here from New
Orleans. and to have had plenty of money when she