New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-06
INFATUATED WITH HER BROTHER-IN-L%"

A YOUNG WOMAN DIES IN A BOSTON HOSPITAL
THE VICTIM OF MISPLACED AFFECTION.
Boston. Nov 5.-A young Scotch girl. who took
dose Of paris green at the home OF Mrs Rosenwald.
No. "a Yeomen-st Roxbury. yesterday. died at the
City Hospital at II o'clock this morning.
At her bedside Mr.. and Mrs John McLaren.
OF Brooklyn ~ Y. The girl was the sister of Mrs
McLaren Just as the last sign OF life left the body
a dramatic scene occurred.
she is dead, and you killed herr" cried McLaren
to his wife.
"Jennie-she who is dead--was the best friend
had" said McIaren. by way Of explanation. That
she fell In love with fault OF mine. told
her It was wrong; that only my wife, her sister, had
such right She could not help H. and loved
her better than my wife. She followed me TO Bos-
ton when ] came here to work two weeks ago. al
though when left her in Brooklyn she promised
she would not. I that she could not live
without me, and 1t was then that decided to care
for her as long as she lived She and were never
married in the eyes Of the law. but were bound
she took my name. | did not desert her; / did
When Jennie got this letter II broke her heart It
told her that my wife knew of our love affair, and
was not to blame She tried hard not to love me-
in fact. married another man that she might learn
she could DO: Two days after that marriage cere
mony she left the home Of her husband and came
ted no sin in the eyes OF our Cod
A Tribune reporter called at the house No. ZOOS
DeKalb-ave.. where the McLarens live, and was
told by one OF the neghbors that neither McLaren
his wife had returned from Boston where they
had gone Monday, TO be at the bedside OF the dead
girl The house Is tenement, and McLaren and
his wife occupy two the second floor
According to the story told by one Of their neigh
bors. McLaren, who - man thirty years DID,
deserted his wife some four months ago. leaving
her destitute with a young child Mrs. McLaren
placed the boy into home and earned her living
best she could by going out washing month
ago the child taken seriously Ill and two weeks
ago died. Mrs. NcI.aren in the mean time had
learned where her husband was, and telegraphed
him that the boy dying. McI.aren came nome
at once and was at the bedside of the little felow
when ne died He did not return to Boston. but
has since lived with his wife at the DeKalb-ave
house.
A week ago. according to Mrs. McIarens neigh
Dor she found letter written by her sister to
her husband in the pockets OF one OF his coats
This the first nmation that she had or the
Intimacy between the two. and It was then she
wrote the letter to the deed girl that caused her.
It is alleged. 10 take her life Mclaren Is baker
and less than year ago was in business Tor nlm-
self He failed In business and went to work az
his trade. little year ago ne was en-
ployed by baker named Schieren. now doing ous-
ness at No i,l01 Broadway, but lost his position.
The reporter saw Scheren at his home last night
A young woman. one Of the members or the ram
fly who was present said that the dead girl was
the wife Of a man named Hawks. q car-conductor
They were married at the time OF the troley,c car
strike at the home OF the McIarens. VINO then
lived at No. 1,47 Broadway. The dead girl nved
with her sister After honeymoon Of two weeks
she left her husband account OF her inratuation
for her brother-in-law.