The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-03
ANOTHER ACTRESS MURDERED.
And the Slayer Kills Eimself--A Tragedy
and Il Mystery.

and u Mystery.
New YORK. March 81 Murder and
suicide were committed some time to-
day in the furnished room house, I5
West Twenty-fourth street What led
to the tragedy may never be known
for nothing was left to indicate any
reason for the mad acts. The perpe-
traitor of them was John Bigelow, an
actor, and the scene of the tragedy
was the room of Miss Amy Thill. his
victim, who was an actress. It appears
that he killed the young woman by
firing three shots into her head and
thea Shot himself in the head.
Miss Thill occupied a room IN the
house with her two sisters. Alice and
Marie, and Bigelow was frequent
caller upon them.
Shortly after 10 o'clock this morn
ing, Martha Coleman, wife of the jan
itor of the house, heard four sharp re-
ports, and, thinking a water pipe had
burst, she summoned her husband and
they examined the pipes but found no
breaks It was Miss Thill,s custom 10
rise about noon, but she did not ap-
pear and during the afternoon it was
decided to break open the door Of her
room. When this was done, horri-
bic sight was presented On the floor,
with his head near the foot of the bed
stead, and his feet in the alcove lay
Bigelow. In his right temple was
hole from which the blood had ceased
flowing, while blood was spattered on
the wall. Clutched in his right hand
was a revolver with four of its five
chambers empty
In the alcoye lay the body of Miss
Thill. Her head was near the door,
while her feet were under the wash
stand. She was. partly clothed. In
one hard was towel; nearby stood a
basin with water. Her face was COW
cred with blood. There was one bull
let hole under her left eye, another in
her left cheek and third in the left
side of her head. She had evidently
been washing and had been shot while
standing with her left side towards
her slayer On one of the bureaus in
the room lay two letters in the wom-
ans handwriting-one addressed IS.
S. Karsch, the Standard, 1155 Broad
way" and the other Madame Thill,
S12 Mill street, Minneapolis, MINI"
The second letter, it is believed, was
for the dead woman's mother. Her
family are said to be well-to-do. The
coroner, after being duly notified by
the police, viewed the bodies and gave
,, a permit for their removal to an un-
dertaking establishment. Meanwhile,
the two sisters of the dead woman
Misses Alice and Marie, at present
with theatrical company IN Erie,
Pa, were notified.
Il was learned tonight that Bigelow
was the son of J. Bigelow, a retired
lawyer and e1-mayor of Morristown,
N. J. and that he had claimed to have
wealthy relatives in Brooklyn and in
the South. 1t was said that Bigelow
had been very gloomy since he lost
his position last Christmas and had
been drinking heavily.
BIGELoW WAS INSANE.
New YORK, March 2S.-Investiga-
ton this morning set at rest all thee-
ries as to the cause of the double trag
edy yesterday morning, when John
Bigelow, an actor, shot and killed
Amy Thill, an actress, in the Falk
House, at 13 West Twenty-tourth
street, and then turned the pistol upon
himself and sent bullet through his
right temple. Bigelow, as it was
learned through one of his most init
mate friends, has been in insane re-
treats at least five times within the
last ten years, and there can be no
doubt that the murder and suicide yes
terday were caused by sudden return
of his insanity, brought On by the
night of drinking and debauch that
preceded it. The last time Bigelow
was in lunatic asylum was in the
fall of 1892, when he spent some time
in a retreat in Hartford. He has also
been several tines in Bloomingdale.
His insanity; in the belief Of his
friend, is the result of a severe attack
of Roman fever which he contracted
when year-old baby.
Coroner Fitzpatrick viewed the re-
mains of the murdered woman and the
suicide this morning, but has not de-
cided when to hold the inquest.