The Portland daily press., 1896-07-29

1SOLn BlSO E1A1nOSU LAsbM&1tt1ly-LAc SCenc
of the Murder Was Notorious House
or Federal Street-Large Sum of Money
and Five Diamond Rings Found ON the
Woman's Person.
At a few minutes after three O'Clock
yesterday. George Young shot and killed
| a woman known as Nettie Godfrey and
then shot himself. Both died Instantly
The shooting took place in the second
story of the house No. 1874 Federal street.
where the woman has been maintaining
house of ill repute. Monday night the
place was raided by the police, and the
Godfrey woman was given until Wednes :
day night in which to leave the city. A
few minutes before the shooting yester-
day afternoon. two young women who
had been inmates of the place left in a
hack with their trunks. They were seen
to drive away by Mrs Crossman and her
sister-in-l law, who were In Mrs. Cross
mans house next to the Godfrey estab-
lishment. From the Crossman kitchen
on the second floor, one can look into the
windows of the next house. The women
in the Crossman house saw man draw
down the curtains SO they did not see
what happened Immediately after, but
they heard the woman exclaim, ''Don It
George, for Gods sake DON'T" Then two
pistol shots rang out. The women
started to run down stairs and as they
did so they heard man say something
and then heard another shot.
Another woman heard the shooting.
She is Rose White, an elderly woman
employed by Mrs. Godfrey to do the
house work. She was down stairs when
she heard the exclamation, "Don It
George followed by scream and the
two pistol shots. Rose White had started
to go up stairs, when she heard the
woman's cry of alarm, but she stopped at
the discharge of the pistol. AS she stood
at the foot Of the stairs, she heard
Young say: "Now I'll shoot myself, %
and then came the third shot. Mira
White ran screaming into the street and
number Of men ran up stairs. closely
followed by Police Officer White
The murderer and his victim lay dead
| in small room used as a sitting room.
| The woman lay on her back, with her
head under the projecting end of a
| lounge against the wall. Blood from q
wound in her temple was soaking into
| the carpet. The man had also fallen on
his back, with his head close to a small
table under a swinging lamp in the
oentre of the room. The man s aim had
been true in both cases and he had shot
| himself In the right temple. His right
| hand still grasping the revolver lay across
his chest.
There were no signs of struggle. The
black silk wrapper worn by the woman
was not torn. The man was in his shirt
sleeves. Nothing in the room had been
disarranged and after the bodies hao
| been removed there was nothing to show
| that murder had been committed ex-
oept the dark stain on the carpet by the
wall Coroner Porry took charge of the
bodies after the physicians, who were
called, had announced that there was nc
spark of life left The bodies were, by
! direction of the coroner, removed te
| Rich's undertaking rooms. where they
will remain until the coroner gives
! further instructions. Mr.. Perry stated
that until he had conferred with the
county attorney he did not know just
| how he should proceed. What steps are
taken by the officers will be only such Of
are necessary to comply with the laws
requirements as there is of course nc
| Ios La
snitted and the murderer himself Is dead
The only persons in ehe house at the
| time of the shooting were the two victimi
! of it, Rose White, aud baby, which TIT
Godfrey woman had adopted. Wher
! Deputy Marshal Hartnett examined TIT
in it. 1t is a small, cheap affair, of fivt
| chambers, the remaining two being
| loaded. Rose White said that two week
ago Young had bought pistol and som'
cartridges. and had then threatened tt
shoot Mrs. Godfrey, who thereupon tool
the weapon and hid it.
Mrs. Godfrey has been person known
to the police for years, as the owner OF I
house of i'll repute, and she has beef
arrested on nuisance charges. For
mum Der of years, George Young, the NAL
who finally took her life, has lived will
her. He was formerly hackman, bu
lately has had no occupation. The pal
had purchased place in Falmouth ant
after the raid on Mrs. 0odfreE's estab
lishment Monday night, Young tolt
Officer Jones thnt he wanted the woman
to go to this place to live. AT that time
Young was greatly excited. de protested
that che loved that woman better thar
his life," adding that he had beer
kicked out. The latter statement referred
to the frequent presence in Mrs. God
frey's house of man from the provinces
of whom Young was violently jealous