The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
shot BY Her SON.
Mystery About Mrs. Lyons
Wound Accident or
Vengeance.

Mrs. Mary Lyons, widow, hfty-two
years old, who lives IN sae top floor of
the fiat No. II Hudson Boulevard, near
st. PauPs avenue. was shot under the
left ear by bullet from a revolver in
the hands of her fourteen year old son
Henry, at 3:15 p, M yesterday Wherl
shot Mrs. Lyons was standing in her
bed room. She fell heavily to the floor,
and Henry, who was standing near the
window. with a howl of terror darted
out of the house without hat or coat and
escaped.
Mary Lyons. relative of the wounded
woman, heard the shot and summoned
help. DR.. Henry Sherwood of Hoboken
avenue arrived. soon after and stopped
the flow Of blood An ambulance was
called and the woman was sent to the
City Hospital
Whether the shooting was accidental
or intentional has not been ascertained.
When shot Mrs. Lyons lost conscious
ness, and although she was able to
speak after reaching the hospital, she
talked incoherently. First she said she
was reprimanding the boy and he took
the revolver down from the mantelpiece
and shot her. Afterward she said that
the boy was fooling with the revolver
and it went off accidentally. She per-
sisted in this story. The bullet struck
Mrs. Lyons under the left ear and passed
around to the base of the BRAIN
Henry is bright little fellow; he at
tends st. Johns School. 1t is said by
some of the neighbors that lighting was
his favorite pastime and that sometimes
he was rather vicious. At the time of the
shooting Henry and his mother were
the only occupants of the room. Two
older sons, Simon Lyons, twenty-three
years old, who works at the oil works
of the Erie Railroad and William Lyons,
nineteen years old. a clerk in the Erie
Railroad office, went out for walk to-
gether Simon was in ST. Johns Club
rooms across the street at the time OF
the shooting and hearing the .snot hur-
ried over and found his mother lying on
stay Of the family and work every day.
Detectives Keenan, and McNally set to
work on the case, but the boy eluded his
Hill. swhence he wandered around Sc
caucus, and about eleven o'clock last
night he. returned home, very hungry
from walking through the swamps.
The boy went to the Oakland avenue
station house with his uncle and gave
himself up. He said the snootlng was
accidental.
This morning Justice Douglass re-
manded the prisoner to await the result
of his mothers injuries Lyons trembled
like leaf in the court room. The re-
volver used has been in the Lyons house.
ho.d for about twenty years. It IS a ~
Of i0hs the a family ! during Mrh NS bis lifetime and
since his death has ocGbupen fbar Paee
that tha fas hey did Mere not WAS loaded @ @
a5 Mrs Ly9a ev has About aaa ysar ago ago her ct
son Jack was killed on the Erie Ratlroad;i
her husband was killed on the same road
some SOM time time ago ago Of '' CONSUMPTION There
are three sons left, Will, Simon and
Henry. This afternoon at 1890 o'clock
the physicians said the woman was doing
very well. but was not ont of danger.
Inspector of Police Large this morning
took Mrs. Lyons ante-morten statement.
while she answered the questions put
to her. There was an affecting scene
paghed whan he sm wag Declaring nsS she did
care to have him touch her.
Il didn't mean to shoot YOU. mother,
he walled. "Forgive, oh, forgive me
IT The iles1 woman + looked at him intently for
a moment and then very quietly SAID
tears and finally had to be taken from
his dying mothers bedside.
Mrs. Lyons still tells Is a disconnected pm TED
SON took the revolver from closet and
shot her Whether it was accidental or
intentional she does not know, put TO
inspector Lange she did not hesitate to
intimate it was Intentional.
At this stage of the proceedings her son,
who was then beside her. interrupted her
"Didn't i,5s you strike me with broom.
mother?i IL, 80
shoting was after that
She stated that Henry is bad boy,
and has violent temper.
The police are still mystified. Nothing
definite. can be learned. of the, occurrence.
The fact is pretty well established that
mother and son quarreled, but Mrs. Lyons
is unwilling to incriminate the boy ap-
narently. as she contradicts herself every
time she is questioned.
The boys version Of the affair as given
the police this afternoon is that he was
cleaning the revolver when his mother
He asked for pennies for candy. She re-
fused to give him any, and a quarrel
ensued about his not going to school
While the revolver was in his hands
cooked his mother struck him over the
shoulder with a broom causing it to ex-
plode When he saw her fall he ran