The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-29
WITH RAZOR AND PISTOL.
San Jose Man Fires Thirty-fve shots
az His Wife and Does Not
XIII Her.

San jose, Nov. &.-P. J. Kelly. a jeweier.
this morning deliberately attempted 10
murder his wife and two children. With
all doors locked and barred. he began
shooting. One child fell with bullet
through It's arm. and Mrs. Kelly dropped
wifh bullets through her head and BODY.
Meanwhile the woman and children were
screaming Murder at the top of their
voices and caEsng for help. The screams
and the shooting were heard on the street
A crowd soon gathered outside, and
policeman attempted 10 break IN the
locked doors. He was unable TO break
down Keily's bsrrieade. Other officers ar
rived. and could see through the window
Kelly standing and shooting at his wife
and children. and witnessed their inef-
feetual efforts TO escape. The little chill
aren were trying 10 hide behind chairs
and tables. The policemen opened fire on
Kelly through the windows, and after sew
eral wild shots Kelly was brought down
with a bullet through his body. Kelly
and wife and the wounded child were car"
RED to their rooms over the store.
After an examination OF the wounds.
Mrs. Kelly's physician has strong hopes
OF her recovery. She has a flesh wound
on the right shoulder and frightful cut
on the neck from the razor. The tnstru-
ment hit the bone Of the chin and this
saved her life. She grasped the razor in
AEE ndFl1s which Is ttftAc4t cli. Lie ssloS
IN the abdomen is believed now not 10
have pierced the cavity. Her clothing
was shot In a dozen places. but the balls
only grazed the flesh.
Kelly has two scalp wounds and a third
bail piowed the skull and penetrated the
brain. He will die. lie is unconscious.
but stiil alive.
statement has been found signed by
Kelly under date of November -, In which
be shows that he intended 10 Kill the
woman and then himself. He names the
mother superior OF Notre Dame convent
and Father Mahoney as their successors
as managers OF hiz estate and the two lit
tie children Two grown children at san
Diego ars given q curse and S cents. The
woman whom he shot he refers 10 as his
wife. She had him arrested four weeks
ago for failure to marry her. after prom
Using her In Australia he would do so.
She bore children 10 him and lived with
him. but said she was not married law
fully. The matter was fixed I'D and the
complaint dismissed The woman signed
the complaint as Annie Pity IL is evil
dent that he was very jealous Of her, and
ne minated she was not true to hin, or
at seast was not doing Just right.
Kelly IS 81 years old. lie was once an
alderman In Omaha and captain of police
there II Is said that he was mayor Of
Leadvllle once. His married daughter and
son are at San Diego. He met his wife In
Australia. nine years ago.
His wife says he intended TO k4il her
and commit suicide. and the paper which
he wrote yesterday shows this 10 be prob
ably true. She says he had no intention
OF hurting the children. and thinks her
little daughter was hit by some OF the
flying bullets. The child has simply a
flesh wound in the arm. Kelly was shot
In the arm by an officer. but the wound
ia the head be made himself He had
three pistols and fred them ell. Prob
ably total OF thirty~five shots was fred.
Upward Of 4eoo corpses were erernated
in France during 1885.