The sun., 1896-09-11

MRS. AGNES pEvERE.
little household work occupied only part Of the
time, and, as both her health and spirits were
suffering from the dulness and restraint, he-
husband as recently as Tuesday bought bicycle
ior her. She had learned to ride two years ago.
and at that time owned q wheel. the sale Of
which was compelled by hard times. so when
Thomass improved financial prospects justi-
hed his replacing II by another he was very
happy in doing so. She had already a bicy
cling dress, not Lailor-made gown n
"bloomer' suit constructed for display OF wo-
mans good points OF figure, but plain costume
OF gray cloth. consisting OF a coat. with large
sleeves and full back. and divided skirt.
ample and long that It inpeded her WORK
ing Of the pedals, until she cut of two or three
inches that it would clear her ankles. On
her head she wore a pain little Tam o. Shanter
cap. Il was throughout a modest costume,
and. though she made noteworthy figure on
her wheel, her doing was Justly attributable
70 her handsome face and ladylike appearance,
and not TO any conspicuousness or immcdesty
In her dress.
Thomas Devere leIt home on Wednesday
morning o little before 10 o'clock for his usual
daily work. with the understanding that his
wife should, in the evening go out rdiLg on
her new wheel, and conc at midnight to his
place of employment to join h i'm when his tour
OF duty was ended and accompany him home.
At about half past o'clock in the evening
nelghbors saw Mrs. Devere mount her bicycle
and ride away. 1t is said that she Joined a
bicycle party on the Boulevard, and accom-
panied home. to somewhere near Thirtieth
street and Eighth avenue. Q young woman
who was afraid to ride down the avenue alone.
but this story has not been verified. Her
husha md he favr oh
OF making acqualntances, and had no friend
In the locality specified.
At all events, she had been down Eighth
avenue sone distance below Forty-fourth
street, for when next seen, under c.rcum-
stances that led 10 her subsequent identiflca-
tion. she was pedallinx swiftly at quarter
past IL o'clock up the avenue between Forty
sixth and Fol ty-seventh streets.
Carl Hendrickson and John Lawson had
been visiting family named Malone at Forty
good night" mounted their bicycles, and
started down the avenue. They were going
At quite a le!surely pace, when they passed
Forty seventh street. and saw coming to-
ward them two bicyclers, woman In ad-
vance and man close behind. The lights OF
lone-. brother and sister, who stall stood at
their corner looking after their departing
All the east side of Eighth avenue from
Thirty-tourth to Forty eighth streets. ex-
cepting a strip about four feet wide beside the
~ torn 4p tue ld1 VI u Inc
of gas pipes, consequently In all that long
stretch bicyGlers going both ways are forced
20 70 the i west side Of the avenue ,'enerally, as
Keep to the right and Mrs. Devere. the
woman seen coming up the avenue. was do
Ing this until very, near Lawson ard Hen
drtc kson. when suddenly she seemed to lose
her head and darted off to the left. directly
ahead Of his COMPANION. ON 9n barely evaded her her
wheel, and IN a fraction of u second more she
came INTO violent collision with Hendrick-
a nj 1nn fnrxa ri hAaH 10
face and head While she tn umbled over over b bact OK.
ward, striking the hack OF her head with great
force upon the asphalt pavement.
I1ere is reason for believing that she was pur-
peny upon. her. and that in endeavorinG to
get away from his unwelcome attentions She
went ,omtd very much & faster than she was accqs,
collision occurred The crash OF the colliding
vehicles and the cries OF persons who wit;
Hsea the accident Sd brought Heopie from all
OF BShnfalk & PrittiEe, at Forty; y;dfth street
was sent out which brought mid in II few min
Gtes from Roosevelt Hospital. The person
made hasty examination OF both the In
lnred persons, and pronounced the nans in
iqries more serious than those OF the woman.
she was insensible when carried to the drug
store. but recovered consciousness long enough
70 70 give her maze and address, Then she grew
into insensIbility. The young person In
Snsrs9 Snsts9 OF the ambulance seemed much dis
swer his questions when he asked for "a his
tory ot5 the, case" Bystanders declared that
ne said to her, Get up from here. You can
TAX; Get up. You arc getting too damned
:, Mr.. II. e. Pritting, tho druggist. said OF
4 know he tried to make her talk, to give
hsr lame and address, which she could not do.
haps, but rude ho certainly was. He may
cal, but il did not sound nice, and The people
about did not like 1t. don't know that he
Eet,ng too darned much sympathy.' Darhed
hh exactly damned, you know. Yes. he was
rude. there 10 no doubt about that"
Finally Mrs. Deyere and HendricKson were
hoosevelt Hospital.
Waen Thomas Devere got through his nights
work and found that his wife did not appear
40 concluded that she had become weary sooner
than she had thought she would, aud had gone
home. so ho went TO his lodgings. AS the door
was locked, while the key was not in the lock,
ne knew she had not yet returned; SO he
went down stairs To the street and waited
There long time. The impression Krew upon
I'm that she had met with some accident, and.
N nis anxiety, he went roaming over 10 Eighth
avenue To See II he could learn any ching of her.
mat thoroughfare was then deserted by blcy-
,rrs. After very long time. as IL seemed To
Ll'n, when he was up near Fifty-eighth street,
a solitary wheeimau appeared. II was then
ATE rider and asked him il he had heard Of
any arCident" Yes, he had. 4 woman
Esned Deyere had heep injured seriously, pos
tny fatally. In y collision, and was in loose
=, renorter who had just left the hospital.
He remountei his wheel, and Devere raced be-
side HIM. on foot. 10 the hospital. ,,-
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