The record-union., 1896-11-29
Jealousy Believed to Have Been the
Cause of the Deed.
The Would.be rlurderer Locks His
Wife in His Place of Business and
After a Futile Attempt to Cut Her
Throat With a Razor Begins Shoot
ing, Two Bullets Taking Effect
Officers Fire Through the VIM
dow, nortalIy Wounding the AS
SaSSin.

SAN JOSE, Nov. 2S-There was an
awful tragedy here at $50 this MORN
Ing. The parties to it were ]. P. Kelly,
aged 60, who keeps a jewelry store in
the heart of the city, and his wife. The
wife was much the younger. She had
two children by a former husband.
There has been a rumor that the par
ties were not married. 1t is said that
Kelly brought the young woman from
Australia. Owing to the woman's
youth, Kelly was very jealous, and
there We're frequent rows.
A few weeks ago the woman had
Kelly arrested for disturbing the
peace. The case was dismissed and the
parties made up.
This morning Kelly locked the door
of his store and began to shoot at the
woman Several shots were fired and a
great crowd gathered.
The people could see through the
glass doors the tragedy being enacted
in the store. The officers broke the
glass and fired fifteen shots at the man,
who was running about the store pur-
suing the woman.
Kelly was finally brought down by a
shot in the head. The police then broke
in the door.
Kelly will die and the woman is sup
posed to be fatally shot in the head
and through the body.
The two children, aged 3 and 5, were
covered with blood, but not hurt
The strrets were soon blockaded with
morbid crowds.
The shooting lasted nearly fifteen
minutes. During the shooting the scene
was indescribable. A number of people
were on the street when the first shot
was fired. They all ran in the direc
ton Of kelly's store, and before the Sec
ond shot was fired quite a crowd had
congregated there.
The police were soon notified and ar
rived on the scene promptly. A hor-
rible sight greeted their eyes. The
woman ran around the store shrieking
for help, with Kelly in hot pursuit.
When she stopped for an instant to
catch her breath Kelly took deliberate
aim at her and fired.
The store is small and the range close
and there were few objects in the store
behind which the woman could hide.
At first there was some hesitancy in
the crowd as to what should be done
to prevent the hellish work going on in
side
The outer door was locked, and 1t was
suggested that 1t be broken down.
Finally some one said that it would
be a good plan to break in the glass
windows and shoot the fiend. This was
done, and the officers began shooting.
HOW THE TRAGEDY HAPPENED.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 2S-The parties
quarreled yesterday and the woman
said she would get a divorce. She did
not sleep in the rear of the store as
usual last night, but occupied room in
lodging-house near by. This morning
she passed the store with her two chill
dren. Kelly saw her, rushed out, seized
her and dragged her inside with the
children. He locked the door, dragged
her to the rear of the store, where he
had two pistols and razor, and began
firing.
When the officers reached the place
they could see Kelly through the glass
He stood back of the counter. An Off
Ger fired at him through the glass and
he lodged at once behind the counter
The woman was at the door with her
two children, screaming and covered
with blood.
The officers fired shots in the direction
Kelly had disappeared. Kelly rose once
from behind the counter at the back of
the store, and the officer fired again
1t is thought that he hit him then, as
he dropped.
The officers then climbed through the
broken door and passed the children out
to the crowd. One Of the children had
been shot in the arm but the other was
unhurt.
AS soon as the children were safe the
mother sank to the floor She had been
shot four times and will die.
Kelley was found where he fell in the
back of the store and was taken to the
hospital. He had been shot three times
in the head and will die.
The officers have taken the statement
of Kelly. He denies all knowledge of
shooting his wife, but vaguely intimates
the existence of some sort of trouble
between them. He says he has prop
erty at San Diego. Cal, and at Clair
mount, Australia. He has made will
and gives all this in trust to a convent
for the benefit of the two children. He
desires that the children be taken by
thG CoHNeHt tHu V.
In regard TO the shooting he said he
had done none.
Il told my wife not to go upstairs, -
he said. She would go. That is q
disreputable house. She must keep
away from them. Don't let those peo-
pie have my property. They will take
my deeds If they can"
Where are your deeds?'
They are in my trunk in San Fran
cisco"
Where is your trunk?"
You wish to find out that so that YOU
can give them to the people upstairs. 1
will not tell you. / will tell the convent
people, but no one else"
He was asked If he would tell a
priest, but he said no. He said he be-
lieved he was going to die
He made the statement In the Receiv-
ing Hospital, to which place he had
been removed. He seemed to think he
was in his own room at the store, and
could not be made to realize that he
was not.
The family occupied rooms in the rear
of the store.
The woman also made a statement.
She said Kelly locked the doors and be-
gan shooting at her without cause, first
trying to kill her with a razor, but she
got away from his grasp. He had