The morning times., 1896-03-15

is No. 90. 1t is the one with which Mrs.
John Shea OF South Washington killed
Private Francis NJ. Doyle OF the Fourth
precinct while he ard several other off
GERS were trying to search her house.
The party were looking for a stolen
watch, and were armed with a search
warrant, but Mrs. Shea refused TO allow
them 10 enter, ana said she would kill the
first man who forced his way in. She
carried her threat into execution. Private
Doyle was the first man To put his foot
across the Threshold and he was shot dead
Mrs. shea was tried for murder, but ac-
quilted on the plea that the shot was
accidental.
A complete kit of modern safe-blowing
tools, consisting Of sectional jimmies,
slicing knives for cutting iron and looking
Ike immense can openers. fine steel auger
bits and a brace, and dark lantern, form
exhibit No. 81. They are the implements
with which the safs in the jewelry store
of Frank Hoffa, on Seventh street, was
broken open some years ago and robbed
of SO 600 worth of diamonds and iewelry,
by Rory SimmS and Yank Mclaughlin.
The two men effected an entrance into
the store 10y climbing down through the
skylight early Sunday morning. The
safe stood a little out from the wall. and
they were enabled TO get in behind it.
They worked all day Sunday, and finally
SutbtGtltu III StlllilS llit NdiudDleS Oul-
DIFFICULT OPERATION.
A hole was first bored through the iron
sheeting on the back, and the knife, with
| a long section OF u Jimmy screwed on it to
! give a sufficient leverage, was inserted.
With this the back was cut away much as
! the top is taken off a sardine box, the op-
! GRAFTON being proportionately difficult.
! Then the fire-proof composition was dug
! away, leaving nothing but the compartments
] inside the safe to be worked upon. This
was comparatively easy work.
The men were apprehended and the stuff
recovered. Mclaughlin died While await
! ing trial, and Simms was sentenced to ten
| years in the penitentiary.
Exhibit No. is rusty, sharp-pointed
| knife used by John Daley. a lunatic, to
| murder Judge j. c. ID. Kennedy, at the
| corner of Fifteenth street and New York
| avenue a few years ago. Judge Kennedy
| had performed a number OF services for
| the relatives OF Daley. but the latter i'm
agined that he had cheated his sister.
SO he determined to kill him and armed
himself with this knife for the purpose.
After the murder he, was adiudged in
sane and sent 10 ST. EliZabeth's Asylum.
| He remained there a few years, in a very
! violent condition. and finally committed
suicide with the handle of a tablespoon.
Exhibit No. II is the ghastlieSt OF the
whole collection. Ii is the tiny skull of a
negro baby that was for a time believed
to have been killed by its mother, Rebecca
| Banks.
The child's body was found buried in the
back yard of the womans shanty in South
| Washington. but an investigation showed
that the woman. in her ignorance OF the
health ordinances, had made no report
| OF its death and buried il there to save
expense. The body was reduced to a skele-
| ton when found. and the skull was added
10 Mr.. Sylvesters museum.
DEADL Y-LOOKING WEAPON.
A stone tied in a handkerchief makes the
deadly-looking weapon that is ticketed No
| , in the collection. Ii was used by Babe
Bradford, QueeDan, Sandy Pin and Will
Johnsons all colored. to murder Philip j
| Hearth, young white man. Hearth was
on his way to visit a young lady living near
| Dupont circle, and The four rdesperadoes eeld