The sun., 1897-03-10
MURDERED IN HER SHOP.
MRS. ELHl HxNNoE F0UED WIFE
HEE SKULL CRUSHED In.

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Mrr. Eliza Hsnnon. . widow Il yearr Old
who haS carried on . ienk business At zz1
Kent avenue. Brooklyn. siDos the death Of hsz
husband. James. vas murdered In her shop
lste on Monday niEht or early yesterday morn
ing. The back Of her head was crushed In By
the murdercr's blow. bldnt instrunent.
probably an iron bar. many OF shieh are strewn
arouLd the shop. was used
Mrs. Hsnaon va, 70 receive $1,000 yestsr~
day from beneft soci.ty TO which her husband
had belonged. orins 70 some irregularities
STOUT the policy which she held. the payment
ot the money had been delayed for many weeks
The murderer evidently thoaght that she got
the money on Monday. and planned 10 get IL.
Had be waited twenty.f .foar hours he mizh.
lave ben sucoessful. as Mrs. Harmon vas not
at ali partial 70 savings banks and has always
kept what little money she hsd In hidinE places
in her shop. The murderer sntsred and left
the place By . rear window.
Ha.n non. before his deA:h. was . member Of
Mansfield Post OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
public and OF Leonard Council. No. 90. OF the
Catholic Benevolent Legion- IL WAS In the lat
ter that he Was insured for $4,000. After bis
death Mrs Hannoa gave up her spartmsnts
over the .hop and rno-ed into the rooms behind
Il on the ground floor.
lfrS HAnnnn vas accustomed 70 double
paddock and bolt the front door when she
closed up. 50 that 1. would b impossi ,le for
anybody 10 force al entrance into ths place In
any way save throuxh the rear windows With
oat making . great deal OF noise When Mrs.
Hsnnon gave up the rooms over the chop. Mrs.
Marxare, sammon and her husband, sames,
Who is {. blacksmith. moved into them The
sammons knew hcs. Harmon well. When
Mr.. sammon went Downstairs At 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning and saw that Mrs Harmon
had no. opened her shop. she vent 70 the door
and raped on IT,
wake up: It's after eight" she called. bat
there was 10 resron~. Then MI. s,mmon
called some OF her women neiGhbors. and they
Knocked q long time one u the rear win
men bad become alarmed. and no one would
climb through TO md out what mad happened
police. Mis-. ss nmon zen, Charles siet.rt. =
l4'yeL-old boy. over 20 10 Canai street this
ss.y. where Mrs M.ry ksiiy ;sit .'isI ,' 2; Nrs
thing, we're. and shs wen, riEhi over % Brooi;
lyn. She arrived n her sister hons. At 1880
10 through the window. 20 the women got the
siefert bny TO do -. A few raoi1snts After he
had got thro. IN the window be cain, bsck look
shes dead he cried. Mrs. H.nnon's
deai." In a few minutes the whole neigh
To the I'D junk woman. Not iohk a::e-~srd
Capt. short ot the Bedford street station aud
several Detectives ar, poii:etnen we're a, The
floor of the shop. her head resting on . coil OF
rope. she vas entirely dressed save for her
left sbce. That was found a. another part Of
the snoo. There WAS no evidence OF = struggle.
1be woman'S clothes we're not disArrans~d.
and her Lair vss 10 order. But on every ,iGe
for the money he SC rtosed the dead wo-
man had r,ce.r-d. BoI".. trunks. and pack
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thrown arourd. l. vas found to be the vase
it sfery roora. The murderer made most
urotat!y iuund lite. because since her hus-
trn... de,rh Mrs. HAaaoh las spent nearly
al % lie money he hai sAyed.
NJ -AInmnn Told the police that at $50
nc %. % a. NoHday Afternoon. as she SaS go
tax -"r--, s'-lirs. Mrs. HanuOu asEed her to 40
20 kr,ioie,'s takr-J At wyihe arerue and
b-ras. she rNplained that she could not 70
srs-if. - .te had company. Tue company
seep-r ~ -or;h pT' o.,yr. sh" lad come 10 see
her r-atnui her insnranre money. He had been
The bread and gave Il 10 Mrs. Hannon. She
raw he n-pAsw 20 away at o'clock. When
she ca me- o-cs wi:h :he bread. she 'ays, che saw
Two strange .ueG stHncing outside OF the shop.
They ~, re- talking together. One OF them had =
coil % ROPE. she thought nothing of tee mat.
ter 81 the time. as men with gu'l- o. rope and
other article .reguenily rans To the shop after
,iRrk Between ard O'Clock IN the morn.
rag Mr. samm9n sAia 10, .ss bari noise n :he
tar Of iron m Ih- floor. She woke te- husband
up and a,E-t him what i vas. Ne said the
noise proAso!y wa. caused bT rats and went to
Th. FAC: that Mr.. Rsnnon'. left shoe wa.
OF 4 ..ia by he neichlors TO BE- easily Ae-
counted for. she had trick. thoy sAr. OF
IN owing he sh"r q; small Toys. who some
times Worried her. Fer richt arm .Sss para
lacked. they say. {; you'd be the nrst thing she
would use TO defend herssli.
Mrs. MaryAret cherp. the hous-Eeeper. tnld
he ~ he = r. rEeg ON
no answer She concludSd that the wor1sa
s assin. .'A' - ' -' 0'4 Ao' A'0'H
The police learned that Charles Kelly. a dis
at III North Fourth street. had teen In the
abIt OF occurring one Of the -ooms hack OF
the shoo whenever he felt 50 inclined. He
said To have GusrrelI-d with the woman. Tho
police arrested Kelly and also the siefsrt boy
lint Of ,eer for Mr-. Hnnron during the AFTER
noon and she had gwen him n glass OF IT
sietert Md ,hs, he had also bousst pint OF
,ruek driver, Of SO south Fifth street. and
.rs. Reh.ss nam Ss ia Soa
Mrs Sammon. who lives over the shop. was
nsS taken int ,oS Grs'ody 1mnoI Sors: on
the theatre on Monday night and that when he
vent home he found the hall door; leading TO
use hi, key. as souie one had plugged the hole
full of aper. He fnaiiy went 10 the lighter on
which he works and slept there. The detective
found the paper in the keyho'e. When he
pulled Il out he discovered that IL was part of
q theatre programme. and as sammon had re-
marked that ne had beea 10 theatre that
night he arrested.
Police Captain short said late last night he
had two witnesses who saw Charles Kelly leave
the hallway OF Mrs Hannon's house at 1890
o'clock Monday night.
One OF the witnesses lives in the house, but
the Captain refused TO divulge the nAmes He
had accompanied friend 10 the front door and
while the two were talking on the sidewalk in
front OF the house Kelly came from the hallway
and dArted up ;he street. He entered q hallway
three doors above and disappeared.
Kelly told the police that he saw Mrs. Harmon
the last time alive AT 4:3o o'clock. and then
went TO call upon young woman living In the
neighborhood. He stood talking TO her until
10:l5. when he went to his home.
Coroner Mason went 10 the Bedford avenue
station last night and talked with the suspects
He discharged Bla,ehford and Ryan and then
had long talk with Samrnon. When he cot
through talking with him he ordered him 10 be
locked up and sent for Central Once detectives
To Sun reporter the Coroner said:
"I don't know what 10 think NJ caunpnnn n.