The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-28
.SOLLIAVN CLUB MURDER
Piteous Grief OF the Vic.
TINS Father on Seeing
His Sons Remains,
WHERE is CHRISTIAN HIDING
Fidelity of His Ill-Used Wife,
Men Hunting for the AS
sassin in the Woods.
WHERE is CHRISTIAN HIDING

WURTSBORO. N. Y. Sept. 2s. 1884,
Wallace f. Christian, who yesterday shd
and killed Horace f. Pritchard, Of Net
York city. at the Sullivan County Club,
five miles from here, is still at large.
Thomas J. Nanny, the constable OF this
place whom Christian shot after killing
Pritchard. is still alive. He will die.
These are the actual developments to~
day in a tragedy that for dramatic back
woods elements has never been equalied
in Sullivan county. For miles around
the country is being thoroughly searched
for traces of the missing murderer. and
for miles around the sole topic of talk il
this killing on the Shawangunk Moun-
tains.
f. NJ. Pritchard, father of the mur-
dered man and head of the firm of E. III.
Pritchard & Sons, manufacturers OF win-
dow frames and sashes at 138th street
and Mott avenue, New York, arrived
here early this morning. The old man
locked at his sons body in Billiards., the
undertaken. His grief was pitiable. He
threw himself at full length upon the
corpse as if, like Elijah of DID, he could
breathe new life into the cold limbs. It
seemed as if he could hardly realize that
the son who left him in full health yes
amounting to $50, gold watch and other
things which were found on young
Pritchard's body were turned over to the
father.
Mrs. Christian, the wife of the fugitive,
declared today that her husband had
shot In seh-defense. That he was g. mur-
admit.
He has gone" she said, ''to Monticslle
to give himself up
Mrs. Christian admitted reluctantly
that her husband was arrested last fall
in New York City for knocking down the
elder Pritchard with club. She also
admitted that Christians temper had
brought him into trouble with most of the
persons he had dealings with, and that
on more than one occasion he had beaten
her.
Mamie Christian, the 1e-year-old sister
of the murderer, who lived at the cot
tage where the shooting took place, LETT
here on the early train for Yonksrs. The
girl refused to say anything.
There are numerous rumors as to Chris
tian'S whereabouts.
Three residents of this place declare
that they saw him sneaking along on the
outskirts of the village as if making for
the mountains. Another man declares
that an individual answering Christians s
description boarded an Ontario and West
ern train at Summitville But despite
these and other reports Sheriff Watson
has no definite traces to work upon
The inquest will be held today. In view
of the ante-mortem statement made by
Constable Nanny. there can be no DOUBT
about the verdict, Manny's declaration
to Coroner Helms was brief, simply stat
ing that he had been shot by Christian.
A certain amount of caution is being
exercised by the men who are hunting
for Christian, as the murderer is still be-
lieved- to be wearing his cowboys peit
containing six pistols and a nasty dirk
The story of the shooting, as gathered
from Nanny and the witnesses, differs
yesterday. 1t is this: Howard Pritchard
arrived here yesterday afternoon from
New York to serve subpoena on Chris
suit brought by E. NJ. Pritchard & Sons
against two New York men for the
Wbcb dpe Prtcba had eecnred eo
on two houses by Pritchard for the de-
PENDANTS. Pritchard secured the SER
riving and the two drove out to the Sui
| livan County Club tract, where Chris
tians cottage stands. When they. reached
the cottage Pritehard got out ana ana wanssa s19sl
| ing Showing the subpoena under Chris
| tian's arm, Pritchard said
That's all want"
| wagon. Christian ran inside. just as
Pritchard got. up on the wagon beside
Nanny, Christian came rushing out with
an oath he shouted, I'll shoot you
| both"
| In days gone by Christian was cow
| boy in Australia. and he has the rsputa-
| ton of being the best shot in Sullivan
| county. Without stopping to take him,
| without giving the two men d moment s
| chance to move or beg for mercy. Chris
| tian dropped his gun at Pritchard, who
| fell head first from the wagon with, .
| bullet clear through his body in the region
| of the hips.
| Nanny by this. time had the whip in his
hand, and just as he dashed the horse
| Christians second bullet struck him in
| the small of the back and came out
| through his abdomen. Nanny fell for
| ward on the road beside Pritchard and
| the horse tore off into the brush. =.
| Frank Watson who lives at the Sullivax
| County Club and who had heard the
| Shots came running up. Nanny, whc
| had struggled to his feet, staggered over
| with him to Pritchard. They found he
| was dead. Then Nanny told Watson to
| look for Christian, but by this time the
/ ex-cowboy was in the brush, safe from
| Immediate pursuit. Nanny was brought
1 to the Lake House, where his wound was
| pronounced fatal.
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