The sun., 1897-10-13
SHOT DOWN BY BURGLARS.
MOTHER AND DAuG liter KILLED
IN CAMDEN.

A Policeman summoned By VouuG shaw.s
Shouts OF Murder Finds Mr~. shaw ana
Mrs. lane DsinE from PIstol-shot Wounds
-InVniid Son the Only wtnc.,-uIS story.
CAMDEN. n. j., Oct ia policeman strollinR
along tho street In a thickly populated district
OF Camdon at half past O'Clock this morning
heard faint cry OF "Murhcr!" coming from tho
vicinity Of Limo street. Limo street il in the
heart Of Camden, q few blocks fron the Camden
and Philadelphia ferry slips. Running in the d.
rection whence the cry came, he policeman found
a man In his night robe leaning out OF the third
story window OF the dwelling at ol2 Line street,
calling fecbly for help. lIo was Eli Shaw an in-
valid In tho convalescent stage OF typhoid fever.
Accompanied by two citizens. the policeman
entered the house. On the second floor he found
the evidence Of q double murder. Tho victims
were Mrs. Sarah NJ. Shaw. tho mother OF the
young man who gave the alarm from the win
dow, and her mother, Mrs. Emma Zane. Mrs.
Zane. who was tho widow of c ipt. Eli Zane q
well.known resident of Camucn. was 7s ycars
old. She was sitting in n chair in her night
robc apparently asleep. But her skull had
been fractured just behnd the left car By some
sharp instrument. She was still alive, but un-
conscious, and died in q short time. Mrs. Shaw,
who was As years old and also n widow was
lying on the floor noar the window There was
bullet wound in her head, but shc was breath
Ing. and with all despatch she was removedin
an ambulance to Cooper Hospital. sho died
there at 10 o'clock this morning.
superficial examination disclosed the traces
OF an attempted burglary. From tho discon.
nected and hysteriCal account of the only wit
ness of the tragedy, the invalid son, the police
adopted that theory Eli Shaw said thnt he had
been up to get drinko water and that his at
tention had been attracted by suspicious sounds
from below RtairA. Ile n tina nj hia
mother who also occupied q portion OF the
ho1h i1trd MOOT anu aoi1 hGr TO Keep quiet as ho
proceeded downstairs to the second floor. and,
on getting into tho hallway. was about 10 enter
Mrs Shaw pushed in past him, and she had
port blinded and almost dcafened them. The
bullet from the assa ssin's pistol struck her in
the head, and she fell 10 the floor near tho back
Shaw said that BY the flash of the pistol hi.
saw two men crouching In the room. He rushed
| to the front window and called for help. which
soon arrived in tho person of Policeman Steer.
But, But the officer was not quick enough to appre-
! the rear windows over the shed and down Pine
street, which was dark and sufficiently obscure
The condition OF Eli Shaw was such that he
could not tell with any degree of accuracy what
happened, although he was positive that he
heard but one shot fired, and not wishing to de-
moralize him any more than he was then, 1t was
decided to remove him from the scene of the
tragedy, and he was taken to the home of somo
OF his relatives at 32l Beckett street. His physi-
cal condition is very low hi. weakness from
| typhoid fever being aggravated by the shock.
A few days ago Mrs. Zane drcw from the bank
| for the payment of tomb 10 her husband. Sew
eral OF her ecquaintnnccs and relatives knew Of
this this money being on the premises, as we'll as tho
her from property which she owned in Camden.
The revolver with which Mrs. shaw was shot
| belonged to her son. 1t was found in the room
near the body. twas OF .22 caihre. and, so far
as known, only one shot was fired from It, The
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Brothers, in Market street. Camden.
The police made an exhaustive examination OF
the premises. following out the theory thas
thieves had effected an entrance to the building
through a window in tho kitchen.
and 1t was found lowered eighteen inches from
the top. In front of it was an oil stove the
Of the window. and the improbability ~ that as
persons had entered the kitchen through the
stove, first attracted their attention.
A detective from the Philadelphia Police Bu-
reau. who closely examined the fractured glass,
declared that it had been broken by blow from
the inside.
The only other evidence of an attempted bur
elary was bundle Of silver spoons and small
silver tableware tied up in napkin. as though
| IT had been abandoned by the thieves in hasty
x serious doubt arose in the minds of the de-
tectiyes city % as to whether ct there had been burglary
and grandson of Mrs. Zane, became an object of
Upon his statement alone rested the theory
that burglary had been committed.
| He held IN his hand at the time the police
| were summoned to the house by his cries for
| help small revolver of 30 ca!ibro with every
| one OF tho chambers discharged.
| He was taken to the house of n relative and Q
close guard was kept upon the place.
This gave rise TO rumor that young Shaw had
been placed under arrest pending further do
velopments, but no formal process OF arrest was
undertaken.
From the fact that the young man was in an
| emaciatcd condition from the disease from
| which he Ind suffered no precautions to pro
vent his escape were necessary, beyond II caro-
full watch on his movements
| II was one OF the earliest theories OF tho case
| that young Shaw had in moment OF dcliriuIn
| shot his mother and grandmother with the rO-
| vover found In his possession.
| But an autopsy performed at the Poor Hospt-
| tai tonight revealed thar both the victims OF
| the tragedy had died from DistOl-shot wound,
and from each OF their heads was extracted Q
| bullet OF 32-calibrc.
Neither OF these proectcs would ht the
| weapon found In the pos cssion of Shaw.
Young Shaw Is member OF the Methodist
| In