The times., 1898-09-09
saw Her MOTHER SLAIN
Testimony Of a Child Against
Her Parents Murderer.
PURSUED THE ASSASSIN
A Quarrel Over n Board Hill Results
in the Shooting of Woman by
Her Nephew--Three Children Wit
messed the Tragedy-kiIIed in Her
Little SIrop.

New York Sept S-Half hundred per-
sons men and women and little children,
stood in front of stable at No. 514 West
Fifty-fourth Street. yesterday afternoon,
shrieking and pounding on the doors in
an effort to get at q murderer who had
taken refuge inside.
Behind the closed door, a young man
with low forehead and tangled, un-
kempt hair crawled out of a heap of
straw. Advancing toward a policeman
who stood with a revolver in his hand,
he said: Il give myself up
Behind the policeman child of fifteen,
with tears in her eyes, and her fingers
clutching her skirt nervously, said: he
killed my mother
The woman who was murdered was
Mrs. Rose O'Toole. She was fifty years
old, and she was shot in the head by
Patrick Reilly.
Mrs O'Toole was the wife of a laborer,
and the. mother of six daughters, the old
est Maggie, aged fifteen. She kept a lit
tie stationery store on the ground floor.
of No. S27 Tenth Avenue, and kept board
/ ers in two of her rooms on the top floor.
Reilly is twenty-five years old, and u
nephew of the woman. During the eight
years he has been in this country he has
boarded with Mrs. O'Toole. Until a year
ago he worked well at his trade. He was
a butcher. Then he began to get a little
wild. gave up his work and spent most
| of his time in saloons.
A week ago Reilly owed his aunt $l1- l5
| for board. They quarreled about it sew
| efal times and on Monday morning Reii-
iy was put out, and was told that his
trunk would be given him only when his
board had been paid. He returned TO the
house the same afternoon, struck his
aunt over the head with a club, and was
put out again by her.
Reilly got a summons from the West
Side court on Tuesday. Yesterday morn
| ing Mrs O'Toole responded to 1t and ex-
plained why she held her nephew's trunk.
The magistrate told Reilly nothing could
be done until the debt had been satisfied.
Mrs O'Toole was in her little store at
) o'clock with her three daughters, Mag
gle, aged fifteen; Nellie, aged fourteen.
and Rosie. aged twelve. a boy had just
bought a pennys worth of cigarettes.
and, in going out had tipped over box
of matches. Mrs. O'Toole was bending
over TO pick them up when Reilly opened
the shop door and looked in. He raised
his hand and Maggie saw him
He'll shoot you, mother; look out!''
| cried the girl.
As she spoke. Reilly fired. The bullet
struck Mrs. O'Toole over the right eye
She dropped dead, still holding the box
of matches in her hand.
| Reilly ran across the avenue to the
| next corner-Fifty-fourth Street-turned
! up there and reached the stable at No
| 514 He ran in and closed the door Mag
! gle had followed him up the street, cry
| ing "Murderi" and stop him. dozen
! joined her. Soon their cries brought
many more, and two policemen. One
! stood outside the stable to watch Pa
trolman SteuI went inside with the child
| and two men to find Reilly. In five min
utes they brought him out
! Back to the house they took him, and
| placed him beside the murdered woman
! The three daughters identified him as the
man who had fired the shot The children
| didn't understand why they should be
| asked whether or not they knew the
man. They knew Pat they said: they
| could not be mistaken about his having
! fired the shot.
| Reilly was taken to the West Forty
| seventh Street station, the crowd follow
! ing all the way. The man would not say
word to the police or any one else.