The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-08
ss.lsned ALONG the outlet way, we live. We CON,

siSsred her Scsnssts us socisills.SS
None tho less, William Place married her. He
little daughters love and Confidence as his
housekeeper had could possibly DO a bad woman.
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y This ssPSsSstlos; Mt. fflssss Brother ThSe;
what Mrs. TS SSS' maiden pidHs f namsS was. 'A''
The pfSSp fSde as ,v II the wo p1sSn ii nmlIy
between William Place and his wife.
tSssSsen & sH Fl. i iifs a nS o sSas Of h Tda. af She M lSs
pareled her on her GOOD behavior. :.
d%sus%icr .''q ssid TMhsSSG Sersf Place. she was d;
ienseIy Jealous Of the love between, fsther and
oe.y . little s share ga Of the . Family d1%iIy, ,h,, st St
Place. who was employed as an adjuster by the
London, and Lancashire Fire Insurance Com.
pany, did NOT spend as much money on her as he
Meyer you mind. she said on ono occasion.
IN mako you spend money on me yct. and you
will make the family. proud o.. either; you'll
spend e in doctors bills. You've never got me
AS a matter Of fact, he never retused Mrs;
Place anything she asked, down to bis last
ssnt susb ne t,m was s fSoS1ish sS,v devoted ~cpo not 70 ou msr
rening. and she, so the .neiEhbors say.
always began the quarrel. At, the time men
at him 60 loudly that ,Ide, whowas down,stsiIs,
months ago Ida became SO frightened at her
stepmother's threats that she came to my house
About an hour after the police had reached
the doorSeli. He said he had called to see Ida.
questions he said that he was Edward schei.
G Iss1I1si on avenue SssaS OBJ sio sad mat no i'oa =. 'lt
sa aid %aSa Gn sn,Sss , to b to. ms1Tloa s,t f. I ~ / bs aa
T Promised edt to see Sa,' her n befor se, 8 o'cios ia''i I am sat:
isfed that this whole trouble emanates
s ssnsly the Jealous 6sst Il that her Mrs. sus RlsSs was st.d In.
tions Of a father to his daughter. / remember
Mr.. Place and Ida in the parlor. They were
singing together and playing the piano;
fool. why do YOU waste your time o.. Ida Don't
Ego oa see that Isl she Z, only only love Loves her fatherf why
WHEN Mrs. Piace said this she yelled it so that
Ida and Mr.. Place could hear 1t. There was
GSntinuous trouble over Ida. all caused by Mrs.
This is Mr.. Places ante.mortem statement,
e came home at. $50 o'clock and entered the
house house. saw wa IL ! ilF tSw ,n ihs tho s0Ds Sai Rsfi p 81 IN.
when / heard some one coming down
dnes.. Stf went a Back. he TSa n shs th IRssl I know De I I
was struck. I thought had been shot. Isaw
| a fash. A moment later j was struck again, as
I thought, by another bullet. / called. but no
one answered. ! became dizzy and found my
way to the front door.
From there / was taken to my neighbor
| Thompson's dining room. / do not know who
struck me; 1 think 1t q a woman. 1t think 1t
was my wife,"
The Coroner was told by Surgeon Zimmerman
at st. Mary's Hospital that Places skull wal
fractured and that there was only a bare chance
that he would live. Hc had not been told Of his
daughters death.
Detective Sergeant Becker. and Detective
Mitchell found the servant girl. Heien Tain, al
! o'clock this morning at LIS Prospect place
She told them at D O'Clock yesterday morning
she heard screams in the upper part of the
house. She started upstairs, but was met by
Mrs. place, who told her. to go back, that there
had been "a little quarrel"
Mrs. Place then said: Helen we are going u
give up housekeeping. win give you % beside
your months wages If you will go away al
Mrs. Place then sent the sirl to the Brooklyn
Bank to get her, bank book and after That to the
expressman for tho trunk receipt. The CIR
said she reached the house with the receipt sc
late that Mrs. Place could not catch the 3:1s
train. Mrs. Place upbraided her for this.
Before tho girl left the house, she says. Mrs
Place wrote five letters. She also wrote q rec
mendation, in which she said.
We are breaking. up housekeeping unex
pectedly and need no help"
The girl said she saw her mistress take an ak,
and a carving knife upstairs during the day.