New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-19
| SHOT DOWN IN HIS OFFICE.
LAWYER WOUNDED BY WOMAN
WHO SAYS HE DESERTED HER.
SHE TELLS rfu, POLICE THAT SHE TRIED io
KILL. HIM IN REVENGE FOR HIS HA'iN"
MARRIED ANorHER-Hrs FRIENDS
SAY THE WOMAN LOST HER
TEMPER on BEING
ASKED TO PAY
A DEBT.

DEBT.
ro,avs,,e Recklry lawyer. was shot al
,,,,,. v.s,srasv morning by Mrs. Dora Arnold OF
No o5s West Thirty eighth-st In his once on me
fourth floor Of the Vanderbilt BHiIding' NO 10!
Na.sau-s. One OF the bullets missed i's marx 'nu
the other wounded him in the abdomen ne was
,.r,or.d r. an ambulance to the Hudson street
Hospital where he was operated upon soon 49,
adnittance by Dr. Lewis A. Stimson ni.-' -"
oo,r,,ior N. nhvsIc,an said he believed BecKiey
would recover. ~
sev.,si reasons were given for the shooting one
story told by Beckley's friends was 70 INC e"ee'
that tho woman owed Bechley n CONSIDERABLE sum
OF money and flying into q passion because .'
had hoen asked 10 nay Of the debt she shot 'ne
LAWYER Tho woman's story. as she to'd " 70
tho police soon after her arrest. was en'''s VIZ
rerent from this She shot Becklev' she sa''' oe
couse he had proved untrue 10 ner. one WIS ~
ner,v the wife Of a Mr. Arnold. Of Michigan ana
lived with him up 10 nine years ago "h'n s"'
cured a divorce ana came r@aSt lot INC
becoming Mrs. Beckley. ~
A. tina. time she owned considerable real eS'".''
which she sold before leaving the west /" wv
last nine years she had lived with BecKiey aS MS
wife though they were not married lhey in'e'u
cd 10 &c, married but the ceremony had oeen p",
M from time 70 time Until finally they oecioe"
tina, II might be dispensed with altogether
rh. Money realized by the sale OF her Western
n-o,o-v tho woman said. spent oy Bechie'
and herself When Il was gone she mace o'nanu'
unon him FOR some dresses ana otner neVr'''
Her requests we're unheeded. and this ino'iiero"o
IN his mart added TO some other acts ne hdu
don. caused her 70 suspect him OF being untaitn-
f,i .bou, this time he did not come HON" AZ the
usual time and she started 10 find cut what kept
him away from the house. She learner tna' "o
had married a woman living in brooklyn
On Thursday night according TO her own story
Mrs Arnold went TO Brooklyn md called at NO
and Mr.. Arnold asked her II Mr.. Beckley was RI
home She received the reply that he was not ana
was seldom there. Then Mrs. ArnoId Io'u VI"
woman that Beckley also lived Win ner IN NAN
haitian On hearing this Mrs becKley Iain'eu'
Mrs Arnold remained in the house until Beckiey
returned They were both greatv excted on seeihs
each other ard after bitter words MIS-
Arnold threw a cup OF water into Bcckleys race
In exclamation OF his marriage Mrs Arnoio sad
Yesterday he told her that he had married TOT
MONEY and promised to share the proceeds WIN
her She thought over this. Mrs. Arnold said ana
early yesterday morning she bought reVo'Nei am
then went 10 Beckleys Office
The police say that Mrs. Arnold reached the Nan-
derbt Building at Il o'clock Yesterday mor dlEsa
in and stood before his desk On seeing her Beckey
raised his hand and said he couldn't tai" TO hes
But you hnd time to do So; Mrs . Arnold Ss
eIcIsm and then drew the reyGyer sc6 5O sho,
Feckley grabbed her hand and succeeded IN getting
the revolver away from her. The shooting caused
what had really happened Mrs Arnold had walked
out OF the building She arrested on reaching
the street and taken back to the once. wnere sns
said after being Identified by the wounded man
that she sorry she had not Killed MIN. Lalet
she taken to the oak-st. station and then 70
the Centre Street Police Court where she was heid
without bail TO await the result OF the injuries 10
Beckley ,,,,
vivian j. Morgan. treasurer OF the Knicker-
booker Loan Company who had occupied ofncrs
with Beckey said that Beckley had never Hved
with the woman. little while before the SNORING
n woman answering 70 the description OF Mrs:
Arnold called at the County Clerks ONCE and SAID
she owned the County cous;holse ,,,, esck,.v wa.
married 10 the with whom he lived at NO.
is Logan-st., Brooklyn When Mrs. Beckley was
nervous as II expecting bad news. The only thing
significant she said when told about the serious
YOU'D .sas BY Mi An? sSs s s@m. Sa' that
Arnold woman had been at the house on THURSDAY
n r.: B.ckl.v +, sbou, nny-two years old. and
was Miss Annie T!l;on when she married Beck
ley. Her father Leonard Tilton. who was the
Pre- his dangb,er a competence besides the house
and lot in East New,York when ne died t~o years
3.s % Ms Mr. s had an only
daughter. and in her erlhood was popular In so
ciety. Her fondness for her father and mother
parents died two wears ngo Mrs Beckley's friends
saw that she had been unhappy recently over the
suscon that her HUSBAND Was no. Ssv ~n Sy!ss ss
10 get a divorce from Beckley.
No e5s West Thirty eigh,h-st; where Mrs. Ar.
fathouse known as the Idaho. The janitor said
last night that Mrs Arnold had lived there for
siderable income and kept maid There are
three Young women in the household besides the
maid. The janitor said they were companions
selves properly. lie knew nothing further OF the
woman.