New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-23
Gro. CLINT GO.
as IS AND Al WEST 23?S'.
NEAR BROADWAY.
rAcrofyY: ,s4 ANo l56 WEST !9"SrRer
ROTH SHOTS WERE FATAL.
ppoou1y~.s PARK SLOPE THE SCENE
OF MURDER AND SUICIDE

Do1,nrr TRAGEDY THE END OF \ LOVE ARIA
WOMAN wEIJ,To 20 WIDOW KILLED
ny A RAILROAD EMPLoYE-
Mrs Ella Wilson, a widow was S'o' ""'
instantly killed at about Z O'CLOCK So9'o'",'
afternoon at her home. No SGT union-st.' hI"oN-
,yr nv James O'Neill. an employe OF the ffoS-
no., park and Coney Island Railroad Company.
Ne Wilson was about thirJy-hve years oid
erd O,Nei,I a few years her senior. The sno''-
,no ,vos the result OF a love affair between the
non and the woman and took place IN the
nar,or NJ the house. 1t rot witnessed oE
anv one About 3 o'clock. minute or TWO pe
fore the shooting. Miss Martin, or summit ~
J.. a friend Of Mrs. Wilson. called al the mousse
70 see Mrs. Wilson. The latter haV'hs "a
cused her maid for the afternoon. went 10 '"e
door and admitted Miss Martin ana 'ooN l'o'
unstairs Then she excused herself saEi"s
that she had caller downstairs ana Wouiu oe
~ona only q minute or two. She hurried back
downstairs and had hardly had time 10 reac''
the floor below when Miss Martin according
10 the story she told the police OF the bereeh-
At station afterward. heard two plstoi sho's'
followed by the sound of bodies falling 10 the
floor She was too terrified to stay in the mouse
or to investigate and she hurrieo uo""S'"''
and out into the street.
,n.law. Joseph Wilson OF No. 800 Cnion-St.'
che wen, there and Informed the family and
then went to the Ruter-st police station ana
,o,d Cantain Brown Of the shooting. The latter
called up the Bergen-st station. in which pre-
einct the murder had been committed and cap
tsin White detailed a rOundsman to investigate
He soon returned to the station for more help'
and the captain and others went to the house
and forced an entrance through rear window.
The bodies of Mrs Wilson and O'Ne were
found close together. Mrs Wilson had been
sho, through the forehead and O'Neill back 81
the right ear Both bullets had apparently
caused almost instant death. as there were u"
evidences Of struggle.
Park SLOPE is one OF the best in the city NcaE
by are the homes OF General stewart l. W ooG'
0Seilrs identity Was discovered by means of
papers in his pocket, and 4 vas iound that ne
was single man. and 1T ore time had 1yed at
No i11a Eightcenth-st In his pocketoooK "ds
q little note from Mrs Wilson. saying
This letter case contains scapular Of the
Sacred Heart an Angus Del. and relic of our
HOLY Founder | want you please 20 carry II
always around you. as 1t T. preScrVatiVe
against contagious diseases and Will save you
from every danger
All 3 O'Clock yesterday morning, II was
learned. Officers from the district messenger
office in Seventh-avc. were summoned by MIS-
Wilson to look for some one trying 10 oicdh
.utO the house. The ,UCclS foInN Nn' man III
the hack yard and TOOK him before Mrs. WI
son. As soon as she saw VINO IL Vas she re-
fused to press the mplairt Yesterday alter
noon these officers idcntie3 O'Nctl as the sup
posed burglar Of the :eht before.
Mrs. Wilson married 10 jacob W. wilson
fourteen years ago she had been MS house
keeper When Wilson died, it Is reported. there
was a contest between his sons by former
wife and Mrs. Wilson over tho disposition .;
the estate said to be worth more than SlVoVW
After litigation Mrs. Wilson still had left COM
Portable fortune. Seven years ago sh" was mar
ried 10 a man named Malon. from whom she
was divorced after three years she had one
child by Wilson ard ono by MalOn. bclh boys
They lived with her. and ale now Al tAc home
of Joseph Wilson.
Miss Martin who first told the police anodt
the shooting disappeared Immediately after
ward and the police arr now searching iol her
ONcill Il not known Al the Eighteenth-st. ad
dress His body wes taken from the morGue
by relatives last night.