New-York tribune., 1898-12-26
GIRL KILLED BY BOY LOVER.
HE TURNS THE PISTOL ON HIMSELF.
AND WILL PROBABLY DIE.

SHE WAS SEVENTEEN. AND HE rs NINETEEN
YEARS oLD-sHooTs HER DOWN IN THE
HALLWAY OF HER HOMELAND THREAT
ENED SEVERAL TIMES TO KILL HER.
In the hallway Of her home. at No. 2,371
Eighth-ave.. Mamie Remly, seventeen years old.
was shot In the heart and killed yesterday after
noon by Frank Nulty, nineteen years old Nulty
a moment later shot himself through the head.
He taken to the J. Hood Wright Hospital.
and II is believed he will die. The young man
is a clerk In the branch Of the Postofflce at Uni
versty Heights. and lives with his father and
mother. in One-hundred- and d-sevent"- st.
just west Of Amsterdam-ave.
Four months ago Nulty and the young woman
met at a party. They corresponded afterward.
the boy frequently called at the girls house,
and a month after the meeting they were en-
gagged. Nulty presented to Miss Remy a dia-
mond ring and his picture.
Matters went along smoothly until a month
ago. when the young man called at the house
one evening and the two Quarreled. He was
very angry. and ended by throwing the diamond
ring and the picture into the fire and leaving
the house.
Miss Remly told her mother Of the quarrel.
saying that she would never marry man with
such n violent temper. The engagement was
broken OF. Still. from time to time. Nulty called.
Once he said to the girl: You will marry me or
no one some day III blow the top Of your head
Off" Two weeks ago he wrote her. You had
better go to confession. for the next time you
leave church 7 am going to kill you" The young
woman did not seem to mind the threats. for
she continued to go to church.
Saturday evening Miss Remly received box
Of candy sent by Nulty. There was note with
1t. which seemed to trouble the young woman
She appeared nervous and continued 80 yester-
day. 1t evidently suggested meeting for the
girl gathered up all the letters she had received
from Nulty and tied them into a package with
a bit Of pink ribbon About o'clock IN the
afternoon. when the bell Of the fat sounded
the girl said to her mother. There he Is now.
Then she went down to the front door.
Within five minutes the mother heard her
daughter scream. second later snot was
fired The mother ran down the stairs. Dut pc
fore she half way down. she heard @ tne
sound Of two more shots. In the hallway. near
the door, lay two forms. One was her daugh'eI
The other was Nuty. The man had fallen on
the body of Miss Remy He still clasped
revolver In his hand The girl clutched con-
vulsvely at the package Of letters tied with
the pink ribbon.
Frantic and crying hystericaliy. Mrs helnIs @
dragged the man aside. The blood flowed from
a wound in his right temple over the face or her
daughter. picking up the young woman Mrs
Remly carried her up the hall. 49,
Mamie" she sobbed. Mamie. speak 10 me.
She stopped at the foot of the stairway to KISS
the white face. The girls life went out as the
mothers kiss touched her lips.
BY this time the house was in an uproar.
Eager hands took the dead girl from her
mothers arms and placed her in nearby room
The dead hand still clutched the packet OF let
ters On the breast Of the young womans dress
new dress that she wore for the flrst time,
deep patch of red grew larger and larger each
moment as the blood which had flowed from the
wound l., the left breast was absorbed. Ihe
mother tainted as a policeman who had been
hurr,edly summoned entered the house.
Soon DR. Goetz arrived in an ambulance from
the hospital The girl was dead. He wondered
that she had not died when the bullet struck
her for he thought ii must have passed through
her heart The man was unconscious. The bull
let had entered his brain. and there was little
chance Of his living through the night He was
taken to the hospital
NAPOLEON Remly. father OF the dead girl. Is
gripnan Of the Third ave. cable line He was
Frustrated by the shock Of his daughters death
In the neighborhood Of the home of Nulty, he
has generally been looked upon as a high roll
ler" His father Is superintendent OF the Wash
ington Heights branch postothce.