The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-26
THREATENED
TO SHOOT HER.
Story Told by Miss Thayer in
the District Court.
BARBER STELLA MAN ACCUSED.
Girl Claimed He Followed Her and Said He
Would Blow Out Her Brains.
MOTHER AND FATHER TESTIFIED.
MOTHER AND FATHER TESTIFIED.
Then Tho Accused Told His Own SicV, Which
Gaze Different Aspect 10 the Case, Which
Was Continued Until July II.


in the Sixth district court. today, on
the charge of threatening to shoot Jen-
ME l.. Thayer. with whose parents he
boarded, at their residence, rear of No.
| 81 Benefit street.
The trial was productive of many
strong assertions and startling contra
dictions in which both sides shared
about equally.
Miss Thayer. a rather pretty and pet
lite brunette, testified that she had
known Stella for about two years and
that she had kept company with
him, the inference being that she was
Influenced TO do so by her parents.
About six or eight weeks ago he began
to follow her about the streets and TO
threaten TO shoot her and to blow out
her brains.
Prior TO making those threats when
on the street, he had made them in
the house. The last time he threatened
her was on May 11th, and il was be-
cause she had not remained in the
house to see him when he came home.
She became afraid of him and went
TO West Dennis, Mass.
AT the tinae-ef- the Jones doubic trag=
~
Stella brought home newspaper. read
the story and told her parents that
there would be another such case and
that the victim would be the witness
and himself.
In cross-examination she identified a
letter which she had written TO her
mother, asking her to ask Charlie" TO
send her IS that she might come home.
promising TO do so If Charlie would
behave himself"
The witness came home because her
mother wanted her TO.
Mrs. Thayer. mother OF the last wit
ness testified that Stella would get an
cry IL her daughter went out and that
he threatened to shoot Jennie: that he
walked about the house and the yard
I'm his stocking feet and called after
her. Stella declared that he would
shoot Jennie IL she did not marry him.
Mr.. Thayer corroborated his wife and
added In cross-examination that he
met Stella down town last Friday
night and suggested to him that Mrs.
Thayer was i'll and that IL he had any
money to spare. Ii would be acceptable.
He expected that Stella would bring
the money up TO the house in person.
Capt. Magill testified that Stella. on
May 18th. promised to keep away from
the house
Stella testified that he had been
boarding with the Thayers and had
never made any threats OF personal
violence. He had said, when Jennie
came in at II and I, o'clock at night
that sfe ought TO be blown up" for
remaining out.
Referring to the Jones shooting he
said he heard of that tragedy on the
night of the occurrence and the next
day bought a newspaper and reading
the story said There's another couple
gone"
Instead of threatening Jennie. he and
she were on good terms. Two weeks
ago last Sunday they went out calling
and took tea with one of her friends.
While his health was good he had
good pay and he was very free about
the house with his money. He had lost
time because OF sickness and had to
take new job. and hadn't much ready
cash because two-weeks' pay was kept
back by his new employer.
Jennie's mother asked him for s. and
showed him the girls letter from West
Dennis. Wishing to accommodate the
Thayers he let Mr.. Thayer take a ring
down town to pawn, and out OF the
proceeds Mr.. Thayer sent SO to his
daughter and she came home.
Last week Friday Mr.. Thayer called
on him at his shop and asked for more
money and wanted him to come up TO
the house last Sunday. and that was
how he came TO be there.
Mrs. Thayer, he said. wanted him 10
marry Jennie. He and the girl were on
such good terms that on the day she
left for West Dennis she kissed him and
said that Sc was going out 10 b. gone
an hour and n half. The next he heard
from her she was I'm West Dennis
when Mrs. Thayer asked him for the
s.. she said. "Why don't you two get
married and settle down and be quiet?"
Stella said that the only protest he
had made in relation TO Jennie's con-
duct was that now and then he sug-
gested that she ought not 10 be In GER
tain company.
Judge SweetlGnd decided 10 continue
the case until July 18th under the exist
ing surety, being convinced that Stella
had been carried away by his ardent
passion and that after these proceed
ings he would have sense enough TO
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