The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-02
Follows Woman From Philadel-
phia Theater, Stays Her and
Then Shoots Himself.
JEALOUSY CAUSE OF CRIME.
Actor Played Cassius in Richard
Mansfield's Production of
Julius Caesar" in st.
Louis Recently.

Philadelphia. Dec. Mrs. Kate Rassatt.
| aged IS years. leading woman in ksith's
Eighth Street Theater Stock Company.
I was shot and killed tonight by Barry John
| stone. a well known actor. formerly a mem
| Der Of Richard Mansae!d's company.
| After the killing Johnstone attempted sui
| eide.
| The ira gedy occurred at Darien ard Wood
streets, in Philadeiph!a's teuderloin. john
stone fired at his victim FIVE times.
Two of the bullets took effect. one in the
left breast and the other in the left arm.
tombstone shot himself through the breast
and is not expected to live.
The cause Of the tragedy is believed to be
jealousy.
Mr.. tombstone appeared as Cassius in Mr..
! Mansfield's production of Julius Caesar
In 81. Louis recently.
The murder was one of the most sensa-
ticnal that have occurred here in a long
| time. The streets were filed with the US
| ual midnight crowds.
tombstone Is said to have arrived here
from New York Sunday. He had been pay
ing considerable attention to the woman, it
l.. said. Tonight he attempted to see her
before she went to the theater to take her
part in the cast. but he failed. He lay in
wait for her at the stage door until after
the performance. His presence there was
noticed. but nothing was thought OF 1t, and
when Mrs. HasSett left the playhouse she
started for her boarding place.
FOLLOWED HER FROM THEATER.
Unknown to her. she was followed by
tombstone. on Darien street between
Wood and Vine streets. tombstone
approached her. laid his hand upon her
shoulder and almost Kissed in her ear:
You have been untrue TO me!'
Before the actress could flee, the man
pulled out a seven-chambered revolver and
began shooting point blank at her. She
fell to the sidewalk with the first shot. the
bullet piercing her left breast. Four more
shots were fEed, one OF which took effect
in the arm.
The murderer then turned the smoking
revolver upon himself. and fred u bullet
into his own breast. He staggered and fell
almost on the body of the actress.
The ragedy was enacted so quickly that
no one could interfere. Several policemen
near by. hearing the shooting. rang for an
ambulance and the wounded man and wom-
an were removed TO the Hahnemann Haspi-
tai.
HIS WOUND PROBABLY FATAL.
The woman was dead when she reached
there. and the doctors. after a hasty ex-
animation. expressed the opinion that John
stones wound is probably fatal.
In the haste to get the wounded couple to
the hospital the police did not stop to in
quire the exact cause of the affair. but
those who knew both expressed the opinion
that jealousy was the real and only cause.
Both were married. but were living apart
from their sDouses.
Mrs. Hassett opened Keith's Stock Com
pany at Keith's Eighth Street Theater about
three weeks ago when Mr. Keith pyeDai hiu
new theater on Chestnut street and trans
ferred the vaudeville business to the new
house. This week she was playing Marjorie
in Broadhurst's comedy. What Happened
to Jones" She opened the theatrical season
In the early fall at the Broad Street Thea
ter In The Last Appeal" Later she went
West. Starring in Mrs. Danes Defense"
tombstone was weli-known throughout the
country among theatrical people. He had
been taking the part of CaSsiUs in Rich
ard Mansfield's production Of Julius Cae-
sar' in New York and left the company Sat
urday night.