New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
KIILsLANDLADY INSTREET
va,rAS sygssT IT FIFTY-THIRD-sT. AND
r..N'rH-ANE.

sst-RDERLR FaEs To COMMIT SUICIDE AMI
SISTER .F-AIApTs OVER DEAD BODY.
wnliam Bush. twenty-five years old. an Eng
,ssbrnan by birth. who has been living al No.
-. W., ,-iftv-tffrd-st last night shot and
,E,ad Mrs Edith Cripps. twenty-seVen years
.,s his landlady on the sidewalk at flits-
- .na Tenth-ave He then turned the
,,a,,.sr AGAINST himself and inflicted shght
,a t3e fred two shots at Mrs. Cripps- Inc
-. ,,s,, wide of the mark. but the last en-
,.rsd the back near her left shoulder niaoe' anu
penetrated The right lung. She iNeo onis 49, ~
- r,;nutes. The shooting occurred at o:-o
..,aoek AZ a tirnesWhen Tenth-ave was'cro"oeo
with people -. =. M 40,
Ms Cr.pps keptsa boarding mouse d. ~.
xxssz F5fty-third-st.. and Bush was hei po"iu
Rush II is said mad been staying az 'he 'oaiO
ing house for the last two or thfee niO'''''N
Was behind with his board Dill
- ,.ri,ns left her home last evening ac-
.,,aa bv Mrs Jenny Henry TO visit @ Ine
.o,rner,s sister Mrs. George Grant, 81 No '0
.r..+,-o,,e They had got 10 Mrs. Grant n0use'
..oor5,n- 20 the stcry which Mrs henry iaeeI
,,,a tse police when they met busi
story follows: 20 talk 10
z-ou he said 20 Mrs Grips
Mrs cripps turned and said to me- come
along with me. Jenny ,a
supper for me- ,o,,so she
..rhe answered that she didn't because she
- "a and Bush Immediately pulled
revolver from his pocket and nreo' ine -,
-, Mrs <-riprs in the back, ana she zen
- she walk calling for help He tneh hie
81. :, the air. and the bullet erazeo my
cheet ne t1,en put the muzzle of the reFOiNei
:, .is head and fired shot, but the bullet oniE
eraz.d his head. making a scalp woufio-
A. this point. according 10 Mrs henry
Glory AIRS Grant came running down the s'a =
n-,,en she got to the street she almost
ovar her sisters body, then tainted Mrs HEM
also tainted. = tho
Policemen o'Grady and Mchnigh'' % @
-z-.s+ r7orfv-seyenth-st station, who had hedio
-. s she renor1s of the revolver, ap-
neared in few moments They caiiieu
- woman and the two who had falnteo any
1gb "a drug store at Fifty-secoho-s1 @ ata1
-ren5b-sxe here calls were sent leI a aoon
--el1 HOSPITAL ambulance and the pa'i't nv Nil
- 80 LTortx-seVenth-st. station Df MA,
9ken responded in charge OF the hs,ine
pronounced Mrs. ETlpps oea0- 'i
,,a,,strated her right lung -, hora
ts,st yss taken TO Roosevelt Hospital. Wneie i5
hfS wound was found TO be, as ME- he"iE '
only a scalp WOUND r. - s+aaroshju en-
A5rs tSripps was the wife OF a steaiLIai pr,
saer nov al sea He returned NOME C & "a
TWO weeks The couple mao d ~ CriSns
s,..,.~ ,,.hose name is Florence MIs- Si.Ppo .t
osuetil1l 80 of the house they lived IN NIs.
49, as -" T-br Is a servant, is not ernpiosee a.
nresent. and for that reason hVed Win -'
DIE Who was driver for Austin Nlchols @ o.
r. wholesale grocers, Of Hudson-st,, "as "a +be m
1ie habit Mrs Henry said, o1 retui it;a ted
| - 'i'e - '-en+aS from Mrs Grips inloAicd1eo
- mai To her he appeared 10 be uhoe! tie Il
s1ence of liquor when he did the snoosls' Ms
- nabind In his rent. and yeslerua! ~ -
Nss ma ri,,, that he would have to pay OF
l.aI-s the house. DR.. Milliken aiso sato ~
80 trsTes of alcohol about BUSH ,.;.o,
= T3scbard Brinckerhof, twenty one HeaIs 1s
alS af No 45l West Fifty-sixth-st- ne pIGhee pTlat
,no o' he revoiver and carried it TO the NesI
~ ANe ortt,st station He told the poilce
-, he had seen Bush do the shooting. ana loi
sl,st reason was held 10y them as a Wllfless'