The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03
BETTER MEN
IN THE WORLD.
Patients Killed by Nurses Who
Ruined Their Lives.
PRISONER MADE NO PLEA.
Satisfied With III, CrlAs Of Taking Her
Lite She Simply Nodded Her Head
In Assent
PRISONER MADE NO PLEA.

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In the world"
With these words Anna Hildebrand. a
young and pretty professional nurse. sur
rendered herself to the police OF Orange.
N. j., yesterday after shooting James
bernard McCallam. who she says had re-
fused to keep his promise to marry her.
She had pressed the muzzie Of a small
revolver close to Mccall waistcoat and
fired as she stood two steps below him at
the head OF the stairs OF his boarding
house. No Sc Snyder street. At the
Orange Memorial hospital the surgeons
say the chances Of the young mans re-
covery are slight.
Running downstairs past Mrs. Phillpot
the boarding house mistress Miss Hide
brand laid the revolver on the hat-stand
In the hall and walked to the police sta
tion. Marshal McChesney. Capt Leary
and Chief OF Detectives Drabell were talk
ing together when the young woman en-
tered, and. seizins McChesney by the arm.
said excitedly:
Marshall. have just shot and killed
the man who ruined my life"
WHO is he" demanded the chief Of
police. who thought the nurse was out OF
her head.
Bernard McCallam," walled the wo-
man, and then she fell to the floor In a
faint. When she was revived she told the
story Of the shooting and OF her relations
with McCailam.
MOTHER is ALSO A NURSE.
Miss Hildebrand Is 20 years old, with
pretty face and brown hair. She was
graduated In the class OF 1895 from the
New York Post Graduate Hospital Train
ing school and lived with her widowed
mother. also n nurse. In an apartment
Cal 4-Nl. l.. IT,
The mother has been away from the
house for several days on case Of illness
in Hawthorne street and was almost
within earshot OF the shooting yesterday
morning. though she had not seen her
daughter for several days.
McCallam came from Scranton a couple
OF years ago and has been employed in
the Oranges as outside man for the Es-
sex and Hudson Gas company. He re-
ported every day 10 Agent Frederick II.
Williams In Orange and nrst met Miss
Hildebrand year ago. when he was
overseeing the placing OF a meter In her
mothers apartment. He called frequent
ly after the first meeting and their ac
Quaintance ripened into intimacy. The
two often went out together to spend the
evening. but the mother said yesterday
that McCallam never asked her consent
TO marry her daughter.
Since last April Miss Hildebrand has
been nervous and dispirited. McCallams
calls at the house became less frequent
coincident with her loss OF spirits. She
wrote to him frequently and went 10 his
office and to his boarding house 20 see
him many times In the last two months.
Two weeks ago Miss Hildebrand went to
DIR. Frank b. Lane. at his Office, No. 52s
Main street. East Orange, and told her
story Of McCallam's broken faith. She
besought the physician to aid her IN max
ing her lover keep his promise TO her. He
said there was nothing he could do.
SHE WOULD KILL HIM
After leaving the doctors office the
nurse saw McCallam and told him she
would kin him II he didn't marry her. He
didn't believe she was in earnest and tried
to soothe her. but she was desperate over
her unfortunate love affair and she called
on McCallams employer and urged that
he be dismissed. Mr.. Williams said yes
terday TO Detective Drabell:
she told me that man who ha>. act
ed as he had toward her was unit TO send
around to houses where young women
OF my duty 10 discharge him because OF
her allegations. / advised her TO so TO
the police. who might be able to secure
some measure Of Justice for her."
Yesterday morning Miss Hlldebrand
went to the gas company's Office on Main
street anu asked agent w llilatDS 10 tN-
cuse McCallam for few minutes as che
wanted TO talk with him. The young man
put on his hat, and he said in the hospi-
tai that his first thought was TO leave
the office by rear door and escape the
woman, whose persistency was an an
noyance 10 him. He saw that she had
taken up a position where she com
manded view OF both entrances and
went out and joined her.
They walked toward the station and she
reproached him for his coldness. She
asked him when he was going TO redeem
his promise and make her his wife, and
McCallam said he answered that he never
had any intention Of marry her; that he
had intention OF marrying her; that he
salary would not warrant his trying TO
support q family. This ia his story 20 the
police.
DEMANDED HER UMBRELLA.
Miss Hlldebrand then said she wanted
her umbrella and her letters which were
in his room at the boarding house, and
they retraced their steps and went around
to Mrs. Philpotts. McCallam went up TO
his room. took the umbrella which he had
borrowed and decided IL was too much
trouble 10 collect the girls letters. AS
he came out he found her at the head OF
the stairs. She said she felt faint and
wanted a glass OF water.
Come downstairs and I'll get IT," said
McCallam. The woman pressed against
him and tried 10 push him back toward
the room. McCallam became frightened
and called downstairs 90 the landhdy.
Send for an officer"
'ITl give you an ofncerl" shouted the
nurse and fired The revolver was so
small that McCallam had not seen II In
her clenched hand.
FOR ATRoCIoUs ASSAULT.
Before Justice Bray Miss TIildebrand
was charged with atrocious assault and
battery with intent 20 kill. and the pris-
onor. who had said previously that she
was well satisfied with what she had
done. nodded her head. but entered no
plea. She was committed 20 the county
jail In Newark McCalam was taken 20
the Memorial hospital and last night the
surgeons said they could not tell until
they had probed for the bullet what his
chances for recovery would be. lie was
suffering from shock and was In no con-
dtion 20 submit to an operation at once.
To Detective Drabeil McCallam said he
was not engaged 20 the nurse. never told
her he would marry her and was trying