New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-26
MURDERED FOR A WOMAN
JEALOUSY And REVENGE.
These. scith Robbery, Mother Says,
Wotiocs for Killing of Ciendenin.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rrIBuyr.I

VilIiarlsport Penn. Nov. o5.-Robbery jeal-
ousy and revenge. according 10 Mrs. Clendenin.
mother Of the dead man. were the motives that
prompted the murder Of William Clendenin. at
Browns Tower. she told "A story to-day that
startled the detectives and put them on a clew
rhat Viii probably result IN the murderer's ar
res.
"a guess VIII had an enemy that few beside
hia,selr and mo knew of" said the mother Of the
numbered operator. and then began this tale:
us sc-y ;iat eoes back O. sood while. This
f-t- ~ We"f 2fa Colnc - fcl yoU once worked
rtt- Niii. ari frequent visitor 70 the office was
le o'ans wife That.S the way VII came 10 know
- she Was q utte younger than my son
t'ra'it. ro,aaso - his habits. The man lost his
..r6 trelnp.a over she oor-.-y. coming back ~
amy piecs very houE.
Nlii was t6l.ty- 80 years OLD. and. YOU know.
frue tbat ly5r ven, 70 sec THIS woman. hut don't
cte'e ih@c vas ever snytnng wrong between ..,Il
t'af ~,ie zoo 5000 and nice a woman TO be
h1ee wears ae, Win wont West. and was out on
.he Fttsburs and Lake Erie About a year ago he
Ncv-E-ork Central ard vas sent 10 Castanea. This
saw her occasionally know there were two tur-
key dinners siven over there for Will The wom-
ans husband was Al hone when one Of them
given. but the men had no words and 81 were
Tl1en win was stationed at Browns Two or
three times the woman came here 10 spend Sunday
a friends house, and VIII called TO see her. lie
viii was never very talkstive. hut one day I
pleaded with him 10 buy q revolver and carry II
when he worked nights He told that he did
larry revolver Tor a while when out in the west
part Of the State, but that he never had any
,ccs<io- 70 use II and il fast Then lie told
the story OF this mans doEging HIM
Why" he said. ''you have idea how that man
has oogged and bled me. He's followed from
place 10 place Finding out somehow where
worked he wOuld come into the tower office
where I would be working and demand money.
threatening TO 90 certain things II he didn't get st.
But am sick and tired of il, and I've made up my
mind that I won't he bed by him any He s
GOT al the money out Of me that he's going TO get
But VIII never bought pistol. Oh, how wish
now he hadi Perhaps il would have been different.
Not long ago VIII told me that this woman had
applied for a divorce He said that she right
IN doing so as she too nice q be
harnpered by such worthless husband. / guess
VIII liked her. but ] don't know whether he ever
sent gave her any money He ought TO have had
about $50 IN his pocket when he was killed unless
q was that he sent some 90 that woman
A few weeks ago she went TO visit a friend down
tn New-Jersey and she is there yet. A box of
flowers that she sent for wills funeral arrived
yesterday, but Of course they too late-prob-
ably delayed on the road She wrote to a friend
here saving that she had received letter from
viii Just DAY two before and then she read in
VIII never let TO me whether they expected TO
he married or not; but. Of course, they liked each
other that can be seen
The mans name has been revealed to no one
except the detectives. His description tallies
with that OF the man seen by Witherite. con-
ductor. at Browns Tower. a short time before
the murder.