The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-04-28
SHOOTING IN BOSTON OFFICE
LoFE AFFAIR LEADS TO AN AT.
TEMPTED MURDER,
Tilted Lover Persists In Paying Atten.
tions to Roxbury Girl After Her En-
gagsment to Another is Announced
Got Mortgage ON Her Home and
Threatened to Foreciose- Newly Ac-
cepted Lover Takes Law In HtsaOyyn
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Boston, April 27.-Three shots from 4.
revolver rang out unexpectedly in the
office Of the Edison Illuminating COM
pany on Head place to-day, and
through the smoke the startled clerks
saw one of their number, Stilln1an M.
Bishop, fall to the floor. The shots had
been fired by HartwelI Stafford, who
was a stranger to them. In the instant
some one had taken, in the. situation,
and, calling for help. seized the man,
disarmed and held him until the police
came. -.=r-. :5s7$
! Stafford belongs in Brooklire, and 1T
appears that he had shot Bishop to
avenge an alleged wrong which he felt
Bishop had done to the family of staf-
ford's intended bride.
| Bishop was twice wounded, In the
arm and side, one shot going wild, and
| at the hospital is was said that the
wound in the side wassserious. He is,
however, expected to recover.
The story is that up to three weeks
| ago Bishop was the accepted suitor Of
Miss Eta Mclean, of Roxbury, in
whose family he boarded. At the time
mentioned an engagement of marriage,
| which is said to have been entered into
| by the man and the woman, was brok-
en-. Soon 1t began to ap ear that Hart
| well Stafford. proprietor of a mail
agency business, was favored by Miss
Mclean, and later an engagement was
announced. Bishop, who had moved
from the Mclean houses, persisted in
his attentions to Miss Mclean after she
selected Stafford as her flancee. He
| tried to see the young woman, and,
failing, wrote letters to her, according
to statements of Miss McLean's father,
j.. A. Mclean. The father and the sue
cessful suitor could not dissuade Bish-
op from his attentions. Finding, how
ever, that matters were going against
him, Bishop is said to have adopted
another plan. He purchased as an in
vestment some time ago a mortgage on
the home of the Mclean family. For
some reason the owners were unable to
Hleel the payments dt1u BISHOP LlfedC-
ened to start foreclosure proceedings
Stafford, incensed at this treatment, de-
cided to forcibly interfere. He went to
the Edison Office to see Bishop. The
latter was busy and placed chair be-
side his desk for Stafford.
Without waiting to take the chair,
and without uttering single word,
Stafford pulled a Ss-calibre revolver
from his pocket and fired three shots.
In an instant the office was in a. tur-
moil. Some clerks assisted Bishop; 9TH
ers seized Stafford. Then the police
came. Stafford was taken away and
Bishop was removed in an ambulance.
After reaching the police station
Stafford said he was sorry to have
caused trouble to so many persons, but
felt that he had to do what he had
done.
Bishop is twenty-eight years old. He
has been employed by the Edison COM
pany for ten years and he is highly
spoken of by his employers. Stafford
is thtrty-seven years old. He is a
southerner, but has been living in Bos-
ton for some time, pursuing varied oc-
cupations.