New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
TRIES TO KILL FAMILY.
Man Murders Wife, Shoots Son and
Himself.
DAUGHTER ESCAPES BY BEING OUT

George J. Jordan. a boathuilder thirty-nVe
years OLD, living on the second floor OF 'he ma ia.
house at No. 1871 First-aye shot ana kllleu i'i9
wife Clara, thirty-two years old. YESTERDAY aiN
shot his SON George, jr- probably fa'aIIs- ~
then shot himself. and is also expected 10 ute
The son and the father were taken ~ 'No
PRESBYTERIAN Hospital. The woman was sio'
in the left side above the heart. ano tne sun -
the stomach and under the left eye. Jordan shot
himself under the left eye and behind the Fie"'
ear.
Jordan. who. the police say. is OF a jealous
disnosition. had quarrel with his wife ABOUT
SIX weeks ago. He took his son ana went -
Cuba. where he has since been. The "ie 7iiI
daughter about twelve years old renamed @' '''0
fat. Jordan returned TO New-York with hls so'i
On Monday. He did not go home. but boarded IN
the ueighbornood. He went 10 the mai yesterday
for the first time since his return from tuoe-
Detectives Daily and Devlin. of the East oIA's
seveuth-st. station. were passing the mousse at
$50 e. m when they heard pistol sholS- 1HeS
rushed upstairs, and they did so met M .
Jordan. bleeding profusel- from wound In her
left side She ran down the stairs and fell INTO
.be arms of Edward Jandik. saloonkeeper on
the first floor. who had rushed into the nan at
the sound Of the shots. 10 all appearances she
was dead. Just as she fell into the mans arms
she weakly said, He shot ne
The detectives kept on upstairs, as more sno's
were heard, and met Jordan coming down the
stairs with a smoking revolver in his hahd- ne
was covered with blood from the wounds in his
head He. too. fell in g swoon on the laholAs pS
the stairs In the fat the son was found IN
-,ooI of blood behind chair in the kitchen. He
was unconscious. A hurry call for an ambu-
lance from the Presbyterian Hospital was sent
in and Jordan and tis son were taken there
A short tire before the shooting the little
daughter was sent TO the store on an errand for
her mother This. in all probability, saved her
life ss the police believe that Jordan desired TO
XIII her also.
It is said that Jordan up and down the
fight Of stairs at the house three times evil
IDENTIFY looking for his daughter Clara. who had
gone out Drops OF blood through the fiat also
showed that he had searched there for her too
From investigation being made by the police
for the motive of the crime, it is found. they
say. that neighbors Of Jordan had told him that
while he was in Cuba his wife had not behaved
as she should This, owing to his naturally
jealous disposition, caused him to become prac-
ticaIly insane with rage and the tragedy was
the result.
Immediately after the shooting Jordan gave
as his reason for the shooting: Because Of a
man who made a lot of trouble for me three
years ago I never forgot it..
snte-rnortem statement from the father The
man however, became so weak and suffered so
severely from hernorTnages that he had TO stop.
Jordan said that his wife FOR long time had
been TOO intimate with man. Jordan added
that he only intended TO kin himself. but got
mad and shot his wife and son.
The boy made the following statement TO Cor
oner jackson:
my mother didn't want to go with my father.
Then nv father came and asked my mother 10
20 with him % live. and she said, Nc, ana tnen
nv father shot mother and myself. and then
he shot himself. and then my mother ran out
and my father shot at her again. hid behind
a chair. he went 20 Cuba for Mr.. Pulpit. VINO
lives between SeVenty-third and Seyenty-fourth n
sfs (tre avenue rot Rtven). a jewelleT. 20 build
an engine for = boat My father and myself
stayed with my aunt Mrs. Paul, at No. 236 East
Fighty-frst-st."
George Jordan. jr.. was operated on in the
PRESBYTERIAN Hospital last night, and the bullet
extracted from his stomach. Re stood the oper-
alton well and late in the night was reported
20 be improving. The condition Of his father
was said TO be very serious