New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-19
MURDERED In OFFICE
son HEARS FATAL SHOT
q. II. Jennings, of Brooklyn. Killed
OTFr old Grudge.

Captain George r
nings Adjustable Shade Company. Of No 100
Liberty-st.. Brooklyn. was shot and instantly
killed in his Office at O'Clock yesterday after
noon by Frank Mcnamara. A superintendent In
one Of the departments Of the EIgin Watch
Company at Elgin III. Mcnamara was. Up to
a year ago. employed IN the Fahys Watch Case
Company at sag Harbor. Long Island. He for
merly lived in Brooklyn. II is said that the two
men had known each other for many years. and
that the shooting due 10 an old grievance
that Mcnamara had against Jennings When
taken 10 the Adams-st- station Mcnamara was
cool and seIf-possessed. He would not admit
the shooting nor would he make statement Of
any kind.
Jennings. who was forty-four years old. lived
with his wife and three children at No. 3I3
Jefferson-ave. Brooklyn. His boy. seventeen
wears old. was in the next room when his father
was shot and Joined in the chase after Nc
Namara There are also two girls. one fourteen
years old and the other seven years Mcnamara
has wife and eight children. who are living at
No. 40 Hall-ave., Elgin. Ill
TALKED ALONE IN OFFICE.
Jennings was in his Office alone when Nc
Nanara called They had talked for several
minutes when their voices began 10 get louder
and louder. AdoIph Steck. treasurer Of the con-
carn. on his way TO the office. had got just out
side the door. when he heard Jennings say, ex-
citsdIy.
You're wrong tell YOU. you're wrong
The, one shot was fired. Jennings evidently
nut up his left arm protect himself and the
buI1et paesed under it. entering the heart. and
killed him instantly Mcnamara coolly placed
the revolver down on the desk beside Jennings
and walked out. No attempt was made TO stop
him nv the excited employees at first. and he had
md v-aE a o.
ward the bridge. when Frank Hughes and Jonn
Madden rushed after him and knocked him down
IN front Of Cyrus Rheims's stables Inere was
little chance for resistance as FoundSlIleIl VSI
- natroIu1au Of the Adams-st- station.
no baDpened to be by, had him under
arrest in a minute When asked at the station
house 10 make a statement all he would say at
III Swhy, I went into saloon and had drink:
and when I came out these thugs set upon me-
QUESTION OF MONEY.
Aftarward he said that he had come East to
ooIac, some debts. 1t seems that several years
400 Mcnamara loaned 5000 70 the shade COM
,.nv taking some notes II is said that when
he vent TO Elgin these notes were placed in a
hank for collection. There considerable
trouble about them. Some OF them were paid,
and finally it is said. he signed receipt in full
for the balance in consideration of $50 From
what can be learned this trouble was preceded /
by a misunderstanding in previous years. and .
the latter difference had only served to increase
the bitter feeling in McNamaras mind. Friends 1
Of Jennings said last night that Mcnamara had /.
several times threatened the captain One Of
them said that the two originally came /
from Milford. Penn, and had had bust /
ness and social relations of and for fifteen /
years more
Captain Harkins OF the Adams-st.. station. /
did his best to get Mcnamara 70 talk but he
stubbornIy refused. Asked IL there any
woman in the case. he said. No. II was a plain .
case Of money
The body Of Jennings was taken from his .
Office TO the station house and there for
several hours before being removed
JENNINGS HAD BEEN WARNED.
MI Sterk told the captain that last Tuesday a
man from Sag Harbor came TO Captain Jennings
and warned him 70 be his guard against Nc
Namara who. he understood. was looking for
Jennings The latter said that time that he
did not fear Mcnamara. and did not seem at all
disturbed by the news that he in this
vicinity.
on March s. 1903. a man who registered as
Frank Howard attempted suicide at Smith &
McNelPs Hotel. Manhattan. When taken to the
Hudson Street Hospital he raved about wanting
10 shoot a man named Jennings. When he re-
covered he disappeared. II was suggested last