The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-27
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Fred Jones, Of Newfane N Y, Kills
Mrs. Goodrich and Constable Gray.
Then Turns Revolver Upon himself. In.
aieting wound in Els Head--EIad Pes
tered che widow with his Attentions.

4 Lockport, N. Y.-F'red Jones, a clerk
in Samuel Pettit's store at Newfane,
the other afternoon shot and killed
Constable William G. Gray and Mrs.
Abbie Goodrich. a wealthy widow, who
4 had rejected his attentions. He then
fred bullet into his own head Jones,
who is thirty four years of age and sim
| gle. boarded several months at the
! Goodrich home W. G.. Goodrich, a
farmer, died six years ago, leaving his
widow farm and fine home. She
had FIVE children George Goodrich, of
New York, and Lyman Goodrich, of
Pendleton, and daughter and two
small sons at home.
Jones became attentive to the widow,
who was ten years his senior. but she
rejected his attentions. He became so
offensive that she ordered him to leave
her house. He went elsewhere to board
last month, but continued to call on
Mrs. Goodrich. The other day he asked
her to marry him, and on her refusal
threatened to burn her house and barn,
and intimated that he would kill her
and toss her body into the flames.
The following afternoon at | O'Clock
Mrs. Goodrich swore out a warrant be-
fore Justice Louis Meyers at Newfane.
The judge gave the warrant to Con-
stable Gray, young man who was
married last May Gray found Jones
in a rear room at Pettit's store. Jones
asked Gray to send for Mrs. Goodrich,
saying she would undoubtedly con-
sent to settle the case without an ar
rest. Somebody sent for her and she
came to the store AS she entered
/ Gray began reading the warrant.
The officer had not finished reading
the warrant when Jones whipped out
a revolver and without warning shot
Gray through the right temple, the vic
tim dying within few minutes. Jones
then rushed into the main store room,
in which were several customers and
clerks. When Mrs. Goodrich saw
him she started for the front door, and
shouting her to stop he fired. The
bullet broke her leg and she fell to the
floor, and he deliberately shot her
through the temple Jones then turned
the pistol on himself but the cartridge
snapped. He pulled again and fell to
the door.
All the Newfane physicians were
away, and it was over an hour before
Coroner Kittinger, accompanied by two
deputy sheriffs and two doctors, ar
rived. Gray was dead and Mrs. Good
rich expired in twenty minutes Jones
rallied from the shock Of the wound in
his head The bullet glanced. lodging
in the frontal bone without fracturing
the skull He was brought to Lock-
port ON trolley and muttered about
his grievances all the way. At the
station here he arose and walked to
stretcher between two deputies.
Jones evidently had decided to kill
Mrs. Goodrich and was aware that
he could not accomplish his purpose
without killing the officer. as Gray
stood between him and the door leading
into the store where she was.
Mrs. Goodrich was a sister of James
Kelly. director and manager of the
Newfane Manufacturing Company,
and is of excellent family. Constable
Gray was one of the most popular
young men in the village and leaves a
young wife.