The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-10-12
GIRL SHOT DOWN
BY Boy She Had Refused to
Marry.
DYING In HOSPI vAL
His Victim Excla,ms 81 Love You ard
Forgive You.' After the Tfase dy
lie Tries to Commit Suicide
and Shoots at His Cap.

hC lIIeb " tOmlHlt SutC1ue
and Shoots at His Cap.
tors.
Soorned by the girl be loved, VIII.
liam Kley, who said he was report
81, lay In walt for his erst- while
sweetheart, Margaret Lynch, Wednes
day night, and when she alighted from
. trolley Or. and was about to enter
her williamsburg home, he drew q
revolver and shot her tw.cA.
And aB mortally wounded, with o
outlet through her left eve and anoth
or Through her hand, she tried tx
otswl away from him, he yelled IN
glee at the success Of his orime, turn
ed the pistol Upon himself. and, wher
ne failed at suicide, tried to kill Tho
6wo policemen who arrested him.
Klley, who is less than twenty year,
DID. lives at M. 1926 Second avenue
New York. AT the bsdside Of his dy
Ing sweetheart late Wednesday night
ne told the story of the tragedy while
the girl gasped for breath and bowed
her head weakly In confirmation OF
tho tale she was too near the grave tt
tell herself.
1T was four years ago that met
Margaret Lynoh,'' - said Kiley to the
curses, doctors and policemen gather
cd about the cot. She WAS the sweet
ost girl In williamsburg, / fell In love
st the sight OF her face bafore either
of us said q word to the other.
No;man was ever happier caring
for o girl--than /, until o few week,
ago some thing happened which
won't tell about and. Margaret said abe
did not love me any more and that
nusG not come TO see her again. Twic
after whep Icalled her parents SCI,
me away. Then L knew that III.
WASH, worth the living any Logger ant
| decided that both Margaret and q
should die together" !.
Is AT tnis point In the story the dy.
Ing girl raised herself upon the col
and whispeted something to her lov
er.
Y ca tried TO kill me, ;, ahe sobbed,
'hut y love you YETI, and I forgive
you, Us
81 Kliey +WSs SO cvsx1lk sls1saad q. - SSEss
deathbed confession that he could no,
continue his story, and Police Free
stone, Of tho Olymer street station
who had arrested him, took up The
tale.
He said he was atanding will
Special Ofioer Tamnoy at the
corner Of South Tenth street Wed
nesday night, whom Miss Lyneil
alighted from Franklin avenue oal
iirectly In front IF her home. AS she
mounted the piazza Kilsy arose from
ils cOnoealment In the bushes bear-by
and, confronting her, said.
Il have found you out. You have
ruined mo. But once before | 20 q
way / want to ask you to explain VIII,
icu have thrown my love as de-"
Miss Lynch consented to walk will
Kiley, and they had moved half
block when the man suddenly drew
81 oalibte revolver from his hll
oket ahd shot point blank al TIT
girl who still stood by his side. TIL,
oall penetrated her left eye and lodg
sd al the base Of the brain.
As the wounded girl fell to he,
knees and started to crawl aaaJ
Ailey fred second shot which well
through her lef6 hand. Then cryine
out in gloe at his crime he turned up
on himself and fred two more shots
which failed to find their mark an(
sped harmlessly through his hat. b,
this time Policemen Freestono ant
Tamney ran up and grappled with tn
| would. be murderer. Kiley let 20 hi
last shot at Tamney but failed to hi
and In q M )ment the officers had th,
gun away from him and the handcuff
upon his wrists.
A great crowd gathered about TIL
wounned girl and the man who sho
her. Still trying TO crawl to safety
Miss Lynch was holding her woun le,
left hand over the mntllated ey,
through which the first bullet ha
passed. Blood str eamt d behind hor
and the crowd, seeing her pitifu
plight was only kept from mobb nj
Kley by the Olymsr street reserv 8
who had boon called out.
Finally the girl and her assallan
were taken away In patrol wagon
AT tn: Eastern DISTRICT Hospital M Is
Lynoh lapsed into Inconsistencies
wbile her lover was telling the tale G
she tragedy, and though an operation
was performed for the remov.
OF the bullet In her brain the phys
clans said she would die before morI
ing.
Kiley was locked up In the Olyme
street police station.
Killed By Erain