The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
Girl SHOT DOWN
By Boy She Had Refused to
Marry.
DYING IN HOSPITAL

Forgive You.'' After the Tragedy
- He Tries to Commit Suicide
and Shoots at His Cap.
tors.
Scorned by the girl be loved, VII.
liam Kiley. who said he was a report.
or, lay in wait for his erstrwhile
sweetheart, Margaret Lynch, Wednes'
day night, and when she alighted from
a trolley car, and was sbout to enter
her williamsburg home, he drew Q
revolver and shot her tWlcs.
and as mortally wounded, with a
bullet through her left eve and anoth-
or through her hand, she tried to
crawl away from him, he yelled In
glee at the success of bis crime, turn.
ed the pistol upon himself, and, when
he failed at suicide, tried to kill the
two policemen who arrested him.
Kiley, who Ia less tuan twenty years
old. lives at No. 1925 Second avenue,
New York. At the badside of bis dy.
ing sweetheart late Wednesday night
be told the story of the tragedy while
the girl gasped for breath and bowed
her head weakly in confirmation OF
the tale she was too near the grave to
tell herself.
TIT was four years ago that I met
Margaret Lynch" said Klley tol tho
nurses, doctors and policemen gather.
ed about tho cot. "She was the sweet
est girl in Williamsburg, ! fell in love
at the sight of her face before either
Of us said q word to the other.
mo man was ever happier caring
for a girl-than I, until q few weeks
ago some thing happened which I
won't tell about and Margaret said she
did not love me any more and that I
must not come to see her again. Twice
after when I called her parents sent
uoe away. Then I knew that life
wasn't worth the living any longer and
decided that both Margaret and I
should die together"
At this potnt In the story the dy.
ing girl raised herself upon the cot
and whispered something to her low
or.
You tried to kill me-" she soboed,
'buG I Iowa you yet, and I forgive
you"
Klley was 80 overwhelmed at this
deatnbed confession that he could not
continue his story, ana Police Free
stone, of the Olymer street station,
who had arrested him, took up the
tale. s.,
He Bsid he was standing with
Special Of1er Tamnsy at the
corner of South Tenth street Wed
nesday night, when Miss Lynch
alighted from q franklin avenue Car
directly in front nf her home. AS she
mounted the piazza Ktlay aroEe from
nlsconcealment in tue bushes bear-by
and, confronting her, said.
Il have found you out. You have
ruined mo. But once hefOra l 60 a..
way want to ask you to eIpla!p why
you have thrown my love aside"
Miss Lynch consented to walk with
Kney, and thay had moved half q
oock when the man suddenly drew
a so calIbre rsvolver from his hip
picket ahd shot point blsnk at thc
glrl who still stood by his side. Ths
bal! penetrated hex left eye and lodg
cd ST the base Of the bTain
Az the wounded girl foll to heE
knees and Btertod TO crawl away
Kiley fred a sec)nd shot which went
through her left hand Then crying
OUT in floe at bis crime be turned up
on himl,lf aai fred two more shots,
whic1 failed TO fnd thalr mark and
spsd harmlessly through hlS hat. By
this time Policemen Freestona aud
Tamney ran up and graDpled With the
would. be murderer. KileY let 90 bis
last shot st Tanney bus failed to hit
and In m9mant the officers had the
gun sway from him and the handcuff.
upon his wrists.
a great crowd gathered about the
Younned girl ana the man who shot
her. Sill trying to crawl to safety.
Miss Lynch was holding her wounded
lett hand ovar the ml5llated eye
through which the first bullet had
90 sd. BlIod STRAINED bsh!na her,
and the .croWi, seeing her pitiful
p!ight was only kept from ncbb'nR
Kiley by the Olyma. stre9t resetv S,
Hho had bsan called QUO.
Finally the girl aud her a5sallan:
we're token away in q patrol wagon
At the Eastern DISTRICT Hospital NJ IS
Lynch lapsed into Unconsciousngs'
wnile her lover YVES telling TIE tale OF
rha trzg4dy, sa6 though an oparati r
vas performed for the removt.
Of Ghe bul(st In h"r brain the physi
uisGs said che &ould die tefOre morn
!n2
Kley was l"cke1 up IN the Clymel
,ttetJ po!ire sat'rn.