The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-24
WIFE KILLS JAS. Il. DELANEY
AND THEN STAYS HERSELF WITH
THE SAME PISTOL.
President OF American shipping Company
Found Dead in His Apartments In
shicsgO-CSmpie QuarreiIed when Here
Not Rich rs HAD Been supposed.

CHICAGO, Nov. "a. james Hatfield De-
lsney. president and treasurer Of the Ameri-
can Shipping Company, with Offices az
PA Clark street, Chicago, and with branch
Offices at 70 Broadway, New York. and in
st. Louis, was shot and killed while asleep
in his room at 492 La Sale avenue early
this morning by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Brown Delaney.
Mrs. Delaney IA the daughter OF Charles
Edward Brown OF Willspoint, Tex, who
was formerly proprietor Of the Hotel Del:
prado, and is q member OF the Union League
Club.
After firing one bullet into her husbands
brain and another which buried itself in
the pillow Mrs. Delaney assumed the atti-
tude Of prayer, placed the muzzle Of the
revolver in her mouth and fired. She fell
lead within a few feet Of where Delaney's
body lay.
The police are looking for two women
frequently seen In company with Mrs.
Delaney and three men, whose identity
has not been established, in hope that they
may give information which will furnish
a motive for the tragedy.
so far the only motive which the police
can ascribe is that Delaney and his wife
quarrelled over some subject not yet known
and that the shooting was the result Of
hot words and possibly Of blows. A dis
colored eye and a bruise on the wOman's
forehead is declared to bear out this theory.
quart whiskey bottle, nearly empty, and
the remnants of a lunch found in the room,
tha ,.I.,a lal,arA .nav aIun haua had GOmQ-
thing to do with the tragedy.
Other stories are told to account for the
murder and suicide. One story il that Mrs.
Delaney had been Jealous Of attentions
paid by her husband to other women. A
theory ascribing an entirely different cause
fer the tragedy has it that Delaney, though
supposed to be very rich and the head
OF a $40, 600, 600 concern, had actually been
financially embarrassede for some time,
and that his wife, knowing OF their impend-
ing poverty, preferred death for both.
Mrs. Delaney at one time was on the
stage and graduated from the Chicago
Musical College, but gave up her career
then because q her husbands and fathers
objections.
The bodies were found at 1890 o'clock
this afternoon by a servant in the boarding
house, who was Unable to gain entrance
TO the room and who summoned the ~ianitor.
He looked over the transom and saw De-
laney lying on the bed, while the woman
was lying face downward on the floor.
A lot of romantic literature was found in
the apartment. Three Of the books were
entitled Point Lace and Diamonds, !"
Richard the Brazen" and THE Fighting
Chance"
Mrs. Delaney's mother was in Chicago
three days ago. A letter from her, dated
last Wednesday. was found in a drawer.
The mother told in this how much she re-
GREETED having TO leave her dear Bessie
aud 20 back to Cincinnati"
Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney lived for several
months in Revere Hall, 622 West hath
street. In June last they left there to go
to the Hollywood Inn at Long Branch.
Other tenants in Revere Hall said the
Delaneys quarrelled frequently. some
times in the public hall OF the apartment
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