Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
MET DEATH STRANGELY
Wife Charged With Murder of a
Greenwich Athlete. ~
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GREENWICH, Conn, December 15-Jo.
seph NJ Neil blacksmith. twenty-six
years old, whose parents live in New York
met death last night in the Greenwich
Hotel where he and his bride of a few
weeks had gone only few minutes before
That he was killed there is no doubt
Whether 1t was murder, an accident, OF
the result of a sudden quarrel, are ques-
lions the authorities are trying to solve
Nell was athlete. Last spring he was
pitted against Gus Rubin under fictitious
name. He had a prosperous business and
was supposed to be bachelor.
Yesterday afternoon woman about
twenty-three years old entered his shop and
workmen heard loud words. Last night al
OPS he entered the Greenwich Hotel carry
ing a suit case and accompanied by the
same woman. He told the landlord he
wanted the bridal chamber
Ten minutes later the woman came down.
stairs and asked that physician be called
DR. L. o. Thompson responded. He found
Neil dead. fully dressed, lying on the floor.
There dark spot under his right eye
and some blood on the floor. The woman
gave no explanation, saying he had sudden
ly dropped to the floor dead.
His face was bruised and scratched, and
the woman's face was scratched, too.
Woman Not Known
While the physician was examining the
body the woman took the suit case and say
ing she would spend the night at her moth
ers in New York and return In the morning.
she went to the station and took west
bound train. The death was not reported
to the police unit? after she had left town.
The body was removed to Knapp's morgue
and today an autopsy was made, which
showed that death had been caused by the
brain being pierced by some pointed instru-
ment, possibly a hat pin which was found
on the floor.
The woman had been seen about town for
some days, but 1t not suspected that
Neil was her husband until last night 1t
is said they had been married four weeks,
and that She formerly lived at Stanford
and before that at Coney Island.
1t has been found out that Neil decided
his property here to his sister Nellie of New
York in November and took the original
deed from the town clerks office, where 1t
had been recorded. yesterday afternoon 1t
is assumed that when this deed came to the
eyes of Mrs. Neil, ii may have led to a
quarrel.
The Woman Arrested
NEW YORK. December 15.-Chief of Po-
lice Ritch of Greenwich yesterday came to
police headquarters here with a warrant
for the arrest of Mrs Neil on a charge of
manslaughter sworn out by Prosecuting
Attorney Henry B. White of Greenwich.
Detective Sergt. Butler was assigned to
assist Chief Ritch. Mrs. Neil was ar
rested at her mothers fiat. 1855 East 95th
street where Mrs. Neil had told the doc
tor who was called when her husband was
found dead in Greenwich that she was
going.
She was hysterical. Mrs. Neil was
brought to headquarters In cab. and her
record was taken. In view of her hyster-
ical condition no questions were put to
her, as Chief Ritch was advised by po-
lice surgeon that to do so would cause the
woman to collapse. She was taken In an
ambulance to the prison ward Of Bellevue
Hospital.