New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-04
GEoCFLM Co.
LAWYER POISONS WIFE
KILLS SELF WITH RAZOR.
Couple Found Dead in Bed by Nurse
GirL-Letters Explain Deeds.

Nassid A Shirley torty-tEo years old and his
wife Leonora Leighton Shirley. twenty-three years
old were found dead In bed IN their apartment on
the sixth floor Of the apartment house at No SOS
West 122d street yesterday afternoon under cir
r,1r,s+ances which fndicats that Shihley took his
own life by sashing the arteries IN his wrists with
q razor after poisoning his wife The tragedy was
discovered by a negro nurse girl when she went 70
the Shibleys' room at O'Clock yesterday aLLeT-
noon TO announce a visitor The police were COM
,,.+e5 z-ftb and Coroner Acrtteln IS conducting
an Investigation
sbibi.v was born in Assyria OF English parent
age and had been in this country for eisHUee"
vea-. He had been practising law for about yen
yaa-s and had been a partner Of Charles lie bar
is- so,noarIv District Attorney OF Queens he met
his wife about I'VE years ago while MY Le 6aroI1
aDd he ver. defending her sister, Mrs Josephine
Noble from the charge Of killing her husDaho reS
ton Noble formerly chief clerk IN ne Long Is,A
cir, notice court They were married about three
and o1a-nalf wears ago. One son. Leo, two ana one
half years old. survives them Smiley IeIt seNeI
Ie++.rz which Indicate that he was impeled TO his
desperate act by his wtfe's fondness FOR me the]
iva n,id1fxht dinners and automobile parties
according 70 the story told by the negro servant
z4-l the Shibleys left their apartment about 3
O'Clock Monday night. telling her they WONG not re-
t,1-a until morning. They returned AZ o c4ocN
.+a-5sv morning and at once retired, telling her
To call them al II o'clock AT o CLOCK yesterday
morning the servant says. the baby began 10 cry'
and Mrs Snibley told her TO take the boy our mo
the park She returned later and received teie-
nbope message which had been LEFT with the oper-
+or in the hall by Mrs. Sh!5ey telling her % take
+ra babv to a friends home and feed him She did
50 and returned again az O'Clock. when she re-
,,eed another message telling her not 10 come up
stairs.
The baov was so restless however, that she went
nm N the ans-1unen1 and discovered as she thought.
+ba, the couple were sleeping An hour later a
caller asked for Mr.. SHIRLEY urgent business and
&c rze,- "a rouse them discovering that they we're
lad Her screams summoned the Janttor. Charles
>-alsor vrbo called the police Coroner Ac-tt2li.
..,-,-a1fAi bv a detective and Shibley's three
brothers soon arrived the house. and imuleJl-
ately began Investigation
several letters were found tire bureau signed
-, SMILEY. one Of them was apparently written
and was addressed his sistertn-law. Mrs Noble
T. was written In a scravlug hand, sr1eared with
blood and read follows:
.-11-jiAad nv the Iast few months. Take care 81
- 7 could not take him with ne You see now
vghv took II all in and said nothing NASSID.
Another letter read follows:
To Whom II May Concern: Maybe am insane,
rpaybe I am rot I have loved my wife with a deep
iG,,S 81 the men OF America the arIi-
11laI life. restaurants and eating places, smoking
BIZ women and such things and such ends as this
breed In little girls love Of home so that they
NAV see and breed their children until woulannood
in the same way 1 happy, more temptation
can row reach my loved wife No stage. restaU-
rants OF automobiles which I proyide-noth-
death / wipe out the sin OF life We prefer be
cremcted or TO be placed IN one grave. This is
Vori-a murderer and a suicide; how the words
burn Forgive me, IL was unkind- NASSIb.
A third letter was addressed TO the dead mans
brothers.