New-York tribune., 1908-01-23
SHOT DOWN In PUBLIC.
I RESTAURANT TRAGEDY.
Woman Empties One Pistol Into
Nan .4nother Into .5elf-BOth Dead

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After enl7tying the contents OF one revolver into
- ,Ictirn the woman drew another one from her |
-,u4 and turning it herself pulled the trigger |
,-ee times in rapid succession, rflicting injuries
from which she died two hours later in New York
Hospital.
Ar4er the shooting third fully loaded revolver
VS. found in her handbag. Seldom has more
carefully premeGitated cola blooded crime been
carried out IN New York City. and not since the
..-.e when Guy Roche was killed by Big" Frank
FELTON, not far from where yesterdays crime was
committed. has the Tenderloin been in such fer
Ireur OF excitement.
The whistles had just sounded the noon hour
yesterday when Brady. who lived with his aged
mother at Ne 2G 81. AIMS avenue The Bronx,
made his way from the Herald Building 20 the
restaurant. speaking TO several acquaintance on
The Ray he had eaten in this restaurant at noon
time fer nearly year and was known to many
there. including Frank Mcpherson. the manager
Lizzie Graves. who had waited en- him since he
started going there. took his order. Brady taking
his seat al his regular table in the part cf the
dining roem partitioned Of for men.
He had hardly seated himself when Mrs. Clark
..ppeared al the doorway, spied Brady and walked
toward him. Mcpherson saw her enter, but
thought she had an engagement TO dine with some
one and made no attempt TO stop her. InreaoIis
her way among the tables. so as not 10 be oo-
served by her intended victim. the woman reacheo
Brady's side. and, drawing a revolver 1ron her
-auT, fired one shot into his head behind the ear.
Brady never knew what struck him As he toppIed
g. his seat the with smile. walked aTo-Ii''
in front Of him and fired feUr more shots as iast
as she could pull the trigger. all Of which 'ooA
eject in the neck and breast Of the man. wiz
already dead. ,
Tossing the smoking weapon under the ~l4Die, ~
having assured herself that she had accomplished
her object Mrs Clark drew another reVoiNel -'ol- ~
ter rn1frT and su smiling pressed Il to her bieaS-
and fired three more shots. all OF winch tooA =
fec- She feI at the feet of the man she mao Jos'
SHOT her pistol tightly olutched IN her t"itehhs
OTHER GUESTS DAZED
I'D 70 this time every one n the restaurant had
sal as If dazed. but the woman fell 10 the floor
rse 1proar BEGAN. Mcpherson and benjamin Edel-
man. OF Coney Island. who were witnesses. were
the Erst 70 reach the woman, but too late to pre-
vent the deed There were several hundred per
sens tie restaurant al the time, but few OF them
realized what had happened. They knew it was
something OF the ordinary. but few cared TO
stay IN thE room and find out most OF them beeF-
irc zu explosion Of some sort had occurred
Patroir=n and detectives from the Tenderloin
police station. under Charge OF Captain Young. ar
rived soon. but there nothing fcT them 10 90
except take charE- Of Bradys body. which they
conveyed 10 the station house Edelman was ar
rested as witness and later arraigned before
aIar.st-a-a Cornell. who discharged him the
promise 1har he would appear when wanted
When Brady's body was searched al the station
house. q slip Of paper was found signed N
Clark" reading: Received. fifty dollars July
e-F -eH=- balance due Sl50-' To the police this
sip paper told the story q the murder SUI
eide. on the wOmEn's body was found bank
book TWO letters and pictures of herself and her
vic-iru or postcards One of the letters was ad-
dressed tc Lawyer Sanderson, Brook avenue The
Bronx and in Il she said that he would find all
particulars relating her Il her trunk and her
Other belongings a home
II. Sa1de~so1. when seen. said that he first met
---s Clark year ago, when she brought him her
VII ana left i n his care on the advice Of
clsr--1nar Who knew both lie said that he had
not seer her azzin until last week. when she had
gene 10 him with a VIII. saying she felt that
something serious was going % happen. She said
she uarted her son % get all her property, and
rerea--EIv told Nj Sanderson that she wanted
rs5ther her 10y nor her money 70 20 10 her sister
T.h--n she seemed exceedingly bitter against
IL tried Il console her, but she was extremely
ccvrhaarted. NIr. Sanderson said that Mrs. Clark
Vs. separated from her husband, and that she
ha= boy Raymond. six years old. who attended
Pual- School 1-s in West 133d street He had
nrv5r heard O. BRADY. ne said
Al -Ee C.ark home last night q small boy kept /
asking The reIeubors who on hearing Of the crime
haE come 70 look out for him Why don't mother
come h0gee~ But no ore had the heart TO eX-
plain to him that his mother would never again
cerre home The ot the shooting spread rap
IDLY through the reirhborhooG and hundreds of
children from the nearby schoolhouse gathered in
front o. tie house and jeered whenever the boy
showed himself Al the window. but he was not Al
lowed Understand why his "chuus" had all
gathered -Le-a.
BREAK MEMS TO AGED MOTHER
II the Brady home il was left 70 several news
paper reporters break the the aged
and crippled mother Of the dead man. Little by
little the whole story was told 10 her, and when
she finally realized that her gone for
ever she collapsed tEer other son. John. who works
II & downtown bank and lives with his wife n
The same house. was also told and made arrange
re-rs to tzke charge Of the body.
II was learned last night that Brady vas out on
s.Sa bai- having been arrested about two years
ago q The complaint Of d young Harlem gin that
L. had assaulted her. He was arrested by detec-
tEes from The District Attorneys Office and taken
10 tAe Te1deoln police station and from there 10
the Toulls where he was confined for several days
ultl released Oh bail
Il was known 10 many Of his associates that I
Brady II fear OF his life the hands Of the
woman wlo finally killed him. and they were re-
citing -ast night one particular incident. About a
year and q Ealf ago Brady, white with fear and
o1t q breath, into Of the Harlem Offices
o7 z Naui4-tsa newspaper and said that Mrs
Earz was close behind him with a revolver. He
sid she had sprung OFT upon him from q dark
hallway and tried 70 kill him 4 patrolraan was
SET from tle Alexander avenue station WITH nm
10 MS home b1r the woman was not seen
From several who were familiar with the case it
Fss learned that Mrs. Clark. who was ten years
ol1er taan Bray was infatuated with him. and
fac threatened several times TO kill him if he gave
har - Brady 2 tall good looking young man
q twenty-five years and q favorite along Broad
Hsy where lie was known through his newspaper
Connections. Late yesterday afternoon a man and
woman, who Sad they were Hans and Cora BeT-
Uaa. q 30. 2-s West 4sth street, appeared at the
C-srk ra-. knowing anything OF the shooting
Nher informed Of the affair they did net seem 10
b surprised. Mrs Ber6an said she had promised
Mrs. Clark thar she would 60 TO the house yester-
day afternoon 70 look out for Raymond, as the
nOtreg had said she had important business for