The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
Woman Pulls Revolver in Ma cy's Department Store at Noon, Kills Male Diner
 and Herself.
THREE REV0L VERS IN MUFF
Fires Eight Shots Before Stunned . Spectators Can Interfere--Story of Discarded Friendship
 Revealed.

New York. Jan. 22-Sweeping 4through the crowded restaurant that Noccupies the eighth floor of Macy's 'ldepartment store, and into the gentle .1men's cafe, a tall stylishly dressed swoman to-day bent for a moment Foyer the shoulder of a diner, whisper ssed something in his ear, and then 1Idrawing revolver from her huff,
 emptied the five chambers into his body. As the victim, Frank Brady, ian advertising solicitor, slipped life .sless from chair to the floor the 1lwoman flung the weapon from her asand taking second revolver from asher huff shot herself first in the head land then twice in the breast She died
 a half hour later.
 # note found in the woman's purse $ fproved her to be Mrs. Mary Roberts aclark, a manicurist, the dow of a g8soolice officer and step-m -her of a 1yix-yearold son, Edmund Brady was Ehirty years old and the sole support
 pf helplessly aged mother for whom ne had made home The shooting Twas the continuation of series of
 yiolent quarrels and according to the bVoman's intimates. in fulfilment of Nshreat to murder him in public saplace, before the world" unless he tlSenewed the attentions she claimed to Sghave received when he was less pros s(perous and she in position to be- Sssriend him
 @A The police had little difficulty in 2f,racing the tragic story back from eff Elect to cause. The suicide, who was TN bout thirty years old, had been Mary FHNcLean when she married John Rob- kSErts When the latter died year ago ssteaRsht assumed the name of Clark and 1t4u pported herself and child first as a |iSfv vardrobe woman at an uptown thea 4Ner and then as manicurist. She ssSgas of a prepossessing appearance gMnd had marked business ability Last &August she made will in which she [! Fas able to provide for the education Ey9Kf her son at fashionable school in Sil SilVestchester county, A clergyman 9]Eas made executor While she was in |sNrosperous circumstances and before |sNf1e death of her husband Brady had !sNpdgings at her home and she claimed IMP have aided him to the success s3Ehich he subsequently attained A 5kIEew months ago he left her home and
 home for his mother when 1ife brought her from New Jersey. 'sjS ecently Mrs, Clark thought that M1rady was avoiding her and when he 4Nhlled at her home occasionally they sxEiarreled. A few days ago Mrs. Clark ,, ,A He'd upon her attorney and told him I lat sonlething serious was going to !aEhppen To-day she went to her ss Hank, made a cash deposit, wrote a 1Sbte identifying herself and referring s, e reader to her attorney, and armed Eth three revolvers, went to the store z4f'here she knew that Brady usually fHRnched Stepping from the elevator &e waved aside the waitress who ap- foached her. and made her way hast EEN to a small smoking room for gen #enhen just off the main dining hall |%s&1& big room was filled with women l 1itio were lunching after the morn g's shopping and amid the buzz oi
 
 Nacted the attention only Of the Addresses, one of whom noticing hel Approaching the mems part, asked i Tshe was seeking some one "Yes. Ahe replied, and l know where he Is
 Ss%o" She brushed the girl aside, ant
 X a moment stood behind Bradv's
 'hair and whispered in his ear. Be
 Are he had time to reply she hat F. bowed the revolver in his face anc s5bmmenced firing. The head. tn,
 Eek. the shoulder. the breast and tn,
 spdomen were successively pierced
 N bullets, and as Brady lay dead a
 ser feet. giving one glance to the hal bzen men near by who were momen fSArily stunned by the pitifu murder |S%Ers. Clark whipped another weapon
 fom her furs and put bullet nea
 er right ear and two others in he
 8psom. The shooting was out of thi i. yght of the hundred or more shop
 Hrs in the restaurant but the repor
 y the discharges created consterna
 ~sson and there was rush for the ele
 fators. Employes of the place quick
 t closed the doors shutting off a viey
 *i the smoking room and reassuret
 He woman patrons. few of whom falized what had occurred The DO
 Be broke the news to Brady's age,
 Mother and the Gerry society tool
 W41A arge of the dead uopap'c hov