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and he pinched her so cruelty she grew
hysterical and cried:
Il will scream. VIII. II you don't stop"
But the man was desperate, and he
knew the woman was afraid of him.
Continued His Torture.
He continued his torture until they were
in sight of Union Station, when he drew
her slight form TO him with one arm.
and whispered in her ear. What he said
IS known only by the woman. but II was
his final plea, his last effort. He had
saved it until the end. He had been
playing a losing game, and was now
showing his last hand. on which he had
banked his all
She struggled and tried to draw away.
and then the horse slowed 10 a walk as
the cab neared the west entrance 10 the
station. Twisting around until his face
was before hers, he breathed few words
to her, looking directly I'm her large.
brown eyes. but she hid her face in her
hands. and then as the cab stopped, she
arose from the seat and tried 20 jump
to the ground
She slipped as she jumped, and fell as
she struck the ground Short followed
her. but he stumbled, too, and fell 20 his
knees AS the girl arose 10 her feet.
Short reached IN a hip pocket, and drew
a pistol. slowly and deliberately. He
staggered TO his feet his eyes intent on
the form OF the woman before him. and
as she started TO flee. he leveled the re-
volver
Evelyn his voice rang out, but she
did not look behind and the revolver
spoke, a squirt of flame left the barrel,
and the girl staggered as the bullet en-
tered her body.
Evelyn ne called again in a chOl-
ing voice, and simultaneously with her
name came the second report, and the
wounded girl reeled and clutched Al the
air as the second bullet entered her
back
Then. as the girl. with a pitiable. weak
CRY, half ran. half stumbled from the
man who was trying 20 kill her. he cried
out the third time with a note OF agony
in HIS voice. Evelyn" and a third bull
let sped from the barrel OF the shining
weapon into the back OF the chorus girl
Shouts and cries filed the air as men
ran to the assistance of the Keeling
woman. but Short did not seem 10 hear
or see them. His eyes were riveted on
the form he loved as his right hand was
raised slowly toward his head He calm
~ placed the end OF the weapon to his
temple, looked a last time at his wife,
and pulled the trigger. He fell to the
asphalt unconscious and died before re-
gaining his senses.
Dropped to the Ground.
As he dropped TO the ground, the revolt
yer Gathering on the hard pavement, q
negro porter caught the body Of the stag
gering woman just as she was about to
collapse. Station employees. cabmen,
newsboys. and travellers gathered in hun
dreds in a few seconds. and Detectives
Sears and Horne and Policeman Ehlers,
Of the Sixth precinct. had difficulty in
reaching the side Of the dying man and
the wounded woman.
A call was sent to Casualty Hospital
but before the arrival OF the ambulance
taxicab driver pushed forward and vol
unteered 20 remove the woman 20 the
hospital She was placed in the automo-
bile, and the chauffeur lost not a second
in driving away. The ambulance reached
the station a few minutes after the taxi
cab left. and Short followed his wife.
Mrs. Short did not lose consciousness.
She asked about her husband, and in
CURED II she could live. She suffered
pain. but smothered her groans. She was
carried to a private room where physi-
clans examined the wounds
1t was seen that 4 corset rib had saved
the wOman's life. Two Of me bullets had
entered the back just below the shoulder
blade on the left side, while below was
the third hole. The wound made by the
third bullet was large. and unlike the
other two and physicians learned the
| last bullet had struck a corset steel
crushing the broken ends Of the thin steel
into the flesh.
But the rib had broken the force Of
1 the bullet. which sank only few inches
into the back Had II continued its
course II would have pierced the heart
and Mrs. Short would have died. per-
| haps instantly. Physicians believe one
OF the two bullets which entered lust
below the shoulder blade pierced the
lower end Of the left lung, but this has
not been definitely ascertained.
When Short was admitted TO the hos
pital physicians saw at a glance that
his life would terminate in a short time
The shooting occurred about 9 O'Clock.
and Short died at 12:45 O'Clock. The bullet
which took his life entered the right
temple, passed through the brain, and
/ lodged against the skull. Physicians as
| sert no human power could have saved
him. He died quietly.
Coroner Viewed Body.
Acting Coroner Glazebrook viewed the
| body and issued a certificate Of death
| by suicide. The body was removed to
the morgue, where il remains awaiting
a claimant II was said last night the
parents Of Mrs. Short will not bury the
body. and So far as has been learned
Short has no relatives. but an aunt who
lives in the South. He had lost trace OF
the aunt years ago. it is said His mother
Is dead, and he did not know whether his
/ father Is dead or alive.
/ The police were at sea when they tried
to locate relatives to notify them OF the
| death of Short, and after several hours
/ inquiry a telegram was sent 10 the firm
/ by which he had been employed-the Au-
tolite Manufacturing Company, makers
of self-lighting cigarettes, 1884 Sixth
avenue. Newark, n. J.