Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-18
HE SHOOTS HIS GIRL
Also Man Who Stole Her From
Him, and Kills Himself.
HIS VICTIMS WILL DIE
Maryland Mans Jealousy Cause of
Triple Tragedy-Story Of
Dying Woman.
HIS VICTIMS WILL DIE

PHILADELPHIA, December 1S.-Con.
fronting his hated rival in the presence
OF the girl he loved. and hearing from
her lips the reputation of his affection
Joseph Ernest Murray, aged twenty
seven years, Of La Plata. Nd, yesterday
fatally shot his former sweetheart and
the man who had won her from him,
ending his own life by firing a bullet
through his temple.
The victims of the wrath OF the in
| furiated and disappointed man are Min
| ME Carey of 1913 North 18th street and
William Bostic. whose family is said to
| reside at sd street and Lynnewood ave-
| nue.. though inquiry at that address fails
to confirm the report. Each is shot
through the right breast. and both are
dying at the Hahnemann Hospital, where
they were taken Immediately after the
shooting.
Case of Just One Girl"
Following threats that he had repeat
eddy made by letter. Murray left his work
at the New Jersey State Hospital at
Greystone Park. n. j., went to New
York and, it is supposed, obtained a re-
volver and came to Philadelphia. De-
liberation and determination seem to have
marked his every movement. for when
found living dead in a spreading pool of
his own blood he had half-consumed
cigarette between his set lips.
Yesterday afternoon. after the surgeons
had afforded all the relief possible to the
suffering girl. she sent a pathetic tele-
gram to her aged father. E. F. Carey of
Milton. Del. and told her story to De-
tectives Doyle and LIE Strange, who sat
at her bedside.
Il met Joe Murray about a year ago,
explained, and he at once began to pay
me marked attention. / liked Joe: he
was always so firm and kind and we be-
came close friends.
1T was about three months ago that
Joe went away and about a month later
I met William Bostic. whom, as
thought, was single man. He said he
| was travelling man. He also paid me
marked attention, which I. in a way, re-
ciprocated.
Threat to Kill.
A month ago I began to get different
letters from Joe. He said he had heard
that 1 was getting friendly with another
fellow. and that / had better stop it, or
look out for him. ! replied that I would
do as pleased, and he then wrote that
ne WOulu come TO Town anu XIII us DOM.
showed this letter to Billy. and he
laughed and said: think enough of you
to stand off anybody, and this Murray
can't bluff me-
Then Joes letters stopped.
And then last night when l came out
from work on Juniper street, there was
Joe waiting for me.
Well, here l am he said. without
any other sign of greeting.
What do you want?' ] asked him.
MT trn rnt 1N<,1
at the other fellow. he said. angrily,
and you can't head me off,
Joe then agreed to come over to the
boarding house at noon today and /
a chance to warn Billy. However. when
did tell him he laughed and said,
I'll be right on the job when he walks
in l begged him not to. as l feared
trouble, but he wouldn't listen to me.
Row Between Men.
so this noon We waited until 1870 in
the parlor of the place where we take
our meals. at 1924 Arch street. Joe came
In and he was very mad.
You stole my GIRL he said slowly,
looking at Billy.
Well. what are you going to do about
Then Joe turned to me and said: will
you come with me. as you promised last
summer?
Il waited a second and answered, No,
l think I'll stay with Billy. and walked
over and put my hand on his shoulder.
Then Joe drew a revolver and pointed
it at me. l thought he was only trying
to scare me, and looked at him and
| smiled. Then there was fash, and
when | woke up l was here
While she had been known at the Dex-
ter house as Miss Carey, the girl had
given her name as Mrs Bostic to the
woman with whom she roomed at the
North 18th street address.
In fact. as recently yesterday morn
ing, evidently bearing in mind the
threatening interview she had had with
Murray the night before, she addressed
the following note to her landlady, Mrs.
Ranboldt:
Mr.. Bostic did not come in at all last
night and l am worried almost sick over
him. and l will come home in my dinner
hour and give you the $l:0o;
The bullet of Murray prevented the girl
from keeping her word.
Murray Of Good Family.
LA PLATA. Md. December 1S-Joseph
Ernest Murray, formerly of La Plata,
left here about nine years ago and for the
past year had been working as street
car conductor in Philadelphia, according
to his brother-in-law, Frank Bowie, of
this place.
Mr.. Bowie expressed his disbelief that
the man who did the shooting at Phila-
delphia was his brother-in-Iaw, who, he
said, married about year ago Boston
girl. whose name he could not recall
After leaving here Murray lived at ST.
Louis, New York and Boston before going
to Philadelphia. He was employed in an
insane hospital at Boston for a time. His
father is r. w. Murray, a farmer of this
place. and his family stand high in the
community.