The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
'DALBY HELD WITHOUT BAIL
SHOT ms CHORIS GIRL WIFE
IN ACCIDENT"
Musical Director. TaIk Ing In Pslire Court.
BIames the Other Man Most Di>-
cussr- HiS Married Life and his
FIasro aI Suicide With COmposurr.

Alfred n Ddlby. tho musical director.
Who on Friday night shot his wife l.u-
ellie "A chorus girl known a. Teddy Hud-
son, IN the show -Glrllo~, and then tried
"a shoot himself. was held without hail
by Magistrate Appleton In the West Std"
police court Yesterday To await the out
come of his wife's injuries
Dalby was charged 10y Detective Michael
+ Walsh with felonious assault with
intent tn Kill The complaint was based
upon information 10y two witnesses. John
r. Walsh Of us broadway and William
L. Walsh ~ as West Forty-tfth street
whom. the detective had IN court
The prisoner. his head swathed IN
bAndagcs, seemed cool and indifferent
when arraigned lie had nothing Ia
say tie refused tn plead To the COM
plant. saying lac wished Ia take no step
without first talking with his lawyer
irving G. Fox of $50 Broadway.
Pending has arra gnment Daily was
permitted To sit within the rail m the
court room
He asked THE SUS reporter to tele-
phone Flower Hospital. Ia which Mrs
Dalby was removed. and inquire Tor her
When he was told that his wife was CON
scious and resting comfortably he made
no comment
Dalby asked to see some Of the morn
ing papers containing an account OF the
shooting and his arrest. lie read care
fully the accounts IN two papers, saying
that on the whole they werc correct The
account IN one paper said.
Daily wrote his wife on Monday and
again on Tuesday making accusations
IA To her conduct and threatening % Kali
her and himself
Taxing pencil Dalby drew 1t through
the words making accusations, &c.
Ia the end of the paragraph.
Il must have been awiuly drunk II
wrote those letters he said.
Had YOU been drinking heavily asked
the reporter
NO. he replied : had been drinking.
but not as hard as az other times
DO you always 80 armed : Daily
answered in the negative Asked # he
had started out the previous night with
the intention Of killing hIs wife he an
swercd
Il didn't intend To kill her with en-
phasis on the her
Then YOU wanted TO get the other fell
low, was rugge-teu
Say replied the musical director.
its too complicated = story and would
take too long - tell Then after q
moment he added The man isn't always
wholly To- blame. But let ~ drop IL now
She may die. may tell you the whole
story some time
DIlby wanted u understood that his
wife Is ,, years old and not ~
why. sh" played li several shows
before / met her. he -s,ld -Sh. was w,th
The ORCHID and Ben -llur When !
first got acquainted with her she was
playing at WaIlAck's IN 4 knight for u
Day.
I married her IN waverly about an
hours ride ont e Boston. q year ago last
May Tn" ceremony was performed at
the home Ut her sister Mrs MilwIrd |
cant think q her first name. there w"r"
80 many sisters
We both were with the TOP o. tho
World for - season. Ny wi" ~ the girl
with the end dog on the stage left l-Ist
season | went On the road with pe Wolf
Hopper's Matinee Idol and carried my
wife with me. We GOT hack 10 New York
last Christmas.
The prisoner Slid his wife left him seven
weeks ago and that when IA" walked home
with her from the New Amsterdam Theatre
on Friday night he did 50 just 70 ask
her TO talk The matter over with him
fairly and squar"iy
Commenting upon the newspaper ac-
counts IL the shooting he said It's very
funny that not one II them max" iu'ntIon
~ the tact that the surgeon 81 Flower
Hospital said that | was Ia" only man who
has ever been twice suCC"ssivrly ia 2
In the centre 81 the forehead without IA .
impression being mad" upon the skull
Talking II the shooting IA" SIId thai
after the accident as he termed u. had
happened he pat the revolver - has FORE
head and shot twice.
Then dropped the gun and expected
10 fall dead When | didn Immediately
drop | walked slowly toward Broadway
and was arrested ho said
Daily Is all Englishman Nv birth He IL
1895