The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-06
Brooklyn Girl Victim Of Dis
carded Lover
WAS JEALOUS WITH RAGE
Her Face, Hands and Arms Are Scared
BY Sulphuric Aeid-Police Of Whole
City Search for the Missing
Man.

New York, Jan. 8 Accused by Miss
Mary ouigley Of 2es Sd avenue Brook
lyn, Of soaring her face neck and hands
with suiphuric acid IN a At Of jealous
rage, Frank Timms, q years Old,
plumber, 81 1853 9th avenue, Brooklyn il
being sought BY al Of the police Of the
greater city.
Miss Quigley was Tuesday a pretty
woman. To-day she Is disdeured fot
life. Only By instinctively throwing up
her hands, containing a mua, as the
burning shower fen OH her, did she save
herself from blindness. She is p years
Old and a telephone operator, employed
by the marlborough in It's Offices At both
street and I'd avenue.
Timms and Miss Quigley were former.
" engaged to be married, and he was
very constant IN his attentions. Her
parents found some objection 70 him and
forbade him the house The couple had
been friends since childhood and Miss
Quigley was very fond OF him. She ap-
pearad to BE still but at the insistenee
Of her parents gave him up
Timms tried frequently % zee her, but
She contrived to elude him AT one
time. Il is understood, he insisted on an
immediate marriage, and when bis
aaneee refused drew a pistol IN the par
lor Of her home and threatened to shoot
her. she agreed, bot Der brother dis
armed him. Because Of her siTeetion for
him, she explained, She declined 10 have
him arrested.
That was before the formal breaking
Of the engagement. Since then he bad
made desperate efforts to see her, and
when She heard he had been seen several
times lurking about the elevated stairs
at Goth street recently, she never started
home alone, and always took d train At
another station
One n Miss Quigey's New Years
resolutions was that she would no longer
be afraid oF her admirer. She decided
70 have Il cut with him once FOR all,
She hesitated ior several DAYS ana de-
eiasd Tuesday night that she would not
Try 70 avoid him shortly after business
hours she started hrafely home 0pN
the steps her discarded lover was wait
ing
Why 90 YOU try to Keep away from
meY" be IS said to have asked She
told him her parents obiectea To him,
and She always obeyed her parents
eMay why don't yoa marry meip be
demanded Don't you ever intend tog"
She replied that she did not intend TO-
ae hssitated for moment
You'll s. my friend z he pleaded
She said She could not even b that
"Then Won won't have any other
he muttersd according 20 Miss Qmeley
Nobody will want 70 look al gou7
She had seen something IN bis hand,
and now saw as he raised il that it was
bottle She screamed, put lip her maa,
and ia an instant felt the acid eating
into her ilesh, but LET eyes had escaped.
Her asmilant fad pursued by several
men called hy the girls shrieks Bnt
the man escaped
Policeman Meikle Of tsa East 10th
street station found The EAT lying on tie
sidewalk, Ter face. hands AMI usci, ter
ribly burned RE carried her into a near
liy drug store and eqled al ambulance
IRON Harlem hospital.
III Touart found her suffering greatly,
bat that not drop had touched her
eyes, thanks to the mutt. She win prob. /
ably Be disdgufed for life, although the
burns are not serious After She had
beer attended she insisted 81 going home
and was put aboard ! train The Brook
Iyn police we're telepnoned, and 4 police
man met her at the station ana .eorted
her TO her residence
at first she declared She would not
prosecute the young man, but her family
convinced her il would be necessary Il
protect herself and If he Is caught She
viii appear against him.
The bottle was found later near the
elevated stairs and had contained sui
phurio acid When asked why Der fam
ily objected 70 Trims brother Of Miss
Quigiey started e say something about
the mans being unable 70 support lei,
but with gesture she cut him Of.