New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
SHOT " lie AND SELF
IN SIGHT OF CROUD.
Uoman Dies in Street
Former Joch'eu Cannot Lire.

After pleading in vain with his wife to
return to him, Joe" Hardin an ex-jockey
formerly employed by F. r. Thomas
Nike Dwyer and other turfmen. drew
revolver from his hip pocket and shot
her through the head. killing her Instantly.
He then turned the weapon upon hinsei
ana nred bullet into his mouth. lnhlcths
a mortal wound
The double shooting was enacted az ilst
street and Eleventh avenue. at $50 o CLOCK
last night. the Weehawken ferry was
dischsrsing its passengers on the Ne"
York side Of the river. and the report u
the two shots caused 2 panic amohs W
crowd, which almost stumbled over me
bodies IF Hardin and his wife as the1 id3
in the street
joe Hardin is said 10 nave oseh
cessfuI Jockey several years ago, having
ridden at sheepshead Bay. Brighton anu
other local racetracks, but had qult the
turf about four wears GO, when he mar
ried Tauretts Benz Hardin had been
courtin1 the Young girl for some years, but
she had ALWAYS insisted that he leave the
racetrack before she would become ms
wife and he finally agreed 70 her wishes
The Young couple lived happily for the
first few months. but then troubles came
plentifullv and quickly. The bride soon
learned that her husband vas suffering
from, tuberculosis and thereafter refused
10 live with him. though she continued to
send him money regularly, it Is said.
Harbin began to drift, spending a great
mart Of his life in hospitals and sana-
forums and at other times trying 10 earn
his living as q truckn1an. but it was hard
work The thought that he had descended
from riding famous race horses before
drixr q
team OF truck horses along the river front
seemed to weigh heavily upon Hardin s
mind He grew morose and disheartened,
and when his wife still refused 10 live with
him he became desperate
John W Hardin. of No. 5S5 West 40
street the father of the ex-jockey, offered
his son 4 home with the family, and the
Young man availed himself of the oppor-
tunitv only for short while. His wife had
secured employment in the WeehaUken
TIpless Lamp Company. She took the ferry
st the foot Of West 42d street every morn
ing and returned to the home of her uncle.
Thomas Weir every evening. The young
woman was in the habit of meeting her
cousin Thomas Weir. ir. at the New York
side on her return home She had adopted
this precaution because Of threats which
had been mad. against her life by her hus-
band
Yesterday nobody came 10 meet the
girl, and her husband followed her she
crossed the pier and started down Eleventh
avenue as she reached 42d street and
Eleventh avenue Harbin stepped Up TO
her and nleaded with her to live with him
once more People in the crowd saw the
Young couple talking in an excited manner
and then sa u the husband draw away and
pull revolver
The iockev's wife threw I'D her hands,
as though to ward off blow. While she
begged her husband not to kill her, Harbin
raid no heed to her entreaties, but fred 2
shot into her right temple The young
woman fell 70 the street and rolled half
into the gutter
The sound of the shot had attracted the
attention of Captain Lahey of the West
37th street police station. who ran in Har-
nins direction. The murderer glanced
around after firing g fatal shot a. his wife
and saw the ca ptsin approaching Taking
: last look az his dead wife. Harbin placed
the rr1,lzzle of the weapon in his mouth and
pulled the trigger The bullet lodged IN the
hack of his head and he fell to the street
nlortalv wounded
CAPTAIN Lahev summoned Or. Slsttery
from Bellevue Hospital. who pronounced
the wife dead. Harbln was still breathing.
and vhils the surgeon was nlinisterinz TO
him the Rev Father Bergen, of 81
PaphaeIs Church. arrived on the scene and
administered the last rites to the DYING
man Harbtn gave the priest two letters.
one addressed to the public This letter said
that Harhn was tired Of living and that he
had been thrown down by his wife This
world Is no place for = sick man was the
last sentence in the letter
At Bellevue Hospital it was said that
Narhir could rot live for tn-sntE-fonr hours