Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24
Woman Sh0t In
 Room of Man
HARTFORD ADDS ONE TO CON. NEcTicUT's MURDER LIST.
VICTIM DIED 1T HOSPITAL
James E csvanaush, Accused of Crime, Also Has Two Woundsr Police Doubt Mans Story.

Hartford, Conn, March 23.-One
 more murder was added to the list
 committed in the state in the past few
 weeks tonight when Mrs. Lillian Burns
 died in the Hartford hospital from the
 effects of two bullet wounds in the
 head. James F. Cavanaugh, who the
 police say did the shooting. but who
 denies it. is in the same hospital with
 a superficial wound in the scalp and a
 bullet hole in the left hand.
 Deserted by Her Husband.
 Mrs. Burns, who is said to be the
 ing at boarding house on Russell
 street and, it is alleged, was deserted by her husband three weeks ago. Her
 age is given as. 21 years. Cavanaugh
 is an employe of the New York, New
 Haven and Hartford railroad, and for
 street. He is 31 years old. Where
 he came from to this city is not
 known
 Shooting in cavanaush's Rooms. Cavanaugh met Mrs Burns, the po- lice say, about two months ago, and
 tonight he took her to his boarding house and told his landlady that he wished to take her to his room for a few minutes, as he was going to leave the city and wished Mrs Burns to have some of his belongings. They went up stairs and few minutes later re- volver shots were heard. Several roomers in the house rushed up to Cavanaugh's room, which is on the third floor, but found the door locked.
 Jealousy Did This" Said cavanausF. It was broken in and the two were found lying on the floor. Mrs. Burns was unconscious, but Cavanaugh was caressing her, and when the door was broken in said: Jealousy did this .'' The revolver with which the shooting was done was lying at their feet. Man's Injuries Not Serious. The two were taken immediately to the Hartford hospital, where it was found that Mrs. Burns had been shot twice, one of the bullets entering the back of her head and the other the front. She died a few minutes after she was carried into the operating room. An examination of Cavanaughs s wounds showed them to be only slight and he was placed under a guard and will be taken later to the jail when his condition will permit.
 cavanzuph's vsrsien of the Affair. According to the story which Cava- naugh told the police, and which they say they do not believe, the shooting was done during a struggle for the revolver. Aa soon as Mrs. Burns en- went to his bureau and took a revolver which was there and said: "It is either one or the other He grabbed her. he said, and in the struggle which fol lowed he received his wounds and then she shot herself Buiists in Ceiling of Room. This, the police say, cannot be SO drawing attention to the wound in the
 back of the woman's head. The bull lets which the police Say he intended for himself were found in the ceiling of the room.
 When the police made a search ot Cavanaugh's effects they found a note Lin a drawer of a bureau which was unsigned but which those who have seen it say was in his handwriting The note read as follows:
 Note in cavanaugF's Pocket. Van, Dear Old Pa1: You and Charlie 1 Baker. goodbye Wish you both knew but never mind. Please see that my sister gets the insurance and instruct her to pay Mrs. Ahearn $10.''
 The Mrs. Ahearn mentioned in the note was the woman with whom Cav anaugh had been taking his meals Cavanaugh will probably be given an- other questioning by the police in the morning.