The evening world., 1911-04-18
SHOOTS At
H|PPODROME
CHORUS GIRL
Rejected Suitor Fires Three
Bullets at VIVA Wray,
but She Escapes.
MATlNEECROWD CHASES
He Fell in Love With Young
Actress While Fitting Elec-
trical Harness.
MATINEE CROWD A

'shh Nlh9' II pretty T0UTus XIII NJ
the Hippodromc. who lives with her
mother and sister at No. ioG Penn street.
brooklyn. was this afternoon the target
FOR a fusillsde OF pistol shots fired 10y
Joseph -Shaughnessy. who. crazed by
love. sought to assasslnatc the girl as
she passed into Forty-thifd street from
sixth avenue on her way TO the stage
entrance OF the theatre.
The shots created a panic among the
thousands who were just beginning their
afternoon pilgrimage to the Hippodroms
and other theatres.
Although the shots were fred at such
close range that tho girls sleeves were
powder burned. she was unhurt. Angry
stagehands. aided by an immense street
mob, pursued and captured the man.
The crowd grew as by magy and the
cries OF Lynch him! Lynch him
added to the panic that had already
seized the matinee throngs.
Policeman Niger. from the East Fifty
frst str eel station. rescued Shaughnessy
and beat back his asSailants. A great
crow collected near the scene and Il
was necessary for four mounte police
men to charge the rowds In order to
hold them until Capt. O'Connor could
arrive with the entire reserve force Of
the East Fifty-hrst street precinct.
Girl Faints 1t. Street.
Miss Wray was taken TO a %nelghbor-
ing candy shop after she tainted In the
street. when she was revived she was
taken to the station. Then both the
Sirl and the woIld-be murderer went to
Yorkyille Court.
In court Magistrate Freschi asked the
young man IL he cared 10 make a state
ment. S~haugbnessy replied that he
thought II better not to talk before he
had counsel and asked for an adjourn
ment until tomorrow morning. His
request was granted. and he was al
lowed bail In the sum Of $500. The
formal charge OF felonious assault was
entered against him.
In the meantime bystanders In the
streets. all bent upon an afternoon of
pleasure, found themselves in the ,hroes
OF q wild panic. Neighboring restau-
rants contributed their recruits to tho
excited crowd. The alarm spread to
Forty-second street. through which the
matinee crowds were beginning TO pass.
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street ~playhouses.
Reserves Have Hands Full.
Capt. O'Conror and his reserves found
their hands fun In the management o.
the situation. The crowd did not know
whether a chorus g!r' had been the in
tended victim, OF whether the shots
were intended for one OF the long line
Of young girls that had places In the
matinee procession.
Three shoe We're. fred by Shaugh-
messy. They went through the win
dows o. the Stadium Hotel Cafe at
Forty-third street and Sixth avenue and
sent the patrons hastily into the streets,
Wher the panic had sIoslded the
story OF a disappointed love began to
make Its impression upon the situation.
Miss Wray collected her wits after the
shock and told how she happened to he
made the centre VI 80 much excitement.
S~haushnessy. VINO Is twenty-five years
Of age, ana who lives at No. $50 East
one Hundred and sixty frs. street,
was formerly employed as an %elcctri.
clan at the ~HippOdrone. In one OF the
spectacles n bevy Of pretty diving girls
come from the water. bejeWelled with
tlttllAN AlalAFs ~ was bnt OF MS tuIlAS
20 harness the incGndescent radiance
to Miss Wrsy. lie FELL madly in love
with the girl whose shapely figure he
nightly draped. and she was not so
much offended at his early attentions.
Then he became more persistent. lie
urged her TO marry MIN and his atten-
lions became annoying. She reported
the case to the stage manager, who sus.
pended the electrician. lie got a new
fnh ~ tho IHTIf. Ffpp frl.4tra and .Y.H..
ed IN his attempts Ca win the girls
hand
lie became "a visitor az her BROOKLYN
home and last October, when she cele-
brated her nineteenth birthday, he In.
vited himself to be present. lie brought
a pistol with him and produced It at the
feast. She declares that the man said
TO her, as he nuur.shed the revolver;
u would Ike to kin you now, bu,
YOU are too young. but unless you
marry me | will XIII you some day"
The pistol ana the ardent wooins
frightened the girl. She told her mother
OF the case and to-day when she lef,
home FOR the theatre they found the
nan waiting for her. The mother wen,
TO the trolley car with the girl.
On the car she noticed the man stand,
ing upon the rear platform. At WIN,
iamsburg Bridge. where she left IN,
trolley. she called a policeman and told
him that she was afraid ana wantcC
S~haughnessy arrested. The policeman
said he DID not Ike 10 make an arres
under such conditions.
Let me speak to her for q moment
alone said the young man.
Then. says Miss Wray, he told he
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Insisted that She become HE wife. OF
an elevated train the rirl tried again I,
yet away from her sultOr. When sh,
left the Sixth avenue elevated at For.
ty-second street and started for n.
theatre she thought he had been lef
behind.
Shots Co Wild.
But just as she turned the corne
OF Forty-third street Shaughness,
pushed through a crowd that was abou
The corner, thrust a pistol toward he