New-York tribune., 1913-06-28
NURSE SHOOTS COUSIN;
KILLS SELF BESIDE: HER
Double Killing in Montefiore
Home Ends Long Standing
Feud Between Women.
EVIDENCE OF STRUGGLE
Rosalie Rogue Renews Quarrel
at Midnight and Fires Fatal
Shot as Catherine Lacy
Tries to Escape.

As the last act in a feud Of long stand
ing. Rosalie Rogue. a nurse in the Monte
fore Home for Chronic Invalids, at Bed
ford Hills Westminster County, shot and
killed her cousin, Catherine Lacy, also a
nurse, early yesterday With the body OF
her relative lying a. her feet, Miss ROGUE
then turned the weapon against herself
and fell dead beside her.
From the testimony taken by Coroner
Mason. of Peekskill. soon after the double
killing was discovered the murder was a
deliberate one. Miss Lacy, who was on
night duty and had entered her room be-
fore resuming work at midnight, was shot
in the back, while the position Of her
body showed that she was trying 10 escape
from her cousin.
Miss Rogue had shot herself In the right
temple. while the revolver. new and OF the
automatic model. was lying beside her. In
Miss Roque's trunk in her room was found
n box of cartridges. OF which the only
ones missing had been fired.
There were more than 200 tuberculosis
patients physicians and attendants In the
building when the shooting happened, but
none heard sounds Of the firing. Miss
Rogue was off duty in the evening and had
not been seen since. When the other
nurse did not appear al her regular time
a messenger was sent 10 her room. The
door was locked. indicating TO the mes
senger that Miss Lacy had gone and an
other nurse took her place.
When, at breakfast time, neither Miss
Lacy nor Miss Rogue had appeared, the
door TO the formers room was forced and
the bodies were found. The room dis
PLAYED signs Of a struggle. chairs and
tables were overturned. and two bullet
holes were found IN the walls. shots which
had gone astray as the two women strue-
eled 1t was apparent according to the
findings Of the Coroner. that Miss Rogue.
on entering the others room, had renewed
the quarrel. and that Miss Lacy was try
ing 10 escape when she was shot in the
back
While IL was common gossip through
out the institution that the two nurses
had become bitter enemies, the cause Of
their auarrels has remained a mystery.
This was due principally 10 the repellapt
attitude which both assumed toward
their associates, a disposition which
earned for them the name Of the "mys-
terry nurses"
Frequently disputes between the two
were heard. and on one occasion, it was
said Miss Rogue. who seemed TO terror
ize her cousin, had slapped the others
face.
Little more is known Of the associa-
tions and history Of the two nurses than
Of their quarrel According 10 the Home
authorities, Miss Rogue was obtained
from an employment agency at Sixth
avenue and 1lth street, New York city.
soon after she had become accustomed 10
her work in the home she obtained a
position for her cousin. who it was said,
had been in A sanatorium at Greenwich,
Conn. II was said that Miss Rogue was
a French-Canadian.
The only incident through which some
thing may be learned Of the mysterious
feud is I'm the sending of registered
letter on Thursday evening by Miss Lacy.
This letter, it was said. was to her moth
er Mrs William Lacy, of No. % West
Erie street, Oswego. y. Y. In 1t may
be some reference TO the quarrel between
the sender and her cousin. Both dead
nurses were frugal. Miss Rogue had S2
in bills in her stocking and in Miss
Lacy's pocket was found SO.