The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
SHOOTS down WOMAN
AND kills self


slipped in it as they tried to peek over
the shoulders of others nearer the body
The pair are believed to have walk.
ed down the right side of Wyeth street
for the shot which went through the
woman s jaw struck the door Of a
frame stable at No. 1419, and fell to
the sidewalk where it was found later.
The bullet which ended Keys life
pierced his head from the left to the
right temple. This bullet was not re-
covered. The revolver, which was turn
ed over to Coroner Eckinger by the po.
lice, is a powerful 38 calibre colt army
model.
Has to Write Her Answers
1t was difficult for time to learn
the names of the principals of the
| double tragedy. Persons in the crowd
know the woman as "Nora Yost" and
the man as "Whipper Keys At the
hospital the authorities got the first
accurate information as to the names.
The woman could not talk on account
of her injury and she was given a pad
and pencil, by Policeman Bueh who
asked her questions and she wrote the
answers.
She said her name is Mrs. Norah
Hosie, 1924 North Sixth street, and
the man was William" Keys, 1117
James street. His real name, however,
is Stephenson W. Keys. She later wrote
instructions to the hospital attaches
that she be placed in private room.
Her father is jeremiah Yost, a police
man for the Pennsylvania railroad. He
was In Philadelphia this morning and
when he received word of the shoot
ing he phoned to inquire about the con-
dition of his daughter and said he
would be at her bedside as soon as
possible.
The police say Mrs. Hosie is 23
years old and Keys was reported to be
80.
AT the home of Mrs. HoSe her
grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Yost, rs
years old, who has reared nur from
childhood, was almost Frustrated with
grief on learning of the tragedy. Hold.
ing Mrs. Hosie's 3year-old daughter,
Catherine, to her breast, the grand
mother kept vigil at the window of her
home awaiting news of the condition of
the injured woman. When assured that
the injury is not likely to prove fatal
she was greatly relieved and talked to
q reporter
Had Started to Market
Mrs. Hosie,' she said, '1eft home
to go to market She told me when
she left that she would take a short
cut through the back streets because
she was not dressed up -
When asked if she knew Keys. the
grandmother said she never knew him.
but a man by that name had been
hired several times last summer to take
the family on automobile rides. She
could not advance any explanation for
the quarrel which must have brought
about the shooting.
After the news of the SHOOTING
reached Mrs. Hosie s home, john II.
Hosle, her husband, hurried to the
Harrisburg hospital He offered no ex-
planation of the shooting.
The police found the name of the
dead man to be Stephenson w. KEYS,
lily James street At that address the
blinds were drawn and no response was
received to a knock at the door. The
aged parents of Keys were found at
22O South Rive. street. Mrs. Alfred
u. Keys, his mother, said he was 80
years old and had married Miss Mabel
Harper, of near Penbrook. He is sur.
vived by his wife and one child, ac.
cordlng TO his mother.
Employed as a Taxi Driver
Keys was known to hundreds of |
Harrisburgers as "Whipper. He has
been employed as taxi driver at
various times by both the Harrisburg
Taxlcab Company and the City Trans
Ter Company. He was partner of Bert |
Ryan in the "V'' lunchroom on Fifth |
street near Pennsylvania Railroad He |
eft there several months ago and
irove an automobile which he hired
'ut. He stood in front of the United
Cigar Store at All market street, |
when seeking fares.
Records in the Office of the Direc-
ors of the Poor, whose attention was
Jailed to the destitute condition Of
Keys family, show that Keys has been
'ut of work since early fall. The case
vas first reported to the Directors Of
he Poor in January but the family
managed to get along, according to the
ounty officials, until February when
,r0cerles were sent.
Friends of Keys say he had money
o spend although he did not work,
md was always neatly dressed. He
las known Mrs. Hosie for some time,
Iccording to his friends, and has been
cen on Market street and in picture
hows with her on numerous occasions.
His body was taken to the morgue
q u II .Cn;na.. oto ural.