Evening star., 1915-02-21
Infatuated New Yorker Stavs
Object of Love and
Her landlady.
TRAGEDY IS ENACTED
IN NEWARK, N. J., HOME
Man With Wife and Son Charges
Girl With Thriving
Him Down"


Special Dfspatch % The sn,.
NEWARK. February 0o-Hfram z
Craig. a salesman for more than
twenty years in the employ Of . New
York milling company. this morning
closed liaison he had In Newark ~
killing two women and then shooting
himself Tho dead women were Anas
Hattie Reeves, . stenogrApher. twenty
six years old. with whom Craig WU0
infatuated. and MrA Mary CAxk
forty -three years old. . widow. with
whom Miss Reeves boarded at sSS
south n,thoons Orange % svenus, niue. s..,s Ssw.5
once IN the head and onos IN IL
breast-it ie believed that he will r.
cover. He has q wtfe and a son, vhs
have been living at s:4 Arlington ave-
Craig. it appears. had been devoted
to Miss Reeves for q long time. and
his visits to Newark were frequent
The young woman was considered very
good looking by her associates They
had often seen her in the company Of
q man of about fifty years. who seemed
prosp, rous. He was OF distinguished
appearance and had gray hair and =
gray muetache.
Looked On as Daughter.
The Clark household in South Or
tial sections OF Newark, consisted of
Mrs. Clark. her daughter Mary. who is
twenty -one years old; her father. Ber-
thold Koenig, and Miss Reeves. the
boarder. Miss Reeves was like one of
the family and Mrs. Clark looked upon
her as daughter
Craig arrived at the Clark house late
Friday evening. He inquired for Miss
Reeves and was much surprised when
~lor fn1d h hfrv1 h1 . he
to New York.
"All right: Pll wait for her. said
Craig, and he sat down. apparently
believing that the young woman would
return before long. When she did
not return at midnight Craig. who was
growing more restless all the while.
was told by Mrs. Clark that he might
remain for the night. and she gave
him a room adjoining that of her
father.
'Thrown Down." He Cries.
It was Just before O'Clock this
morning that Miss Reeves returned
home. Craig met her In the dining
room as she was preparing to go to
her work. He was upbraiding her
when Mrs. Clark and her daughter
Mary entered the ROOM Craig accused
Miss Reeves Of going to New York for
wrong purposes, and he declared that
she had thrown him down" When
the young woman made q vigorous
denial Craig advanced as II to strike
her.
At this point Mrs. Clark interfered.
She caught Craig and drew him back
from Miss Reeves. At the same mo
ment Craig drew a revolver and nred
twice at Mrs. Clark. She dropped to
the floor dead Shrieking, Miss Reeves
ran upstairs and dashed into the bath
room. Craig followed her and reached
the bathroom door before the young
woman could close It, As she covered
before him he fred two shots at her
and she also fell dead.
Turns Weapon on Self.
Craig then turned the weapon on
himself. He fred a first shot at his
head. The bullet, however. took
glancing course and inflicted only
scalp wound. Next Craig fired his last
bullet into his breast and fell uncon-
scious.
At the sight OF her mother lying
deac, Mary Clark had run screaming
from the house to get a policeman
Soon after she left her grandfather,
who is eighty-one years old, came from
his room-he had not heard the shots
fired-and found mis- daughter dead In
the dining room. He was weeping
over her when the policemen arrived
craig was taken to the Newark City
HOSPITAL. where the surgeons said that
he had a good chance for his life he
was not in any condition lmmeolately
after his arrival to make any state
ment.
Was Faithful Employe.
At the offices of Craigs employers
il was said that Craig was one of the
Oldest and best liked employees. The
news of his act came as a great snoch
to his associates. A spokesman for
the concern said:
1--WE never heard that Craig had any
en,anplements We only knew MN
here as a good salesman, who tor over
twenty wears had been in the COM
nany's employ. The last address we
have for him is 324 Arlington avenue.
Jersey city, where he lived with MS
1,,;f. and SON. | was told, however.
that he moved from there few days
ago"
TREMORS IN NEW ENGLAND.