New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-22
SUITOR SHOOTS
MRS. E. {. MANN
Rejected, He Fires on
Widow, Then Sends Shot
Into Own Head

Mrs. Emma c. Mann, whose husband
was the late Henry Mann, editor, au-
thor and soldier, was shot and prob.
ably fatally wounded at $3.50 yesterday
afternoon by a man whom she had re-
fused to marry Alfred Henrickson.
who admitted that he shot her because
his suit was rejected, is dying from
self-inficted wounds in a room near
hers in Washington Heights Hospital.
He is prisoner.
Near Henrickson's form, in the hall
way of Mrs. Mann's apartment, at 7O9
West 175th Street. lay a picture OF
Henry Mann, mounted with numerous
newspaper clippings relating to his
activities. The glass covering was
shattered as if the picture had been
plucked from the wall and heel
driven into it.
Friends for Four Years
For four years Henrickson, an
electrician, who has a room at
$50 West 174th Street, has been
on friendly terms with Mrs.
Mann. They were the same age-ffty-
one-and of the same nationality
Swedish. When Mr.. Mann, who had
served in the Civil War and Indian
campaigns and on the editorial stairs
of several newspapers and magazines
died. on October Is, 1915, Henrlck-
sons visits became more frequent.
Neither Richard II. Mann, Mrs
Mann's younger son, nor her foster
daughter. Mabel Miller. who lived with
her, suspected that anything more ar
dent than friendship and sympathy in
spired the electricians calls. Last
week. however, Mrs. Mann, apparently
astonished, told them that he wished to
marry her and that she had refused.
Miss Miller on Monday night, when
Henrickson was leaving the apartment,
overheard him make vague threat
which was aimed apparently at the life
of Mrs. Mann. Beyond momentary sur
prise that the man whom she had re-
garded always as aged should show
such fiery resentment at the repetition
of his refusal, the young woman paid
no attention 10 his remark.
Shooting Arouses Tenants
She went TO work yesterday, accord
ing To her custom, as did Richard
Mann. As usual, Mrs. Mann was alone
in the apartment, which Is on the hrst
floor. No one in the house saw Hen
rickson enter.
About $3.50 the sound Of two revolver
shots aroused tenants OF adjoining
apartments. Mrs. Mann, clutching at
her breast, staggered from her door
and down the steps 70 the street "a
trolman Funk, of the West l7Ith street
station, was standing near the mouse
and ran TO her assistance. she shooA
him off.
Pm shot" she gasped. ,
Unassisted, she gained the once OF
/ Or. L. b. Jamson, at us west l!Stn
Street. where she collapsed. Two bull
lets had penetrated her chest.
Funk ran TO the house from which
Mrs. Mann had come. Already Gu
rious group had gathered at her door.
Some one could be heard mutterlng IN
side. The patrolman drew his revolver
and forced the door with his shoulder.
Henrickson stood in the hallway OF
the apartment. facing the patrolman.
His right hand held a revolver un-
steadily in the general direction OF the
door. Funk levelled his own weapon.
Al that instant the electrician sank
slowly TO the floor. His body almost
covered the picture Of Mr.. Mann; lie
had shot himself through the head.
During an interval OF CONSEQUENCES
policeman questioned him at wash
ington Heights Hospital.
Il Shot Her." He Says
az shot her" he whispered. "She re-
fused to marry me-"
Mrs. Mann was the editors second
wife. marrying him on January 8, 1857:
She was Miss Emma [. Lindstrom, or
Providence Her husband. Scotenman'
was sixty-seven years old wnen ne dled.
He was on the editorial STATS OF Inc
sun" "The Press" and THE Providence
Journal" and was editor IN chief OF
| "The Providence Telegram. lie was
correspondent for The Brooklyn
Eagle" during the Spanish War. He
wss also an editor Of several magazines
including Home and Country" Sue
cess" and columbian Magazine" and
wrote several books.
Mrs. Mann's dsughter-in-law, Mrs.
Olaf Mann. who lives at 667 West ls6tk
Street. arrived at the apartment on
Wet 17sth Street just after the pa
trolman had burst in the door. she
had come TO call on Mrs. Siam. Her
husband said that Henrickson had lost
his position as foreman recently and
was depressed on that account, as well
rs because Of Mrs. Mann's rejection.
Another son OF Henry Mann, tllery
W. Mann, lives at 70s Ocean Avenue,
Brooklyn.