Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-25
Man Shot
By w Wonan
Succun1b BIS
Mrs. Tierney Asserts She Did
Her Duty in Shooting Daugh-
tcr's Husband-She.
Is Not Sorry.
Feud May Be Responsible

II felt it was my duty. Is one
usually sorry fer doing his duty?"
This was the reply of frail Mrs.
Mike Iierncy, mother of seven,
from her cell i'll the county Jail yes
tcrday afternoon. when asked if she
was sorry she had shot Ray Dun
lap, u, Fifty third and Y streets,
South Side.
so have already been told"
she observed, quietly, when in
iormed that young Dunlap had died
rom the wound inflicted by her 81
Oaliber revolver yesteNday noon.,
Dunlap was, shot twice in the
head by Mrs. Tierncy as he stood
or the doorstep of her little home
at Fifty-tMrd and w streets.
He had elopcd with Mrs: Tier
ney's io-year-old daughter, Ethel,
Mrs. Tierney told South Side po-
> lice. ..,,
Neighbors said the shooting was
the outcome of a long standing .feud
between the Tierney and the Dun
Jap family. Older members of the
two families had not spoken for
years. neighbors said.
Died Without Statement.
Young Dunlap died without max
ing a statement in the South Side
hospital at p. m. yesterday. Coun-
ty jai! officers say marriage IL
cense was found in his pocket.
Behind the bars of her cell Mrs.
Tierney, who is about IS years old,
calmly discussed the affairs Of her
little family, her hopes for their fu-
ture and the difficulties which beset
her in her care for them.
But she refused to discuss the
cause which led her to fire the fatal
shots.
Ethel was young in experience
for her age" said Mrs. Tierney. Il
accompanied her almost everywhere
she went. Last Saturday was the
first time she had been with Roy
Dunlap. as far as l know. 1t was on
that day she disappeared.
II know it was his influence that
led her to leave. She was a good
girl. II she hadn't been SO young, if
she had been old enough to know,
II w-wouldn't have cared so much" "
Would Not Discuss Shooting.
For the first time the little wom-
ans voice trembled with emotion.
Her frail figure shook with sup
aeeoI crhc - mr. and th n
she was calm.
Il don't care to discuss why l shot
him, except to say | felt it was my
duty. Ny husband is living, but
where he is / don't know. | had my
tsmily to look after | think | was
justified. IL hate to think of them
there at home without me. B-but it
had to be, l suppose.
Did Dunlap strike you? Did he
admit mistreatihg your, daughter! /!
Did he come to you for forgive
ness?"
These and similar questions Mrs.
Tierney refused to answer.
Il know he knew where Ethel
was" she volunteered. And he
wouldn't tell me. All | can Say until
the trial is that | had good reason
for shooting him."
Mrs. Tierney expressed confidence
her little family would be cared for.
She said she had great confidence in
her daughter, Margaret, p.
Taken From Children.
The arrest and removal of Mrs.
Tierney by officers was filled with
pathos. The little mother begged to
be allowed to remain until her two
youngest children, Clara, II, and
George, 9, had departed for school.
The two children clung to her, cry
ing bitterly, until she was taken
away.
Mother will be alright and come
home soon," she reassured them as
she departed for the jail.
The gray-haired parents OF Dun
lap were the first to reach the scene
after the shooting. The aged mother
became hystericaly and the father
moaned repeatedly: II told Roy not
to enter the Tierney house. | warned
him he'd be killed if he did"
Hey dCCOliipdulSu klku uN iiis ~H
TO the South Side hospital, after the
police surgeon, in the absence of a
minister, baptised the young man, al
the request of his parents, Young
Dunlap was unconscious during the
baptisimal ceremonies.
License Refused Here.
Ethel and Dunlap had applied for
marriage license here, but had been
refused. The clerk said Mrs. Tierney
had told him Ethel was not of age.
The marriage license found in
Dunlap's pocket showed they had
been married, according to police.
'Ethel's name was listed on juvenile
court dockets for, truancy. Young
Dunlap is said to have selyed term
in Jail for box car robbery recently
According to information from
friends of the girl wofe. she is stay.
ing at the home of w. H. Downing
Burlington switchman, 325l South
/. Second street, Gibson. The wedding
took place at Plattsmouth, accord.
ing to Mrs. Harry Downing, Fifty.
second and 0 streets.