The evening world., 1922-12-27
Toy-Sized Bullet Leads to Be-
lief Child Was Slain in
Play.
POP-GUNS EXAMINED.
Once Followed by Man Who
Frightened Her, Rela-
tiveS Recall.

The body Of pretty. sturdy, ten
ycar-old Theresa Mccarthy. with
toy-slzcd bullet in her heart, lay in
tho undertaken establishment OF
Philip Stengcr. at Mceker Avenue and
North Henry Street, Brooklyn, to-day.
Her mother sat beside Il weeping.
Her blaymates stool about the dead
m, moulnful wonder
Tho girl had been leader amonr
tho children in the neighborhood at
play In her studies and In her churcl,
dcvotions. PIayfuIly her elders spoke
ot her as tho Little vamp" been u.so
Of her success in whecdlinE from
them anything she wanted for her
self or others
An autopsy Was performed on the
body by Medical Examiner Charles
Norris and his assistant, DR.. Charles
West, at noon They found that n 80
callhro short lead bulIet-tarcet
weapon sIzc-had entered her left
breast and passed through her heart
lodging In the muscles of the back
There was not a scratch or n bruisc or
any other evidence that the child had
been bundled roughly.i
The homo at No. J62 Morgan Ave.
nue.. where Mrs. Pauline Mccarthy,
accompanied by her roomcr, Benla
min Prcndcrvilc, found the little girl
lying In her nightdress among her
Christmas toys, was locked to-day.
except when detectives under the d-
rcCtlon Of Chef Inspector Iahcy
opened !t to look around. vainly trying
TO imagine tho motive which could
have led any one to kin the child pur-
poSely
There were no evidences Of
struggle. Nothing, the mother said,
had been disturbed since she left the
house in the morning to so to he.
work at the American Rattan Works,
except that n kitchen window had bceu
raised eight inches and Theresa's
poodle, Curly. had been shut in the
bathroom.
The best guess tho police could
make wa, that Theresa, who had not
been well, had admitted a playmate
while she was dressing and that tho
playmate had obtained possession OF
small revolver intended fotStarget
practice or exploding blank cart
ridges, ana the shooting had been an
accident. An effort was made to md
whether there had been such pistol
OF J nobCrt rifle among the Christmas
gifts IN any OF tho nclghboring fami-
lies.
So completely puzzled were the po-
lice that they had MIR. and Mrs. Me
Carthy and the twelve -year-old
nephew OF Mrs. Mccarthy go to the
Grccnpoint station this afternoon &c
talk over this phase Of the case. Mrs
Nell Mp MCCarthy's sister (whC
like Mrs Mccarthy lives apart from
her hushIndD lives with their mothcJ
Mis-. catherine SchaetoI at No. H9t
Nassau Avouue.
Mrs. Schucfcl said that it had been
understood that Theresa was to spend
the day with her. When the child did
child did not appear at II o'clock
Mrs. Hall sent her son, Charlie, %
bring Theresa TO luncheon unless he
found she had gone 10 Mrs. Cor
hettS.
When Charlie came in at IL O'Clock
he said he had forgotten all about
going FOR his cousin. After lunch he
was sent out 10 get her again. Ha
returned at o'clock saying he hau
met another boy who treated him To q
moving picture show and it was toe
late for him 10 go for Theresa when
the SHOW was over.
None of tho children OF the para,
chlal school or az tho neighbour slC
of Mrs MoCnrtuy's home owned
small revolver coz 4 Tlflo ~ "0'
weapon moro dangerous than a pop
gun with Il string led oOrN as pro