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DEWITT SOON CAPTURED AND LODGED IN JAILMan Who Shot His Brother-In-Law, Robert Constable, Near (JnionvilleFLED AFTER THE SHOOTINGMrs. DeWitt Was Preparing to Go Shopping When the Crime Was CommittedIi}#€\*4/I• 'Newton, NT. .1., May 17-jealousy l«Jdto the killing of Robert Constable by j ! his employer, Ilarry DeWitt, on tho j* I *Edward Judson farm in Wantage township yesterday afternoon. De-Witt used a double barrel shot gun.Constable and DeWitt married sisters. C onstable's wife left him to make her home in Middletown, N. Y.Yesterday afternoon Mrs. DeWitt prepared to go shopping, and Constable alter hitching up a horse to DeWitt’a spring wagon offered to drive her over.DeWitt heard the remark, “Oh no you won't. I ll drive her myself, three witnesses declare they heard DeWitt say. “I think I will,” Constable replied.Without a word DeWitt turned and entered the house, emerging with the gun. Mrs. DeWitt was already seated in the wagon and Constable with his back turned to her husband, iwas just driving away when DeWitt fired.DeWitt threw the gun away and ! fled. The farm is only a few hundred feet away from the New York State line and he made bis way across the border.DeWitt was followed and captured by deputy sheriffs, who brought himback to tho county jail..1 A .1()lt;*(!\
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Sat, May 17, 1913
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Douglas H.
NY, USA 10 Mar 2018
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