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(Continued from Page 1.)tered her body. One went through thentr little finger and through the arm and' •to then into the breast; one went straight !or through the heart and the other struckhit- her in the side and lodged under theishoulder blade.[in When taken to the hospital Hill was ty unconscious, but revived shortly afterlis being placed 011 the operating table.»ic, 1-Ie cursed and swore frightfully when- *:e- he found that he had not accomplishedVhis purpose. He was very insistent he in knowing whether or not he hadZix- killed his wife, and when told that ho ty had, he begged Dr. Bradfiehl to give to him poison or to sink a knife into his A heart; that he did not want to live; n. that he was tired of his miserable existence. He wanted to die so that he of could be planted in the same grave s- with his dead wife.rd When Dr. Bradfiehl and Dr. ItubsamX). urged him to be quiet, he raged and»r- swore. Au anesthetic was administer-*xo ed and Dr. Itubsam, assisted by Dr. a) Troutman, went to work, and it was m found that two bullets had entered the left breast right over the heart, as but had been deflected by the fourth in and fifth ribs, and bad circled to the g. back, there leaving the body. Theig other was just under the skin and was 3y easily extracted. Following the operate tion, Hill was put in the room occu-•Sj pied by Judge Charles B. Lasse lie, who rg for a couple of years has been an in-mate of the hospital. Patrolman Frank.. *1S, Wermess was detailed to guard him.in When Hill came out from under the influence of the anesthetic he was raging wild. He seemed to have forgoiien that he had been told that bis wifeAv was dead. He wildly wanted to know* whether or not he had killed her.* When informed that lie had accomplished his purpose, he exclaimed:j. “Good! good! I’m glad I killed her.Now I want to die. I'm going to die. :ie 00I know I am. will be planted withk- her.”ieHe was incensed because the fare-. A well letter which he had written to•1).Brooks, had been read.E.“That wasn t to be read until I ame,dead,” he shouted.11 r■ He told about his domestic troubles,n,saying that lie and his wife could 110c get along together. He saw there was 110 chance of them ever getting togeth-j. er—felt her slowly, but surely slipping away from him, and he planned to killI U -_ both her and himself. He told about7Iiow he had gone to the cemetery yesterday afternoon; looked at the spot where they would be planted; how hee.had then returned and wrote the letters’ to Brooks; then got a gun and set outISfor the Lewis home to kill her. Here. told about how sne had answered theitdoor bell; how she refused to accompany him; said that she never would ^ live with him again, and then, according to his story, he said he began shooting. After he had turned the■ gun 011 himself and had fired twoshots, he felt that the wounds were not sufficient to kill him, and quoting sil his own words: I)e “I didn’t feel as though I was going IC‘ to die; I reached into m vpocket andII put_ another bullet into the gun and shot myself again.”is, He told about his wife coming to him in Detroit, five or six weeks ago; i- that she had purchased poison at a il drug slore and would have taken itI but for him. Every once in a while, l(l when the pain from his wounds be-came excrutiating, he would raise up and curse and storm aud would wish 1- to die; beg that some one give him i. something so that he would die ;pid y could be planted up 011 the hill with e her. *f Mrs. Claybourne J. Lewis, (white)II mother of the dead woman, was at a iC- meeting of the Household of Ruth, a. it colored society, which meets 011 Market street, when informed of thettragedy. She hastened out. Entering the house, her first words as she vicw-t ed the scefie f carnage were;3 “Oh, my God! Throw that nigger 3 out!.”She wailed aud moaned disconso-i, lately.3,. “I only left her a half hour ago;e she whs well and happy then; now is look at her.”“Throw that nigegr out! Throw him out!” she screamed. “Wish that $ I had been here when he called; heg. would have gone away dead; not she.” $ “Kill him! Kill him, someone!”She fell on her knees on the floorand kissed the blood-bespattered lips that were now fast becoming cold in 0 death. She swayed over the dead body 1. of her child and wept pitifully.3‘ As Hill was being carired out to the ambulance, some one asked her for a sheet to throw over him. She was on) I her feet instantly. I“No, the dog! Thrqw him into the!o street! Take him out of here! He! sj killed my child.” y. j1-1 Acocrding to the mother the pair did I 3* not get along very happily. About a t-jyear and a half ago they separated, I sland she applied for a divorce. The I* - V * ' .* * * •'W* ■*/•••■- J L ' ** * « • * • * 4 • v - ♦ ■' I
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Logansport Semi Weekly Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, May 15, 1908
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