The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-05

SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN Rock IsLAND-A
WoMAN SHOT BY BIER HUsBAND.-About
O'Clock shis, Saturday, morning the 5th. Frank
LOOM" On Eagle street. nearly opposite the
new post office, shot his wife with double
barrelsd shot gun. City Marshal Gropper
had possession of the gun and had the man
in jail before the barrel of the gun had cool
ed. aa a za
The building is two story wooden one,
and at the rear of it there stairway, at
the foot Of which is side door opening upon
the alley. Mrs. Burger was coming down
this stairway to 60 out at the alley door At
the foo. of the stairs thsre is also a door open.
Ing into the saloon, opposite the end of the
bar. As she came to the foot of the stairs,
opposite sais door. Burger seized his gun
which stood at the end of the bar, and shot
her. The charge struck her in the back, near
the spine, carrying away large portion of
flesh, and a portion of the shoulder blade
Part of the charge glanced of and lodged in
the WALL knocking off the plAssering and
spassering the wall and stairway with blood
and pieces of flesh. The balance of the
charge passed into or through her lungs and
remained in the body. r.. $3.50
Sac fell into the corner of the landing. at
the foot of the stairs where great pool of
blood can now be seen but soon recovered
and ran out into the alley and then into the
street, IN fronteof the saloon. screaming, and
there she fell, helpless. She was carried to
the adjoining house, and several physicians
called, but all agreed that she could not re-
cover,-shough she is alive now, (3 PM as
we write.
Mrs Burgers maiden name was Magdalena
Bausch and she is half-sister to Mr.. Christian
Steinling a baker, who formerly kept on Eagle St.,
next door to where Mrs. B. was shot, but who now
keeps Illinois street.-the door to Schindlers meat
market. She was born at Strampfeback, county OF
Waiblingen, Werstsmberg, March Sd, 1888, and was,
consequently, 80 years old last March She was
married to Burger at Stenling's house, in this city,
about 10 years ago. She has four children, two boys
and two girl---the oldest about years of age the
youngest about I year.
Burger also from the lower part of Werttem-
berg, and has kept saloon for some years, in th
city first in the room where his wife lies, dy
ing afterwards at the New York House; then neal
the Union House. About three years ago he sold
out, and purchased farm near bennington, in Hem
ny county, where he lived until last March, when he
returned to this city and some two or three months
ago, opened the saloon where the tragedy occurred
The parties had never lived happily together, ant
it is said that Burger had often used violence upor
her. and had frequently since their marriage threat
eBed to shoot her. He has been 9 hard drinker and
when in liquor, which nearly all the time he
was very quick tempered and quarrexome. When
sober (which was rare he was esteemed clever fell
We called to see him, at the jail, to learn tn,
name, age, birthplace, DC, &c., of his wife, an.
when they were smsrried-but he was so stupifed O.
drunk that he did not seem to know anything FL
denied that he married, Or that he had an,
relations, and hear that be caims that the woma,
shot herseh-uhieh, of course, cannot be true, q
she was shot in the back. ais 7f 9sie-s- ,s.aosz
There was no one in the saloon at the tttme, an
witness of the horrible affair. rs: . sf>grsa =
Mrs. Burger was conscious and able TO convers
with her friends, and we presume has mxtie, I
them, some statements which will throw more ligf
upon the affair. = - .
Since writing the foregoing, we learn that Mr.
Burger jumped from second story front window |
the saloon, down upon the sidewaik, last evsAiny