The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-18
ANOTHER WEE MURDER.
a Wife ON EHcr way tor Il Divorce
Shot by Her Husband

Duncan 7. Templeton, a civil engineer
and the son of Col c. W. Tempeton, of
Nyack, shot and fatally wounded, in New
York, on Saturday, Ida Templeton, his
wife, the daughter of Col. G. p. Babcocl1,
OF the Treasury Department, Washington
| Their marriage was celebrated in 1870 at
the clearinghouse of Mrs. II. w. Kenny,
3S West Twelfth street. The marriage
was caprice of the young lady, who was
then but seventeen years old. Her family
opposed the union, knowing that Duncan
was addicted to drink. A disinclinaton TO
thwart their daughters wishes and the
reputation of Col. Templeton alone decided
her parents to allow the union to take
place, The marriage was happy one till
"A daughter was born in September. 1872.
From this time Templeton fell into his old
vices, and began to ill-use his wife. He
was then employed as civil engineer at
White Plains, and in spite of good pay and
remttances from both Col. Babcock and
his father his love of gambling and strong
liquor brought them into debt and disgrace.
lie pawned his wife's jcwclry, and be-
came involved in several disgraceful
financial transactions. Last June Mrs.
Templcton went to Washington to see her
father and mothor, and ul,DI, ,.,.isss he,
husband reformed never to return to him.
lie was then, on account of quarrel with
his father, greatly embarrassed, and il is to
Inc nrpcII,,1n1 tlnt "a Iief,n,.oro1 ;.
TO his interest to be on good terms with his
wifes family. His conduct and letters
changed Mrs. Tcmpleton's intentions, and
she returned to him, believing him to be
entirely reformed On her return his CON
duct was worse than before. He beat her
constantly, threatened her life, forbade her
to inform her parents of his conduct,
pawned her clothes, gambled, and drank as
II his life depended on these vices Mrs
Templeton did all she could to reform him.
but after cruel assault at New Rochelle.
in which she was distigured for life. and
an attempt to hang her at Port Chester, she
decided to leave her husband, and three
weeks ago sought an asylum at No. 23S
West Fourteenth street, whittier Mrs.
Kenny, from whose house she was married
in 1870, had moved. Her mother found
her, and on learning of her treatment adj
vised her to sue for divorce. Saturday
morning she started with Mrs Kenny and
her two daughters to go down town to the
law office of Howe & Hummell to give in
structions in regard to the suit.
Mrs. Kenny says that when she, Mrs.
Templeton, and her daughters left the
house, Mrs Templeton was in high spirits,
and skipped like young girl towards
Eighth avenue, where they were to take
the cars. AT the corner of Eighth avenue
and Fourteenth street Mrs. Tempeton be-
came pale, and said, eXcitedly, "Heavens!
why, there's Duncan Mrs. Kenny recog-
nized Tempeton, who was on the north
east corner of Fourteenth street and Eiphth
avenue and was walking rapidly towards
them. Mrs. Kenny caught hold of Mrs.
Templeton, but her husband snatched her
from Mrs. Kenny's grasp and asked her to
return to him. While Templeton was
pleading, Mrs. Kenny sent one of her
daughters back to the house, which is only
few doors from Eighth avenue, for as
sstance, and sent the other daughter to
look for policeman. A crowd gathered,
and while Mrs Templeton was imploring
the bystanders to assist her, and asking her
husband to let her go, Officer Gallagher, of
the Sixteenth Precinct, ran up. Mrs. Tenn
pleton told him that she did not wish to be
molested, and asked him to make her hus
band leave her, but the officer decided that
the quarrel was too complicated a one for
him to decide, and determined to take all
persons engaged in it to the station house.
Templeton strengthened his cause by in
forming the officer that Mrs. Kenny was
the keeper of an Infamous resort and had
abducted his wife Mrs Templeton
agreed to so TO the station house, but
implored the officer to look after her hus
band as he would shoot her if he found an
opportunity. Gallagher, with extraordinary
stupidity, instead of keeping Templeton in
view, appeared to consider Mrs. Templeton
as the principal culprit, and walked
towards Fifteenth street holding her by
the left arm. Templeton, who was to the
lett of the officer, endeavored to blind the
officer further by entreating his wife in the
tenderest terms to return to him. The
officer was SO thrown off his guard that he
allowed Templeton to lag behind and APP
proach his wife, who was closely followed
by Mrs. Kenny and her daughter Lottie.
Opposite the pant store Of Silva Il Mou-
lin, No. SO Eighth avenue, Templeton dart
ed up to his vito, whispered something to
her, drew single barreled Deringer pistol,
and fired, the ball passing through Mrs.