Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-09-27
THE PHILADELPHIA TRAGEDY.
Full Details Of the Terrible Affair-The
Suicide a Moody, Jealous Man.

The kilograms Wednesday briefly an.
nounced a shocking domestic tragedy In
Philadelphia. We take from the Ledqsr
Of Thursday, the following account Of
the terrible affair;
Another terrible domestic tragedy was
enacted at one O'Clock yesterday morning
at No. 1915 klngsessng avenue, In the
Twenty seventh Ward where Mr. Thomas
b. Parker, after shooting his wife in the
head, shot himself through the bTaiu,
killing himself instantly. Tho wife II
still living, the ball from a.four.barrelled
Sharp's pl-tol having passed through her
left eyehall and has not yet been found.
Her condition Is quite critical. The cir
cumstances of the case are as followsi
Thomas b. Parker, the deceased, was a
son Of the late Isaac Parker, who left a
large estate, part of which included the
ground upon which the Continental
Hotel Is built He has not been in bust
ness for mauy years, having inherited
large income from his fathers estate, the
principal OF which was held in trust for
him by his brother. About eight years
ago Parker married Miss Helen McGregor,
he then being about "a years and she 20
years old. They have had but one child,
a boy, now abont two years old. They
resided In elegant style In an ornamental
brown stone villa In the western portion
Of West Philadelphia, the house being
surrounded hy beautiful grounds, con
servatories, &c, and furnished within
with most Of the luxuries and comforts OF
the residence of refined and wealthy
family. Mr.. Parker's habits have not
been such Hs to make his relations with
his . life of the happiesl, aud for long
time past they have occupied separate
rooms, the Guild occupying cot in It's
mothers apartment.
Ga Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Parker was
out riding In phaeiOn driven by his
cOachman, and on his return his de-
meauOr was noticed a. heing remarkably
su'len and morose. lie retired early In
the evening and went at once TO his
room, and nothing more was heard of
him until the dreadful deed of the night
was done. 1t seems from the testimony
that Parker went to bis Wife's room with
the pistol and shot her while she was In
/ bed. She arose and fled from the room
20 that Of the servants, where she lay
down, beseeching the domestics to save
her baby, which was still in the crib In
the room with its father. The female
dOmesiics We're afraid to venture luto
the room, and called out of the
window for the Coachman, who slept
in room in the stable hnildng
| tie came to the house as soon as he could
but none of the female servants would
come down stairs to let him in, aud he
gained an entrance by means of a plank
| by which he entered the second. story
window. When advised of the condition
Of affairs, he started for the police aud
"a ply stefan, and on returning the party
entered Mrs. Parker's room, where the,
found Parker lying across the foot of his
wile's bed dead, with the pistol in his
hand, having shot himself behind the
| right ear, the ball passing forward and e.
the left, aud lodging at the root Of the
nose. The child was lying In the cllb
unframed.
She was so much better Thursday that
strong hopes are entertained Of her ull.
mate I, cOvery. She will be the better oil
for the TRACE " IL she does recover, a.
she 10 we'll rid of Parker.