River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-10-01

EfdnS were so COIiituClAh tAlNA Nv NN'NN ~
that they paid no attention TO HIM, but
gave their services to his wounded VIE.
| An examination was made-ef- the PROBES
sor at later hour. 1t was found that
there was a bullet hole in the right tenn
pie, Just back of the eye, which was pro-
truded and discolored by the bullet, that
the larynx was cut. the windpipe being
partly severed and that the top OF the
skull was broken in, the pieces OF the
| skull pressing on the brain and causing
| the comatose condition of the Professor
which was mistaken for death.
| As soon as the pieces were removed the
| Professor returned to consciousness. lie
| first inquiries as to to the condition Of his
wife, and seemed to be pleased when
assured that she would not die. The
wounded man asked Coroner Kibbe not to
permit any one to 90 to his store, and
told him that be had written a letter be-
fore doing the deed and had placed it in
his desk. DR.. Baldwin then sewed to-
| gether the cuts in the throat. including
the windpipe, and made a closer exami-
nation of the skull. He found that tho
durd mater was unbroken. The hole in
| the outer skull was about two inches in
diameter. When the Professor fired the
shot he held the revolver off from his head
| about foot distant and above il, so that
the bullet descended to his head at an
angle of about IS degrees. The other
bullet lodged in the bed. The bullet did
not touch the brain, but its exact loca.
! ton has not yet been ascertained. The
| following is the ante.mortem statement of
Prof Garland, made TO Coroner Kibbo
| / am conscious and realize the danger
of my condition; was in my store this
| forenoon until II o'clock. | knew that
my wife and children were going to leave
me, and were then moving everything out
Of my house. These thoughts frenzied
my mind, and just before IL o'clock |
wrote the following note and left it in my
| desk:
MONDAY. Sept. 90.
Ny mind is distracted. My wife and
children are taking all and leaving me. 1t
is hard, after all these years Of toll, to
see everything taken from me, especially
my children, whom | love but their
hearts have been set against me by their
mother, who has taught them to despise
me. Oh God what shall do Have
mercy, oh Lord, upon me, and forgive me.
| Oh, Lord, help me am left alone no
home, no friends. My wife has done her
worst to xiii me publicly, and told lies
all over. OF course the community be-
lieve her. have not told my story, and
shall not, for the sake of my children.
Oh, dear! j. G..
then locked my store and went to my
house. found my wife in the kitchen
4 81 Q,aI 10 III
before me and raised her hands, and l
fred at her again, and / think she fell
over on the floor. fired the third time.
and tried to fire the fourth time, but the
revolver missed going oft. | then went
up stairs to my room and locked the
door, and fired at myself three times,
only one shot taking effect. Then took
my pen knife and cut my throat until
the blade broke. and dropped the knife
on the floor. Thinking had not effected
my purpose, | looked around
to find something to strike N.Y.
self with. Finding nothing in my room
| unlocked the door and went through
the hallway to another room, and found
hammer. | then stagge ed back TO my
room and locked the door, and struck five
or six heavy blows on my head, and re.
member nothing after that. | am sorry
for what have done, and hope my wife
will recover and forgive me, as | forgive
her. could not bear the thought Of
! having no home and being deserted by
my children. 1t would have been better
i'll had stayed away from the house
this would not have happened. Now, un-
derstand that family and business
troubles principally family--haye caused
this. My wife accused me ofinidelity to
her. That is not true. solemnly swear
before God that | have never had the
slightest intimacy with any woman other
than my wife, since my marriage to her.
] have large sums OF money owing to me
that | cannot collect. | was to
pay Mr.. Gordon, a music dealer in Four.
teenth street, New YORK, $500 to-day at
noon, but could not get it. My wife
wanted to take the children from me. /
asked that they have a voice in the mat
Ter, and they decided against me. All
they asked was that they be permitted to
come and see me, and, if not, | would 60
and see them. My wife has told lies
about me 70 Mayor Conover. She would
/ sneer at and cut me so by her looks, as
/ - hdA NV busiilNoH ADSl Dul Il nave
not disgraced myself. Ny wife has &C.
cused me of coming home drunk. That
is rot true. | have stayed out late at
night, and have sometimes been in bad
company. do not believe my wife has
been uniaithfnl to me.
Prof. Garland talked the greater part
of Monday night, taking two short maps
just before daylight yesterday. He made
no allusion to his wife during the night,
and requested that no one be allowed 20
enter his house except his physician and
few others, whom he named. At noon
yesterday DR.. Baldwin said that tho
chances Of Prof. Garland's recovery are
one in hundred. His eyesight is affect.
ed, and he cannot see any one except
they stand directly in front Of him. Mrs.
Garland was somewhat better yesterday.
The bullet is still in her head, the doctor
not deeming it prudent to extract it for
tho present. Her face, it is thought. will
not be dishgured.
A Death.D Dealing Fountain.