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

planned that six cents extra postage had
been charged on card because on the
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date, sept. Is, 1885, was written. In
this instance the Chicago firm had the
satisfaction of being informed that they
were entitled to rebate Of one cent, as
the postmaster should have given them
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and collected only five cents extra for
the date. Probably not one man in ten
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thousands of postal cards have doubtless
failed to reach their destination in consc.
quence of its enforcement.
The Attempted wife Murder and SUE
icide by "a Widely known Must.
clan.
New York Herald, Sept. Oil
The city Of New Brunswick was
shocked yesterday by the report that
Prof. James Garland, widely known
musician, had, during the day, shot his
wife, most estimable lady, and commit
ted suicide. For many years the Profess
sor has been an organst and pianist, and
his wife an accomplished vocalist. About
six clock last evening Herald repre-
! sentative was at the scene Of the tragedy,
| located on the corner Of Benner street
and First avenue, East New Brunswick.
and obtained the following statement of
the shocking affair: The scene of the
horror is a spacious frame house in the
midst of fine grounds. The Professor
was verging on so, his wife being only a
few years his junior. Their married life
extended over twenty years. For two
years things have gone badly between
Garland and his wife, arising from an in.
sane and utterly groundless feeling of
jealousy of his wife on the part Of the Pro.
fessor. lie became jealous of her cous
in, boy still in his teens. who was taxi
ing musical lessons from the Professor
himself. Within the last month his a tti-
tudc toward his wife became positively
brutal. lie would come home drunk and
! abuse and beat her Finally things came
to such pass that she had him arrested
for wife-beating.
| He was taken before the Justice, and
coolly inquired if he had not perfect
right to beat his wife if she deserved it.
This, from the public character of the
parties, made great stir. Garland went
on with his abuse and his beatings, and
tho upshot was that Mrs. Garland de-
cided upon separating from her husband.
The necessary legal steps were taken
and the bill Of separation granted. Yes
terday the breaking up of the family was
to take place. 1t was arranged that
Mrs. Garland should withdraw from her
husbands house. She had taken apart
ments for herself and children in New
Brunswick, and, with her son Alfred,
was to have opened to-day a music store
in the same city. 1t is stated that Mrs.
Garland has for some time past been
afraid that her husband would do her
violence. Several nights he broke into
her room, looked at her as she lay in bed
awake, but always with irew without
speaking or offering her the slightest in
dignity.
Yesterday morning the entire family
set down to breakfast. Between aud
o'clock he left the house and proceeded
to his store in Albany street, New Bruins
wick. Breakfast over, Mrs. Garland fin.
ished packing up the furniture she pro-
posed removing with her. About 10
o clock her husband returned to the
house, but went away soon after without
saying or doing anything noticeable. He
returned at few minutes after twelve
o'clock, and, after walking around the
house abStractedly several times, en-.
tered the dwelling by the kitchen door.
Mrs. Garland was there with her daught-
| ers packing up. The Professor wore a
very strange look, and had something in
his hand which subsequently proved to
be Colts seven-barreled revolver. Sud-
denly he leveled his weapon at Mrs. Gar
lands head and fired, the ball entering
her mouth, crashing away her teeth, and
passing out through the back of her neck i.
The Mortified lady, almost paralyzed with
dread, sank on her knees before her MUIR
derer.
"0h, James, James, for Gods sake,
doa't kill me !" implored Mrs. Garland,
but her husband shot her while on her
knees, the ball entering her head. Then
Miss Anna, daughter of Ia, courageous.
ly sprang forward and thrust aside her
fathers right hand in which he still
grasped the revolver. Before he could
fire at his wife third time, she, with a
desperate effort, sprang from the house
into the yard and there dropped appar.
entity dead. The Professor darted from
the kitchen, sprang up stairs to his room,
threw himself on the bed, leveed the re-.
volver at his own head and fired. The
ball lodged just over the right eye. Find.
ing himself still alive, he took pen knife
from his pocket and slashed open his
throat, indicting frightful wound,
breaking the blade of the pen knife in his
frenzy. This did not kill him, so he
rushed into the hall, procured hammer
and then crushed in his skull, making a
hole twice the size Of silver dollar.
| Soon after this his son Alfred, who was
away from home, arrived, and, with the
assistance of Mr.. Short, broke in
the door Of the Professors bedroom,
and there witnessed a sight which made
their blood run cold, Sitting on the edge
of the bed, his head, face, and shirt front
covered and streaming with blood, was
Garland, utterly unconscious. The floor
at the bedside was covered with gore, and
the walls and even ceiling were bespat.
/ tered with blood. Ii was expected that
every moment he would breathe his last.