The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29

long arguments. or seedlings, end the
happiness that begins in kisses and love.
making. Sisters and brothers may QUAR-.
rel and 81 make up Lovers are lovers nc
longer alter disturbances occur, and mar.
ried people who are not lovers, are bound
by red-hct chains. IF a man adm;rcs his
wife most in striped calico, she is s;l)y
not to wear it.
The Attempted Wife Murder and SUI
icide by a Widely Known Musi.
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 PROBES.
sor has been an organist 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 spacious frame house in the
midst of fine grounds. The Professor
was vcrging 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.
tcssor. lie became jealous Of her cous
in, u boy still in his teens, who was tax
ing musical lessons from the Professor
himself. Within the last month his atti-
tude toward his wife became positively
brutal. He 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 a perfect
right to beat his wife if she deserved it..
This, from the public character Of the
parties. made a great stir. Garland went
on with his abuse and his beatings, and
the upshot was that Mrs. Garland de-
cided upon separating from her husband.
The necessary legal steps were Saken
and the bill of separation granted. Yes.
1erday the breaking up of the family was
to take place. 1t was arranged that
Mrs. Garland should withdraw from hcr
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
i'll 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 lrew without
speaking or Offering her the slightest in
dignity.
On Sunday last the family met as usual
at the table. The Professor attended the
Second Reformed church, corner of
George and Albany streets, where he
played the organ. Mrs. Garland took
her place as usual in the choir of St.
James Methodist Episcopal Church.
Yesterday morning the entire family
set down to breakfast. Between ! and s
0 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 re. owing with her. About 10
o clock her husband returned to the
house, but went away soon after without
saying OF doing anything noticeable. He
returned at q few minutes after twelve
O'Clock, and. after walking around the
house abs,Tactedly several times, en-
tered the dwelling by the kitchen door.
Mrs. Garland was there W tn her daught.
ers packing up. The Professor Wore a
VERY strange look, and had something in
his hand which subsequently proved to
be Colt S 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.
The Mortified lady, almost paralyzed with
dread, sank on her knees before her muir
derer.
ooh, James, James, for Gods sake,
Idoa't kill. me!' implored Mrs. Garland
but her husband shot her while on he,
knees, the ball entering her head. Then
Miss Anna, a daughter Of IA, courageous
ly sprang forward and thrust aside her
father S right hand in which he still
grasped the revolver. Before he could
fire at his wife a third time, she, with a
desperate effort, sprang from the house
into the yard and there dropped appar'
emily dead. The Professor darted from
the kitchen, sprang up stairs to his room
threw himself on the bed, leveled the re
yolver 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, inaicting frightful wound
breaking the blade Of the pen knife in his
frenzy. This did not kill him, SO he
rushed into the hall, procured a hammer
and then crushed in MS skull, making {