Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-10-27

street, were startled by woman'spierc-
ing shrieks. About ten minutes before
this petite, modestly dressed woman
had called at the Office, and asking tor
]. NJ. GLADDEN., guest at the hotel,
was told that he was at dinner, and was
shown to his room on the third floor to
await his coming. They met in this
room and had a conversation, the
minutie of which will never be ascer-
tanned, and which ended in the woman
rushing from the room, screaming IN
horror at the blood which poured from
a ghastly wound in her throat. She
ran through the corridors to the land
ing. a distance of some twenty live feet,
where she was caught by DIR. Alexan-
der Mickey, who has room on the
same floor. He exclaimed, 'Why,
woman! what's the matter?" to which
she attempted to breathe a reply, but
ere she did so her limbs gave way and
the Doctor laid the lifeless form upon
the floor. His impression was that 1t
was hemorrhage of the lungs, but as he
laid her down he noticed that her throat
was cut. He stopped to examine the
wound, and as he did so a man, also
bleeding at the throat, rushed through
the corridor, and, throwing the Doctor
aside, threw his body directly upon that
of the woman, and in such way that
his wound overlapped that in her neck,
and their life blood commingled Ill one
stream. With his dying expirations he
kept tracing out some names with his
fingers, which he kept moistened with
blood. The hand refused to obey, and
it was "Maud and George" that he was
irving to write with carrnine ink. Those
words remain unwritten forever. AS
soon as the horror stricken inmates had
gathered about, some one had the cour-
age to separate the dying and dead.
The woman was stone dead, but the
mans life continued to bubble forth
from the wound in his neck. lie died,
however, within very few minutes.
Deputy Coroner Korn was early upon
the scene, aud, no one claimed the
bodies, he ordered them sent to the
M M)rcue. Officer James Lennon hap
pened along at the time, and the job
was consigned to his care. The wo-
man was removed to the wagon first,
cloth having been thrown over the head
to hide its ghastliness. The man body
was just being lifted to the wagon,
when strange man was noticed 10
hasten forward, gather a few words OF
information from the crowd, and then
| burst forth into flood OF tears. lie ap-
peared to know by intuition, and with
out waiting to assure himself, that the
woman was his wife They begged
him to make sure OF it, and finally he
made bold enough to raise the cloth
Then oasping out the words, 80 God
it is nv wifel'' he fell back fainting into
Korn's arms. His grief was most
pititul sight The clothing OF the wo-
man was then searched, more with
view of finding something that would
explain the murder than with any other
idea. Her jewelry-a plain geld chain
and locket, bracelets, two rings aud
earrings-were in turn given to the
husband. 10 her pocket was found
miniature likeness Of herself, and upon
seeing this the strong man shed copious
tears, and covered it with kisses.
Both bodies were then taken to the
Moreue, MIR. Bell, for such was the
strangers mamie, accompanying and
making arrangements with an underta-
ker to care for the body OF his wife al
ter the inquest.
A reporter subsequently drew from
Bell the following facts concerning bis
wife:
He had been married some three years,
and they had one child, which died. They
mad been living in Oskaloosa tor some
time past, Bell himself being q brake
man, and coming home every night, as
he says. He has known GLADDEN. some
time, he says, aud states he was former
ly Marshal OF OSkaoosa. AS to his hav-
ing improper relations with his wife,
Bell says he never suspected such
thing, always believing in his wltes Il
deity and purity, and regarding Glad
den as a friend who would be the last
man in the world to undermine him. A
couple of weeks or so ago his wife told
him she was going to Ottumwa, Iowa,
and he suspecting nothing, got her
pass 10 that city. The next he heard
from her was through letter dated at
Chicago, stating that she was in board
ing house, had not been able to make
any money, aud asking him to send her
$40. Not until then, he says, did he
suspect that there was anything going
on. The fact of her coming TO Chlca-
90 was of itself rather peculiar, and her
saving she hadn't been able TO make
anything still more so. Instead there
fore, of sending her the money, he sat
himself down and wrote TO her that he
would be here during the last of this
week. In her letter to him she had SAID
he might address letter to her at No.
100 North Water street, while it turns
out that she had been boarding with
Nine. Scott at that number on North
Wells street Accordingly, when Bell
arrived in town yesterday morning, he
went TO the afore said number on North
Water street, and, of course found him
self among the commission houses IN
the neignbol hood, and did not lind his
wife. Then he wandered around, ask
ing here and there If woman OF her
description had been seen. de hnaily
GOT tract of such a'woman, and brought
uo at Madame Scots. While not pos
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