Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-16
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND sUI-
CDDE


From the Record Union Of the l3th.l
About 4:i5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. occupants Of the upper story OF
the Garwood building. on the north
aide of J street. between Finh and
Sixth. were startled by the sound Of Q
pistol shot, followed quickly by An
other and = woman's screams. Inves-
tigation Of the trouble showed that ].
lie Forrest, who. for q considerab Die
time was employed rs a street q con-
ductor on the X street route, had at
tempted { shoot his wife. and then
made an effort to commit suicide by
cutting his throat. Mr.. and Mrs. lie
Forrest. ss we are informed. were mar
ried in the East about ten years Ago.,
and came to California two or three years
since. They appeared to live happily
together until within q few months,
when trouble of some kind
occurred, and from that time
their domestic relations were almost
constantly UNPLEASANT. Toward the
close of last month he misused her to
such an extent that she had him ar
rested and taken before Justice Alex
ander, on the 30th ultimo. He &C.
knowledged his offense and was put
under bonds in tho sum of 81 900 to
keep the peace toward her for six
months, the sureties being G. G. Brown
and Henry Orth. They then agreed
to divide their furniture and other
property and separate, and thus 1t hap.
pened that about a week ago Mrs. LIE
Forrest rented two rooms in the Gar.
wood building. and sought to make q
living for herself and child, the latter
about 5 OF 8 years old, by sewing. Yes.
terday afternoon she was at work upon
a sewing machine In one Of her apart
ments, a lady friend being present,
when her husband entered, and, after
exchanging n few words. drew q small
u barreled Sharp's pistol and fired
at her. The ball missed its mark, and,
passing through the partition, entered
an adjoining room, in crossing which
it passed quite close TO q lady and her
little brother. LIE Forrest fired q Sec
ond shot al his wife, who had caught
up her child and was endeavo ring to
escape, missing her again. Some peo-
pile in the vicinity say that three shots
were fired, while others, and by far the
larger number, only heard two; the
pistol, on being examined subsequent
ly, however, proved to have three
empty barrels. His wife having escaped
into the hall, LeForrest, probably be-
lieving that he had fatally wounded
her, attempted suicide by cutting his
throat with a large pocket knife-the
point Of the blade of which was broken
off-and made two incisions across the
front. The weapon was dull, and,
though he evidently made two desper-
ate slashes, he did not cut very deeply,
though there was a pretty serious notch
made in the windpipe, the second cut
having removed a small piece. A
physician was summoned as soon as
possible and sewed up the injury, and
the wounded man was then conveyed
to the Station House by Deputy Sheriff
Lee and officer Dolan. Between 6 and
7 o'clock last evening the physician
visited him again, and found that he
had, since his lodgment in the Station
House. endeavored to tear open the
wound, and had partially succeeded.
He manifested displeasure at the pros
pect of being properly attended to
again, and refused to take an opiate,
dashing it violently from him. The
physician does not think the wound
necessarily dangerous, though it may
become so if the patient persists 10
meddling with it. This he seems in
clined to do, as he tore off the bandages
for a secon time last night.