Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-09
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ed by the shooting Of VIM. McCar.
thy by Mrs. Lottie Boyer, the TRACE.
dy taking place just ~ we were 60
ing to press, about 8 80 o'clock in the
evening, too late for us to give any Of
the particulars.
Mrs. Boyer, the person who did the
shooting, lives in little frame house
near the corner of Main and Union
streets, and is said to be . woman Of
the town although she has kept her
little place very quiet and occasioned
less remark than usual for such
places. VIM. Mccarthy, tho 1ndivid-
ual shot, has been living in this city
about sixty days, is brass moulder
by trade, and during that time has
been employed by the Johnston Ruff
fer Company. He has been board
ing at the Sanborn House, on Main
street, adjoining the house occupied
by Mrs. Boyer, for some time, and
yesterday evening, while in . state
of intoxication, started to visit the
woman in question. The house
stands back from the street some dis
lance and 10 approached through a
gate about fifteen feet from the door.
Mccarthy got rs far as the gate when
the woman told him not to come any
farther or she would shoot him. He
told reporter for the COURIER this
morning, that he thought she was
joking but on taking step forward
she raised her arm holding . pistol in
her hand, pulled the trigger, and,
with unerring precision the ball
struck him midway between the ma.
vel and point of the breast bone, a
little to the right Of the center, lodg-
ing, it is supposed, in the cavity OF
the abdomen. He turned, walked a
few steps and fell insensible. He
was soon taken to his hotel, and Drs.
Hinsey & Lathrop sent for. After
he recovered from the shock he suf-
fered the most intense agony, and ii
was supposed that he would not sur
vive the night. This morning, how
ever, he was able to converse some,
and seemed . little easier although
his physicians regard his case as ex-
tremely critical if not hopeless.
In conversation with our reporter,
this morning, he remarked, "She's
finished me, guess" He also said
that he had not been nearer her house
than the gate. that he had neither
said or done anything to her that any
reasonable person could object to.
1t is reported, however, that he had
been in her house the day before, and
after kicking the furniture around,
finished the matinee by knocking her
down. She told him whom he left
that it he ever came back again she
would shoot him and seeing him
coming again might have concluded
to keep her word.
Immediately after tho shooting she
fell down in fainting fit from which
she recovered in q short time and
was taken to jail, where she is at
present waiting the termination of
McCarthy's injuries.
She was visited 10 Jail, this morn
ing, by the COURIER reporter, who
found her complaining of being sick
She refused to answer any questions
or to make any explanation of the
cause for the terrible deed.
Mrs. Boyer was raised in Columbia
township, this county, where she has
sisters and brothers now living who
are oil respectable people. Her maid
en- name was Dunkle, and few years
ago she was married to horse doc
tor by tho name of Boyer, man of
but little account, who after q few
years left her with a couple of little
children to take care of. Her par
ents opposed the match aud were
greatly incensed with her, but finally
gave her q home when she needed it
the most. She remained at home I'M
til her parents removed to California,
when she left, went to Eddyville and
stopped at the Luck House. From
Eddyville she came here, where she
has distinguished herself as above
stated. She is rather q fair looking
woman, and we remember her when
she was beautiful and respectable
woman and an ornament to society,
but that is past. In this cherries
room of the county Jail she is alone
with her thoughts except her little
girl, about five years old, who was
begging piteously when our reporter
was there, to be let out in the sun
shine to play and could not realize
that she was locked up.
1t will not be long until the case, go
far as Mccarthy is concerned, will he
decided, when, perhaps, prelimina-
ry examination will be had, and the
facts, whatever they are, made known,
giving some explanation of this most
extraordinary transaction.-Daily OF
SATURDAY..