, 1879-08-13

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Coal Burgess, this mtnstrcl, arrived hero
Thussday morning from tho scene Of tbs tata
shooting cscapadc In Toronto, Ontario. To
Herald reporter last evening 1lc said hc had
since te1cgsaphed to tho Chief Of Police of
Toronto that II he ,sAs uuntcd for the shooting
Of Wldgery he could be found in New York
Speaking Of his doncRttc troubles, Ae said:
"Wtdgery came to INF house four ycars ago,
and then becan the intimacy bctwccn lin, as,l
my wife. About year ngo noticed that my
wife WAS going to lis fruit storu on Yonge
street, Toronto, very frequently, nntl I also
learned that she had hecn os,t riding with him,
mud Tint they Ind bonn seen drinking together.
then rGvS a hsf out o. Il ~ hans nsT a s9 put n.y.
ycr satd bad hopeless caSe. / had no cv(-
tlenco Of guilt agatnat llcr, unl was comnelied
to deed her two houses in Toronto, With The
o eonsoa at w ee vent not t. u Eaqops sa s 10
let the scandal dig ont, hut beforo
No staM ten weeks, and arrived ln
We weut to Tornnto, ind while there her
mother, Mrs. ". Taylor. told rno she found n
letter in my w!tc's trunk crimfnatln:. her.
Shortly atterrarl my wife went down gu her
knees ind confessed her intimacy with Wfdrs1y:
8l,o safd cuultl do Us l liked with her II
| would only uiow her to keep tho children. l
| did lot her have them. The letter WHICH. my
Wifca Hlother says she lounQ IN nef tfunR from
| WidCcry STYLED her My darling wife, l
fnund That Wtdrery was again writing to my
| w!fG, and saw two 1uttcrs ulut he sent ber In
May. did not move IN tho matter then, but
| on Monday last | received II telegram from
Toronto that my mother was dying, and deter,
mined to 20 SEQ her. / bought rcvolyer aial
| told my wife tlmt II mot Widtcry would
ahoot iiu1. ] did meet him In the dlistu%-Sun
1Iotel' a"'' as is well known Tired two shots ut
Thu wifo Of Coot Burgess mas found N Gle.
gant'y-furntshcd apartments At No. tea East
Twenty-eeventh street yesterday afternoon.
/ Whllo nsrrattng her troubles she ropomed'y
| wiped thu tears FROM hcr eyes.
"Iho causc Of all this trouble Is my nus
bands jcaiousY," said Mrs. burgess. "Attcr
The tlrst SIX months of our married life ls be-
show md went on tho road with h,na to save t!!n
expcuso Of an extra lai!y. took tho cash: sold
tho tickets, pa!d tl,c bills, and vent behind tho
scenes In tfc last farce. but ! Eayc ttat up
cauRcd this shooting game anout IN q harmlcas
| wny. There was no.linH criminal IN my action
toward Mr.. WMgcrY, but havc lrtea with
Him. ! told my husband OF that when lIe
| showed me tho anonymous notp. lie beat mo
| then an1 llo took to trinktng, and what lifc
had after that. So hasd lind my path In life be-
come that sought separation from him. Be
foro getting y he came around aud begged nc
aald. aud tt was then arranged that We should
20 to Europe. We went on the Nsysda,
hsfnr, ~ hnca,no ~ @ ,,runl lint ho rn,,Id MT
stnIM. / was takrn to dinner by Capt DirbY,
nnsl for .lfs he beat mo and pulled my lss!r out.
On our passage oyer ~ repeatcd's abused ne:
Ma aa poor !cH 4, on ts oaeg ~ soo, r ra.,- r .nas M
!uae @ .uotc n.' ~ " ti,,, Nv ~, 1,nv.s o
wasu ieaSo M. ~ "ScAs w t''.e' hs u. ,e
AAs pata ohe Geut u nse suppos ~ 's nomsd 'la
of o. tno enilaeei: ~ u's Xii, n@sS ar tan
20 Eve h.lh money 'o r.. 10 Hote. WI. Mno.,
u" ea1ne oaGk neIo " % %.husa@s "'a a!lo MtoaEa ~.
l'!e ulat no haa slot HMEesy, Us knSaSo n9
anouts pulou 1ny na't uut " Mo ua''sta., % a1a
M!t lug fetqspcE ~ n!J "u1u, sa}1H ~ Mpa,n .,
SHOOT mG: ~ u Jou p!Sasc, : sa'4, W.!
enIo NY nle ~ holo VI ~ s'eaa'cs. out ~
aItcrwacl went out, sak!Snca VIII RlH1hR lna