, 1879-06-27
TIE 1}ULfiEr LINE.
Another Horrible Tragedy In a
= House Of III Repute.
William W. Hume Fifts Three Shots
at His Mistress,
Whom ,I1o Had Long Abused. and Tlien
Bloua LIS Dralbs Out. !,
The GIRLS Corsct- Ribs save Her
Life. y = -

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4 worl.,.bo artist in tho scnsttjata1 limo OF
taicut worketl III the coils Of hA lifo last n0ht
III a manner we'll calculated to p!tafc thu tnost
cautious ot critics. William W. Hume. better
known ~ "Turk fl Hume, had hooa door-tcnder
mil treasurer Of lost Of varitt5 shows. atd.
finding the business not q lucrative one, he
tried 10 SEQ how n,hny bullots'h 10 coptl plump
Into his own body, ind 81. the aamo time how
nenr he could comohto accomplishing :,ho I'm
palorncnt act OF, hhothef, substituting, bullets
for kriycs. In l,is fooy'ery ho doubtless Thought
what u for,nIlahlo rival ho. would
provo to Ling Look. RorAluAb, md ,thc otlcr
leading lights OF tho bulsot-catchIng; aud fire.
eating fraternity on tho variety stage. hut no |
calculated tho chances amtss, arl li1s bosty fs
cold In the Ntorgnc. Were 1t not there, 1t |
might DO In tic iatf on its way to the Pontc.l-
tiary. Tile story of Turks taking on is briefly |
as follows: Iro was visiting hls mistress last
evening In house Of PROSTITUTION ut No. $40 |
State street, kent by slrs, Cora Potter. The
two wcre sitting to.olhcr NTH SOME two or
three other female inmates OF tho house
In an upper front room, arl time was be-
lmg pleasantly passed away In convcraation,
when. Turk suddenly turnel TO- Ills
mistress, a woman calling hsisclf
Joao Hamilton, md u[cknn,ncd HCrazy Joe,"
al,tt said to her tint 10 had something I'M
portant to sav to lsor, md would like to sec fscr
In tho Aal1. Hho replied that II he had any
thing to eay to say It there a,ld then. and sho
refused TO 70 Into the hail. Io, turned
llYld with rnge, mud, pulling out a re-
voiver. made some muttcrtig tlreats, n'll sald,
"We'll settle this business Tonight" Coclsing
tho revolver, lla fired two shot in rapid succca-
| sion Mt tho wotnan. WIN threw her upper gar
mems oclolo ncs 'aee, "u 'a.i 'oNa'as .,'a wv
Of tic windows: ona Of ffc other IN
self between the assassIn md tic woman,
a"a "'o. t 11'eeI y. ,te =, n All, -, thc
so1 tu as tne p1eass oI .'s .oan' a'l " ~ .t .hs
s1tlo ttNae EaYe her ehanee 70 run OUT OK fhe
room.. As Josie went through the doorway
% md Sic "i feii ] fainting to ct ha oor Tic oter @
Ig himself alouo, ilrel two otller shuts, or per-
haps three, md when the ,lnnatcs next entered
tue ROOM ho was stretched out dead upon tho
bed. upoo the floor ,.....,, .,,,,..,. ,,,,,,
! ~ r..., -. T's,. ~ ~ e 49,
Tas r s1u ~ @ bet Sa nanee nn ror.
tuan nnse, ~ in III a,'sn a,,. s, ','1
painless nesh Woa"tl; ": |lSn, VINO sno
dressed IT,, stated TINT hcr iio wns
pSs'y y ,tce eo Ps5 auS
nnyo r,assct nt,noss directly through the body.
A atItrht Investigation or tic bUt1y Of tho do.
rcasoli showed that one bullet had nenetrated
tie brun through thu le't temple; nt.o!lier Iul-
ee y nv ~ ,as hnrr osaS % NJ n" nc, so ~
Tie Morcue. aud ttu minutes OF Tic house were
placed nntlcr arrest by Ua!cer o. Peterson, who
haI hcartl the shooting. At tllc Armory ,I,cy
aL rn~at"rsi n az Mrs. CnFn Potter. nronrtctrnss:
Robcri isronks. a printer: josie IIalnilsou. Car.
rio atytes, Alice stseIc, mid Ella 1t. Cvr.
III: following l.ttrrs wers found upon t!,u
ncrsnn Of fIuulc, or in thu roam, Of lis mistress
uAnY M,NE: Thats you OF course, Aud was
b'no! i9t,o hsrc'this morning! nns' s''"ti1a 10 ont
as.n.d, Srt *rSs Ssn tn nss
Until next hainf1a wnen T. 'sg tM w
caten e anm .,nn ~ ~, T., ~ ~ At, rc"y
sn isS wo viii iass bsa:. un Old bust Il !laye "a
paws, NY 1Iassoad ring, ~ II were, for tls pus-
the circun,stances, Dy.by. - :, IiunT.
S M 's sess ton to sxs sxs ns s sss, e e.
clear. The following wns also fornu, md u ap'
, parently response TO tile above:
. sfr DAnL1sa: am very sorsy Il WA .necessa!,
fnf tYFl{N the 1Htttt did. II SCl