, 1879-05-27
TUESDAY MAY 1s7e-TwELvE PAGES

n IUESDAY. MAY ~.
her to look through the tolcs and toll him what
enc saw. sfIe looked, anu told him sue snw Df
lloutll sitting down, aud Mrs. 1loel slt&loH on
H. lsD; lle Doctors arm va: a,ou,nl Mrs;
K1ps1HG EACH OTHER.
Then he bale her rot down, unlocked the door,
md ht,rst into tile parlor, revolver 10 hand.
What l,o safd may never be known. but II NAV
hc guessed at from the 1>octor's statement "f
sus ~ s' .oaaso :: asem y s ts%es yoa s.e 9ta1 @
tukcn; thcre Ia nottin9 worso then you ha'e
scr1.' lie fired ,liot and missed tic Ducturt
tl!e bullet ring tself illRll in the wh!l. The
wife fed, md 'Ier llutband fired again, but the
erona cap snapped; then there was a struggle
betwecn tle Ine.,. shot was lIcaFtt, Anl
VIII, Tie exclamation, ~ ana .alpt.n The
Captan fell u ,ilr .loor corpsc: The 9trl ran
mid ring tic bell Tor help. The hired matt,
mud canfu to the t'ousc, and found ihe Captain
icnl and f)r. ilough covered with blood aud
lifs face battered atl lruiscd.
1'hts Is substantially ult tint u definitely
known nf the tragedy, tin contradictory stnto.
ninnss Of Tic wItnctaes concerning the other de-
tails leaving tln rest IN doubt.
rnH wtFa's STORY,
As stated a|p,ys. the friends OF Mrs. Ifoel
eccm bent OH hus!,fng matters aU II posslttle.
Tiny hare taken possession Of the "vllla," and
refuse to ui1w Mrs. Hoel to be seen by any
hut those they plcuss. Your correspondent,
wl,o drove out there this aftcrooon, was told
that she was too much lndisposel to see him,
aud tllat anyhow IIcr relatives we're opposed to
l!sr being interviewed. Insy were tcrfeety
M'g thn matter, aud did, and thu reporter
listened. Mrs.. 11del'k brothrr, .Mr. Samnel
Hunt, who IL resident Of Cincinnati, gave your
correspondent what lsc claisncd vas the story
told him by bis sister.
A CATALOGUE OF uHtEvANCEa.
1t was. that thr Captain, whose tGtnper, he
claims, las never been Of tic best attempted 10
run us lso.ne.estabthsncpt and Ills wlfe at, tie
same principles on which lie would run vessel.
pf-war,-by acting tile tyrant- He had treated
riage; Gad oitea locked her up in hcr room;
lad forbidden her any company Or tho privilege
Ut visiting; and lad ou elie uccaslou leat hes
md knocked her down; also that lc had set the
scrvants to spy on her actions, and had fnstEcs-
ell tleH not 70 ubGy her orders; that he had
threatened to kill her father aud brother; n"l
tIlat l.o lind neglected. to pcrform toward her
any Of the duties Of q tushasstt.
Part Of her story WAS. tint he bad forbidden
contrary to his orle}s last week she had hitchcd
utsa s,osse a;,i Ir!yen hin 10 tie yillxge: md
that, On tic Captaln's return. and, hearing Of 1t,
he deliberately hatl tic animal killed.
CONCERNING HUT [&lNt&SH Will NTs lGf
atory was, tl,nt ho did have tts hand on her 10
som wIo sitting io the pnrlor; but st.c claimed
tint he wAs examining her fur pa1ptat!on Of the
heart. She denies EVER having given tic Captaln
any cause sor Jealousy.
THE pocroR's sAr,
Directly after tits examination before the
Squire this tnnrntnE, your correspondent had q
talk with Dr. Noughon the subject Of thcs shoot
Ing.
The Doctor said hc had been treating Mrs.
llocl for about SIX weeks, and Ind treated her
ass o esd ss et's oSst Mrs fen oe "s' &
anything In the nature Of private disorder. lie
had refused to treat hcr at a1l until sbe had
written to her husband u1l1 got bis consent. lie
had had known the csntatq @ h for yssr mud meyer
never objected to his vista.
Concerning the shooting and the Causes TINT
lea to 1t, Dr. Hough told tho justice md your
correspondent that ho had reasons to believe
bis wife. lie said he believed TINT the colorcd gir
lad only simulated sickness 10 him ia order to
get him Into thu house, mud that tie plot to
charge him with being caught tn an improper
tlp between Hosl' ami. thu elr]: tlc tattl Mira.
]loel Ind not been sitting In bis lap, and they
lad not ktaaad each OTHER.
sUM,t1No ur.
Thus It will bo seen. that the evidence Il very
contradictory, md crcumktances In connection
Will these eantrhu1e'uty statements seem 70
sI9'nt strongly aehinst taefo 0elnE posaloiilty
oi thc Capta!n's naV1ne aec'oehta''y shot hin"
sclt'
Dr. Turner, who conducted the post-rnortem,
says It ID impossible, ir0m tho coursu of the bull
let, that tNe Captain fonld haye Inflicted lhe
dea,'l.wonnd himself. Iii order TO account for
It AId tho oitr wounds, Ills theory IL, tit,after
the Captain hal Tired The first shot aud bis pis.
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